My list 2005
Best LPs:
- Smog - A River Ain’t Too Much to Love
- Tarantula A.D. - Book of Sand
- American Analog Set - Set Free
- Castanets - First Light’s Freeze
- Cocorosie - Noah’s Ark
- Mountain Goats - Sunset Tree
Best live:
- Akron/Family - Angels of Light show (May 2005)
- Coachwhips - “I Made a Bomb” (live)
- Ben Chasny/Gary Higgins on WFMU (July 2005)
Best songs:
- Dungen - “Panda” ("She was mine / but I guess you don’t give a shit")
- Skeletons and Girl-faced Boys - “Git”
- Times New Viking - “Not High”
Best hoax: tie between Jada Pinkett Smith as nu-metal rocker and “J. T. Leroy,” Truck-stop ‘ho, scamming the NYT Book Review
Best band name - Gay for Johnny Depp (and yes, I am)
Reissues/Collections:
Dylan/Scorcese thing
Yo La Tengo 3 CD set
Songs for Nao (Japanese compilatoin)
Vinyl only stuff:
Devendra Banhart/Jana Hunter split 12"
Oneida/Plastic Crimewave
The Decemberist's Picaresque Double LP
Record label:
JagJaguwar
Online Music Store:
Forced Exposure
2 Comments:
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More best ofs:
Reissues/Collections:
Dylan/Scorcese thing
Yo La Tengo 3 CD set
Songs for Nao (Japanese compilatoin)
Vinyl only stuff:
Devendra Banhart/Jana Hunter split 12"
Oneida/Plastic Crimewave
The Decemberist's Picaresque Double LP
Record label:
JagJaguwar
Online Music Store:
Forced Exposure
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