Favorite Albums Of 2006 (Revisited/Revised)

While we all wait for my Favorite Albums Of 2007 list, I thought I'd post my list from last year, taken from my old personal blog. Enjoy and feel free to share thoughts.



50. Destroyer – Destroyer's Rubies
49. Amos Lee – Supply & Demand
48. The Mountain Goats – Get Lonely
47. Mason Jennings – Bone Clouds
46. Gotan Project – Lunatico
45. Greg Laswell – Through Toledo
44. Guster – Ganging Up On The Sun
43. Brazilian Girls – Talk To La Bomb
42. Califone – Roots & Crowns
41. Sunset Rubdown – Shut Up I Am Dreaming
40. Calexico – Garden Ruin
39. The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America
38. TV On The Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain
37. Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae
36. Tapes 'N Tapes – The Loon
35. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
34. Joanna Newsom – Ys
33. Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
32. Phoenix – It's Never Been Like That
31. Hot Chip – The Waiting
30. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
29. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
28. Josh Ritter – Animal Years
27. David Bazan – Fewer Moving Parts [EP]
26. Sufjan Stevens – The Avalanche
25. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
24. Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time
23. Peter Bjorn & John – Writer's Block
22. Regina Spektor – Begin To Hope
21. M. Ward – Post War
20. The Black Keys – Magic Potion
19. Girl Talk – Night Ripper
18. Silversun Pickups – Carnavas
17. The Stills – Without Feathers
16. Josh Rouse – Subtitulo
15. Ray LaMontagne – Till The Sun Turns Black
14. Rocky Votolato – Makers
13. French Kicks – Two Thousand
12. The Format – Dog Problems
11. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife

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10. As Tall As Lions – As Tall As Lions

09. Damien Rice – 9

08. Anathallo – Floating World

07. Cold War Kids – Robbers & Cowards

06. Page France – Hello, Dear Wind [Re-Release]

05. Brightblack Morning Light – Brightblack Morning Light

04. Beach House – Beach House

03. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar

02. Midlake – The Trials Of Van Occupanther

01. Grizzly Bear – Yellow House

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Honorable Mention (in no particular order)

Annuals – Be He Me
Brand New – The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
The Hush Sound – Like Vines
Keane – Under The Iron Sea
Lily Allen – Alright, Still
Loose Fur – Born Again In The USA
Madeleine Peyroux – Half The Perfect World
Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s – The Dust Of Retreat
Matt Costa – Songs We Sing
Muse – Black Holes And Revelations
Mute Math – Mute Math
The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
Saves The Day – Sound The Alarm
Sound Team – Movie Monster
Wax On Radio – Exposition [Re-Release]



[Count Me Out] Favorite Albums Of 2005

Favorite Live Shows Of 2006 (Revisited)

I felt like posting this as well, if anyone cares. As I said in the last post I wasn't as able to attend as many shows while away at school due to location and lack of a car. In 2006 I only attended around 10 shows and here were the top 5:



05. Silversun Pickups + Page France at Schubas (08.13.06)

Was my first time seeing Page France, a band I've been obsessed with for some time. Great show indeed. Silversun Pickups were good too, but probably one of the loudest bands I've ever experienced. Honestly left early because they were so loud.


04. Anathallo + Page France + Ben And Bruno at Schubas (10.27.06)

Three solid bands and three solid sets.


03. Calexico + Jason Collett at the Metro (06.23.06)

Went for Jason Collett, but ended up seeing probably one of the most flawless performances ever, from Calexico.


02. Andrew Bird + Occidental Brothers at Logan Square Auditorium (11.25.06)

First time seeing Bird and it was as amazing as I had expected.


01. Wilco + Detholz at the Auditorium Theater (11.24.06)

Can't go wrong with seeing one of your favorites bands, especially from the second row.