2025 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...

Albums:

Mavis Staples--Sad and Beautiful World (Anti-) 

Tom Meighan--Roadrunner (Townsend) 

Curtis Harding--Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt (Anti-)

Royel Otis--Hickey (Capitol)  

Wet Leg--Moisturizer (Domino) 

Kendrick Lamar--GNX (Interscope)

Dropkick Murphys--For the People (Dummy Luck) 

Franz Ferdinand--The Human Fear (Domino)  

Stereolab--Instant Holograms on Metal Film (Duophonic)

Paul Weller--Find El Dorado (Parlophone)

Songs:

Mavis Staples--'Sad and Beautiful World'

Tom Meighan--'Silver Linings'

Curtis Harding--'There She Goes'

Royel Otis--'Car'

Kendrick Lamar--'Squabble Up'   

Wet Leg--'Liquidize'

Tame Impala--'My Old Ways'

Chills--'Dolphins'

Hives--'The Hives Forever, Forever the Hives'

Paul Weller--'White Line Fever'

2024 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Albums:
Nada Surf--Moon Mirror (New West) 
Cast--Love Is the Call (Cast)  
Green Day--Saviors (Reprise) 
MJ Lenderman--Manning Fireworks (Anti-)
Kid Kapichi--There Goes the Neighborhood (Spinefarm) 
Jesus and Mary Chain--Glasgow Eyes (Cooking Vinyl) 
Black Crowes--Happiness Bastards (Silver Arrow)   
Black Keys--Ohio Players (Nonesuch) 
Dee C. Lee--Just Something (Acid Jazz)
Paul Weller--66 (Polydor)

Songs:
Nada Surf--'Second Skin'
Cast--'First Smile Ever' 
Ride--'Peace Sign'
MJ Lenderman--'She's Leaving You'
Liam Gallagher and John Squire--'I'm So Bored'
Offspring--'Make It All Right'
Decemberists--'Burial Ground' 
Green Day--'1981'
Dee C. Lee--'Don't Forget About Love'
Paul Weller--'Rise Up Singing'

2023 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Albums:
Durand Jones--Wait Til I Get Over (Dead Oceans)  
Tom Meighan--The Reckoning (Destruct)  
Jenny Lewis--Joy'All (Blue Note)  
Death Valley Girls--Islands in the Sky (Suicide Squeeze)
Rain Parade--Last Rays of a Dying Sun (Flat Iron)   
Clientele--I Am Not There Anymore (Merge) 
Hives--The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons (Disques Hives)  
Marty Stuart--Altitude (Snakefarm)  
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds--Council Skies (Sour Mash)
Blind Boys of Alabama--Echoes of the South (Single Lock)     

Songs:
Durand Jones--'Lord Have Mercy'
Tom Meighan--'Rise'
Coi Leray--'Players'
Rain Parade--'Angel Sister' 
Johnny Marr--'Somewhere'
Jenny Lewis--'Psychos'
Fifty Fifty--'Cupid (Twin Version)'
Lathums--'Struggle'
Marty Stuart--'Sitting Alone'
Boo Radleys--'How Was I to Know?'

2022 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Albums:
Johnny Marr--Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 (BMG)
Wet Leg--Wet Leg (Domino) 
Beabadoobee--Beatopia (Dirty Hit)
Mattiel--Georgia Gothic (Heavenly)  
Danger Mouse and Black Thought--Cheat Codes (BMG)
Charli XCX--Crash (Atlantic) 
Interrupters--In the Wild (Hellcat) 
Dropkick Murphys--This Machine Still Kills Fascists (Dummy Luck) 
Liam Gallagher--C'mon You Know (Warner Bros.)
Michael Giacchino--The Batman Original Soundtrack (Watertower) 

Songs:
Johnny Marr--'Counter Clock World'
Wet Leg--'Chaise Longue'
Pete Yorn--'Elizabeth Taylor'
Beabadoobie--'10:36'
Interrupters--'Anything Was Better'
Mattiel--'Jeff Goldblum'
Rex Orange County--'Keep It Up'
Lizzo--'About Damn Time'
Phoenix--'After Midnight'
Belle and Sebastian--'Young and Stupid'

