Take, Take, Take - The White Stripes
This Modern Love - Bloc Party
Sing Me Spanish Techno - New Pornographers
I'll Believe in Anything - Wolf Parade

I feel obligated to nominate "Hi How Are You" by The Brakes. It sums up everything I hate about going to shows.

I know what you guys mean about the Cat Power song. I think that album will be on my Top 5 for 2006. At least I hope so. Other songs for this year:
-Sleater-Kinney "Rollercoaster"
-M.I.A. "Sunshowers"
-The White Stripes "Doorbell"
-Kanye West "Gold Digger"
-Madonna "Hung Up"

Okay, first post here, might as well make my picks known....then duck.

In order:
"Banshee Beat," Animal Collective
"Fake Palindromes," Andrew Bird
"Grounds for Divorce," Wolf Parade
"The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth," CYHSY
"Come On! Feel the Illinoise!" Sufjan Stevens
"Tropical Ice-Land," Fiery Furnaces
"Your Little Hoodrat Friend," The Hold Steady
"An Animated Description of Mr. Maps," The Books
"Did You See the Words," Animal Collective
"On the Edge Of," Low

There it is. Have at me.
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"Tropical Ice-Land," Fiery Furnaces

Isn't this off the 2003 debut? And the single was 2004, I believe. (Despite my burning hatred for the Fiery Furnaces, I quite like Gallowsbird's Bark, and I own both the album and the "Tropical Ice-land" single.)

You are right but to someone who doesn't own the first album they might be unaware as it was released on the 2005 EP.

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Isn't this off the 2003 debut? And the single was 2004, I believe.

I figured someone would comment about this. Oh well.

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I dig the White Stripes cover of Tegan and Sara's "Walking With a Ghost". I always thought this was a catchy song, but Jack White dragged it out of faux punk pop land and turned it into the most rocking White Stripes song of the year.

Two Gallants - Las Cruces Jail

The 7'' comes out Dec. 6

The Record "What the Toll Tells" is out in January.

Best song of the year.

Don't know if it's the best, but "Abel" from The National's excellent album Alligator has got to be high on my list. Three and a half minutes of perfect intensity, with an indecipherable, catchy, and cathartic chorus that is more fun to shout along to than anything else I've heard this year.

Other recent favorites on the list:

"Try" - The Magic Numbers
"It Beats 4 U" - My Morning Jacket
"Turn Into Something" - Animal Collective
"Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood" - CYHSY
"Running Thoughts" - Deerhoof
"Bang Theory" - World Leader Pretend
"Precious" - Depeche Mode
"It's All Gonna Break" - Broken Social Scene
"Extraordinary Machine" - Fiona Apple
"On the Bus Mall" - The Decemberists
"A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left" - Andrew Bird

I'm sure I'm forgetting many, many more...but you can't go wrong with any of those.

i loved a lot of this year's music

best song, imo,

"Gospel Song" Black Rebel Motorcycle club

very good

SUNSET - KATE BUSH

I agree with you Fiery: "Sunset" by Kate Bush is an extraordinary song. I find the album to be rather uneven (though the second disc is pretty solid) - - yet some of the songs are downright remarkable. "An Architect's Dream" is also very, very good, another of my favorites.

"Neighboorhood #3 (Power Out)"
-Arcade Fire

Well, since it's the end of the year I suppose I can officially pick my track of the year. Coincidentally, it comes from my album of the year:

Spoon- I Summon You

I've been singing its praises for a while here, but I've only recently realized why it is such an outstanding song. Whereas a band is usually lucky to have "a" hook in a song, I Summon You seems to throw out a new one every ten seconds, (shifting rhythms, addition/subtraction of the drums and bass, excellent harmonies during the "ahhh no" part, a beautiful chord progression and melody, the little backwards atmospheric track that appears at about :30, and of course, the lyrics, ("How'd we get here, it's too late to break it off...")). It's pretty much four perfect minutes, and should have been a huge hit. Great song from a great album.

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Originally posted by Platypus Quest:
"10$" ~ M.I.A.

Currently, nothing else is nearly as interesting or as fun. Nothing.

i agree soooo much!!! so many drunk dance parties to this song!

Beck - "Girl"
I think it's the best song from a critically underrated album.
Super Furry Animals - "Lazer Beam" - catchy and fun
Antony - "Hope There's Someone"
My Morning Jacket - "Gideon" but "Wordless Chorus" is a very close second... very consistent and very good album
CYHSY - "Heavy Metal" and "Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth"
New Pornographers - "Bleeding Heart Show"
Wolf Parade - "I'll Believe in Anything" It seems like everyone includes a Wolf Parade song and at least six different songs have been named.
Sigur Ros - "Glosoli" I'm not a huge Sigur Ros fan but this song is spectacular.
Hard-Fi - "Hard to Beat" This album has been pretty overlooked... I think it's better than Kaiser Chiefs and almost as good as Futureheads.
Spoon - "Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine"
And if they count as this year (I think they should), "Panda" and "Festival" by Dungen.

Metric
Live It Out
Poster of a Girl

The Fiery Furnaces
Here Comes the Summer
Tropical-Iceland (the remix for the EP)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood

10. Sigur Ros "Hoppipolla"
9. Yellow6 "Between Two"
8. Xiu Xiu "Bog People"
7. Julien Neto "Questionable Things"
6. Mount Eerie "I Hold Nothing"
5. Explosions In The Sky "Day Six"
4. Xiu Xiu "Dangerous You Shouldn't Be Here"
3. Okkervil River "Some Come Back, I'm Waiting"
2. Akron/Family "Running, Returning"
1. Colleen "Everything Lay Still"

And the lists start...

Stylus has just release #50 - #41 of their top 50 singles of 2005. So far it is interesting.