The noughties were no nineties, but they were the last great decade of the rock ‘n’ roll era. Spoon, the White Stripes, Jenny Lewis/Rilo Kiley, Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes, Ryan Adams, Ben Kweller, the Strokes, Kings of Leon, AC Newman/the New Pornographers, and LCD Soundsystem were the aces in the deck for me, then and now. Plus, Arcade Fire and Vampire W…
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