BEST OF LISTS
FOR 2006

Here are our best of lists for all of 2006...

TOP 15 RECORDS OF 2006
1. Jenny Lewis& the Watson Twins- RABBIT FUR COAT (Team-Love)
2. Band of Horses- EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME (Sub Pop)
3. Pernice Bros- LIVE A LITTLE (Ashmont)
4. Camera Obscura- LET’S GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY (Merge)
5. Neko Case- FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD (Anti)
6. The Scruffs- POP MANIFESTO (Scruffsville)
7. Sleepy Jackson- PERSONALITY: ONE WAS A SPIDER, ONE WAS A BIRD (Astralwerks)
8. The Minders- IT’S ABRIGHT GUILTY WORLD (Future Farmer)
9. Eric Matthews- FOUNDATION SOUNDS (Empyrean)
10. The Drams- JUBILEE DRIVE (New West)
11. Amy Millan- HONEY FROM THE TOMBS (Arts & Crafts)
12. Belle & Sebastian- THE LIFE PURSUIT (Matador)
13. The Black Watch- TATTERDEMALION (Stonegarden)
14. El Perro Del Mar- S/T (The Control Group)
15. Peter, Bjorn & John- WRITER’S BLOCK (Almost Gold)


WAIT….HERE’S 15 MORE !
16. The Concretes- IN COLOUR (Astralwerks)
17 The Essex Green- CANNIBAL SEA (Merge)
17. The Thermals- THE BODY, THE BLOOD, THE MACHINE (Sub Pop)
18. Daniel Wylie- THE HIGH COST OF HAPPINESS (Neon Tetra)
19. Mates of State- BRING IT BACK (Barsuk)
20. Radio Dept. – PET GRIEF (Labrador)
21. Hazey Janes- HOTEL RADIO (Measured)
22. The Capitol Tears- DANCE AWAY THE TERROR (Park the Van)
23. Jennifer O’Connor- OVER THE MOUNTAIN, ACROSS THE VALLEY & DOWN TO THE STARS (Matador)
24. The Buzzcocks- FLAT-PACK PHILOSOPHY (Cooking Vinyl)
25. The King Khan & BBQ Show- WHAT’S FOR DINNER (In the Red)
26. The Tyde- THREE’S CO. (Rough Trade)
27. The Now People- THE LAST GREAT 20TH CENTURY LOVE AFFAIR (Bird Song)
28. Rainy Day Saints- DIAMOND STAR HIGHWAY (Get Hip)
29. Skygreen Leopards- DISCIPLES OF CALIFORNIA (Jagjaguwar)


TOP 15 “UNDER THE RADAR” RECORDS
1. Overlord- TICKER SYMBOLS (Storm Tower)
2. The Brother Kite- WAITING FOR THE TIME TO BE RIGHT (Claire)
3. The Faintest Ideas- WHAT GOES UP MUST CALM DOWN (Magic Marker)
4. Pelle Carlberg- EVERYTHING NOW ! (Twenty Seven)
5. Parks & Recreation- S/T (Hush)
6. Dyrdin- S/T (Skipping Stones)
7. Pop is Art- EPIPHANY (P.I.A.R.)
8. Peter Adams- THE SPIRAL EYES (Subcircle)
9. The Spring Collection- S/T (Blindspot)
10. The Smittens- A LITTLE REVOLUTION (North of January/Dangerfive)
11. Harpwell Sound- LET’S GO ANYWAY (Skycap/Peapod)
12. Math & Physics Club- S/T (Matinee)
13. The Weather Machines- THE SOUND OF PSEUDOSCIENCE (Tigers Against Crime)
14. The New Tragedies- VANITY VANITY (New Scratch)
15. Sex Robots- S/T (Roadhouse Tunes)


TOP 10 EP’S
1. Ivy League- LONDON BRIDGES (Twenty Seven)
2. Postal Blue- ROAD TO HAPPINESS (Humblebee)
3. Pas/Cal- DEAR SIR (Le Grand Magistery)
4. Voxtrot- MOTHERS, SISTERS, DAUGHTERS & WIVES (Cult Hero)
5. The Returnables- S/T (Dirtnap)
6. The Sleepover Disaster- THE OCEANOGRAPHER (Overcast)
7. Harper Lee- HE HOLDS A FLAME (Matinee)
8. Airfields- LANEWAYS (Humblebee)
9. Lake Holiday- THE CURSE OF SUNSHINE (Debris)
10. Beauty Sleep- NATURE VS NURTURE (Skipping Stones)


TOP 10 REISSUES
1. Gram Parsons- THE COMPLETE REPRISE SESSIONS (Rhino)
2. John Phillips- (JOHN, THE WOLFKING OF L.A.)- (Varese Sarabande)
3. Sebadoh- III (Domino)
4. The New Salem Witch Hunters- S/T (Get Hip)
5. Nick Garrie- THE NIGHTMARE OF J.B. STANISLAUS (Rev-Ola)
6. Mortimer- S/T (Rev-Ola)
7. Pavement- WOWEE ZOWEE (Matador)
8. Gary Higgins- RED HASH (Drag City)
9. The Lucy Show- MANIA (Words on Music)
10. The Tickets- S/T (Brewery)


TOP 10 COLLECTIONS
1. The Exploding Hearts- SHATTERED (Dirtnap)
2. The Stems- TERMINAL COOL: ANTHOLOGY 1983-’86 (Get Hip)
3. The Someloves- DON’T TALK ABOUT US (Half a Cow)
4. Doleful Lions- VOLUME TWO (Parasol)
5. Josef K.- ENTOMOLOGY (Domino)
6. Code of Honor –COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS 1982-‘84 (Subterranean)
7. The Pipettes- WE ARE THE PIPETTES (Memphis Industries)
8. Allen Clapp- SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENS (Bus Stop)
9. Pointed Sticks- WAITING FOR THE REALTHING (Sudden Death)
10. Boyracer- PUNKER THAN YOU SINCE ’92 (555)


TOP 5 COMPILATIONS
1. V/A- TEENLINE VOLS. 105-107 (Hyped2death)
2. V/A- Lost Legends of Surf Guitar Vol. 4 (Sundazed)
3. V/A- ONLY IN CANADA ,EH 1977-’81 (Punk History Canada)
4. V/A- TINY IDOLS VOL. 2 (Snowglobe)
5. V/A- SOUVENIRS FROM EGG RECORDS (Egg)


TOP 15 LIVE BANDS
1. Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins
2. Belle & Sebastian
3. Marah
4. The Hidden Cameras
5. The Pernice Bros.
6. True West
7. Camera Obscura
8. Silver Jews
9. Skidmark
10. Amy Millan
11. Neko Case
12. The Boy Least Likely To
13. The Black Angels
14. Mark Mallman
15. Final Fantasy


TOP 10 CDS FOR 2006 (OVERALL)
1. The Exploding Hearts – SHATTERED (Dirtnap)
2. Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins- RABBIT FUR COAT (Team Love)
3. Overlord- TICKER SYMBOLS (Storm Tower)
4. Band of Horses- EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME (Sub Pop)
5. Gram Parsons- THE COMPLETE REPRISE SESSIONS (Rhino)
6. Pernice Bros. –LIVE A LITTLE (Ashmont)
7. John Phillips- JOHN, THE WOLFKING OF L.A. (Varese Sarabande)
8. The Brother Kite- WAITING FOR THE TIME TO BE RIGHT (Claire)
9. Camera Obscura- LET’S GET TOUT OF THIS COUNTRY (Merge)
10. Ivy League- LONDON BRIDGES ep (Twenty Seven)

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