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KALX DJ Faves of 2005

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Read on as KALX DJs list their favorites of the past year, 2005

• Hans Arp, Kurt Schwitters, and Raoul Hausmann - Dada Antidada Merz (Sub Rosa)
• Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas (Stones Throw)
• The Fall - Fall Heads Roll (Narnack)
• Toychestra - My Good Side (S.K.)
• Marc Ribot - Spiritual Unity (Pi)
• William Parker - Luc's Lantern (Thirsty Ear)
• Look Back And Laugh - 2nd album (Lengua Armada)
• Various Artists - VISION VOL. 3 (Arts For Art)
• The Adolescents - The Complete Demos (Frontier)
• Various Artists - IRREPLACEABLE HAND: A DAX PIERSON BENEFIT COMPILATION (Pink Bandana)

1. Yo La Tengo - Prisoners of Love
2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
3. Bart Davenport - Maroon Cocoon
4. Battleship - Presents Princess EP
5. Casual - Oak-Town (12")
6. Mae Shi - Heartbeeps
7. The Capes - Taste EP
8. Los Camperos de Valles - El Ave de Mi Sonar
9. Gris Gris - For the Season
10. XbXrX - Sixth in Sixes
11. Supersystem - Always Never Again
12. Jens Lekman - Oh, You're so Silent Jens
13. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T
14. Ezee Tiger - S/T
15. The Lovemakers - Times of Romance

Top 15 records of 2005:

1. Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel the Illinoize (Asthmatic Kitty)
2. Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (Capitol)
3. The Brunettes - Mars Loves Venus (Lil Chief)
4. Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday (French Kiss)
5. Kanye West - Late Registration (Roc-a-Fella)
6. Bill Ricchini - Tonight I Burn Brightly (Transdreamer)
7. M.I.A. - Arular (XL/Interscope)
8. Annie Hayden - The Enemy of Love (Merge)
9. Jens Lekman - Oh You're So Silent Jens (Secretly Canadian)
10. The Blank Tapes - Landfair (Self-released)
11. Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures (SubPop)
12. LCD Soundsystem - S/T (DFA)
13. Broadcast - Tender Buttons (Warp)
14. Hockey Night - Keep Guessin' (Lookout!)
15. The Shortwave Set - The Debt Collection (Independiente)

Top 5 reissues:

1. Soundtrack - THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (Ultra)
2. Yamasuki - Le Monde Fableux de. (Finders Keepers)
3. Various Artists - THE IN-KRAUT (Marina)
4. Various Artists - BOOBS (RPM)
5. Various Artists - WELSH RARE BEAT (Finders Keepers)

Top Twenty:

• Beck - Guero (Geffen)
• Big Star - In Space (Ryko)
• Bleach 03 - Bleach 03 (Australian Cattle God)
• Kate Bush - Aerial (Columbia)
• Casual - Smash Rockwell (Hiero Imperium)
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T (S/R)
• The Decemberists - Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
• The Duhks - S/T (Sugar Hill)
• Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: No Direction Home (Columbia/Legacy)
• Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike (USA Side 1 Dummy)
• Petra Hayden - Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out (Bar/None)
• M.I.A. - Arular (XL Recordings)
• Thelonius Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note)
• Morricone Youth - Silenzio Violento (Country Club)
• New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (Matador)
• Sinead O’Connor - Throw Down Your Arms
• Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
• Spoon - Gimme Fiction (Merge)
• Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Kanye West - Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella)

Best Song:

• Chris Parnell & Andy Samberg - “Lazy Sunday” (Saturday Night Live)

Reissues:

• The Band - A Musical History (Capitol)
• Dinosaur Jr. - You’re Living All Over Me (Merge)
• Patti Smith - Horses-30th Anniversary (Arista)
• Red Sovine - Honky Tonks Truckers and Tears: 1964-1980 (Ace)
• The Stooges - Funhouse (Rhino)

Compilations

• Various Artists - ROUGH TRADE SHOPS: INDIE POP V.1 (Rough Trade)
• Various Artists - FOR A DECADE OF SIN (Bloodshot)

1. My Morning Jacket - Z (Badman)
2. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (DFA/EMI)
3. 13 & God - 13 & God (Anticon/Alien Transistor)
4. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
5. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Sony [US Release])
6. Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt (Kemado)
7. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Self-Released)
8. Animal Collective - Feels (FatCat)
9. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (Asthmatic Kitty)
10. Broken Social Scene - S/T (Arts & Crafts)
11. Edan - Beauty and the Beat (Lewis)
12. Dangerdoom - The Mouse and the Mask (Epitaph)
13. Why? - Elephant Eyelash (Anticon)
14. Sigur Ros - Takk (Geffen)
15. Spoon - Gimme Fiction (Merge)
16. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (Gooom)
17. Hood - Outside Closer (Domino)
18. OOIOO - Gold and Green (Thrill Jockey)
19. Beck - Guero (Geffen)
20. M.I.A. - Arular (XL/Interscope)

Top 15 Albums:

1. M.I.A. - Arular (XL)
2. Supersystem - Always Never Again (Touch & Go)
3. Why? - Elephant Eyelash (Anticon)
4. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (DFA/EMI)
5. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
6. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (self-released)
7. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again (Kranky)
8. The Mae Shi - Heartbeeps (5RC)
9. CocoRosie - Noah's Ark (Touch & Go)
10. The Juan Maclean - Less Than Human (DFA/Astralwerks)
11. Blood on the Wall - Awesomer (Social Registry)
12. Modey Lemon - The Curious City (Birdman)
13. Calla - Collisions (Beggars Banquet)
14. The Evens - The Evens (Dischord)
15. Dangerdoom - The Mouse and the Mask (Epitaph)

