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Best of 2005
Hector Gilbert:
I've heard twenty-seven albums so far from this year, and enjoyed ten of them:
10. Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering
9. John Frusciante - Curtains
8. Six Organs Of Admittance - School Of The Flower
7. Van Der Graaf Generator - Present
6. Yourcodenameis:Milo - Ignoto
5. Dälek - Absence
4. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
3. The Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall
2. The National - Alligator
1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
The top three start getting real good, and number one is the only great album I've heard from this year so far.
seaweed swimwear:
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10. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
Bullshit noise music that makes my head hurt. I just love the drummer, Brian Chippendale.
Five Most Laughable Attempts at Music in 2005 (#1 being the worst)
4. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Hahahaha!
3. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
I love what people try to pass off as music nowadays.
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So wait, you put Lightning Bolt in your top ten for being "bullshit noise music" and then turn around and rag on The Mars Volta and Broken Social Scene? Holy irrationality, batman!
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I stuck Lightning Bolt in there because I love their drummer and nothing else. I hate every single part of BSS and TMV with the fires of hell.
KharBevNor:
I have ten.
http://mirkgard.blogspot.com/2005/12/top-10-of-2005.html
kikanjuuneko:
--- Quote from: That site ---9. Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation
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Holy thrashtasticness, Kharman!
ozphactor:
In no particular order (because it would take me until next year if I tried):
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
My pick for the catchiest, most hummable album of the year.
[Favorite tracks: "We Built Another World," "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts"]
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
Electronic-tinged indie pop. Seriously underrated.
[Favorite tracks: "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead," "Calendar Girl"]
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
As others have already noted, this isn't the greatest album ever, but damn, is it ever fun. I love it.
[Favorite tracks: "I Turn My Camera On," "I Summon You"]
The Decemberists - Picaresque
These guys just get better and better with each album. Also, pirates are awesome.
[Favorite tracks: "We Both Go Down Togerther," "The Mariner's Revenge Song"]
Antony and the Johnsons - I Am Bird Now
I'll admit it took me a while to adjust to the vocals (which can be off-putting for a lot of people), but once I did... pure bliss.
[Favorite tracks: "Hope There's Someone," "You Are My Sister"]
Songs I liked that were not from the above albums:
Death Cab for Cutie - Marching Bands of Manhattan [Album: Plans]
One of the best opening tracks for an album I've ever heard. Trouble is, the rest of the album was pretty much the same.
Iron & Wine / Calexico - He Lays in the Reins [Album: In the Reins EP]
I've always felt there was something missing in Iron & Wine's music; Calexico is that missing element. I love every bit of this track, for the soft clip-clopping of horse's hooves throughout, to the Spanish opera singer that interjects halfway through.
World Leader Pretend - Bang Theory [Album: Punches]
I had never even heard of this band when I first heard this track, and I haven't heard anything else by them since. All I know is, this track fucking rocks.
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago [Album: Illinois]
I would've listed the album, but to be honest, I don't think I can listen to it all the way through. Hence, my favorite track instead.
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek [Album: Speak for Yourself]
Vocodor-ness. Don't ask me why I like this track. I just do.
All in all, my only complaint this year is that I didn't discover any new band that (in my eyes, or rather, ears) reached the mind-blowing intensity of the Arcade Fire. Tough act to follow, I guess.
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