Best Of 2006 (1 Viewer)

[jimmybreeze]

Albums I really liked this year:
Joanna Newsom,Subtle,yo la tengo,tim hecker,islands,xiu xiu,crayonsmith,tenpastseven,max richter,grizzly bear.

Gigs im really glad I got to see:
The silver Jews,Aphex twin,Steve Reich, Mt Eerie, Joanna Newsom,The Boredoms,dinosaur jr

 

[ernesto]

Zero 7? oh dear.

No Crayon(best Irish album of the year)smith !

i like zero 7. shut up. some nice textures.
my itunes tells me that Stay Loose is from 2005. i couldnt be arsed checking the inlay, wheverever that is. if it is froom 2006, it replaces Zero 7. happy?

 

[ernesto]

i like zero 7. shut up. some nice textures.
my itunes tells me that Stay Loose is from 2005. i couldnt be arsed checking the inlay, wheverever that is. if it is froom 2006, it replaces Zero 7. happy?

its from May 2006!? jesus, seems so long ago! right, that gets in the best of alright. top 10 definitely. great stuff

 

[hermie]

its from May 2006!? jesus, seems so long ago! right, that gets in the best of alright. top 10 definitely. great stuff

haha good stuff.i knew you'd see things my way
pub tonight?

 

[ernesto]

pub tonight?

yes. in the arse

you got a deck the other night? sorry to hear that. think im going to start drinking now for 72hrs. better pace myself.

 

[IFF]

albums i loved:

Belle & Sebastian - life pursuit
cansei se der sexy - css
fiery furnaces - bitter tea
hidden cameras - Awoo
king biscuit time - black gold
matthew friedberger - winter women/ holy ghost launguage school
mocky - navy brown blues
OPM - california poppy
saso - middle ages
sub noize souljaz - droppin bombs
tilly and the wall - bottom of barrels

worst puchase of year:

snow patrol - eyes wide open

what's happened guys, you's use to be good?

Good albums i only bought this year:

last laugh - ashamed of it
Michael franti & spearhead - stay human
Taylor savvy - ladies & gentlemen
real tuesday weld - return of the clerkenwell kid
big B - high class white trash

there have been albums that i meant to by that were out in 2006 that i haven't bought yet

 

[coast to coast]

2005. But it's great and probably better than their 2006 LP, Get Lonely.

I heard Get Lonely is a wee bit miserable. But is it any good?

That previous one is an absolute belter. This Year is an all time knock me down classic. The last verse being hilarious, in a very sad and scary kind of way.

 

[Wobbler]

I haven't bought new music in years.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

I heard Get Lonely is a wee bit miserable. But is it any good?

That previous one is an absolute belter. This Year is an all time knock me down classic. The last verse being hilarious, in a very sad and scary kind of way.

Get Lonely is pretty solid. Title track is the best thing on it.
Of the 4AD LPs, The Sunset Tree and Get Lonely are far better than Tallahassee and We Shall All be Healed.

However - the best stuff the Mountain Goats did remains the early, less polished material - like Zopilote Machine, Sweden and Full Force Galesburg.

 

[Flux]

Didn't get too many albums this year, but enjoyed this lot;

Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Liars - Drums Not Dead
Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things
Mogwai - Zidane A 21st Century Portrait OST
Yo La Tengo - IANAOYAIWBYA
Califone - Roots and Crowns
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Built to Spill - You in Reverse
Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Liars - Drums Not Dead
Yo La Tengo - IANAOYAIWBYA
Califone - Roots and Crowns
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain

these should all be on my list too.

 

[righteous harmony]

lotsa good records this year. still some i know i'm gonna like but haven't got round to getting yet. here's what i can remember...

sunn & boris - altar
comets on fire - avatar
bert jansch - black swan
espers - II
joanna newsom - ys
six organs of admittance - the sun awakens
lair of the minotaur - ultimate destroyer
scott walker - the drift

biggest disappointment: mastodon - blood mountain (those vocals!)

good irish stuff too...

tremors - darkest africa
usb - the shore that fears the sea
cap pas cap - 12"

millions of great gigs and new bands...

 

[righteous harmony]

lotsa good records this year. still some i know i'm gonna like but haven't got round to getting yet. here's what i can remember...

sunn & boris - altar
comets on fire - avatar
bert jansch - black swan
espers - II
joanna newsom - ys
six organs of admittance - the sun awakens
lair of the minotaur - ultimate destroyer
scott walker - the drift

biggest disappointment: mastodon - blood mountain (those vocals!)

good irish stuff too...

tremors - darkest africa
usb - the shore that fears the sea
cap pas cap - 12"

millions of great gigs and new bands...

oh yeah, tarantula a.d. - book of sand .|..|

 

[hugh]

Righteous Harmony just robbed most of my list ... but anyway albums I got from this year that I liked a lot were:

The Joanna Newsom one
The Scott Walker one
Boris/Sunno - Altar
Boris - Pink
The Bellrays - Have A Little Faith
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers

Also rans would be the Neil Young and the Phoenix and the Melvins.

Top of the I-wish-I-hadn't-bought-that-list would be:

The Drones - Gala Mill
(there's quite a few others in that category too)

Oh yeah ... the only Irish record I can think of that I got from this year is the Cap Pas Cap one and it's really good. Are all the others as good as this one?

 

[Nate Champion]

feeling kinda good, not great:

Others:
'Stay Afraid' by Parts & Labor
'Vessel States' by Wilderness
'On Leaving' by Nina Nastassia
'Happy New Year' by Oneida

Best old record I got: 'Love is Hell' by Kitchens of Distinction

 

[sweetoblivion]

favourite records this year:

new:

Joanna Newsom - Ys
Espers - II
Joan as Police Woman - Real Life
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things
Cat Power - The Greatest
Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
Sufjan Stevens - Avalanche
Broken Social Scene - s/t (came out this year?)
The Knife - Silent Shout

Old:

Judee Sill - Heart Food
Karen Dalton - It's so Hard...

I'm sure there are more that I have forgotten!

 

[hermie]

favourite records this year:

Broken Social Scene - s/t (came out this year?)
The Knife - Silent Shout

nah last year.good one though.

what's that knife album like?i see it got pitchfork's record of the year but i've long since stopped trusting those guys. Xiu Xiu not even in their top50, justin timberlake getting song of the year !zed

 

[Stan Bowles]

Top of the I-wish-I-hadn't-bought-that-list would be:

The Drones - Gala Mill

Yeah I got that one they released at the start of the year, boring crap, can't see what the fuss is about.

I forgot about the Raconteurs record, I really liked that one too.

Got a few for christmas that I really like - Skream and The Rapture. Still got to listen to The Obliterati yet. And Jarvis' new one.

 

[Anthony]

I caught up on a few irish releases the other day but what with christmas an all I haven't had the chance to listen to them. I hope they alter my top of '06 list.

 

[righteous harmony]

song of the year: either 'maneater' or 'promiscuous' by nelly furtado