Grandfathered by Nathan Fake= awesome.

The song "Yours To Keep," by the Teddybears Stockholm (featuring Annie, I think, on vocals), is amazingly catchy and propulsive. The song is apparently six years old, but it's on the band's upcoming U.S. debut, so I suppose it should be considered a 2006 song here.

Yeah, I'll second Nathan Fake's "Grandfathered." There's more than one awesome track on that album.

"Kwangchou" and "Rising Son" from King Biscuit Time's Black Gold are great.

The title track from Adem's Love and Other Planets is breathtaking. Overall, that album was a major, major disappointment to me, but that track alone almost makes up for it.

"Skip to the End" by The Futureheads is a gem. One of my faves of the year, no question.

"Wicked World" by Jon Auer gets my vote for favorite love song of 2006.

"Skip to the End" reminds me of peak-period XTC. Thanks Eric!

Also: I'm so into Band of Horses' "The Great Salt Lake" right now, its not even funny.

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"Skip to the End" reminds me of peak-period XTC. Thanks Eric!

Also: I'm so into Band of Horses' "The Great Salt Lake" right now, its not even funny.

"Great Salt Lake" and "The Funeral" are both awesome tracks.

You're dead on about the XTC content in "Skip to the End". The Futureheads merge my favorite parts of XTC and the Jam into one tasty slab o' goodness.

In no particular order, here are some of my favorite songs of the year so far:

(1) Midlake -- Roscoe
(2) Midlake -- Young Brides
(3) The Knife -- Silent Shout
(4) The Knife -- Marble House
(5) Destroyer -- Painter In Your Pocket
(6) Destroyer -- Watercolors Into The Ocean
(7) Destroyer -- 3000 Flowers
(8) Alejandro Escovedo -- Deerhead On The Wall
(9) Niko Case -- Hold On, Hold On
(10) Niko Case -- That Teenage Feeling
(11) Niko Case -- The Needle Has Landed
(12) Espers -- Widow's Weed
(13) Calexico -- Panic Open String
(14) Gnarles Barkley -- Just A Thought
(15) Gnarles Barkley -- Crazy
(16) Morrissey -- The Youngest Was The Most Loved
(17) Howe Gelb -- Nail In The Sky
(18) Ghostface Killah -- Jellyfish
(19) Maritime -- Tearing Up The Oxygen
(20) Stone Jack Jones -- Smile

I brewed up a comp of my favorite tracks for a friend. I'm pretty sure all of these are 2006 tracks, but there might be some older tracks mixed in:

1. Skip the End: The Futureheads
2. The Great Salt Lake: Band of Horses
3. Hummalong: The Drams
4. Mars Red Rust: Human Television
5. My Valentine: Rhett Miller
6. The Closer: Marah (I think this is 2005)
7. Skeleton Key: Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
8. Catching and Killing: Youth Group
9. Savage Youth: The Adored
10. Raised By Wolves: Voxtrot (2005)
11. Bonnie Brae: Twilight Singers
12. Maggie: Cracker
13. Pushover: The Long Winters

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I really like Radiohead's "House of Cards." It hasn't been officially released yet obviously and I'm not sure if it was written this year, but its good.

Thom gets sexual in it. "I don't wanna be your friend/ I just wanna be your lover."

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Thom gets sexual in it. "I don't wanna be your friend/ I just wanna be your lover."

I think we've all been waiting for this. I don't know about you guys, but the foremost question in my mind since Hail To the Thief has been, "When is Thom Yorke gonna go sexy on us all? When will he finally start shaking his ass and gyrating his hips on stage?" I knew it was just a matter of time. We all know that deep down, Yorke is a Prince wannabe.

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pE, I think the only thing I like more than seeing one of your lists, is when said list has very few albums I've heard yet. It means I have a lot of quality listening to look forward to. Thanks for the tips!

I put together a mix CD every three months or so for friends. This has definitely been an or so year because it took me until July to put both the first and second CDs together. I like to think they're worth the wait because there are a lot of tracks I'm just loving here.

Get Set Go "So Sorry"
Steve Wynn "No Tomorrow"
The Hazey Janes "Your Enemy" <-- thanks, crazed!
Belle and Sebastian "Funny Little Frog"
Mary Lou Williams "Gemini"
Gabriela Montero "Improvisation on Chopin Nocture in D-flat"
Beth Orton "Shopping Trolley"
Kelley Stoltz "Memory Collector" <-- have you checked this one out, pE?
Destroyer "Your Blood"
The Lashes "The World Needs More Love Letters"
The M's "Darling Lucia" <-- one of my rave fave tracks of the year
Man Man "Engrish Bwudd" <-- thanks, m.l!
James Hand "Little Bitty Slip" <-- when it comes to country, the real deal
Rhett Miller "Delicate"
Neko Case "Margaret vs. Pauline"
Goldfrapp "Ooh La La"
Willie Nelson "Not That I Care"
Essex Green "Penny & Jack" <-- fans of Saturday Looks Good to Me take note
Howe Gelb "Paradise Here Abouts" <-- it took me a while to warm up to the album, but wow!
Mates of State "What It Means"
Josh Rouse "The Man Who Doesn't Know How to Smile" <-- Rouse has quietly become one of my favorite artists recording today
Television Personalities "She Can Stop Traffic" <-- I don't know that this album will find a lot of friends this year, but I just love it.

