Just a quick rundown of my top 10 albums for 2006:
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped Band of Horses - Everything All the Time The Decemberists - The Crane Wife Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones Cat Power - The Greatest The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth Danielson - Ships Imaad Wasif - Imaad Wasif Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther Mogwai - Mr. Beast
And a handful of honorable mentions: Bob Dylan - Modern Times, Grizzly Bear - Yellow House, Juana Molina - Son, The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes, Cansei de Ser Sexy - Cansei de Ser Sexy, Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, The Scourge of the Sea - Make Me Armored, Rocky Votolato - Makers, Psapp - The Only Thing I Ever Wanted, Two Gallants - What the Toll Tells, Joanna Newsom - Ys, M. Ward - Post-War, Foundry Field Recordings - Prompts/Miscues, The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely
So far in 2007, even though I've only heard four tracks, Deerhoof is at the top of list, with The Shins trailing by a nose.
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I really wanna hear show your bones. I keep putting it off, procrastinating. The only track i have is gold lion, and i love it.
My Trusted MOGs
word! Nice list. I agree nearly 100 percent!
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Love Rather Ripped. And Yeah Yeah Yeahs. And The Strokes. And getting into Cat Power (slowly but her voice is so captivating).
But, not enough love for Guster, I only saw their album on three top 10 lists (mine included).