1/2 Year Top 10 (+/-) for 2006 (4th annual)

e-stone · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:08 pm

top 10 so far:

1 belle and sebastian.the life pursuit
2 built to spill.you in reverse
3 isobel campbell and mark lanegan.ballad of the broken seas
4 vetiver.to find me gone
5 the radio dept.pet grief
6 shearwater.palo santo
7 sickoakes.seaward
8 calexico.garden ruin
9 cat power.the greatest
10 mogwai.mr. beast

not-yet-ranked, but most likely will end up in the top 10:

m.ward and tv on the radio

and 11-20, even though you didn't ask:

11 camera obscura.let's get out of this country
12 nathan fake.drowning in a sea of love
13 gnarls barkley.st. elsewhere
14 morrissey.ringleader of the tormentors
15 alexi murdoch.time without consequence
16 hot chip.the warning
17 drive-by truckers.a blessing and a curse
18 loose fur.born again in the usa
19 sonic youth.rather ripped
20 archie bronson outfit.derdang derdang

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:40 pm

I Got Ish Wrote:

Dude, it's fucking awesome. I've had it for a while already, but I'll definitely buy a real copy. I think it's a real accomplishment. And I'd recommend becoming intimate with it while the summer's hot.

Oh, I'll definitely be buying it. Only thing is that it's not out until August 8, and I hate buying things that I've already listened to a lot.

My feeling was that it's much better than Blue Cathedral. Their vocals have really come a long way (although I have a soft spot for the more primitive stuff on the first record).

elephantstone Wrote:

4 vetiver.to find me gone

I still need to pick this up.

paper · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:02 pm

Mr. Lif
Hot Chip
Built to Spill
M. Craft
TVOTR
Mogwai
Sonic Youth
Ghostface
Spank Rock
P.O.S.

must hear: gomez, m.ward, lily allen, many more..

mojo · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:19 pm

alphabetically (and all that i've purchased in '06):

bellrays "have a little faith"
drive-by truckers "a blessing and a curse"
flaming lips "at war with the mystics"
raconteurs "broken boy soldiers"
starlight mints "drowaton"
matthew sweet & susanna hofs "under the covers vol. 1"

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:08 pm

elephantstone Wrote:

6 shearwater.palo santo

how did i forget this. should be about #4 for me

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:56 am

pumachik Wrote:

harry Wrote:

thisotherkingdom Wrote:

harry Wrote:

pumachik Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

15 "the loon" tapes 'n tapes

2005 release.

april, 2006

I don't know if allmusic is considered the end-all be-all, but they say 2005. And I remember hearing about it last year.

Amazon and Metacritic both list it April, 2006... was on Cokemachineglow's Best of 2006 (6 month) list. But in addition to All music, their own website talks about an October, 2005 release date... so I guess that's the definitive. I stand corrected.

all the hype just came across this year.... so i think that's why a lot of people think it's an 06 release... it would've made my top 20 last year if i heard it before then. :/

it's officially a 2005 release but i'm going to consider it for my 2006 best of. cuz i want to.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:59 am

telescope Wrote:

Wolfmother was originally a 2005 release peoples

The US version, which I bought was released in 2006, and therefore a 2006 release.

gregrey · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:49 am

1. Strokes - First Impressions (Ize of the World)
2. BTS - You in Reverse (Goin' Against Your Mind)
3. YYY's - Show Your Bones (Turn Into)
4. Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (Steady as She Goes)
5. Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (Daddy's in the Doldrums)
6. Flaming Lips - Mystics (Goin On)
7. Cat Power - The Greatest (Love & Communication)
8. Belle & Sebastian - Life Pursuit (Another Sunny Day)
9. Film School - s/t (On & On)
10. Neko Case - Fox Confessor (Star Witness)

Runner Up:
Black Heart Procession - The Spell

Potential top tens w/out enough spins:
Asobi Seksu - Citrus
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped

Outside chance top tens w/out enough spins:
Hot Chip - The Warning
Six Organs of Admittance - The Sun Awakens
Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
Nathan Fake - Drowning in a Sea of Love

Top ep's:
1. Little Ones - Sing Song
2. Ambulance Ltd. - New English
3. Black Keys - Chulahoma
4. Jesu - Silver
5. Royksopp - Royksopp's Night Out

Where is this year's National?