Top 15 Singles:

1. Ladytron - "Destroy Everything You Touch" (Rykodisc)
2. Supersystem - "Born Into the World" (Touch & Go)
3. Spoon - "I Turn My Camera On" (Merge)
4. LCD Soundsystem - "Tribulations" (DFA/EMI)
5. Madonna - "Hung Up" (Warner Brothers)
6. Gorillaz - "Dare" (Virgin)
7. Soulwax - "NY Excuse" (PIAS)
8. Kanye West - "Gold Digger" (Roc-A-Fella)
9. Calla - "It Dawned on Me" (Beggars Banquet)
10. Hot Chip - "Over and Over" (Astralwerks)
11. Broadcast - "America's Boy" (Warp)
12. !!! - "Take Ecstacy with Me" (Touch & Go)
13. Lady Sovereign - "Random" (Casual)
14. Out Hud - "It's For You" (Kranky)
15. M.I.A. - "Bucky Done Gun" (XL)

Albums:

• The Clientele - Strange Geometry (Merge)
• M.I.A. - Arular (XL)
• Black Dice - Broken Ear Record (Astralwerks/DFA)
• Johan Skugge - Volume (Mitek)
• Richie Hawtin - DE9: Transitions (Mute/M_nus)
• Teenage Fanclub - Man-Made (Merge)
• Morane - Everyone Is Like You (More Down Than Out)
• Hood - Outside Closer (Domino)
• Various Artists - RUN THE ROAD (Vice/679)
• Broadcast - Tender Buttons (Warp)

Singles:

• Black Dice - Smiling Off (Astralwerks/DFA)
• Math and Physics Club - Movie Ending Romance (Matinée)
• Trentemøller - Everything this year (Poker Flat/Audiomatique/Tic Tac Toe)
• Spank Rock - "This Is The Remix" (Money Studies)
• Ricardo Villalobos vs. The KLF - What Time is Love? (Blaou)
• Voxtrot - Raised by Wolves (Cult Hero)
• Rework - Psych Doll (Playhouse)
• The Radio Dept. - This Past Week (Labrador)
• Lusine - Inside/Out (Ghostly International)
• Beckett and Taylor - Let's Smash Up Our Love (Soundslike)

On the reissue tip:

• Various Artists - ACID: CHICAGO ACID AND EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE 1985-1995 (Soul Jazz)
• Moodymann - U Can Dance If U Want 2 (KDJ Bootleg)
• Maximum Joy - Unlimited (Crippled Dick Hot Wax!)
• Various Artists - GRLZ: WOMEN AHEAD OF THEIR TIME (Crippled Dick Hot Wax!)
• Orange Juice - The Glasgow School (Domino)
• Fire Engnes - Codex Teenage Premonition (Domino)
• Various Artists - THE SEXUAL LIFE OF THE SAVAGES (Soul Jazz)
• Stereolab - Oscillons from the Anti-Sun (Too Pure/Duophonic)
• Various Artists - SOUND OF LEAMINGTON SPA VOL. 5 (Firestation Tower/Clarendon/Bilberry)
• AFX - Hangable Auto Bulb (Warp)

My Top 10 Electronic music releases for 2005...

• Vibert, Luke - Lover's Acid (Planet Mu)
• Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Sz=FCletett (Planet Mu)
• Romanowksi - Party in My Pants (Future Primitive Sound)
• Monolake - polygon_cities (imbalance computer music)
• Lidell, Jamie - Multiply (Warp)
• Hawtin, Richie - DE9: Transitions (M-nus)
• Forrest, Jason - Shamelessly Exciting (Sonig)
• dj? acucrack - killing mobius (Cracknation)
• Daedelus - Exquisite Corpse (Mush)
• Boozoo Bajou - Dust my Broom (Studio !K7)

from Shortwave 2005 Electronic Favorites Special 1/1/2006

• Koji Asano - Spring Estuary (Solstice)
• Caroliner Rainbow Solid Handshake & Loose 2 Pins - Transcontinental Pinecone Collector
• Joe Colley/Mike Shiflet - split 7" (Gameboy)
• Core of the Coal Man - Snow Lights
• Earth - Legacy of Dissolution (No Quarter/ Southern Lord)
• Nicole 12/ Prurient - Love and Romance (Hospital Productions)
• Richard Ramirez + Skincrime - Pleasure, Commerce and Disease (PACrec)
• John Wiese + Daniel Menche - Behold the Scathing Light (Helicopter)
• Various Artists - FOUND SOUND, VERSION 3 (sounds from the pocket)
• Various Artists - NIACIN SUN (Bananafish)

Ten Albums:

1. Broadcast - Tender Buttons (Warp)
2. The Clientele - Strange Geometry (Merge)
3. M.I.A. - Arular (XL)
4. Giant Drag - Hearts & Unicorns (Kickball)
5. The Books - Lost and Safe (Tomlab)
6. The Wedding Present - Take Fountain (Manifesto)
7. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire (Arts & Crafts)
8. British Sea Power - Open Season (Rough Trade)
9. M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us (Mute)
10. Stereo Total - Do The Bambi (Kill Rock Stars)

Two Songs:

