Each year I compile my favorite releases of the past 12 months, and dammit if this wasn’t a great year. Of course I have gift cards to use now to buy new music, so I’m already working on next years’ list. Agree or disagree, this is the music I like hearing nowadays.
Ben Folds Songs for Silverman
Bloc Party ”Silent Alarm”
Danger Doom ”The Mouse And The Mask”
DJ Shadow ”Endtroducing… [Deluxe Edition]”
Fiona Apple ”Extraordinary Machine”
Gorillaz ”Demon Days”
John Vanderslice ”Pixel Revolt”
The Lucksmiths ”Warmer Corners”
Sigur Ros ”Takk…”
Sleater-Kinney ”The Woods”
Spoon ”Gimme Fiction”
The Stars ”Set Yourself On Fire”
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane ”At Carnegie Hall”
Teenage Fanclub ”Man-Made”
The Wedding Present ”Take Fountain”
Lucinda Williams ”Live @ the Fillmore”