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Good Music of 2005

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Jasonvb
Dec 16 2005
12:55 pm

So here’s my top ten of 2005:

10. ARCADE FIRE – Funeral (this actually came out in 2004, but it’s so good it deserves to be on again)

9. FOUR TET – Everything Ecstatic

8. CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

7. CONSTANTINES – Tournament of Hearts

6. THE GO! TEAM – Thunder, Lightning, Strike

5. BLOC PARTY – Silent Alarm

4. BRIGHT EYES – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning

3. ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS – I Am a Bird Now

2. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – Twin Cinema

1. SUFJAN STEVENS – Illinois

What have YOU been listening to?

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grant
Dec 22 2005
11:40 pm

Is Broken Social Scene getting big there, yet? You might like their new album, judging from your list, jasonvb.

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Jasonvb
Dec 24 2005
02:12 pm

Yeah, they’re just one of those haven’t-quite-gotten-to-them-yet sort of bands for me. I have their latest album but have been so busy with other new music I haven’t given them a proper listen. I do have a thing for Canadian musicians though, so I’m expecting to dig them a lot.

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Jason Panella
Dec 30 2005
10:43 pm

Good topic!

I posted a top-ten (well, top eight) list on my ‘blog, but I’ll revamp it here.

In no order:

CROOKED FINGERS- Dignity & Shame

SPOON- Gimme Fiction

THE BAD PLUS- Suspicious Activity?

WOLF PARADE- Apologies to the Queen Mary

WILCO- Kicking Television: Live in Chicago

ANDREW BIRD- …and the Mysterious Production of Eggs

BIG STAR- In Space

FRANK BLACK- Honeycomb

TEENAGE FANCLUB- Man-Made

SUFJAN STEVENS- Illinois

Honorable mentions: COMMON- Be; EELS- Blinking Lights & Other Revelations; RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS- Jackonsville City Nights; ANTHONY HAMILTON- Ain’t Nobody Worryin’; SUPER FURRY ANIMALS- Love Kraft; MY MORNING JACKET- Z; SIGUR ROS- Takk…

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Jason Panella
Dec 30 2005
10:46 pm

And my top-ten favorite SONGS of 2005 (these, unlike my last list, are in order, from last to first).

10) “Sing for Joy”- Frank Black

9) “Conversations”- the Posies

8 ) “Shit Talker”- Headphones

7) “Dony”- Big Star

6) “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.”- Sufjan Stevens

5) “Only With You”- Teenage Fanclub

4) “It’s All In My Mind”- Teenage Fanclub

3) “Call to Love”- Crooked Fingers

2) “I Summon You”- Spoon

1) “Walter Reed”- Michael Penn