2021 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Albums:                                             
Paul Weller--Fat Pop (Volume 1) (Polydor)
Silk Sonic--An Evening with (WEA)                     
Parquet Courts--Sympathy for Life (Rough Trade)
Dropkick Murphys--Turn Up That Dial (Born & Bred)       
Arlo Parks--Collapsed in Sunbeams (Transgessive) 
Nick Waterhouse--Promenade Blue (Innovative Leisure)
Anthony Hamilton--Love Is the New Black (BMG)
Matthew Sweet--Catspaw (Omnivore)                                                
Glasvegas--Godspeed (Go Wow)          
Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth--Utopian Ashes (Third Man)

Songs:
Parquet Courts--'Walking at a Downtown Pace' 
Silk Sonic--'Leave the Door Open' 
Nick Waterhouse--'B. Santa Ana 1986'
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds--'We're on Our Way Now' 
Dropkick Murphys--'Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding'
New Order--'Be a Rebel'
Anthony Hamilton--'Love Is the New Black'
Blow Monkeys--'Time Storm'
Teenage Waitress--'You Ain't Got It Bad'
Paul Weller--'Cosmic Fringes'

2020 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...

Albums:

Paul Weller--On Sunset (Polydor) 

Nada Surf--Never Not Together (Barsuk)   

Flaming Lips--American Head (Warner) 

Strokes--The New Abnormal (RCA) 

Alex the Astronaut--The Theory of Absolutely Nothing (Nettwerk)

Bob Mould--Blue Hearts (Merge) 

Green Day--Father of All… (Reprise)

Fontaines D.C.--A Hero's Death (PTFK)    

Liam Gallagher--MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) (Warner Bros.)  

Paul Weller--In Another Room (Ghost Box)  

Songs:

Paul Weller--'On Sunset'

Real Thing--'Someone Oughta Write a Song (About You Baby)' 

Nada Surf--'So Much Love'

Weeknd--'Blinding Lights'

Alex the Astronaut--'I Think You're Great'

Strokes--'Bad Decisions'  

Doja Cat--'Say So'

Best Coast--'Different Light'  

Powfu and Beabadoobee--'death bed (coffee for your head)'

Green Day--'Graffitia' 

Favorites of the 2010s

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:
Django Unchained (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 2012)
Amazing Grace (dir. Sydney Pollack, 2019)
The Florida Project (dir. Sean Baker, 2017)
Toy Story 3 (dir. Lee Unkrich, 2010)
Young Adult (dir. Jason Reitman, 2011)
Greenberg (dir. Noah Baumbach, 2010)
Nightcrawler (dir. Dan Gilroy, 2014)
The Lego Movie (dir. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, 2014)
Incredibles 2 (dir. Brad Bird, 2018)
56 Up (dir. Michael Apted, 2013)

Albums:
Paul Weller--Saturns Pattern (Parlophone, 2015)
Vaccines--What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? (Columbia, 2011)
Katy Perry--Teenage Dream (Capitol, 2010)
Kasabian--For Crying Out Loud (Sony, 2017)
Best Coast--Crazy for You (Mexican Summer, 2010) 
Horrors--Skying (XL, 2011)
Lana Del Rey--Born to Die (Polydor, 2012)
Saint Etienne--Words and Music by Saint Etienne (Heavenly, 2012)
Parquet Courts--Wild Awaaaaake! (Rough Trade, 2018)
Brian Wilson--Reimagines Gershwin (Disney, 2010) 

Songs:
Paul Weller--'Long Time'
Palma Violets--'Best of Friends' 
Icona Pop--'I Don't Care'
Vaccines--'If You Wanna' 
Best Coast--'When I'm with You' 
Kasabian--'Bless This Acid House' 
Robyn--'Dancing on My Own'  
Stone Roses--'All for One' 
Carly Rae Jepsen--'Call Me Maybe' 
Babymetal--'Gimme Chocolate!!'

2019 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:
Amazing Grace (dir. Sydney Pollack)
Joker (dir. Todd Phillips)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (dir. Joe Talbot)
Blinded by the Light (dir. Gurinder Chadha)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (dir. Quentin Tarantino)
Yesterday (dir. Danny Boyle)
Toy Story 4 (dir. Josh Cooley)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (dir. Mike Mitchell)
Us (dir. Jordan Peele)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (dir. J.J. Abrams)

Albums:
Ocean Blue--Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves (Korda)
Liam Gallagher--Why Me? Why Not. (Warner Bros.)
Post Malone--Hollywood’s Bleeding (Republic)
The Beat feat. Ranking Roger--Public Confidential (DMF)
Bob Mould--Sunshine Rock (Merge)
Yola--Walk Through Fire (Easy Eye Sound) 
The S.L.P.--The S.L.P. (Columbia)
Lana Del Rey--Norman Fucking Rockwell! (Interscope)
3x4: The Bangles, The Three O’Clock, The Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade (Yep Roc)
Paul Weller--Other Aspects: Live at the Royal Festival Hall (Parlophone)

