does this mean I'm supposed to resubmit?

Yikes, time is a-wastin' and I still have a lot of stuff to wade through.

1. Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees

2. Broadcast - Tender Buttons

3. Boris - Akuma No Uta

4. Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase

5. Ladytron - witching hour

6. Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett

7. Edan - Beauty and the Beat

8. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll

9. Sunn 0))) - Black One

10. The Clientele - Strange Geometry

11. Kelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens

12. Dalek - Absence

13. Jesu - Jesu

14. Vitalic - OK Cowboy

15. Earth - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method

16. Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep

17. Common - Be

18. Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze

19. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us

20. Wilderness - Wilderness

picture version = i win

i might need to resubmit another one. sorry, shmoo.

And frostingspoon's been so good this year...

Dalen, serious question - have you posted your list yet?

I wanna see how you managed to fit those 100 or so british libertines sounding bands into a top 20

<----timidly proffers he's liking the Broken Social Scene and that Earth CD is still on order.

ok. my list:

1. Wolf Parade- Apologies to the Queen Mary
2. Hot Chip- Coming On Strong
3. Pendulum- Hold Your Colour
4. Tom Vek- We Have Sound
5. Juan Maclean- Less Than Human
6. Jamie Lidell- Multiply
7. Constantines- Tournament of Hearts
8. Controller.Controller- X Amounts
9. Mice Parade- Bem-Vinda Vontade
10. Leaf- Made Into Itself
11. Gravenhurst- Fires in the Distant Buildings
12. Sigur Ros- Takk
13. Broken Social Scene- s/t
14. Ladytron- The Witching Hour
15. Spoon- Gimme Fiction
16. Engineers- s/t
17. Bloc Party- Silent Alarm
18. Four Tet- Everything Ecstatic
19. Doves- Some Cities
20. The Rakes- Capture/Release

so how good is "takk" compared to AB? their "()" put me off a little and i didn't feel compelled to listen to AB before the 2005 bell.

Just wanna say that I was listening to that Edan album the other day and reeeeally liked it, so it can't be all that good.

( ) is boring... i can't listen to it without falling asleep to it. that being said, i put this on when i can't sleep... never fails to help.

AB is great, but i personally like takk a bit better. more instruments are used, the songs are shorter, and slightly more upbeat. it's way more accessible, so i recommend checking it out.

My Shmoo Poll Top Twenty

1 edgar ‘jones’ jones SOOTHING MUSIC FOR STRAY CATS
2 lightning bolt HYPER MAGIC MOUNTAIN
3 fiery furnaces EP
4 antony & the johnsons I AM A BIRD NOW
5 king creosote KC RULES OK
6 edan BEAUTY AND THE BEAT
7 franz ferdinand YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH
8 the broken family band WELCOME HOME, LOSER
9 viarosa WHERE THE KILLERS ROAM
10 the white stripes GET BEHIND ME SATAN
11 king creosote ROCKET D.I.Y
12 boards of canada CAMPFIRE HEADPHASE
13 roots manuva AWFULLY DEEP
14 mek obaam YOU AND I
15 the clientele STRANGE GEOMETRY
16 smog A RIVER AIN’T TOO MUCH TO LOVE
17 mark mulcahy IN PURSUIT OF YOUR HAPPINESS
18 laura cantrell HUMMING BY THE FLOWERED VINE
19 the go-betweens OCEANS APART
20 caribou THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS

However my Shmoo Poll Top Twenty would be a lot different from my Top Twenty of 2005 (by my definition). Due to the strict rules about release dates I was missing a quarter of actual Top Twenty.

My Official Top Twenty would include (1) Two Gallants (2004 US release date, 2005 in UK), (4) Mogwai (2005 UK release date but features Peel Sessions recorded previous to 2005), (7) Sebastian Tellier (2004 French release date, 2005 in UK), (13) Arcade Fire (2004 US release date, 2005 in UK) and (14) Richard Swift (Original small scale release (500 copies) in 2001, re-released 2005).

I was surprised that this made it on to my list, but even more surprised that you and I are the only people that had this on there. I had to enter this in to the charts to submit mine.

I really need to check out that Hot Chip album. Anyone who randomly mentions Ween in a song is ok by me.

1. Gorillaz - Demon Days
2. The Deathray Davies - The Kick and The Snare
3. Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
4. Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust
5. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
6. Oasis - Don't believe the truth
7. Beck - Guero
8. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
9. Weezer - Make Believe
10. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
11. Common - Be
12. Atmosphere - You Can
13. American Analog Set - Set Free
14. The Coral - The Invisible Invasion
15. Billy Corgan - The Future Embrace
16. Bright Eyes - I
17. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
18. Doves - Some Cities
19. Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
20. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights

First half of () is still pretty sweet, but yeah, the drop-off is a love/hate affair after njosnavelin/track 4.

