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[Skittish]

I apologize if this has been done already. My top ten as of now.

1) TV On the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
2) Destroyer - Rubies
3) Wilderness - Vessel States
4) Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
5) The Black Keys - Magic Potion
6) The Handsome Family - Last Days of Wonder
7) Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Jason Molina - Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go
9) Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
10) Shearwater - Palo Santo

Honorable mentions:
The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
Magnolia Electric Co. - Fading Trails
Ray LaMontagne - Til the Sun Turns Black

[Thrillho]

I don't care if it has been done, I'm a sucker for this shit, although I'm unsure about doing it with Dylan's new album out on Monday.

In order:

1. Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
2. Anathallo - Floating World
3. Billy Talent - II
4. The Divine Comedy - Victory For The Comic Muse
5. Hundred Reasons - Kill Your Own
6. Rod Stern - Give It Up For Rod Stern!
7. Boy Kill Boy - Civilian
8. Matisyahu - Youth
9. David Gilmour - On An Island
10. Cayto - !Blunderbuss!

Please note the lack of Arctic Monkeys.

[Mikendher]

These are my top 5 so far, in no particular order:

Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche
Oh No! Oh My! - Oh No! Oh My!
Arizona - Welcome Back Dear Children

[KharBevNor]

1: Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
2: Current 93 - Black Ships Ate the Sky
3: Placebo - Meds
4: Korpiklaani - Tales Along This Road
5: Darkthrone - The Cult is Alive

And that's all the albums I can remember coming out this year I've heard. Dylan will doubtless give me six.

[jcknbl]

1. Man Man- Six Demon Bag (No, Seriously)
2. Danielson- Ships
3. be your own PET- S/t (I predict this opinion will be derided by British forum goers but ignored by American ones.)
4. Liars- Drums Not Dead
5. Herbert- Scale

I have not yet heard Art Brut and TV on the Radio and both of those will likely be better than half those albums. Also, Dylan obvi.

Oneida's "Happy New Year" gets the honerable mention because one of these days they're going to put out the album of the decade. This just isn't it yet.

Am I the only person who can't come to terms with Scott Walker's "The Drift" yet? I have a very aggressive love-hate relationship with that album.


DynamiteKid:

I like the lack of Arctic Monkeys. What I can't understand is the inclusion of Matisyahu.

[Der Golem]

Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
Peeping Tom- s/t
Placebo - Meds

I haven't heard the new Mars Volta, but I hear it's good. And Dylan will probably put out a good record. There's also a new Iron Maiden album coming, might be worthwhile but I'm not really counting on it.

[Thrillho]

DynamiteKid:

I like the lack of Arctic Monkeys. What I can't understand is the inclusion of Matisyahu.

It's been a lean year. Most of the albums I've anticipated so far have been disappointments, and ones I've bought from the eighties or nineties have been great.

Crossing my fingers for Dylan.

[Skittish]

DynamiteKid:

I like the lack of Arctic Monkeys. What I can't understand is the inclusion of Matisyahu.

It's been a lean year. Most of the albums I've anticipated so far have been disappointments, and ones I've bought from the eighties or nineties have been great.

Crossing my fingers for Dylan.

This is no excuse for having Matisyahu in your list and not having TVOTR.

[Storm Rider]

So far all I've gotten really excited about this year are Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain and Strapping Young Lad - The New Black.

But Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Rush supposedly all have albums coming out this year, supposedly, and obviously Dylan.

[Radiowar]

Mogwai - Mr. Beast
Ochre - Lemodie

Haven't been paying much attention to 2006 releases though. Still catching up on 2000-2004. Hopefully The Roots' album will have a place up there though.

[Storm Rider]

I forgot that Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse was released early this year, and although it wasn't anything amazing, it was definitely enjoyable.

And frickin' ARSIS has a new album out this year, and if it's anything even close to A Celebration of Guilt, then it will definitely rival Agalloch for the top spot.

[Praeserpium Machinarum]

There is a lot of records coming out later this year that I am looking forward to - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Mastodon, Blood Brothers and so on. Also I haven't heard the new Wäldchengarten album yet. So this is by no means a definitive list. But I don't think much can rival the Under Byen album.

1. Under Byen - Samme Stof Som Stof
2. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
3. Erase Errata - Nightlife
4. The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia
5. The Black Heart Procession - The Spell
6. Matisyahu - Youth

I just realised that I haven't heard much new stuff this year - much like last year actually. Curse insufficient funds!

[Kid Modernist]

This is no excuse for having Matisyahu in your list and not having TVOTR.