hey look · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:45 pm

1. junior boys
2. wolves in the throne room
3. belle and sebastian
4. neil young
5. comets on fire
6. vetiver
7. the elected
8. durutti column
9. jessi colter
10. sway/t.i./ghostface

on the creep:
m. ward
rhymefest
tvotr
tom ze
johnny cash
oneida
mission of burma
drudkh
mammatus

puma · **Posted:** Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:21 am

pumachik Wrote:

my top 10 looks like this:
01. built to spill - you in reverse
02. band of horses - everything all the time
03. hot chip - the warning
04. thom yorke - the eraser
05. the whitest boy alive - dreams
06. tv on the radio - return to cookie mountain
07. fujiya & miyagi - transparent things
08. coldcut - sound mirror
09. junior boys - so this is goodbye
10. the black angels - passover

probably will change by next week.

other albums i really like: wolfmother, sonic youth, ellen allien & apparat, sound team, spank rock, mates of state, belle & sebastian,

i'm heavily anticipating the new decemberists album... due in oct, so we'll see how that one is.

ok i changed my mind.

top 10 looking like this as of now:
01. band of horses - everything all the time
02. built to spill - you in reverse
03. tv on the radio - return to cookie mountain
04. hot chip - the warning
05. fujiya & miyagi - transparent things
06. thom yorke - the eraser
07. the black angels - passover
08. coldcut - sound mirror
09. jimmy edgar - color strip
10. the decemberists - the crane wife (this track called "the perfect crime 2" - oh my fuck, such an amazing track) - on first listen, immediately moved to top 10 status.

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:05 am

pumachik Wrote:

10. the decemberists - the crane wife (this track called "the perfect crime 2" - oh my fuck, such an amazing track) - on first listen, immediately moved to top 10 status.

What the flip? You have this already?

Aimarr · **Posted:** Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:07 am

12 mitchell brothers - a breath of fresh attire
11 bella - the 1st official boss baby mixtape
10 amel larrieux - morning
09 j.r. writer - history in the making
08 van hunt - on the jungle floor
07 field mob - light poles and pine trees
06 para one - epiphanie
05 pheonix - it's never been like that
04 the field - sun & ice
03 ellen allien + apparat - orchestra of bubbles
02 lo-fi-fnk - boylife
01 junior boys - so this is goodbye

puma · **Posted:** Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:35 pm

thisotherkingdom Wrote:

pumachik Wrote:

10. the decemberists - the crane wife (this track called "the perfect crime 2" - oh my fuck, such an amazing track) - on first listen, immediately moved to top 10 status.

What the flip? You have this already?

they are signed to capitol now, and i got one of the very few advances. it's watermarked (meaning they can trace that shit back to you if it leaks) so i can't hook anyone up with it.

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:58 pm

pumachik Wrote:

thisotherkingdom Wrote:

pumachik Wrote:

10. the decemberists - the crane wife (this track called "the perfect crime 2" - oh my fuck, such an amazing track) - on first listen, immediately moved to top 10 status.

What the flip? You have this already?

they are signed to capitol now, and i got one of the very few advances. it's watermarked (meaning they can trace that shit back to you if it leaks) so i can't hook anyone up with it.

Bah, that's okay. Glad to hear it's good, though. Reeeeaaally looking forward to that one.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:26 pm

pumachik Wrote:

thisotherkingdom Wrote:

pumachik Wrote:

10. the decemberists - the crane wife (this track called "the perfect crime 2" - oh my fuck, such an amazing track) - on first listen, immediately moved to top 10 status.

What the flip? You have this already?

they are signed to capitol now, and i got one of the very few advances. it's watermarked (meaning they can trace that shit back to you if it leaks) so i can't hook anyone up with it.

shucks. waiting til october is tough, esp now that i know they won't be on emusic.

tkyd · **Posted:** Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:38 pm

1. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
2. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
3. Tapes n' Tapes - The Loon
4. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
5. TV On the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
6. Be Your Own PET - BE Your Own PET
7. Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
8. Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo to Anywhere
9. The Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High
10. The M's - Future Women / Ladytron - Witching Hour

Cosmic Bus · **Posted:** Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:22 pm

1. Mystery Jets, Making Dens
2. Belong, October Language
3. The Sleepy Jackson, Personality
4. Asobi Seksu, Citrus
5. Drive-By Truckers, A Blessing and a Curse
6. Man Man, Six Demon Bag
7. Mellowdrone, Box
8. Super Numeri, The Welcome Table
9. Islands, Return to the Sea
10. Herbert, Scale

Potential top rankers, need more listens first...

Don Caballero, World Class Listening Problem
Larsen, SeieS
Booka Shade, Movements
Hot Chip, The Warning
The Presets, Beams
TV On the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain -- I'm not feeling this as much as I'd expected, though. "Playhouses" tends to dominate the rest of the songs for me.

L · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:05 am

Top 5:

1. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
2. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
3. Mikkel Metal - Victimizer
4. The Walkmen - A Hundred Miles Off
5. The Knife - Silent Shout

after that I'm undecided. Most of this I need to listen to more, but so far I've liked:

Bears - S/T
Nathan Fake - Drowning in a Sea of Love
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of the Country
Vetiver - To Find Me Gone
Espers - II
Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra of Bubbles
Alex Smoke - Paradolia
Aki Tsuyuko - Hokane
Shogun Kunitoki - Tasankokaiku
Oakley Hall - Gypsum Strings
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Liars - Drums Not Dead
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Sibylle Baier - Colour Green
The Diableros - You Can't Break the Strings in Our Olypic Hearts

telescope · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:00 am

NOTHINGFACE Wrote:

telescope Wrote:

Wolfmother was originally a 2005 release peoples

The US version, which I bought was released in 2006, and therefore a 2006 release.

Well this just smacks of double standards when I want to include US stuff that gets a delayed release here!

Really I don't care. Was just in a mood to be pedantic at the time.

In some vague order and subject to much change

1. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
2. The Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High
3. Augie March - Moo, You Bloody Choir
4. You Am I - Convicts
5. TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
6. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
7. Something For Kate - Desert Lights
8. The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control
9. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
10. Gerling - 4

Still deciding on

The Sleepy Jackson - Personality
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
Islands - Return to the Sea
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country

telescope · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:06 am

I Got Ish Wrote:

Spank Rock "YoYoYoYoYo"
Super Numeri "The Welcome Table"
Comets On Fire "Avatar"
Charalambides "A Vintage Burden"
Six Organs of Admittance "The Sun Awakens"
Daedelus "Denies the Day's Demise"
Loka "Fire Shepherds"
Excepter "Alternation"
Major Stars "Syntoptikon"
Silver Apples "The Garden"

Is the Super Numeri from this year?

I was thinking otherwise cos it has 2005 on the packaging but would be happy to be told otherwise

puma · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:29 am

paladisiac Wrote:

shucks. waiting til october is tough, esp now that i know they won't be on emusic.

actually i think it's a sept. 19th release... they keep changing the release date, so let me confirm but as of friday, i last heard they pushed it to sept. 19th instead of oct.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:12 am

pumachik Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

shucks. waiting til october is tough, esp now that i know they won't be on emusic.

actually i think it's a sept. 19th release... they keep changing the release date, so let me confirm but as of friday, i last heard they pushed it to sept. 19th instead of oct.

better news i guess. 2 months! ...

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:51 pm

telescope Wrote:

Is the Super Numeri from this year?

I was thinking otherwise cos it has 2005 on the packaging but would be happy to be told otherwise

I was wondering this myself since several sources list the release date as Nov. 2005. However, I'm pretty sure it wasn't actually out, at least in the US, until early this year.

I guess Ish would know better than most since he works for their label, and he's got it on his list for this year. Of course, that could just be a promotional tactic... :wink:

two guns holla · **Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:31 pm

I never did this a month or so back, so here's my list:

1. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
2. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
3. TVOTR - Return to Cookie Mountain
4. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
5. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
6. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
7. Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
8. Tapes n' Tapes - The Loon
9. Man Man - Six Demon Bag
10. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
11. Gregor Samsa - 55:12
12. Murder by Death - In Bocca Al Lupo
13. Boris - Pink
14. BTS - You In Reverse
15. Xiu Xiu - The Air Force
16. Spank Rock - Yoyoyoyoyo
17. Keith Fullerton Whitman – Lisbon
18. Belong - October Language

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

To be honest not much change in my Top Twenty lately but here it is anyway.

1 m craft SILVER AND FIRE
2 neko case FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD
3 belle & sebastian THE LIFE PURSUIT
4 nathan fake DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE
5 jenny lewis & the watson twins RABBIT FUR COAT
6 sonic youth RATHER RIPPED
7 cortney tidwell CORTNEY TIDWELL
8 mogwai MR BEAST
9 vetiver TO FIND ME GONE
10 camera obscura LET’S GET OUT THIS COUNTRY
11 two gallants WHAT THE TOLL TELLS
12 isobel campbell & mark lanegan BALLAD OF THE BROKEN SEAS
13 the strokes FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH
14 roddy frame WESTERN SKIES
15 the fiery furnaces BITTER TEA
16 cat power THE GREATEST
17 the meligrove band PLANETS CONSPIRE
18 clap your hands say yeah CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
19 morrissey RINGLEADER OF THE TORMENTED
20 the broken family band BALLS

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