We have serious plans for our Tenth Anniversary year and, in preparation for our next big project (stay tuned for more details!) the IT Staff has been discussing the music that made the last decade so memorable.

So here are my Top 10 Songs of 2001. These are arranged in order of release, not preference. Of course, knowing how fond we are of ranked lists, you can expect some hardcore rouletting in the very near future.

1.  Stephen Malkmus, “Church on White”

Feburary 2001 / From the album “Stephen Malkmus“

2. Spoon, “Fitted Shirt”

Feburary 2001 / From the album Girls Can Tell

3. Bonnie Prince Billy, “Just to See My Holly Home”

March 2001 / From the album Ease On Down the Road

4. Pete Yorn, “Strange Condition”

March 2001 / From the album Music For the Morning After

5. Guided By Voices, “Chasing Heather Crazy”

April 2001 / From the album Isolation Drills

6. Ash, “There is a Star”

April 2001 / From the album Free All Angels

7. The White Stripes, “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground”

July 2001 / From the album White Blood Cells

8. The Shins, “Caring is Creepy”

June 2001 / From the album Oh Inverted World

9. Beulah, “Gene Autry”

September 2001 / From the album The Coast is Never Clear

10. Ryan Adams, “New York, New York”

September 2001 / From the album Gold