1. K-Otix - "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" (MP3/k-otix.com)
2. Black Future - "Eu Sou O Rio" (Man Recordings Berlin)

1. Broken Social Scene - S/T (Arts & Crafts)
2. M.I.A. - Arular (XL)
3. Various Artists - ROUGH TRADE SHOPS: INDIE POP (Rough Trade)
4. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (Asthmatic Kitty)
5. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
6. Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities (Caldo Verde)
7. Kate Bush - Aerial (EMI)
8. The Lucksmiths - Warmer Corners (Matinee)
9. Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures (Sub Pop)
10. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs (Righteous Babe)
11. Yo La Tengo - Prisoners of Love (Matador)
12. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
13. Math and Physics Club - Movie Ending Romance EP (Matinee)
14. The Decemberists - Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
15. John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt (Barsuk)
16. Quinton & Miss Pussycat - Swamp Tech (Tigerbeat 6)

• Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti - Worn Copy (Paw-tracks)
• Hot Chip - Coming On Strong (Astralwerks)
• M.I.A. - Arular (XL)
• Weird War - Illuminated By the Light (Drag City)
• Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again (Brainwashed)
• Broadcast - Tender Buttons (Warp)
• Beck - Guero (Geffen)
• Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt (Subliminal Sounds)
• Black Fiction - s/t (self-released)
• Sharon Jones - Naturally (Daptone)

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
2. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (RCA)
3. The Decemberists - Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
4. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (DFA/EMI)
5. Sons and Daughters - The Repulsion Box (Domino)
6. Kanye West - Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella)
7. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
8. The Mall - EP (Self-Released)
9. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Sony)
10. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (Saddle Creek)
11. Beck - Guero (Interscope)
12. Spoon - Gimme Fiction (Merge)
13. The Juan Maclean - Less Than Human (DFA)
14. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
15. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Vice)
16. Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins (Polyvinyl)
17. Gorillaz - Demon Days (Geffen)
18. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
19. The Evens - The Evens (Dischord)
20. Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze (Interscope)

My Choice of Top 21 Best Albums of 2005:

1. Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins (Polyvinyl)
2. Decemberists - Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
3. Fiery Furnaces - EP (Rough Trade)
4. Animal Collective - feels (FatCat)
5. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Self-Released)
6. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
7. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
8. Spoon - Gimme Fiction (Merge)
9. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (XL)
10. Beck - Guero (Interscope)
11. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (DFA/EMI)
12. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (Saddle Creek)
13. Gris Gris - For The Season (Birdman)
14. Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic (Domino)
15. Kanye West - Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella)
16. Supersystem - Always Never Again (Touch & Go)
17. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Sony [US Release])
18. The Mall - EP (Self-Released)
19. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
20. Coco Rosie - Noah's Ark (Touch & Go)
21. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have it So Much Better (Domino)

Honorable Mention; check these out, yo:

• Warbler - Warbler (Doggpony Records)
• Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die (Bar/None)
• Madonna - Confessions On a Dancefloor (warner bros.)
• Broken Social Scene - S/T (Arts & Crafts)
• Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (RCA)
• Orange Juice - The Glasgow School (Domino)

• Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (XL)
• Animal Collective - Feels (Fat Cat)
• Peggy Honeywell - Faint Humms (Galaxia)
• Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
• Akron/Family & Angeles of Light - S/T (Young God)
• Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love (Drag City)
• Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower (Drag City)
• M.I.A. - Arular (XL)
• Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Naturally (Daptone)
• Gris Gris - For the Season (Birdman)
• Richard Hawley - Cole's Corner (Mute U.S.)
• Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft (XL/Beggars US)
• Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask (Epitaph/ADA)
• Edan - Beauty and the Beat (Lewis)
• Bosque Brown - Bosque Brown Plays Mara Lee Miller (Burnt Toast Vinyl)
• Nouvelle Vague - S/T (Peacefrog)
• Bettye LaVette - I've Got My Own Hell to Raise (Anti)
• Sound Directions - The Funky Side of Life (Stones Throw)
• Mia Doi Todd - Manzanita (Plug Research)
• Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness (Domino)

Here's our Top 10 French Music from 2005:

1. Wax Tailor - Tales of Forgotten Melodies
2. Le Peuple de l'Herbe - Adventure
3. Mr. Oizo - Moustache
4. General Elektriks - Cliquety Kliqk
5. Nouvelle Vague - Nouvelle Vague
6. Brigitte Fontaine - Betty Boop en Aout
7. Coralie Clément - Bye Bye Beauté
8. Tétard - Mes Dix Doigts
9. TTC - Batard Sensible
10. Etienne Daho - Sortir ce Soir

• Various Artists - JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS Box Set (Sony)
• Greg Edmonson - Firefly Original Television Score (Varese Sarabande)
• John Batdorf and James Lee Stanley - All Wood And Stones (Aezra/Beachwood)
• Alice Cooper - Dirty Diamonds (New West Records)
• Alex Skolnick Trio - Goodbye To Romance (Skol Productions) (I don't care that it came out in 2002, I only just discovered it)

Singles:

1. Sleepwalker feat. Bembe Segue - River Of Love (Especial)
2. Filsonik - Slavery (Symple Sounds)
3. Skream - Midnight Request Line (Tempa)
4. Nickodemus & Quantic - Mi Swing Es Tropical (Candela)
5. Border Crossing - Searching For Mr. Manuva [Mr. Scruff remix] (Sound)
6. Three 6 Mafia - I Gotta Stay Fly (Sony)
7. Ty & Kori - Untitled (white)
8. Trickski - Sunshine Fu*k (Sonar Kollektiv)
9. Mpho Skeef - Holla (Baby J Enterprises)
10. Roy Ayers - I Am Your Mind [Jeremy Newall and Pepe Bradock dub] (BBE)