I think Takk is far and away the most consistent record they've released. If I was into doing a proper top 20 list, it'd be in my top 5, without question.

Awesome call!

seriously! it's such a great fuckin' album. i think you'd dig the hot chip album if you dig juan maclean. the BEST track by hot chip is "over and over," which is not on the album, but the ep... but i'm sure you can find it floating around mp3 blogs. the bassline on that track is KILLER.

1. jamie lidell multiply
2. edan beauty and the beat
3. the boy least likely to the best party ever
4. spoon gimme fiction
5. hot chip coming on strong
6. calla collisions
7. juelz santana what the game's been missing!
8. lightning bolt hypermagic mountain
9. tom vek we have sound
10. single frame body/end/basement
11. jens lekman oh you're so silent jens
12. a gun called tension s/t
13. john vanderslice pixel revolt
14. xbxrx sixth in sixes
15. dopplebanger dark side of the gooom
16. modey lemon the curious city
17. thunderbirds are now! justamustache
18. m83 before the dawn heals us
19. heartless bastards stairs and elevators
20. coachwhips peanut butter and jelly live at the ginger minge

What I submitted:

01. Deerhoof - The Runners Four
02. Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love
03. Orthrelm - OV
04. Animal Collective - Feels
05. Jackie-O Motherfucker - Flags of the Sacred Harp
06. Akron/Family - s/t
07. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
08. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
09. Badgerlore - Stories for Owls
10. Konono No. 1 - Congotronics
11. Autechre - Untilted
12. Gospel - The Moon Is a Dead World
13. Need New Body - Where's Black Ben?
14. Sunburned Hand of the Man - Complexion
15. Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
16. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
17. Low - The Great Destroyer
18. Gang Gang Dance - God's Money
19. Angels of Light & Akron/Family - Akron/Family & Angels of Light
20. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

Stuff I hated to leave off my list:

21. High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings
22. Mike Ladd - Father Divine
23. Mouthus - Slow Globes
24. Serena Maneesh - s/t
25. Jamie Lidell - Multiply
26. Black Dice - Broken Ear Record
27. Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
28. Busdriver - Fear of a Black Tangent
29. No-Neck Blues Band - Qvaris
30. Iron & Wine/Calexico - In the Reins

Also really good:

31. Magnolia Electric Co. - What Comes After the Blues
32. Six Organs of Admittance - School of Flower
33. M. Ward - Transistor Radio
34. Wilderness - s/t
35. M.I.A. - Arular
36. Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
37. Animal Collective - Prospect Hummer
38. Mike Ladd - Negrophilia
39. Pelican/Mono - Split (Hydra Head Industries Version)
40. OOIOO - Gold and Green

Decent:

41. Angels of Light - The Angels of Light Sing "Other People"
42. Dälek - Absence
43. Edgar 'Jones' Jones - Soothing Music for Stray Cats
44. Daedelus - Exquisite Corpse
45. P:ano - Brigadoon
46. The Hafler Trio - Being a Firefighter Isn't Just About Squirting Water
47. Sunburned Hand of the Man - No Magic Man
48. Fântomas - Suspended Animation
49. Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice - Buck Dharma
50. The Double - Loose in the Air

...and I'm done with 2005.

I'll probably put together an addendum later that lists my #21-30 or 40, but for now, here are the 20 I shmooed...

20. Love as Laughter - Laughter's Fifth
19. American Analog Set - Set Free
18. Damien Jurado - On My Way To Absence
17. Portastatic - Bright Ideas
16. Nada Surf - The Weight is a Gift
15. The Ike Reilly Assassination - Junkie Faithful
14. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
13. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
12. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
11. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
10. My Morning Jacket - Z
9. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
8. Crooked Fingers - Dignity & Shame
7. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
6. M. Ward - Transistor Radio
5. The Deathray Davies - The Kick and The Snare
4. Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
3. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
2. Josh Rouse - Nashville
1. Devin Davis - Lonely People of the World, Unite!

I'm surprised not to see



on your list. I haven't personally heard it but AMG says its their best yet and given your love for them...Have you heard it?

np: Alejandro Escovedo "With these Hands"

Yeah, it's better than meh, but definitely NOT their best. A few tracks are among their finest, but on the whole, it's really just a decent album.