Re: (TV) Top CDs of 2006

[Jay <piazzasanmarco@yahoo.com>]

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--- Andy <andy@notaworry.net> wrote:

> In response to overwhelming demand.....here is my
> belated list of top 
> CDs of 2006
> 
> 1 - Built to Spill - You In Reverse - A remarkable
> collection of 
> guitar wizardry by Doug Martsch.
> 2 - My Morning Jacket - Okonokos - A 2-disc live set
> of 
> southern-inflected jammy rock and roll.
> 3 - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am,
> That's What I Am Not - 
> Best young British band of the year....and they live
> up to their hype 
> both live and on disc.
> 4 - The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America -
> The 3rd release by 
> the relocated-to-Brooklyn Minnesotans is literate,
> wordy, intense and driving.
> 5 - Jon Langford - Gold Brick - The head Mekon
> shines in a solo 
> effort that shows his singer-songwriter side.
> 6 - Heartless Bastards - All This Time - Erika
> Wennerstrom fronts 
> this power punk trio from Cincinnati with a voice
> and guitar prowess 
> that belies her small stature....SEE THEM LIVE!!
> 7 - Comets On Fire - Avatar - A noise band that has
> found its psychedelic soul.
> 8 - Neil Young - Living With War - The political
> statement of the 
> year....and a soaring combination of hope and fire.
> 9 - My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade - A
> brilliant song cycle 
> that speaks to coming of age in the new century.
> 10 - Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped - Stripped down to
> their four 
> original members, with a streamlined sound to match.
> 
> Honorable Mention:
> Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
> Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
> Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
> The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
> Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat
> Your Ass
> 
> And a word of remembrance at the passing of Grant
> McLennan of the 
> Go-Betweens.  Grant was the dreamer who paired with
> Robert Forster to 
> form one of the most important bands to come out of
> Australia in the 
> 1980s (reunited from 2000).  Mostly unknown in the
> US, he created a 
> catalogue of songs (both in the GBs and as a solo
> artist) that fully 
> captured his uncomplicated love of life and his
> sweetness of 
> spirit.  He will be missed. 
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