Margot & The Nuclear So and So's "On a Freezing Chicago Street" <-- BIG thanks, pE!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Turn Into"
The Concretes "Ooh La La"
Islands "Jogging Gorgeous Summer"
Tapes 'n Tapes "The Iliad"
Calexico "Bisbee Blue"
Pretty Girls Make Graves "Parade"
The Dresden Dolls "Shores of California"
Eleventh Dream Day "Lately I've Been Thinking"
Bruce Springsteen "Oh Mary Don't You Weep"
Starlight Mints "Inside of Me"
Alejandro Escovedo "Died a Little Today"
Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
Jolie Holland "Crazy Dreams"
Mark Pickerel "Graffiti Girl" <-- I hope this album doesn't end up horribly overlooked this year
David Mead "The Trouble with Henry"
The Raconteurs "Store Bought Bones"
Avishai Cohen "Elli"
Camera Obscura "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken"
Smoosh "Find a Way"
Stuart Staples "That Leaving Feeling"
Regina Spektor "On the Radio" <-- probably my single favorite track of the year right now

Now Playing: "Precious to Me" Phil Seymour Precious to Me

I now feel compelled to make a mix cd of my favorite songs (limit one per artist) of 2006. Here it goes...

1. Irving - "The Gentle Preservation of Children's Minds"
2. Lansing-Dreiden - "Dethroning the Optimyth"
3. The Format - "Time Bomb"
4. The Sounds - "Queen of Apology"
5. Snow Patrol - "Shut Your Eyes"
6. Zero 7 - "Futures"
7. The Lashes - "Please, Please, Please"
8. Trespassers William - "Safe, Sound"
9. The Lovely Feathers - "In The Valley"
10. Murder By Death - "Sometimes the Line Walks You"
11. Persephone's Bees - "Way To Your Heart"
12. La Rocca - "Cambodia"
13. Matt Costa - "Cold December"
14. Hard-Fi - "Hard to Beat"
15. Josh Rouse - "Givin' It Up"
16. Soul Position - "Blame It On The Jager"
17. Peter Walker - "What Do I Know"
18. Mew - "Apocalypso"

Running time - 1:05:52

Wolfmother - 'Mind's Eye'
Liam Frost - 'She Painted Pictures'
Flaming Lips - 'Pompeii Am Gotterdamung'
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Gold Lion'
Tapes N Tapes - 'Insistor' or 'Manitoba'
Guillemots - 'Made Up Love Song #43'
Band Of Horses - 'The Funeral'
Midlake - 'Roscoe'
Sound Team - 'Your Eyes Are Liars'
Spinto Band - 'Oh Mandy'
Belle & Sebastian - 'Dress Up In You'
White Whale - 'The Admiral'
Sunset Rubdown - 'Shut Up I Am Dreaming Of Places Where Lovers Have Wings'
Jamie T - 'Sheila'
Beirut - 'Postcards From Italy'
Gnarls Barkley - 'Crazy'
Nelly Furtado - 'Maneater'
Bishop Allen - 'Flight 180'
Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Dani California'
Snow Patrol - 'Chasing Cars'
Josh Rouse - 'Jersey Clowns'
Arctic Monkeys - 'A Certain Romance' or 'Mardy Bum'
Hamell On Trial - 'Inquiring Minds'
Raconteurs - 'Steady As She Goes'
Plan B - 'Sick 2 Def'
Pigeon Detectives - 'Don't Know How To Say Goodbye'
Richard Ashcroft - 'Break The Night With Colour'
Ryan O'Reilly - 'Think About Me' (really underrated Irish folkie who is unsigned. Has a myspace myspace though)
Voxtrot - 'Mothers, Sisters, Daughters and Wives'

...and many more I'm sure

midlake - roscoe
josh ritter - a girl in the war

can't stop playing these two

Some big lists here. Here's mine so far(one per artist):

Islands - Rough Gem (best indie-pop song of the year!)
Sunset Rubdown - Shut up I am Dreaming of....
Hot Chip - The Warning
Destroyer - European Oils
Futureheads - Yes/No
Gnarls - Crazy (mainstream song of the year)
Thom Yorke - Atoms for Peace
Neko Case - Maybe Sparrow
Danielson - Did I Step On Your Trumpet
Feist - Lonely, Lonely; Frisbeed Mix (best remix of year; the moog synth is back!)
Loose Fur - Wreckroom
TV On The Radio - Dirty Whirlwind

More to come, I'm sure. I can't wait for the Shins and Junior Boys.

If I were going to make a mix right now of my favorite 2006 songs, it would probably include these 10 songs:

Liars - "To Hold you, Drum"
Murder By Death - "Brother"
Sonic Youth - "Rats"
Sunset Rubdown - "Stadiums and Shrines II"
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Insistor"
Man Man - "Black Mission Goggles"
TV on the Radio - "I was a Lover"
Band of Horses - "Monsters"
The Knife - "Silent Shout"
The Walkmen - "Louisiana"

And definitely my favorite song of the year so far:
The Black Heart Procession - "Not Just Words"

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I think we should wait until the end of the year and dedicate a thread to 2006 mixes submitted by forum members. It would sort of be akin to the final album lists.

Ditto. And you bet Promiscuous is on that list :waddles off dancing:.

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I think we should wait until the end of the year and dedicate a thread to 2006 mixes submitted by forum members. It would sort of be akin to the final album lists.

I like that idea. I'll probably spend more time on that than on deciding my Top 20 albums. Cool.