2005

TOP 12

British Sea Power “open season” (rough trade) 9

Animal Collective "feels" (domino) 9

Annie “anniemal” (679 rec) 8

Broadcast “tender buttons” (warp) 9

Brakes "give blood" (Rough Trade) 9

Smog “a river ain’t too much to love” (domino) 9

Robyn "Robyn" (Konichiwa Records) 9

Franz Ferdinand “you could have had it so much better” (domino) 8

Lcd Soundsystem “lcd soundsystem” (emi/dfa) 8

Arcade Fire “funeral” (merge/rough trade) 9

Sufjan Stevens "Illinois" (asthmatic kitty) 9

Dead meadow “feathers” (matador) 9

Feathers "feathers" (gnomon song) 8.5
The Warlocks “surgery” (mute) 9
MIA “arular” (xl) 8.5

30 GREAT FOLLOWERS

The Fiery Furnaces "EP"

Test Icicles “for screening purposes only” (domino)

Saint Etienne “tales from turnpike house” (sanctuary)

The Boy Least Likely To "the best party ever" (too young to die)

Of Montreal „The Sunlandic Twins“ (Polyvinyl)

Six Organs of Admittance “school of the flower” (drag city) !

Jackie-o Motherfucker “flags of the sacred harp” (atp) !

Dan Sartain “dan sartain vs the serpientes (one little indian)

Low “the great destroyer” (rough trade)!

Patrick wolf "wind in the wires" (tomlab)

Herman Dune “not on top” (track and fields)

Goldfrapp “supernature” (mute)

Death from above 1979 “you’re a woman, i’m a machine”

M83 “before the dawn heals us” (goom)

The Coral “the invisible invasion” (deltasonic)

Boards of Canada “the campfire headphase” (warp)

Jennifer Gentle “valende” (sub pop)

Comet Gain “city fallen leaves” (track and fields)

Gris Gris “for the season” (birdman) 8

ladytron "the witching hour"

anthony and the johnsons "I am a bird now"

four tet "everything ecstatic"

bloc party "silent alarm"

Go Kart Mozart “tearing up the album charts” (west midlands)

vitalic “ok cowboy” (citizen/pias)

Sigur ros “takk” (emi)

jackson and his computer band “smash” (warp)

Colder “heat” (output)

AND THEN THE NOT BAD AT ALL

orange juice “the glasgow school” (domino)

bonnie "prince" billy & matt sweeney "superwolf "

clap your hands say yeah "st"

mice parade “ben-vinda vantade” (fat cat)

malcom middleton “into the woods” (chemical underground)

american analog set “set free” (morr music) !

Coco Rosie "Noah's Ark" (touch and go)

Queens of the stone age “lullabies to paralyze” (interscope)

Black mountain “black mountain” (jagjaguar)

Annie “dj kicks” (k7)

Belle and sebastian “push the barman open wounds” (jeepster)

Eighteenth day of may

2006

MY 15 Favorites

the lilys "everything wrong is imaginary" (manifesto) 9/10

grizzly bear “yellow house” (warp) 8.5/10
camera obscura “let’s get out of this country” (elefant) 9/10the impossible shapes - tum (secretely canadian) 8/10swearing at motorists “last night becomes this morning” (secretely canadian) 8.5/10
phoenix “it’s never been like that” (source) 9/10
jens lekman “oh you’re so silent jens” (secretely canadian) 8/10
cat power “the greatest” (matador) 9/10
radio dept. "pet grief" (labrador) 8.5/10i love you but i’ve chosen darkness “fear is on your side” (secretly canadian) 8/10dominique a “l’horizon” (olympik disk) 8/10

belle and sebastian “the life pursuit” (rough trade) 8/10

yeah yeah yeahs “show your bones” (fiction) 8/10

peter, bjorn and john “writer’s block” (witchita) 8/10
junior boys "so this is goodbye" (domino) 9/10

20 very good LPS

the knife "silent shout" (rabid/mute)

midlake "the trial of Van Occupanther (bella union)

liars "drums not dead"(mute)
metronomy "pip paine (pay back the £ 5000 you owe)"
peaches “impeach my bush” (xl)
casiotone for the painfully alone “etiquette” (tomlab)
the rapture “pieces of people we love” (vertigo)

tv on the radio "return to cookie moutain" (4ad)

