Goodbye 2005

My top 22 albums of the year (in no particular order)

1.Black Mountain – Black Mountain TRACKS HERE
7.The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers A LIVE SET
My Morning Jacket – Z
Teenage Fanclub – Man Made
The National – Alligator
Elbow – Leaders Of The Free World
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Richard Swift – The Richard Swift Collection Volume One LINK
Super Furry Animals – Love Kraft
Jose Gonzalez – Veneer
Richard Hawley – Coles Corner
Field Music – Field Music
The Boy Least Likely To – The Best Party Ever PART ONE PART TWO
Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous
Roots Manuva – Awfully Deep
Damien Marley – Welcome To Jamrock
The Rakes – Capture/Release
Engineers – Engineers
Blackalicious - The Craft
Neil Diamond – 12 Songs
Gorillaz – Demon Days
Wolf Parade – Apologies To The Queen Mary


Bubbling Under

The Double – Loose In The Air
Holopaw – Quit+/Or Fight LINK
Editors – The Back Room
Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise
Beck – Guero
Two Gallants – The Throes
White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
Cocorosie – Noahs Ark
Antony And The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
Richmond Fontaine – The Fitzgerald
Willy Mason – Where The Humans Eat
Kanye West – Late Registration
Brendan Benson – Alternative To Love
Stephen Malkmus – Face The Truth
Ohmega Watts – The Find
Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene
Animal Collective – Feels
Iron and Wine/Calexico – In The Reins LINK
Doves – Some Cities
Impossible Shapes – Horus
Robyn – Robyn
The Spinto Band – Nice And Nicely Done
Amsterdam – The Journey RIGHT CLICK




So there you go, Black Mountain is my album of the year, that I know. Its probably the album I’ve listened to the most out of any and it just has this feel of a proper classic, retro yet forward looking, underground yet accessible, I think more people will hear this album next year and it may be a bit of a slow burner, who knows-there is already a new Pink Mountaintops album in the pipeline, Stephen McBean doesn’t hang around!
And The Magic Numbers is definitely 7th best album of the year, that is a given!!!

Have a listen to any of these bands if you didn’t hear them this year, its all good stuff and proof there is always something good out there.
New Years resolutions for us all should be to keep hunting down this great new music and spread the word when you find it, this year I have downloaded more music than ever but I’ve bought more obscure stuff, gone to different gigs and preached the good word of bands that are truly special, if we keep on keeping on next year then the scene can only get stronger.

Heres to a good one, see you next year!