Songs:
Michael Marshall--'San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'
Ocean Blue--'Kings and Queens'
Liam Gallagher--'One of Us'
Billie Eilish--'Bad Guy'
Post Malone--'Circles'
Lizzo--'Juice'  
Muffs--'That's for Me' 
Amyl and the Sniffers--'Some Mutts (Can't Be Muzzled)'
Fontaines D.C.--'Boys in the Better Land'
Dillon Francis--'Catchy Song'

2018 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:
Incredibles 2 (dir. Brad Bird)
Game Night (dir. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein)
Ready Player One (dir. Steven Spielberg)
Black Panther (dir. Ryan Coogler)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (dir. Rodney Rothman et al)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (dir. Ron Howard)
Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (dir. Peter Rida Michail and Aaron Horvath)
McQueen (dir. Peter Ettedgui)

Albums:
Parquet Courts--Wild Awaaaaake! (Rough Trade)
Shame--Songs of Praise (Dead Oceans)
Richard Ashcroft--Natural Rebel (BMG)
Johnny Marr--Call the Comet (Sire)
Leon Bridges--Good Thing (Columbia)
Chills--Snow Bound (Fire)
(English) Beat--Here We Go Love (Here We Go)
Kacey Musgraves--Golden Hour (MCA Nashville)
Kurt Vile--Bottle It In (Matador)
Paul Weller--True Meanings (Parlophone)

Songs:
Ford Madox Ford--'Dark American Night'
Johnny Marr--'Hi Hello'
Leon Bridges--'Beyond'
Pete Wylie--'Is That What Love Is All About?'
Charli XCX & Troye Sivan--'1999'
Chills--'Scarred'
Regrettes--'Come Through'
Half Man Half Biscuit--'Every Time a Bell Rings'
Parquet Courts--'Total Football' 
Paul Weller--'Gravity'

2017 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies: 
The Lego Batman Movie (dir. Chris McKay)
The Florida Project (dir. Sean Baker)
Coco (dir. Lee Unkrich)
Lady Bird (dir. Greta Gerwig)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (dir. Noah Baumbach) 
Cars 3 (dir. Brian Fee)
Brad’s Status (dir. Mike White)
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (dir. Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maioran)
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary (dir. John Scheinfeld)
The Lego NinjagoMovie (dir. Charlie Bean and Paul Fisher)

Albums: 

Kasabian--For Crying Out Loud (Sony)

Jesus and Mary Chain--Damage and Joy (EK OK)
Beck--Colors (Fonograf)
Saint Etienne--Home Counties (Heavenly)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds--Who Built the Moon? (Sour Mash)
Liam Gallagher--As You Were (Warner Bros.)
LCD Soundsystem--American Dream (Columbia) 
Blondie--Pollinator (BMG)   
Phoenix--Ti Amo (Glassnote)
Paul Weller--A Kind Revolution (Parlophone)

Songs:

De-Von-Tré--'Come Back'
Kasabian--'Bless This Acid House' 

Liam Gallagher--'Wall of Glass'
Jesus and Mary Chain--'Amputation' 
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds--'Holy Mountain'  
New Pornographers--'High Ticket Attractions' 
Blondie--'Doom or Destiny'
LCD Soundsystem--'Call the Police'
Phoenix--'Lovelife'
Saint Etienne--'Out of My Mind'

2016 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Albums:
Primal Scream--Chaosmosis (First International)
Moles--Tonight's Music (Fire)
Parquet Courts--Human Performance (Rough Trade)
Death Valley Girls--Glow in the Dark (Burger)
Richard Ashcroft--These People (Harvest)
Allah-Las--Calico Review (Mexican Summer)
Bleached--Welcome the Worms (Dead Oceans)
Bob Mould--Patch the Sky (Merge)
Monkees--Good Times (Rhino)
Anderson .Paak--Malibu (OBE)

Songs:
Stone Roses--'All for One'
Anderson .Paak--'Come Down'
OnDeadWaves--'California'
Primal Scream--'Trippin' on Your Love'
Parquet Courts--'Dust'
Richard Ashcroft--'Hold On'
Bob Mould--'Hold On'
Meilyr Jones--'How to Recognize a Work of Art'
Death Valley Girls--'Disco'
Mike Posner-'I Took a Pill in Ibiza [SeeB Remix]'