Compilations:

1. Various Artists - BROWNSWOOD USA: GILLES PETERSON DIGS AMERICA (Ether)
2. Various Artists - BACK IN BLACK (Lo Recordings)
3. Jazzanova - Remixes 2002-2005 (Sonar Kollektiv)
4. Various Artists - THE BBC SESSIONS (Ether)
5. Various Artists - THE WANTS LIST VOL. 2 (Soul Brother)

1. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
2. Coco Rosie - Noah's Ark (Touch and Go)
3. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (XL)
4. P:ano - Ghost Pirates Without Heads (Mint)
5. Blackalicious - The Craft (Anti)
6. Magic Numbers - S/T (Capitol)
7. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Naturally (Daptone)
8. LCD Soundsystem - S/T (DFA)
9. Akron Family/Angels of Light - S/T (Young God)
10. Why? - Elephant Eyelash (Anticon)
11. Books on Tape - Dinosaur Dinosaur (Alien 8)
12. Brunettes - Mars Loves Venus (lil Chief)
13. Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die (Bar None)
14. Math and Physics Club - Movie Ending Romance (Matinee)
15. Toychestra - My Good Side (SK)

New Studio Records

• Blowfly - Farenheit 69 (Alternative Tentacles)
• Goldblade - Rebel Songs (Captain Oi)
• Checkers - Make A Move (Teenacide)
• Barbary Coasters - Honey for Sale (Hillsdale)
• Knitters - The Modern Sounds Of
• M.I.A. - Arular (XL)
• Soviettes - LP III (Fat)
• Easy Action - Friends of Rocknroll (Reptilian)
• Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks (Side One Dummy)
• Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - Ska Me Crazy (Cherry Red)
• Turbonegro - Party Animals (Abacus/Burning Heart)
• Knights of the New Crusade - My God Is Alive! Sorry About Yours! (Crusade Now)
• Electrocute - Troublesome Bubblegum (Emperor Norton)
• Paint It Black - Paradise (Jade Tree)
• Slapshot - Tear It Down (Thorp)
• Fannypack - See You Next Tuesday
• Jello Biafra with the Melvins - Sieg Howdy (Alternative Tentacles)
• Briefs - Steal Yer Heart (BYO)

New Live Records

• X - Live in Los Angeles
• Dictators - Viva Dictators (Dictators Multimedia)
• Slim Cessna's Auto Club - Jesus Let Me Down (Smooch)

Most Welcome Re-Issues

• 101ers - Elgin Avenue Revisited
• Judge - What It Meant (Revelation)
• Naked Aggression - Heard It All Before (SOS)
• DOA - War On 45 (Sudden Death)
• Nausea - Punk Terrorist Anthology Volume 2 (Alternative Tentacles/Blacknoise)
• Screeching Weasel - Wiggle (Asian Man)

• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Vice)
• Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel (Sire/Reprise)
• Editors - The Back Room (Kitchenware)
• Every Move a Picture - Signs of Life EP (self-released)
• The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Columbia)
• Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum (Astralwerks)
• Ladytron - Witching Hour (Rykodisc)
• LCD Soundsystem - S/T (DFA)
• Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger (Warp)
• M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (Gooom)
• The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (Matador)
• Vitalic - Ok Cowboy (Play It Again Sam)
• Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
• Patrick Wolf - Wind in the Wires (Tomlab)

• Cooper-Moore & Assif Tsahar - Tells Untold
• Giant Haystacks - Blunt Instrument
• Flaherty Corsano Duo - Steel Sleet / Last Eyes
• Jamie Lidell - Multiply
• Jennifer Gentle - Valende
• Magik Markers - I Trust My Guitar, Etc.
• Residual Echoes - Phoenician Flu and Ancient Ocean
• Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love
• Wooden Wand - Harem of the Sundrum & the Witness Figg
• Various Artists - ONE KISS CAN LEAD TO ANOTHER: GIRL GROUP SOUNDS, LOST & FOUND

• The Punkles - "Love Me Do" and "Give Punk a Chance"

• Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Fierce Panda)
• BBQ - Tie Your Noose (Bomp)
• The Dictators - Viva Dictators (Escapi Music)
• The Fevers - Love Always Wins (Alien Snatch)
• The Flatmates - Potpourri (Hits, Mixes and Demos '85-'89) (Cherry Red)
• Jesse Hector - Gorilla At Large (The Jesse Hector Story) (RPM)
• Helen Love - The Bubblegum Killers Ep (Sympathy For The Record Industry)
• Mumps - How I Saved The World (Sympathy For The Record Industry)
• The Surf Coasters - Samurai Struck (Five Nine Factory)
• The Soundtrack of our Lives - Origin Vol. 1 (Republic)

1. Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic (Domino)
2. Coco Rosie - Noah's Ark (Touch & Go)
3. OOIOO - Gold and Green (Thrill Jockey)
4. Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt (Kemado)
5. Charles Lloyd - Jumping the Creek (ECM)
6. Konono No. 1 - Congotronics (Crammed Discs)
7. P:ano - Brigadoon (Mint)
8. BellRays - The Red, White and Black (Alternative Tentacles)
9. Etienne de Rocher - Etienne de Rocher (Fog)
10. Andy Haas and Don Fiorino - Death Don't Have No Mercy (Resonant)
11. Harris Newman - Accidents with Nature and Each Other (Strange Attractor)
12. Beck - Guero (Geffen)
13. Senor Coconut - Coconut FM (Essay)
14. Robert Iolini - Songs from Hurt (Rer)
15. Claudia Quintet - Semi-Formal (Cuneiform)
16. Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche A Bamako (Nonesuch)
17. Hauschka - The Prepared Piano (Karaoke Kalk)
18. Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart (Yep Roc)
19. Made in Mexico - Zodiac Zoo (Skin Graft)
20. DJ Cheb I Sabbah - La Kahena (Six Degrees)

Yay Area:

• E-40 feat. Keak da Sneak - "Tell Me When to Go" (B.M.E.)
• Turf Talk feat. San Quinn and Mac Dre - "Hubba Rock" (Sick Wid' It)
• Casual feat. Too $hort, Richie Rich, E-Mac and G-Stack - "Oaktown" (Hieroglyphics Imperium)
• Hood Starz - "Getz Ya Grown Man On" (Lawless)
• The Coup - "Laugh, Love, Fuck" (Anti)
• Mistah F.A.B. - Son of a Pimp (Thizz)
• Z-Man - "Don't Forget Me" (Gurp City)
• J. Valentine feat. Champ Bailey - "Go Dumb" (www.cityboyzmuzik.com))
• Kinsmoke - "Do the On One" (Southwest Federation)
• Kirb and Chris - N***** and White Girls (Rapitalism)

Compilations/Mixes/Reissues:

• Various Artists - GET YOUR LIE STRAIGHT: A GALAXY OF FUNKY SOUL(BGP)
• The Clipse - We Got It for Cheap Vol. 2 (www.mixunit.com)
• DJ Mark Marcelo - Da Ignant Mix (www.markmarcelo.com)
• DJ Rapid Ric - Bun B: King of the Trill (houstonsoreal.blogspot.com)
• Various Artists - SEARCHING FOR SOUL - RARE AND CLASSIC SOUL, FUNK AND JAZZ FROM MICHIGAN, 1968-1980 (Luv 'n' Haight)
• DJ Rapid Ric - Whut It Dew 2 (Gonzales Music)
• Black Merda - The Folks from Mother's Mixer (Funky Delicacies)
• Various Artists - FOLK IS NOT A FOUR-LETTER WORD (Delay)
• Diplo - Fabric Live 24 (Fabric)
• Taj Mahal - Planet of the Bathing Apes (Aviator Music)

Neither/Nor:

• Three 6 Mafia feat. Remy Ma - "Pussy Got Ya Hooked" (Columbia)
• Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Amerie - "1 Thing" (Columbia)
• Bun B feat. Scarface & Young Jeezy"Pushin'" (Rap-a-Lot)
• Damian Marley - "Welcome to Jamrock" (Tuff Gong)
• Three 6 Mafia feat Young Buck & 8Ball & MJG - "Stay Fly" (Columbia)
• D4L "Laffy Taffy" (Asylum)
• Paul Wall, Bun B, Webbie & Hot Wright - "G Code" (screwed "Whisper Song" remix) (Southern Smoke)
• Ying Yang Twinz - "Wait (the Whisper Song)" (TVT)
• Kanye West feat. Cam'ron & Consequence - "Gone" (Roc-a-Fella)

Best Songs (and albums):

1. Kevin Coyne & Jon Langford - Money Like Water
2. Truckstop Honeymoon - Walk of Shame
3. Mark Lemhouse - You're a Bastard
4. Joe West and the Sinners - Trailer Park Liberal & $2000 Navajo Rug
5. Slim Langhorne - I Ain't Proud
6. Dave Gleason & Wasted Days - Pullin' Up Tracks
7. The Ians - Monster Hash
8. Dressy Bessy - Who'll Stop the Rain
9. Dave Dondero - I've Seen the Love
10. Waco Brothers - Come a Long Long Way
11. John Fogerty - Déjà Vu
12. Hackensaw Boys - Parking Lot Song
13. Scott H. Biram - BBQ Commercial
14. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Gotta Travel On
15. Whoreshoes - Gay Rodeo
16. Konono No. 1 - Paradiso
17. Skeeter Truck - Bye Bye Baby
18. Crooked Jades - Waiting City Shining
19. Knitters - Dry River
20. Bruce Springsteen - All I'm Thinking About
21. Buddy Guy - I Put a Spell On You
22. Tom Heinl - Pinto Squire
23. Voodoo Organist - Battery Acid
24. Neil Diamond - Man of God
25. CC Adcock - Y'all'd Think She's Been Good to Me

Favorite Reissues:

• Marty Robbins (Essential) - Ribbon Of Darkness
• Taj Mahal (Essential) - New Hula Blues

Best Compilations:

• Various Artists - GREETINGS FROM OKLAHOMA
• Various Artists - GREETINGS FROM ALABAMA
• Various Artists - GREETINGS FROM GEORGIA
• Various Artists - GREETINGS FROM TEXAS
• Various Artists - GREETINGS FROM HAWAII

