... -than-usual Mikey Taylor contribution. 38. “Get Familiar,” 2006 Chris Hall’s sneakerhead-financed East-by-West coast document should’ve maybe leaned a bit heavier on the retro elements, like I always thought the electro songs used for the intro clips would’ve made an interesting soundtrack for the whole thing. “Get Familiar” though was a worthy addition ...

... other likeminded bands that ruled the charts in the '00s, and presumably beyond. For an album so widely heralded in 2002, it feels funny ... the Zone is a primer on the sound of pop in the '00s. The lineup of producers is a who's-who of hit-makers: ... Justin Timberlake. It sold audiences impeccably curated retro cool at the last moment before technology turned everyone with a Napster account ...

... long before they became mnemonic triggers. That today's retro-soul bands try hard to replicate those classic ... intriguing though unconvincing thesis), but there are more logistical reasons, as well. Many retro-soul labels had a background in promoting and marketing ... pop charts may seem new, but its presence is not. If nothing else, retro-soul's impact on the '00s demonstrates the enduring ...

... to find another photo. :) And I had to go back a ways! You know how it's retro-chic now to take Polaroids, make "Fauxlaroids," ... looking back at some of our old photos, it made me wonder if in the future it will ever be "retro-chic" to reproduce crappy early- ... late '90s and early '00s? 'Cause when it comes to graininess and well, general crappiness, those cameras ...

... count three, I say three tracks that are more or less crap - a charity single, and two retro boy band tracks. But the rest are all good ... finest ever to grace the charts. All the wonderful features of 00s music that makes the last decade the best there's ever been have born ... show contestants have been sharp, intelligent and stylish. The retro artists have struck a perfect balance with modernity ...

... NZ garage rock into the CD player. The black-clad, skinny-hipped, tight-jeaned quartet were another in my early ’00s lo-fi-ish retro rock infatuation. I’m sure I saw them throwing themselves around a stage down Meredith way, but that could have been their compatriots The Datsuns. This confusion is a little bit of the band ...