2015 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:
Tangerine (dir. Sean S. Baker)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (dir. J. J. Abrams)
All Things Must Pass (dir. Colin Hanks)  
While We’re Young (dir. Noah Baumbach)
Love & Mercy (dir. Bill Pohlad)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (dir. Alex Gibney)
Tomorrowland (dir. Brad Bird)
The Wrecking Crew (dir. Denny Tedesco)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Storyof Cannon Films (dir. Mark Hartley)
A LEGO Brickumentary (dir. Kief Davidson and Daniel Junge)    

Albums:
Paul Weller--Saturns Pattern (Parlophone)
Algiers--Algiers (Matador) 
Sarah Cracknell--Red Kite (Cherry Red)  
Belle & Sebastian--Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance (Matador)  
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds--Chasing Yesterday (Sour Mash)
Best Coast--California Nights (Harvest)  
Tame Impala--Currents (Interscope)
Panda Bear--Meets the Grim Reaper (Domino)
Bohicas--The Making of (Domino)  
Brian Wilson--No Pier Pressure (Capitol)   

Songs:
Paul Weller--'Long Time'
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars--'Uptown Funk'
Algiers--'Blood'
Panda Bear--'Mr. Noah'
Jason Derulo--'Want to Want Me'
Richard Hawley--'Heart of Oak'
C. J. Ramone--'Last Chance to Dance'  
The Weeknd--'Can’t Feel My Face'  
Sarah Cracknell--'Hearts Are for Breaking'
Bohicas--'Where You At'

2014 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (dir. Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez)
Big Hero 6 (dir. Don Hall and Chris Williams)
The Lego Movie (dir. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (dir. Wes Anderson) 
The Unknown Known (dir. Errol Morris)
Muppets Most Wanted (dir. James Bobin)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (dir. Nicholas D. Wrathall)
Maleficent (dir. Robert Stromberg)
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (dir. Beth Aala and Mike Myers)
Burt’s Buzz (dir. Jody Shapiro)  

Albums:
Kasabian--48:13 (Harvest) 
Charli XCX--Sucker (Atlantic)
Horrors--Luminous (XL) 
New Pornographers--Brill Bruisers (Matador)
Johnny Marr--Playland (Sire)
Echo and the Bunnymen--Meteorites (429) 
Allah-Las--Worship the Sun (Innovative Leisure)  
Broken Bells--After the Disco (Columbia)
Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey--Going Back Home (Chess)
The Lego Movie: The Original Movie Soundtrack (WaterTower)    

Songs:
Johnny Marr--'Easy Money'
Tegan and Sara--'Everything Is Awesome'
John Newman--'Love Me Again'
Kasabian--'Stevie' 
Charli XCX--'Boom Clap' 
Echo and the Bunnymen--'Constantinople'
Becky G--'Shower'
Black Keys--'Fever'
New Pornographers--'Brill Bruisers'
Horrors--'So Now You Know'

2013 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:
56 Up (dir. Michael Apted)
The World's End (dir. Edgar Wright)
A Band Called Death (dir. Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett)
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (dir. Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori)
20 Feet from Stardom (dir. Morgan Neville)
Planes (dir. Klay Hall)
Lovelace (dir. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman)
Sound City (dir. Dave Grohl)
Our Nixon (dir. Penny Lane)
Good Ol' Freda (dir. Ryan White)

Albums:
Jagwar Ma--Howlin' (Mom + Pop)  
Daft Punk--Random Access Memories (Columbia) 
Relatives--The Electric Word (Yep Roc)   
Fitz & the Tantrums--More than Just a Dream (Elektra)    
Primal Scream--More Light (Ignition)  
Lorde--Pure Heroine (Lava)  
Best Coast--Fade Away (Bratty BC)  
Janelle Monáe--The Electric Lady (Wondaland)    
Phoenix--Bankrupt! (Loyauté)   
Franz Ferdinand--Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action (Domino)  

Songs:
Palma Violets--'Best of Friends'
Daft Punk--'Get Lucky'
Relatives--'Bad Trip'
Icona Pop--'I Love It'
Lorde--'Team'
Fitz & the Tantrums--'Spark'
Arctic Monkeys--'Do I Wanna Know?'
Lana Del Rey--'Summertime Sadness [Cedric Gervais Remix Edit]'
Franz Ferdinand--'Right Action'
Capital Cities--'Safe and Sound'

