OK -- here goes, my top 20 for 2003.

1. Steve Wynn, "Static Transmission"
2. Fountains of Wayne, "Welcome Interstate Managers"
3. Ike, "Parallel Universe"
4. The White Stripes, "Elephant"
5. Bobby Sutliff, "Perfect Dream"
6. Tim Lee, "Under The House"
7. The Jayhawks, "Rainy Day"
8. The Pernice Brothers, "Yours, Mine and Ours"
10.  Johnny Marr and The Healers, "Boomslang"
11. Warren Zevon, "The Wind"
12. Paul Westerberg, "Come Feel Me Tremble"
13. The Trolleyvox, "Leap of Folly"
14. Black Eyed Peas, "Elephunk"
15. Amy Rigby, "Til The Wheels Fall Off"
16. The Thrills, "So Much For The City"
17. The Thorns, S/T
18. Will Kimbrough, "Home/Away"
19. Missy Roback, "Just Like Breathing"
20. The Strokes, "Room on Fire"