I checked out that album and thought it was realllllllly boring. I'm not getting the buzz, personally.

I have a problem of knowing what years things came out, but I think so far:

Paul Simon - Surprise (Mostly because I'm a Paul Simon nut)
David Gilmour - On an Island (Didn't think I would like it, but did)
Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (The Best thing they've put out in YEARS).
The Knife - Silent Shout
Mogwai - Mr. Beast

Stuff I like so far, but we'll see how I feel later:

Bob Dylan - Modern Times, Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea, The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine, The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make An Easy Living

Stuff I did not like:

Matisyahu - Youth, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium, Thom Yorke - The Erasor, TV On the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain, Danielson - Ships Beirut - Gulag Orkestar

[Storm Rider]

Man, I forgot Mastodon too. The single from their new album is on their website. It sounds just like Leviathan, which is great as far as I'm concerned.

[dancarter]

Hmm, I don't know if I'll have ten picks here.  Anyway.  Onwards.

1. Android Lust - Devour, Rise, and Take Flight
2. The Wretch - Northern Air + Passageways
3. Frontline Assembly - Artificial Soldier
4. Placebo - Meds (yeah, again)
5. Zombie Girl -  Back from the Dead EPCD
6. Leather Strip - Walking on Volcanoes
7. Coil - The Remote Viewer + Black Antlers(digitally remastered)

[Will]

So far, I've really enjoyed -

Mogwai - Mr. Beast
Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia
Rosetta - The Galilean Satellites (any of you guys that dig Isis should ceck this band out)
Russian Circles - Enter (I liked them way before Jeph mentioned them in a QC newspost, do I get extra credit?)
Slayer - Christ Illusion (c'mon, it's freaking Slayer!)
Zao - The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here
The Paperchase - Now You Are On Of Us
Envy - Insomniac Doze

I'm drooling in anticipation over the new Isis, and I have a freaking countdown going until the new Converge comes out...

Okay, that was a lot...new guy's going to sleep now

[Luke C]

Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium.

If Dylan, Iron Maiden and Megadeth all have new albums out which don't dissapoint then they may well rescue this year from being a disasster.

[Kai]

1. DeVotchKa - Curse Your Little Heart
2. The Church - Uninvited, Like the Clouds
3. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
4. The Knife - Silent Shout
5. Current 93 - Black Ships Ate the Sky

I'm hoping the new Melvins will add something. and I am kind of excited for Bob Dylan, but I don't know. There's alot of albums from 2006 I still haven't picked up yet. I haven't heard the new Sonic Youth. Or the new Thermals album. I plan to pick at least one of those up in the next couple days.

[Misereatur]

Why are you all forgetting Peeping Tom?

[schimmy]

Because he's going to post his own list soon.

Badum tsh.

[ComfortEagle]

I apologize if this has been done already.

1) TV On the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain

Are they good? They are coming to dallas soon and I would like to know if it is worth the drive.

[nuisance]

2. The Church - Uninvited, Like the Clouds

The Aussie band who did 'Under The Milky Way Tonight' in the 80s?  If so, that's ace that they're still going!

Don't have much of a list myself...

J-Dilla - 'Donuts' (schizophrenic hip-hop instrumentals... incredibly progressive and baffling... probably the post-humous 'The Shining' will be on the list by the time the year is out, but I have to wait for next pay to pick it up)

Mapstation - 'Distance Told Me Things To Be Said' (subdued Kluster / early Tangerine Dream arpeggio action with occasional hints at dub)

Dabrye - 'Two / Three' (Ann Arbor techno nerd comes back with his 3rd hip-hop album and for better or worse brings a truck load of MCs.  less consistent, primarily thanks to some of the raps, but amazingly far reaching sounds and all up ... rad)

Junior Boys - 'So This Is Goodbye' (soppy synthpop.. the 2-step inspired beats are gone but there's still a nice, forward-looking aesthetic and it has the best Sinatra cover ever)

[Cartilage Head]

The Dresden Dolls-Yes,Virginia.

 MY MIND,SHE CANNOT BE CHANGED.

[Will]

To all of you besides myself who listed the new Dresden Dolls:  did any of you think that it wasn't as powerful as the self-titled album?  I still love the new album, but it just kinda has this weird vibe that it gives me, almost to where lyrically Amanda just wrote around loose concepts and turned them into songs, where in the ST, it seemed more personal?  There's something about the new one that I just can't put my finger on; it's not exactly a "sophmore slump" but it feels like something's lacking...