2012 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:
Marley (dir. Kevin Macdonald)
The Queen of Versailles (dir. Lauren Greenfield)
Wreck-It Ralph (dir. Rich Moore)
The Dark Knight Rises (dir. Christopher Nolan)
Vito (dir. Jeffrey Schwarz)
How to Survive a Plague (dir. David France)
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (dir. Stacy Peralta)
Me at the Zoo (dir. Chris Moukarbel and Valerie Veatch)
The Lorax (dir. Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda)
Brave (dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell)

Albums:

Paul Weller--Sonik Kicks (Yep Roc)

Lana Del Rey--Born to Die (Polydor)
Jimmy Cliff--Re-Birth (Universal)
Green Day--¡Uno! (Reprise)
Saint Etienne--Words and Music by Saint Etienne (Heavenly)
R. Kelly--Write Me Back (RCA)
Frank Ocean--Channel Orange (Island Def Jam)
Best Coast--The Only Place (Mexican Summer)  
Off!--Off! (Vice)  
Beach Boys--That’s Why God Made the Radio (Capitol)

Songs:
Carly Rae Jepsen--'Call Me Maybe'

Plan B--'Ill Manors'
R. Kelly--'Share My Love' 
Lana Del Rey--'Born to Die'  
Saint Etienne--'Tonight'
Shins--'Simple Song'
Jimmy Cliff--'World Upside Down'  
Paul Weller--'Green'
Bruce Foxton--'Number Six'
Psy--'Gangnam Style' 

2011 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:

Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (dir. Alex Stapleton)

Horrible Bosses (dir. Seth Gordon) 
The Muppets (dir. James Bobin)
Cars 2 (dir. John Lasseter and Brad Lewis)
Winnie the Pooh (dir. Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall)
Everything Must Go (dir. Dan Rush)
Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
Tabloid (dir. Errol Morris)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (dir. Gӧran Olsson)
American Grindhouse (dir. Elijah Drenner)

Albums:
Beach Boys--The Smile Sessions (Capitol)   
Vaccines--What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? (Columbia) 
Strokes--Angles (RCA)    
Glasvegas--Euphoric Heartbreak (Columbia)    
Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi--Rome (Capitol)   
Horrors--Skying (XL)    
Raphael Saadiq--Stone Rollin’ (Columbia) 
Bangles--Sweetheart of the Sun (Fontana) 
Kasabian--Velociraptor! (Sony) 
Brian Wilson--In the Key of Disney (Disney)   

Songs:
Vaccines--'If You Wanna' 
Rihanna--'We Found Love'    
Civil Wars--'Barton Hollow'
Viva Brother--'Darling Buds of May' 
Bangles--'Anna Lee (Sweetheart of the Sun)'
Glasvegas--'Shine Like Stars'
Dev--'In the Dark'
Horrors--'Still Life' 
Social Distortion--'Machine Gun Blues'
Strokes--'Taken for a Fool'

2010 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:
Greenberg (dir. Noah Baumbach)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (dir. Edgar Wright)
When You’re Strange (dir. Tom DiCillo)
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (dir. Tamra Davis)
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (dir. Mat Whitecross)
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (dir. Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg)
The Runaways (dir. Floria Sigismondi)
Date Night (dir. Shawn Levy)
Babies (dir. Thomas Balmès)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (dir. Banksy)

Albums:
Paul Weller--Wake Up the Nation (Yep Roc)
LCD Soundsystem--This Is Happening (EMI)
Teenage Fanclub--Shadows (Merge)
Best Coast--Crazy for You (Mexican Summer)
Cee-Lo Green--The Lady Killer (Elektra)
Belle and Sebastian--Write about Love (Matador)
Broken Bells--Broken Bells (Columbia)
Goldfrapp--Head First (Mute)
Corinne Bailey Rae--The Sea (Capitol)
Brian Wilson--Reimagines Gershwin (Disney)

Songs:
Best Coast--'When I’m with You'
Cee-Lo Green--'Fuck You'
Teenage Fanclub--'Baby Lee'
Katy Perry--'California Gurls'
Corinne Bailey Rae--'Paris Nights/New York Mornings'
Far East Movement--'Like a G6'
Kelis--'Acapella'
Arcade Fire--'City with No Children'
Brandon Flowers--'Crossfire'
Paul Weller--'No Tears to Cry'