• The Adolescents - The Complete Demos (Frontier)
• Balzac - Out of the Grave, Into the Dark (Rykodisc)
• Beequeen - The Body Shop (Important)
• Blitzkrieg Bliss - Every Day Is Marked (self-released)
• Bunky - Born To Be A Motorcycle (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Bronnt Industries Kapital - Virtute et Industria (Static Caravan)
• Cloud Cult - Advice From the Happy Hippopotomus (Earthology/Baria)
• Corvus Corax - The Best of Corvus Corax (Noir)
• Damage Manual - Limited Edition (Underground Inc)
• Deadlock - Earth.Revolt (Lifeforce)
• Dreamside - Spin Moon Magic (Dancing Ferret)
• Petra Haden - Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out (Bar/None)
• Jarboe - The Men Album (Atavistic)
• Leave's Eyes - Vinland Saga (Napalm)
• Marshmallow Overcoat - 26 Ghosts: The Best of 1986-2005 (Reissue, Dionysus)
• Stephanie Rearick - Star Belly (Uvulittle)
• Sir Alice - ? (Tigersushi)
• Space Odyssey - The Astral Episode (Candlelight)
• Toychestra - My Good Side (SK)
• Peter Ulrich - Enter the Mysterium (City Canyons)
• Various Artists - ARMY OF ME: REMIXES AND COVERS, BJORK CHARITY LP (One Little Indian)
• Various Artists - IRREPLACEABLE HAND: A DAX PIERSON BENEFIT COMP. (Pink Bandana)
• Various Artists - MONSTERS WITH MACHINES (Tempo Blaster)

Album Faves

• Secret Chiefs 3 - Book of Horizons (Mimicry/Revolver)
• Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (Universal)
• Raveonettes - Pretty In Black (Columbia)
• Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks: Underground World Strike (SideOneDummy) East Infection (Rubric)
• Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Banana)
• The Spectacular Fantastic - Vortex of Vacancy (Ionik)
• Femurs - s/t (Homespun)
• Go! Team - Thunder Lighting Strike! (Columbia)
• Giant Haystacks - Blunt Instrument (Mistake Records)
• Mommy And Daddy - Fighting Style Killer Panda (Kanine)
• Bleach - S/T (High Wave Co.)
• Twink - The Broken Record (seeland)
• Charms - Pussycat (Red Car)
• Bunky - Born to be a Motorcycle (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Ho-Ag - Pray for the Worms (S/R)
• Howling Hex - All Night Fox (Drag City)
• Petra Haden - Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sells Out (Bar/None)
• Quintron & Miss Pussycat - Swamp Tech (Tigerbeat6)

Fave Re-issues

• Brian Jonestown Massacre - Tepid Peppermint Wonderland : A Retrospective (Tee Pee)
• Gang of Four - Entertainment (Rhino)
• Various Artists - THAI BEAT A GO GO vol. 2 & vol. 3 (Subliminal Sounds)
• Flatmates - Potpourri: Hits, Mixes, and Demos 85-89 (Cherry Red)
• Various Artists - HISTORY OF MEMPHIS GARAGE ROCK: THE 90'S
• Steve Wynn - What I Did After My Band Broke Up
• Arch Hall, Jr. and The Archers - Wild Guitar! (Norton Records)
• The Ex - Single. Period (Touch and Go)
• 101ers - Elgin Avenue Breakdown (Astralwerks)
• Hasil Adkins - Peanut Butter Rock and Roll (Norton) - Wild Man (Norton)

Fave Songs

• LCD Soundsystem (7") - "Jump Into the Fire"
• The Mall - "Grand Canyon"
• Fiery Furnaces - "Tropical-Iceland"
• Gruff Rhys - "Epynt" - Yr Atal Genhedlaeth (Rough Trade)
• Soviettes - "Multiply and Divide" - LP III (Fat Wreckords)
• Rocket Science - "Sex Call" (Modular Recordings)
• Jennifer Gentle - "I Do Dream You"
• Ezee Tiger - "The Tiger Bounce"
• Sleater-Kinney - "Jumpers" - The Woods (Sub Pop)
• 50 Foot Wave - "Clara Bow" (Throwing Music)
• Jarvis Humby - "Formaldehyde"
• Les Breastfeeders - "J'Pourrais Pas Vivre Avec Toi"
• The Cheeraks - "Guinea Pig Killer" from Le Nouveau Rock 'n Roll Francais comp. (V2)
• Bloc Party - "Banquet" - Silent Alarm Remixed (Vice)
• Kasabian - "Reason is Treason"
• Deerhoof - "Come See The Duck" - Green Cosmos (Menlo Park)
• Decemberists - "The Chimbley Sweep" from A House Full of Friends comp.
• The Shins - "Baby Boomerang" from A House Full of Friends comp.
• Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "The Angels' Share" - Shake the Sheets (Lookout)
• Stereo Total - "Hungry" - Do the Bambi (Kill Rock Stars)

Fave Difficult

• A.M. Salad - Lo-Fi For Hi-Fi (Little Mafia)
• Negativland - No Business (Seeland)
• Toychestra - My Good Side (SK)
• Annie Gosfield - Lost Signals and Drifting Satellites (Tzadik)
• Axolotl - Archons? / Archons! (JRYK)
• Fantomas - Suspended Animation (Ipecac)
• Various Artists - IRREPLACEABLE HAND: A DAX PIERSON BENEFIT COMPILATION (Pink Bandana)
• Sickboy - Shake Hands With a Clenched Fist (Tigerbeat6)
• Scott Johnson - John Somebody (Tzadik)
• Yellow Swans - Drill (JRYK) - Dreamed (PacRec)

