Good to see some less common but equally deserving choices in your list Stu; don't have the debut but 'cat claw' by the Kills is a candidate for best single of the noughties I think (and the B-side had a cover of 'dropout boogie'). These bands all got lumped into the 'garage-rock revival' at the time but they make for refreshingly raw listening now, Part Chimp included, I remember them from an old compilation, loud as f*ck. Like Raw Power loud.
Definitely prefer that Cannibal Ox album over El-P's solo work with the exception of Company Flow. He's a great MC and all but his production coupled with Cannibal Ox in particular is just superior and totally unique from anything I've ever heard in hippity-hop.
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