THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2004

Here are our favorite albums of 2004:
15. Devendra Banhart
Rejoicing in the Hands (Young God) April 26, 2004 Pop music continued its tiresome 21st-century trend of bandwagon-hopping this year, continuing to ride out neo-garage (enough!), then establishing neo-psych and neo-folk as the new “in things.” The first of Banhart’s two albums this year is the better one, and the best of both of the newest two neo-genres.