Friday, December 30, 2005

Music Lists

9 Favorite Albums of 2005

Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
M.I.A. - Arular
Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
Beck - Guero
Animal Collective - Feels
Lemon Jelly - '64-'95
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Grrrr...I know)
Kanye West - Late Registration (duh)

10 Favorite Songs of 2005

Sally - Thank God for Sunglasses
CYHSY - The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
Thee More Shallows - 2AM
Stereophonics - Superman
Spoon - Sister Jack
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Bloc Party - Pioneers
Jenny Wilson - Love Ain't Just a Four-Letter Word
The Nein - Courtesy Bows to New Wave
Xiu Xiu - Bog People

2005 Live Shows that Rocked

Woven Hand at KUD
Xiu Xiu at KUD
The Notwist at Channel Zero
The Hives at KriĊĦanke

Fucking Musical Annoyances of 2005

50 Cent - He's the fucking Nickelback of rap...a self-plagiarist
Nickelback
Nada Surf - I saw the 'Always Love' video on MTV Adria once, that song stayed in my head all year
Klemen Klemen - Slovenian "rapper". I've never heard him; He just gets pissed drunk and irritates me at bars
The Pussy Cat Dolls - Where do I begin with this one?! They're the anthropomorphism of Los Angeles
James Blount - As if David Gray weren't bad enough...Jesus
Caribou - Played at Orto. I got distracted and missed it. Kicking myself hard.

12 Comments:

Blogger Ashbloem said...

I love you for this post.

FUCKING GUERO, DUDE. What an album.

Fri Dec 30, 07:55:00 PM +00:00  
Blogger Angela Sims said...

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
definately yummy.

Though for some reason I am into Ryan Adams this week. That and some Al GReen. I know...I'm getting my head checked soon.

Fri Dec 30, 11:58:00 PM +00:00  
Blogger David said...

listened to atmosphere last night. nice.

Sun Jan 01, 11:09:00 PM +00:00  
Blogger Ashbloem said...

Also, I told you I saw the Hives here, right? They were awesome. I want to go again.

Mon Jan 02, 03:42:00 PM +00:00  
Blogger Mr. Manager said...

Mine:

Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
Devin Davis - Lonely People of the World, Unite!
Eugene Edwards - My Favorite Revolution
Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
Immaculate Machine - Ones and Zeros
Metric - Live it Out
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
The Spinto Band - Nice and Nicely Done
Spoon - Gimme Fiction

Mon Jan 02, 04:49:00 PM +00:00  
Blogger pupil said...

I used to work for the Nada Surf singer's mom. No joke. I was her research assistant.

Tue Jan 03, 04:39:00 PM +00:00  
Blogger Surrender2Lola said...

Listening to Ladytron brings up images of you with a huge goofy grin on your face, in Tombstone, singing along..."destroy me. this way..." Now that I am sober and thinking about it...that was quite odd.

Wed Jan 04, 04:17:00 AM +00:00  
Blogger Josh said...

THE GO! TEAM ALBUM IS BULLSHIT
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightening, Strike

THE 4 SONGS THAT I KEPT LISTENING TO IN 2005 AND THEREFORE LABEL "BEST"
Spoon - "Sister Jack"
Count Bass-D - "Drug Abusage"
The New Pornographers - "Jackie, Dressed in Cobras"
Gorillaz - "Feel Good, Inc."

THE 4 ALBUMS THAT I KEPT LISTENING TO IN 2005 AND THEREFORE LABEL "BEST"
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Theodore - A Summer She Has Never Been, A Winter She Fears
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Richie Hawtin - DE9 Transitions

THE 3 SONGS NOT FROM 2005 THAT I PICKED UP IN 2005 AND KEPT LISTENING TO AND THEREFORE LABEL "BEST"
Snooze - "Quiet Alone"
TV on the Radio - "Satellite"
Electronic - "Late at Night"

THE 5 ALBUMS NOT FROM 2005 THAT I PICKED UP IN 2005 AND KEPT LISTENING TO AND THEREFORE LABEL "BEST"
Tim Hecker - Haunt Me, Haunt Me, Do It Again
Auburn Lull - Cast from the Platform
David Garza - A Strange Mess of Flowers
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Tiefschwarz - Misch Masch

Thu Jan 05, 07:47:00 AM +00:00  
Blogger opinions are like orifices said...

a little late on the uptake, but here goes:

Feist - Let It Die
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Tom Vek - We Have Sound
Tom Waits - Real Gone (technically 2004, but i didn't get on board until 05)
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

Wed Feb 08, 12:04:00 AM +00:00  
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