The New Yorker lists a dozen favorite CDs from 2003. How out-of-it NewMexiKen feels.
Basement Jaxx, “Kish Kash”
Vic Chesnutt, “Silver Lake”
Dizzee Rascal, “Boy in da Corner”
Kelis, “Tasty”
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, “Hearts of Oak”
The Libertines, “Up the Bracket”
Shelby Lynne, “Identity Crisis”
Van Morrison, “What’s Wrong with This Picture”
OutKast, “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below”
The Shins, “Chutes Too Narrow”
Sidestepper, “3 a.m. (In Beats We Trust)”
The White Stripes, “Elephant”