[Radiowar]

Dabrye - 'Two / Three' (Ann Arbor techno nerd comes back with his 3rd hip-hop album and for better or worse brings a truck load of MCs.  less consistent, primarily thanks to some of the raps, but amazingly far reaching sounds and all up ... rad)

That came out this year? Well that's definitely on my list then...

oh and also Kaki King - Until We Felt Red

[Praeserpium Machinarum]

About The Dresden Dolls, I never heard the first one so I can't say but Yes, Virginia does have weak points. There is some subpar songs such as Delilah and a few other quiet ones. As far as I am concerned they are best when they are doing manic cabaret-rock.

[vivouk]

Frightened Rabbit- The Greys followed by Guillemots- Through The Windowpane.

The others are too close to rank just yet.

Also MOTHERFUCKIN Aereogramme album coming in October.

[Thrillho]

DynamiteKid:

I like the lack of Arctic Monkeys. What I can't understand is the inclusion of Matisyahu.

It's been a lean year. Most of the albums I've anticipated so far have been disappointments, and ones I've bought from the eighties or nineties have been great.

Crossing my fingers for Dylan.

This is no excuse for having Matisyahu in your list and not having TVOTR.

I think a good excuse would be 'I don't listen to that band.'

[Narr]

I second the RHCP Stadium Arcadium bid.

I suppose I haven't really picked up anything produced this year, other than that and the new Pearl Jam album (which I enjoyed, but seems like a lot of other people didn't).

The new Audioslave album comes out in like a week and I'm looking forward to it.  I liked the new single off it anyway.

[Skittish]

I apologize if this has been done already.

1) TV On the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain

Are they good? They are coming to dallas soon and I would like to know if it is worth the drive.

Definitely worth it. I'm seeing them for the second time this year. Check out the new album to see if it's your thing. Desperate Youth and Bloodthirsty Babes is also a great album.

[Kai]

2. The Church - Uninvited, Like the Clouds

The Aussie band who did 'Under The Milky Way Tonight' in the 80s?  If so, that's ace that they're still going!

YES! It is a really good album, too.

[Nuance]

I'd put some votes in for:

Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia (also how can you call Delilah one of the weak tracks? Thats got to be one of my favorite three on the album)
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
The North Atlantic - Wires in the Walls (technically a re-release, but the 2003 pressing was something like 5000 cds)

And while I don't know I'd call it one of the best albums of 2006, the biggest surprise for me was Thursday - A City By Light Divided, never really liked any of their earlier stuff, but the songwriting and production on this album dovetail incredibly well.

[Joseph]

1. Bruce Springsteen - The Seeger Sessions
2. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
3. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
4. Current 93 - Black Ships Ate The Sky
5. Amy Millan - Honey From The Tombs

[El Opium]

This thread is appearing a couple months later than usual, what gives?

My faves so far (AKA-I <3 NZ scuzz):
Birchville Cat Motel-Our Love Will Destroy the World
Cambel Kneale-Pink Stalingrad
The Nether Dawn-Outer Dark
Magik Markers-A Panegryric to the Things That I do Not Understand
The Stumps-Lost Weekends
Spectre Folk-Reqiem for Ming Aralia
Burnt Hills-To Your Head
Armpit-Unloved and/or Used
ON-s/t

Stuff that's sitting around in my record box until I get a new needle:
Racoo-ooo-oon-Mythos Folkways Vol. I
Racoo-ooo-oon/Woods-Pre-American Lands
Major Stars-Syntopikon
Specer Yeh-Solo LP
Burning Star Core-Three Sisters Who Share an Eye

Records I've not yet Acquired that may feature later:
The new Skullflower
The new Avarus CD and LP
Solar Anus-Skull Alchoholic

[Praeserpium Machinarum]

Amy Millan - Honey From The Tombs

How is it compared to her Stars stuff? I took a long time even realising that it was her judging by the decadent cover.

Nuance: It is too long if you ask me and it makes it's point at about halfway.

[Skittish]

Amy Millan - Honey From The Tombs

How is it compared to her Stars stuff? I took a long time even realising that it was her judging by the decadent cover.

Nuance: It is too long if you ask me and it makes it's point at about halfway.

It's not nearly as good.

And yeah, airbrushing can do wonders.

[Joseph]

It's completely different from Stars stuff, I wouldn't really compare the two.  I prefer Stars, but I think Amy Millan solo is still wonderful.  But I just remember about the Liars album this year, so Millan will have to be bumped down to number 6 at least, and I'll need to think more about what's come out this year.

[Cartilage Head]

I think what you guys think is lacking in Yes,Virginia is the rawness of the self-titled album. Many of the songs in the ST were more merciless and angry,while Yes,Virginia went for something a bit more complex and artsy. Yes,Virginia tops the ST,in my opinion.