1. Messer Chups- Crazy Price (Ipecac)
2. Hot Hot Heat - Elevator (Sire/London/Rhino)
3. Maxïmo Park - A Certain Trigger (Warp)
4. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have it So Much Better (Sony)
5. Various Artists - ANNIE: DJ-KICKS (Studio !K7)
6. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Vice)
7. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike! (Sony)
8. The Cribs - The New Fellas (Wichita)
9. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Fierce Panda)
10. The Lovemakers - Times of Romance (Cherry Tree)

Best Of 2005 Albums:

1. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Interscope)
2. M.I.A. - Arular (XL)
3. Ladytron - Witching Hour (Rykodisc)
4. She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge (Geffen)
5. Autolux - Future Perfect
6. Various Artists - DFA COMP #2 (DFA)
7. Arcade Fire - Funeral
8. The Juan Maclean - Less Than Human (DFA)
9. Chemical Brothers - Push The Button (Astralwerks)
10. Beck - Guero (Interscope)
11. Annie - Anniemal
12. Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel (Sire)
13. Dean Gray - American Edit
14. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (DFA)
15. Negativland - No Business (Seeland)
16. Madonna - Confessions On A Dancefloor

Best of 2005 Singles:

1. Viyuden - Aijisai Ai Monotagari (Up Front Works)
2. Morning Musume - Chokkan 2 (Up Front Works)
3. Sowelu - No Limit
4. Dangermouse - Space Hos
5. Funker Vogt - Stronghold
6. Elegies - Inshouni Ni Youni
7. Black Dice - Smiling Off (DFA)
8. The Juan Maclean - Tito's Way (DFA)
9. Outhud - It's For You
10. Audio Bullys - Shot You Down
11. Hot Chip - (Just Like We) Breakdown
12. Quintron & Miss Pussycat - Swamp Buggy Baddass
13. Ayumi Hamasaki - Fairyland (Avex Trax)
14. Ayumi Hamasaki - Bold And Delicious (Avex Trax)
15. Ayumi Hamasaki - Heaven (Avex Trax)

• Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again
• Twink - The Broken Record (Seeland)
• Gorillaz - Demon Days
• M.I.A. - Arular
• Ween - Shinola Vol. 1
• Various Artists - COCONUT FM
• BassNectar - Mesmerizing the Ultra
• Rasputina - A Radical Recital
• Kiran Ahluwalia - Kiran Ahluwalia
• Beck - Guerolito

Murky Logic's top N albums of 2005:

• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Vice)
• The Books - Lost and Safe (Tomlab)
• Breakestra - Hit the Floor (Ubiquity Recordings)
• Fruit Bats - Spelled in Bones (Sub Pop)
• Great Lake Swimmers - s/t (Misra)
• M.I.A. - Arular (XL)
• Perceptionists - Black Dialogue (Definitive Jux)
• Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust (Epitaph)
• Nina Simone - The Soul of Nina Simone (RCA/Legacy)
• Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
• Smog - A River Ain't Too Much To Love (Drag City)
• Sole - Live From Rome (Anticon)
• Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities (Caldo Verde)
• Matthew Sweeney/Bonnie Prince Billy - Superwolf (Drag City)

Favorite Songs from 2005:

• Antony and the Johnsons - "Hope There's Someone", I Am a Bird Now
• Art Brut - "Modern Art", Bang Bang Rock and Roll
• Bunky - "Yes/No", Born to Be a Motorcycle
• Kevin Coyne - "Saviour", One Day in Chicago
• Dengue Fever - "Sleepwalking Through the Mekong", Escape From Dragon House
• Emperor X - "Shut Shut Up", Central Hug/Friend Army/Fractal Dunes
• Petra Haden - "Odorono", Petra Haden Sings the Who Sell Out
• Jennifer Gentle - "I Do Dream You", Valende
• Sharon Jones - "How Do You Let a Good Man Down", How Do You Let a Good Man Down
• Aimee Mann - "I Can't Get My Head Around It", The Forgotten Arm
• Masonics - "Somebody Stole the Heat From My Fire", Outside Looking In
• Toy Dolls - "The Death of Barry the Roofer With Vertigo", Our Last Album?

Favorite Songs Reissued in 2005:

• Willie Hightower - "Time Has Brought About a Change", s/t
• 101ers - "Motor Boys Motor", Elgin Avenue Breakdown
• Slapp Happy - "Drum", Analbasac Noom
• Steve Wynn - "Amphetamine", What I Did After My Band Broke Up

1. Om - Variations On A Theme (Holy Mountain)
2. Feist - Let It Die (Cherry Tree/Interscope)
3. Tinariwen - Amassakoul (World Village)
4. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Worn Copy (Paw Tracks)
5. Imani Ngoma Troupe - Bape (Dunya)
6. Gary Higgins - Red Hash (Drag City)
7. Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt (Subliminal Sounds)
8. José González - Veneer (Hidden Agenda)
9. Diamond Nights - Popsicle (Kemado)
10. Dengue Fever - Escape From Dragon House (Birdman)

• Mustafa et Monique - The Houdini Aubergine (Oscillatone)
• Ladytron - Witching Hour (Rykodisc)
• The Legends - Public Radio (Labrador)
• Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Broadcast - Tender Buttons (Warp)
• The Clientele - Strange Geometry (Merge)
• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Vice)
• Majessic Dreams - Majessic Dreams (Oscillatone)
• Sambassadeur - Sambassadeur (Labrador)
• Pia Fraus - Sailing on a Grapefruit Lake(Vinyl Junkie)

