Tags: The Best Music of 2006
Best Albums of the Year:
1) Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
2) Anathallo - Floating World
3) Deerhoof - The Runners Four
4) Josh Ritter - Animal Years
5) Pick any one of my honorable mentions below and put it here.
There was one standout here, Jenny Lewis, but otherwise, there were several good albums, but I didn’t find a lot of GREAT albums this year. Glancing at some of the review sites on the web, there are several bands I need to check out, unlikes the last couple of years, I don’t have 90% of the albums referenced on some of the sites.
Honorable Mention:
Tapes ‘N Tapes - The Loon
Destroyer - Destroyer’s Rubies
Erin McKeown - We Will Become Like Birds
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
Most Disapponting:
South’s previous album was a top 5 for me a couple of years ago. Adventures in the Underground Journey to the Stars just wasn’t as strong a release for them. Still, it was good, but like I mentioned about the year in general, it wasn’t GREAT.
Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia. A bitter disappointment.
And now… my compilation cd for 2006, I for one, welcome our new musical overlords.
Just like last year, I’ll leave the music links up for about a week, so get them while they’re hot. Here’s Liner Artwork
Track list:
| 1. | Neko Case | John Saw That Number | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 2. | Josh Rouse | Summertime | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 3. | The Long Winters | Fire Island, AK | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 4. | Beck | Nausea | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 5. | Calexico | Letter to Bowie Knife | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 6. | Deerhoof | Wrong Time Capsule | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 7. | The Decemberists | O, Valencia | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 8. | The Shins | Sea Legs | [ Download ] |
| 9. | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Way Out | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 10. | Anathallo | Dokkoise House | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 11. | Now It’s Overhead | Let Up | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 12. | Gomez | Notice | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 13. | Thirteen Senses | Into the Fire | [ Download ] [ Amazon ] |
| 14. | Jenny Lewis | Big Guns | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 15. | The Veils | Not Yet | [ Download ] [ Amazon ] |
| 16. | Mugison | Salt | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
| 17. | The Frames | When Your Mind’s Made Up | [ Download ] [ Amazon ] |
| 17. | Josh Ritter | Wolves | [ Download ] [ iTunes ] |
UPDATED 12/27/06 Download link for Sea Legs fixed
You might need to rename these after downloading. I think my server isn’t properly reccognizing the .m4a file type. It’s making them txt files upon download. If you download these, leave me a comment, I want to gauge how many folks are checking them out.
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