CSS „cansei de ser sexy“ (sub pop)

the whitest boy alive "dreams" (service)

feathers "st" (gnomonom)

the gossip “standing in the way of control” (kill rock stars)

hot chip “the warning” (dfa/emi)

six organs of admittance “the sun awakens” (drag city)

giant drag “hearts and unicorns” (kickball records)

arctic monkey “whatever people say i am, that’s what i’m not” (domino) 
essex green “cannibal sea” (track and field) !
the tyde “three’s co” (rough trade) !
band of horses “everything, all the time” (sub pop) !
dungen “ta det lungt” (memphis industries) !

and other rather good records

destroyer "destroyer's rubies (merge)

brakes "beatific visions" (rough trade)
beach house "beach house" (carpark)the ruby suns "st" !!!
pink mountain tops “axis of evol” (jag jaguar/city slang) !

bardo pond “ticket crystals” (atp recordings) !
the spinto band “nice and nicely done” (labels)
clap your hands say yeay! (xl)
mogwai “mr beast” (rock action)
the pipettes - we are the pipettes (memphis industries)
the underwear brothers and bikimi sisters “the fall and decline of the underwear brothers” (self released)
isobel campbell and mark lannegan “ballad of the broken seas” (v2)
the horrors “6 track ep” (mercury)
beirut "gulag orkestra" (4ad)
sonic youth "rather ripped" (geffen)
bright black morning light "st" (matador)
yo la tengo "I'm not afraid of you and I will beat your ass" (matador)
bonnie prince billy "the letting go" (domino)

2007 in Music

my 30 favourite records in 2007

Of Montreal – Hissing fauna, are you the destroyer? 9/10

Justice - + 9/10

Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortelada 9.5/10

Feist - The Reminder 9/10 

The Shins – wincing the night away 9/10

Patrick wolf – the magic position 9.5/10

Radiohead – In Rainbows 8.5/10

Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil 9.5/10

The Go! Team – Proof Of Youth 8/10

Lcd Soundsystem –Sound Of Silver 9/10

Britney Spears - Blackout 8/10

Dan Deacon – Spiderman of the rings 9/10

Deerhunter – Cryptograms 8/10

The Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future 7.5/10

Panda Bear – person pitch 8/10

Explosions in The Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone 9/10

Thee, Stranded Horse – Churning Strides 8/10

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 9/10
Chloé - The Waiting Room 9/10

Chromatics - Night Drive 8/10

The Ladybug Transistor - Can't Wait Another Day 8/10

MIA – Kala 8.5/10

Electrelane – No shouts no calls 7.5/10

Dilettantes - 101 Tambourines 8/10

Miracle Fortress – Five Roses 8/10

Simian Mobile Disco – Attack Decay Sustain release 8/10

Woods - At Rear House 9/10
Animal Collective - strawberry jam 8/10
Dinosaur Jr - Beyond 8/10
Holy Fuck – LP 7/10

and now: the rest

Dungen – Tio Bitar 8/10

The Coral – Roots & Echoes 8/10

Menomena - Friend and Foe 7/10

Clinic – Funf 7/10

The Chemical Brothers – We Are The Night 8/10

The National - Boxer 7/10

The horrors – strange house 7/10

Liars - Liars 7/10

The Field - From Here We Go Magic 8/10

Battles – Mirrored 7/10

Arctic Monkeys - Favorite worst nightmare 7/10

Jeffrey Lewis – 12 Crass Songs 7/10

Air - Pocket Symphony 7/10

Caribou - Andora 7/10

Dirty Projectors - Rise Above 7/10

Elliott Smith - New Moon 7/10

Digitalism - Idealism 7/10

These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid 7/10

No Age - Weirdo Ripper 7/10

Trembling Blue Stars - The Last Holy Writer 8/10

Blitzen Trappen - Wild Mountain Nation 7/10

Okkervil River - The Stage Names 7/10

The Oh Sees - Sucks Blood 7/10

The High Llamas - Can Cladders 7/10