[Mikendher]

The Amy Millan album isn't as good as her Stars work, but give "Baby I" a listen. It's still rather impressive.

[eyepatch]

1. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment
2. Anathallo - Floating World
3. Helios - Eingya
4. Kaki King - ...Until We Felt Red
5. Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime

:)

[Will]

I think what you guys think is lacking in Yes,Virginia is the rawness of the self-titled album. Many of the songs in the ST were more merciless and angry,while Yes,Virginia went for something a bit more complex and artsy.

you might be on to something there...i hadn't thought about that aspect of it.  i still don't know which one i prefer overall, but i definately dig them both.

[greenMonkey]

Has anyone heard the new Aloha album (Some Echoes)?  I heard a track on Last.fm radio today and I liked it, but otherwise I haven't heard anything else off of it.

[Skittish]

Has anyone heard the new Aloha album (Some Echoes)?  I heard a track on Last.fm radio today and I liked it, but otherwise I haven't heard anything else off of it.

Yeah, it'd probably be in my top 20 so far. Solid album. Check it out.

[minkles]

1.  The Decemberists- The Crane Wife
2.  Belle and Sebastian- The Life Pursuit
3.  Islands- Return to the Sea
4.  Tapes 'n Tapes- The Loon
5.  Asobi Seksu- Citrus
6.  Destroyer- Destroyer's Rubies
7.  The Thermals- The Body, The Blood, The Machine
8.  Cat Power- The Greatest
9.  Dresden Dolls- Yes, Virginia
10.  Thom Yorke- The Eraser
11.  Sunset Rubdown- Shut Up I Am Dreaming
12.  TV on the Radio- Return to Cookie Mountain
13.  Comets on Fire- Avatar
14.  Sonic Youth- Rather Ripped
15.  The Knife- Silent Shout

[Microfoot]

My favorites so far:

1. Murder By Death - In Bocca Al Lupo
2. The Pink Spiders - Teenage Graffiti
3. Ratatat - Classics
4. The Capes - Hello
5. The Village Green - Feeling The Fall

[logosmonkey]

1. Man Man- Six Demon Bag (No, Seriously)
2. Danielson- Ships
3. be your own PET- S/t (I predict this opinion will be derided by British forum goers but ignored by American ones.)
4. Liars- Drums Not Dead
5. Herbert- Scale

As far as be your own PET is concerned I think that is a wonderful album. Musically it is genius, my only real problem with it is some of Jemina's lyrics... otherwise a great album.
I second Danielson's album.. not much of his stuff had really grabbed me but Ships for some reason begs me to listen to it over and over.

anyway beyond this point there be lists

No particular order
1. Be your own PET -- s/t
2. Danielson - Ships
3. Neil Young - Living with war
4. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
5. Beruit - Gulag Orkestar
6. El Pero Del Mar - s/t
7. Camera Obscura - Lets get out of this country
8. Sufjan Stevens - Avalanche

hmm ok thats a top 8 I guess because I can't think of anything else right now.. I'm almost sure Dylans album will make it on this list and there are likely a few others coming out that will bump some of the ones listed to honorable mentions ...

[Skittish]

I'm surprised it took this long for someone to say Gnarls Barkley.

Good call on Camera Obscura, by the way.

[logosmonkey]

Also I'd include The Replacements comp Don't you know who I think I was ... but it's a comp so I don't see that as fair... besides it's the Replacements and frankly it's hard to beat any of their albums much less a comp of their best.

[est]

oh man, I can actually play this game this time.

Here's my top ten, but I don't think I can put them into a strict order.  I've kind of ranked them, but my tastes vary with mood a lot, and I'm not really as fanatical about music as some of you folks.

- The Knife, Silent Shout
- TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain
- The Gossip, Standing in the way of control
- Tiga, Sexor
- Ellen Allien & Apparat, Orchestra of bubbles
- Mates of State, Bring it back
- Camera Obscura, Let's get out of this country
- Junior Boys, So this is goodbye
- Lily Allen, Alright Still
- Ratatat, Classics

I have a few of the other albums you guys have mentioned, but haven't listened to them enough yet to say whether or not I really like them.

[Microfoot]

I'm surprised it took this long for someone to say Gnarls Barkley.

Good call on Camera Obscura, by the way.

I completely forgot to mention Gnarls Barkley.

I also enjoyed

Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You
Every Move a Picture - Heart=Weapon
Les Claypool - Of Whales And Woe