the strokes - room on fire
slow reader - slow reader
the blood brothers - burn, piano island, burn
white stripes - elephant
cat power - you are free
honorable mention:
postal service - give up
peaches - fatherfucker
belle & sebastian - dear catastrophe waitress
radiohead - hail to the thief
some of my best friends are djs - kid koala
actually, all of these are not in any particular order. these were just the albums i listen to the most in 2003. i'm sure i'm missing some but oh well, whatever!