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Platypus Quest

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At least if you're limiting it to 2006, you'd be keeping RL from busting out his Gordon Lightfoot discs. After living in Northern Michigan for about 6 years, nothing makes me want to punch someone in the face more than having to sit through "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

Ericg75, I was born and raised in Northern Michigan!! Whereabouts are/were you??

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EricG75

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At least if you're limiting it to 2006, you'd be keeping RL from busting out his Gordon Lightfoot discs. After living in Northern Michigan for about 6 years, nothing makes me want to punch someone in the face more than having to sit through "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

Ericg75, I was born and raised in Northern Michigan!! Whereabouts are/were you??

I was in Traverse City, I'm down in Saginaw now.

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Drewdown

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Can't believe I don't see the Die Princess Die album on any of these lists yet.

Definitely a top 5'er so far.

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WaxTadpole

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I want to throw some love out there for Joan as Policewoman - Real Life. I'm still looking at finalising an album list but I already know Eternal Flame (unfortunate title)is one of the best three songs I've heard all year and there is plenty more of similar quality on the album. Has kinda a female Lou Reed vibe to it.

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Vykromond

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Very, very preliminary top 35:

1. Joanna Newsom - Ys
2. Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon
3. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
4. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
5. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
6. Califone - Roots and Crowns
7. James Blackshaw - O True Believers
8. Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet
9. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
10. Ornette Coleman - Sound Grammar
11. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
12. Motoro Faam - Fragments
13. Xiu Xiu - The Air Force
14. Geoff Mullen - Thrtysxmllnmnfstns
15. Subtle - For Hero: For Fool
16. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
17. Horse Feathers - Words Are Dead
18. Phil Niblock - Touch Three
19. Scott H. Biram - Graveyard Shift
20. Luomo - Paper Tigers
21. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
22. Venetian Snares - Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms
23. The Roots - Game Theory
24. William Elliott Whitmore - Song of the Blackbird
25. Grails - Black Tar Prophecies Vols. 1, 2, & 3
26. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
27. Jason Molina - Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go
28. Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
29. Prurient & Hototogisu - Snail on a Razor
30. Indian Jewelry - Invasive Exotics
31. J. Tillman - Long May You Run, J. Tillman
32. Los Lobos - The Town and the Country
33. Squarepusher - Hello Everything
34. T.I. - King
35. Dark Meat/ Vomit Lasers Family Band - Universal Indians

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Actually I think they're quite tuneful and catchy, which is part of the reason I find them so fascinating.

You're not the first person I've heard that from, but if there are catchy tunes on that album, I'm completely missing them. I actually liked "Heartbeats" from their last album, but I just found Silent Shout to be one of the least listenable things I've heard all year. I don't get the hype at all.

Yeah, I basically don't like anything that's atonal. I think it's got some great tunes, though the atmosphere is probably what clinched the deal for me.

I listened to Liars about 1.5 times and gave up. Maybe it would've grown on me given multiple listens, but I don't think it would be worth the time investment.

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Bellwether's Stinging Nettles is gonna make my top 10, most likely, although there are some potential knocker-outers coming up like the new Summer Hymns, which sounds real good to me of what I have heard and the new Elephant Micah.

Hey Raving, do you have Bellwhether's 'Home Late' cd? That is one of the best cd's of this decade.

No, actually. I didn't know that Bellwether had any albums besides Stinging Nettles. I'll have to check 'em out.

I expect the new Elephant Micah to bust into my top 10 as well. I just hope it comes out in time to make the list. On his website it says the vinyl is out in November and the CD shortly thereafter. I don't do vinyl, so hopefully, shortly thereafter means just a week or two.

I think I listened to one of Summer Hymns albums a long while back, but I don't remember much about it.

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crazyhorse

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in no alphabetcial order...according to my favs from my ipod...

Beck- The information
The Black Keys- Magic Potion
Bob DylanModern Times
Bonnie "Prince" Billie- The letting Go
Cat Power- The Greatest
The Dears- Gang Of Losers
The Decemberists- The Crane Wife
Destroyer- Destroyers Rubies
Emily Haines- Knives Dont have Your Back
The Flaming Lips- At War with the Mystics
Girl Talk- Night Ripper
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins- Rabbit Fur Coat
Ladyhawk- Ladyhawk
The Mars Volta- Amputechture
Muse- Blackholes & Revelations
Neil Young- Living with War!!!!!!
Pearl Jam- Pearl Jam
Ray Lamontagne- Till The Sun Turns Black
Sloan- Never Hear the end of it
The Stills- Without Feathers
Tom Petty- Highway Companion
The tragically Hip- World Container!
TV on the Radio- Retuen to Cookie Mountain
The Twilight Singers- powder burns

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hello world!

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I'm fairly certain that last list was, in fact, in alphabetical order. LIES, LIES AND DAMN LIES!

