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Best of 2005

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Starting a new tradition this year: the “best of.” These are just my opinions. And you know what they say about opinions…

So with that, I give you:

Top 5 Best New Releases:

  • 5. M83: Before the Dawn Heals Us
  • 4. Calexico/Iron & Wine: In the Reigns
  • 3. Six Organs of Admittance: School of the Flower
  • 2. Alva Noto & Ryuchi Sakamoto: Insen
  • 1. Iron & Wine: Woman King

Honorable Mention:

  • - Bonnie “Prince“ Billy & Matt Sweeney: Superwolf
  • - Sufjan Stevens: Come On Feel the Illinois;
  • - Antony & the Johnsons: I Am a Bird Now
  • - Sunn 0))): Black One
  • - Jesu: Jesu
  • - The Books: Lost & Safe

Top 5 Albums I’m Glad I Dusted Off:

  • 5. Skinny Puppy: Last Rites
  • 4. Phish: Junta
  • 3. Bad Religion: Suffer
  • 2. Ride: Nowhere
  • 1. (tie) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Good Son
  • 1. (tie) Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Top 5 (ok, 6) Albums That Didn’t Get Very Dusty:

  • - Opeth: Blackwater Park
  • - Dream Theater: Images & Words
  • - Bruce Springsteen: Darkness At the Edge of Town
  • - Calexico: Feast of Wire
  • - Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
  • - Blonde Redhead: Misery Is a Butterfly

Top 5 Bands I’m Glad I Discovered or Was Introduced to:

  • - Dark Tranquility
  • - Pig Destroyer
  • - Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Co.
  • - The Congos
  • - Linval Thompson

Top 5 Most Overrated Bands/Artists

  • - Block Party
  • - New Pornographers
  • - Franz Ferdinand
  • - The Hold Steady
  • - The Game

Top 5 Shows:

  • 5. New Order at the Hammerstien Ballroom
  • 4. Dinosaur Jr at Irving Plaza
  • 3. Sage Francis both at Coachella and at the Knitting Factory
  • 2. Iron & Wine & Calexico (with suprise guest Sufjan Stevens) at Webster Hall
  • 1. Arcade Fire at Coachella

Worst Show:

  • - Six Organs of Admittance at the Mercury Lounge

Indispensable in 2005:

  • - Nick Cave
  • - Neil Young

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