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)