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Vykromond

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Pure coincidence.

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Everyoneanindividual

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Drum's Not Dead is just F#@ckin' crazy and it's understandable that you don't like it.

It's not the easiest album to love right away. I hated most of it when it first came out. But, it oddly grows on you and if nothing else, it's pretty damn original. It's coming awfully close to breaking into my top 20.

I felt the exact same way the first time I listened.... But the final track "The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack" blew my ass off the chair and that's when I started really liking the record. I listened again and found that the tribal vibes work really well with the intense droning sound. I agree with you about the album and hopefully I'll see it in your top 20.

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I read somewhere that Uncut Magazine has already made their 2006 year-end list. That's weird.

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Everyoneanindividual

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I read somewhere that Uncut Magazine has already made their 2006 year-end list. That's weird.

Really, that's quite unusual... Maybe it's just for the first 1/2 of the year?!

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Vykromond

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Meh, I think they did the same thing last year. They may be relying upon the fact that there aren't many, if any, "high-profile" releases left in the year (save Joanna Newsom, and most people have heard that already...) and perhaps they just don't care about the low-profile releases.

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Illiniq

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Mine looks like this:

1 - J Tillman – Long May You Run
2 - Knife – Silent Shout
3 - Centro-matic – Fort Recovery
4 - Nathan Fake – Drowning In A Sea of Love
5 – Thom Yorke – Eraser
6 – Encre – Encre A Kora EP
7 - Ms John Soda – Notes and the Like
8 - Travel By Sea – Shadows Rise
9 - Elephant Micah – Embarrassment of Riches / Tropical Depression EP
10 – Richard Buckner – Meadow
11 - Espers – Espers II
12 – King Biscuit Time – Black Gold
13 - J. Tillman – Minor Works
14 - Ochre – Lemodie
15 - Mogwai – Mr. Beast
16 - Tenhi – Maaaet
17 - Ladyhawk – Ladyhawk
18 – Snowglobe – Oxytocin
19 - Phelan Sheppard – Harps Old Master
20 - Hot Chip – The Warning
21 - Hello Saferide – Would You Let Me Play This EP Ten Times A Day EP
22 – Chris Bathgate – Throatsleep
23 - Jason Molina – Let Me Go
24 – Margot and the Nuclear So So’s – The Dust of Retreat
25 – V/A - See You On the Moon: Songs For Kids of All Ages

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RL, if we got stuck together on a cross-country trip, ocean to ocean, with only 20 discs each from 2006, we'd kill each other before we ever lost sight of the Atlantic.

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Unfortunately, gotta agree with M.leland here...it's all a matter of personal choice, but to my ears, you're shoring up your list with some of the blandest, most uninspiring releases of the year (Eraser/Fort Recovery/Mr. Beast...etc, etc.)

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Unfortunately, gotta agree with M.leland here...

That is unfortunate. Just kidding m.l.

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Illiniq

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Top Thirty as of this moment.

1. 'Sno Angel Like You - Howe Gelb
2. Black Cadillac - Rosanne Cash
3. Silent Shout - The Knife
4. Gulag Orkestra - Beiruit
5. Destroyer's Rubies - Destroyer
6. Eyes Open - Snow Patrol
7. Boys and Girls in America - The Hold Steady
8. Tropicalia - Collection.
9. Fishscale - Ghostface Killah
10. Tiaga - OOIOO
11. Stadium Arcadium - RHCP
12. The Drift - Scott Walker
13. The Warning - Hot Chip
14. You in Reverse - Built to Spill
15. The Crane Wife - The Decemberists
16. Bang Bang Rock and Roll - Art Brut
17. We, The Vehicles - Maritime
18. I am not Afraid of you...Ass - Yo La Tengo
19. Return to Cookie Mountain - TV on the Radio
20. Wolfmother - s/t
21. Modern Times - Bob Dylan
22. 10,000 Days - Tool
23. Through the Windowpanes - Guillemots
24. Death by Sexy - Eagles of Death Metal
25. The Life Pursuit - Belle and Sebastian
26. Begin to Hope - Regina Spektor
27. We Shall Overcome - Bruce Springsteen
28. Rather Ripped - Sonic Youth
29. Fox Confessor - Neko Case
30. The Rose Has Teeth - Matmos

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26. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Bob Seger Sessions

I must've missed this one. I would've loved to hear the Boss rock out to classics like "Katmandu" and "Night Moves".

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Unfortunately, gotta agree with M.leland here...it's all a matter of personal choice, but to my ears, you're shoring up your list with some of the blandest, most uninspiring releases of the year (Eraser/Fort Recovery/Mr. Beast...etc, etc.)

Gee, thanks. If you want me to give you some recommendations, I can do so. Really, it's not a problem. If you're too shy to ask me here, you can private message me and I'll point you towards some good music. I'm here to help.

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