Phantom/Ghost, To Damascus
Einstürzende Neubauten, Perpetuum Mobile

Brian Wilson-Gettin' In Over My Head...you just have to forget it's 2004, sit back and pretend it's 1965 and then it sounds like a masterpiece...I love it, to be honest. Great music for summer fun.

Pink Floyd - The Wall
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellin Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Matt Good - White Light Rock and Roll Review
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Great album Orpheus! My current choice as best album of 2004.

so I can say the same for you
have you heard of that Phantom/Ghost thing btw?

I've never heard of them, but I've just checked it out on allmusic. Sound's interesting, is it in a dark-ambient style?
If you like that, you might like In the Nursery, or Shinjuku Thief, it sounds very similar to that kind of thing.

well I didn't know them, got them from a German friend (sort of of a cd swap)... it's quite good yeah... but have only listened to it once yet... but yeah I quite like some of these German bands like The Notwist and Lali Puna... indietronica or how you wanna call it

Curlew-Mercury
Derek Bailey-Improvisation

Ilpo Vaisanen "Asuma" (wallet edition)
Proem "Songs for the City Bus"

tv on the radio -> young liars EP