Favorites of the 2000s

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:
Sin City (dir. Robert Rodriguez, 2005)
The Royal Tenenbaums (dir. Wes Anderson, 2001)
Ghost World (dir. Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
The 25th Hour (dir. Spike Lee, 2002)
A Mighty Wind (dir. Christopher Guest, 2003)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (dir. Adam McKay, 2006)
Idiocracy (dir. Mike Judge, 2006)
The Squid and the Whale (dir. Noah Baumbach, 2005)
The Barbarian Invasions (dir. Denys Arcand, 2003)
Mulholland Dr. (dir. David Lynch, 2001)

Albums:
Primal Scream--XTRMNTR (Creation, 2000)
Kasabian--Kasabian (BMG, 2004)
Arcade Fire--Funeral (Merge, 2004)
Beck--Sea Change (DGC, 2002)
Paul Weller--As Is Now (Yep Roc, 2005)
Killers--Hot Fuss (Island, 2004)
Flaming Lips--Yoshimi versus the Pink Robots (Warner Bros., 2002)
Longwave--The Hardest Part (RCA, 2003)
LCD Soundsystem--Sound of Silver (Capitol, 2007)
Brian Wilson--Smile (Nonesuch, 2004)

Songs:
Paul Weller- 'Come On/Let’s Go'
50 Cent- 'In Da Club'
Kasabian- 'Reason Is Treason'
Arcade Fire- 'Rebellion (Lies)'
Shins- 'Phantom Limb'
Annie- 'Heartbeat'
Longwave- 'Tidal Wave'
Flaming Lips- 'Fight Test'
Gnarls Barkley- 'Crazy'
Beck- 'Lost Cause'

2009 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (dir. Uli Edel)
Medicine for Melancholy (dir. Barry Jenkins)
Food, Inc. (dir. Robert Kenner)
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (dir. Stephen Kijak)
I Love You, Man (dir. John Hamburg)
Herb and Dorothy (dir. Megumi Sasaki)
Up (dir. Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
Watchmen (dir. Zack Snyder)
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (dir. Sacha Gervasi)
Inglourious Basterds (dir. Quentin Tarantino)

Albums:
Animal Collective--Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)
Kasabian--West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (Red Int)
Brendan Benson--My Old Familiar Friend (Ato)
Rifles--Great Escape (Nettwerk)
Echo & the Bunnymen--The Fountain (Ocean Rain)
Grizzly Bear--Veckatimest (Warp)
Phoenix--Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Glass Note)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs--It’s Blitz! (Interscope)
Horrors--Primary Colours (XL)
Green Day--21st Century Breakdown (Reprise)

Songs:
Animal Collective- 'My Girls'
Miley Cyrus- 'Party in the USA'
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- 'Zero'
Kasabian- 'Underdog'
Tinted Windows- 'Kind of a Girl'
Phoenix- '1901'
Rifles- 'The Great Escape'
Shakira- 'She Wolf'
Green Day- 'Know Your Enemy'
Brendan Benson- 'A Whole Lot Better'

2008 Favorites

The Late Adopter selects...
Movies:
The Wrestler (dir. Darren Aronofsky)
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (dir. Stefan Forbes)
Gran Torino (dir. Clint Eastwood)
Milk (dir. Gus Van Sant)
The Dark Knight (dir. Christopher Nolan)
Chicago 10 (dir. Brett Morgen)
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (dir. Chris Bell)
Christmas on Mars (dir. Wayne Coyne and Bradley Beesley)
Tropic Thunder (dir. Ben Stiller)
The House Bunny (dir. Fred Wolf)

Albums:
MGMT--Oracular Spectacular (Columbia)
Vampire Weekend--Vampire Weekend (XL)
Beck--Modern Guilt (DGC)
Primal Scream--Beautiful Future (B-Unique)
Goldfrapp--Seventh Tree (Mute)
Glasvegas--Glasvegas (Columbia)
Ting Tings--We Started Nothing (Columbia)
Fleet Foxes--Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
Brian Wilson--That Lucky Old Sun (Capitol)
Paul Weller--22 Dreams (Yep Roc)

Songs:
MGMT- 'Time to Pretend'
Vampire Weekend- 'A-Punk'
Weezer- 'Pork and Beans'
Estelle- 'American Boy'
Primal Scream- 'Beautiful Future'
Glasvegas- 'Daddy’s Gone'
Solange Knowles- 'Sandcastle Disco'
Kaiser Chiefs- 'Never Miss a Beat'
Uh Huh Her- 'Not a Love Song'
Santogold- 'LES Artistes'