As you might know, I am almost as obsessed with year-end music lists as I am with music. Let me know if you have something I need to hear or lovingly crafted your own year-end list.
Love,
Ian
1. The Hold Steady-Separation Sunday
2. Wolf Parade-Apologies to the Queen Mary
3. Okkervil River-Black Sheep Boy/Black Sheep Boy Appendix
4. Antony and the Johnsons-I Am A Bird Now
5. Deerhoof-The Runners Four
6. Sufjan Stevens-Illinois
7. Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Matt Sweeney-Superwolf
8. The Earlies-These Were the Earlies
9. The Mountain Goats-The Sunshine Tree
10. The Decemberists-Picaresque
11. The Books-Lost and Safe
12. Bloc Party-Silent Alarm
13. M.I.A.-Arular
14. Bright Eyes-I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
15. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah-Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
16. The Russian Futurists-Our Thickness
17. My Morning Jacket-Z
18. The National-Alligator
19. Wilderness-Wilderness
20. Low-The Great Destroyer
Honorable mentions:
The Evens-The Evens
Caribou-The Milk of Human Kindness
The New Pornographers-Twin Cinema
The Joggers-With a Cape and a Cane
Sleater-Kinney-The Woods
Animal Collective-Feels
Boards of Canada-The Campfire Headphase
Sun Kil Moon-Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
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One response to “Ian’s Best of 2005 Music List”
The Hold Steady is my official “I just don’t get it” album of 2005. I’ve seen it on so many “best of” lists, and I’ve tried to listen to it, but I just don’t understand the appeal. Sure, they’ve got some cool guitar riffs, but its just a (mostly annoying) dude talking over top of them. How is that great music?