1.20.2007

 

::doubleplusgood:: Top 10 of 2006:

Scott Walker- The Drift - 4AD
Sparks- Hello Young Lovers - In the Red
Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth In the Mouth of the Beast - Matador
Yo La Tengo- I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass - Matador
Espers - II - Drag City
Gothic Archies- Tragic Treasury - Nonesuch
Hidden Cameras- Awoo - Arts & Crafts
Final Fantasy- He Poos Clouds - Tomlab
Oxford Collapse- Remember the Night Parties - Sub Pop
Dirty Projectors - New Attitude - Marriage

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Honorable Mentions:

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - House Arrest - Pawtracks
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas - V2 ADA
Zach Hill & Mick Barr- Shred Earthship - 5RC
Breck & Scott- Dream You Away - Hyped2Death
Lilys - Everything Wrong Is Imaginary - Manifesto
Okay Paddy - The Cactus Has a Point - Prison Jazz
The Capitol Years - Dance Away the Terror - Park the Van
Helena Espvall - Nimis & Arx - Fire Museum/Pax
Robyn Hitchcock + Venus 3 - Ole! Tarantula - Yep Roc
Juana Molina - Son - Domino
Scott Solter plays Pattern Is Movement - Canonic - Hometapes
Mykal Xul - Gizmo My Way: Unsung Anthems of Ken Highland & The Gizmos
- Gulcher
World/Inferno Friendship Society - Red-Eyed Soul - Chunksaah
Pepi Ginsberg - Orange Juice: Stephanie/Stephanie - self-released
Radio Birdman - Zeno Beach - YepRoc
Unlikely Cowboy - S/T - self-released
The Aquarium - S/T - Dischord
Measles Mumps Rubella - Fantastic Success - Doubling Cube
Scritti Politti - White Bread Black Beer - Nonesuch/Rough Trade
East Coast West Ghost - S/T

Nice Little EPs & 7"s:
Ladybug Transistor - Here Comes the Rain - Merge (ITunes only)
Ivy League - London Bridges EP - Twentyseven Records
Hi-Soft - Amateur - Chocolate Hearts
The Sky Drops - Clouds of People - Unparalleled
Tunng- It's Because...We've Got Hair - Full Time Hobby

Compilations:
Messthetics Greatest - Hyped2Death
The Philly Sound Get Down: Philly Funk Instrumentals Funkadelphia/Distortions
See You On the Moon - Paperbag
Electric Gypsyland 2 - Crammed Discs
Classic Labor Songs - Smithsonian Folkways
Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label - Numero Group
Big Apple Rappin': The Early Days of Hip-Hop Culture In New York City 1979-82 - Soul Jazz
Screaming Masterpiece - One Little Indian

Reissues and Retrospectives & Live/DVD:
Thee Midniters - In Thee Midnite Hour!!!! - Norton
Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional - Domino
Delta 5: Singles & Sessions 1979-1981 - Kill Rock Stars
Tom Waits: Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Go-Betweens - That Striped Sunlight Sound - YepRoc

R.I.P.:
Desmond Dekker
James Brown
Maynard Ferguson
Grant McLennan
Ali Farka Touré

posted by lizbot 8:24 PM