Top 15 Albums & Compilations of 2005:

1. Platinum Pied Pipers - Triple P (Ubiquity)
2. Various Artists - GREG WILSON: CREDIT TO THE EDIT (Tirk)
3. Various Artists - KENNY DOPE VS. P&P RECORDS (P&P/Traffic)
4. Joe Bataan - Call My Name (Vampisoul)
5. Various Artists - BUGZ IN THE ATTIC: LIFESTYLES (Harmless)
6. Mark De Clive-Lowe - Tide's Arising (ABB Soul)
7. Various Artists - ANNIE: DJ KICKS (Studio !K7)
8. Jeremy "Ayro" Ellis - The Lotus Blooms (Ubiquity)
9. Common - Be (Geffen)
10. Luke Vibert - Lover's Acid (Planet Mu)
11. One Self - Children of Possibility (Ninja Tune)
12. Jordan Fields - ...Presents 2084 (Nice+Smooth)
13. Various Artists - REWIND VOL. 4 (Ubiquity)
14. The Herbaliser - Take London (Ninja Tune)
15. Various Artists - GOOD TIMES WITH JOEY & NORMAN JAY VOL. 5 (Resist)

Top 10 Singles of 2005:

1. Olivier Desmet - "It's Luv" / "Like Heaven" (Amenti)
2. Smokin' Beats - Herbal Essence 003 (Herbal Essence)
3. VARIOUS - How To Do The Cha Cha In 3 Easy Steps (Blue Label)
4. DJ Homewrecker - The Cartridge Family EP (Guesthouse)
5. The Little Men - Stoned (Mobile Trax)
6. Plus Two - "Shades of Dank" (Peaches)
7. Zion I - The Bay (Live Up)
8. K-Otix - "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" (K-Otix)
9. The Juan MacLean - "Give Me Every Little Thing" (Cajmere Remix) (Astralwerks/DFA)
10. Mario Fabriani - Furry Green Monsters EP (Jackin Tracks)

1. Sosumu Yokota - symbol (lo recordings)
2. Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (RCA)
3. Kate Bush - Aerial (EMI)
4. Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (All Saints)
5. Steve Reich - You Are (Variations) (Nonesuch)
6. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note)
7. Matias Aguayo - Are You Really Lost (Kompakt Schallplatten)
8. Robert Earl Keen - What I Really Mean (Koch)
9. The Perceptionists - Black Dialogue (Def Jux)
10. Kaya Project - Elixir (Interchill)
11. Sinead O'Connor - Throw Down Your Arms (That's Why There's Chocolate And Vanilla)
12. Konono No. 1 - Congotronics (Crammed Discs)
13. East Village Opera Company - East Village Opera Company (Decca)
14. Alberto Iglesias - The Constant Gardener Soundtrack (EMI)
15. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (Mute)
16. Pierre Boulez - Boulez conducts Boulez ^Ö Le Narteau Sans Maitre (Deutsche Grammophon)
17. Bob Dylan - No Direction Home (Columbia)
18. George Jones - My Very Special Guests [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (Columbia/Legacy)
19. Dead Can Dance - Live in Toronto (October 1, 2005) (DCD Discs)
20. Various Artists - CLASSIC RAILROAD SONGS FROM SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS (Smithsonian Folkways)
21. Common - Be (Geffen)
22. Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker - Town Hall, New York City, June 22. 1945 (Uptown)
23. Buddy Guy - Bring 'Em In (Jive)
24. Balanescu Quartet - Maria T (Mute)
25. Sigur Ros - Takk (Geffen)

• Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Fierce Panda)
• Beck - Guero (Geffen)
• Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts)
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (self-released)
• Fannypack - See You Next Tuesday (Tommy Boy)
• Gorillaz - Demon Days (Virgin)
• Ladytron - Witching Hour (Rykodisc)
• LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (DFA/EMI)
• The Lovemakers - Times of Romance (Interscope)
• She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge (Geffen)
• Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
• Soundtrack - SIX FEET UNDER VOL. 2 (Astralwerks)
• Spoon - Gimme Fiction (Merge)
• Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel the Illinoize (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Xiu Xiu - La Foret (5RC)

Top 20 records (2005)

1. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
2. Thee More Shallows - More Deep Cuts (Turn)
3. Electrelane - Axes (Too Pure)
4. Tullycraft - Disenchanted Hearts Unite (Magic Marker)
5. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree (4AD)
6. Animal Collective - Feels (Fat Cat)
7. Why? - Elephant Eyelash (Anticon)
8. Sleater Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
9. Feist - Let It Die (Arts & Crafts)
10. Aliplays - Todotesorosisland (E-Beat)
11. Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower (Drag City)
12. Broken Social Scene - S/T (Arts & Crafts)
13. Monolake - Polygon Cities (Imbalance Computer Music)
14. Dangerdoom - The Mouse and the Mask (Epitaph)
15. LCD Soundsystem - S/T (DFA)
16. M.I.A. - Arular (XL/Beggars)
17. Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die (Bar/None)
18. Kronos Quartet & Asha Bhosle - You've Stolen My Heart (Nonesuch)
19. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (Groom/Mute)
20. DAT Politics - Go Pets Go (Chicks on Speed)

Top 5 Compilations (2005)

1. Various Artists - ROUGH TRADE SHOPS - INDIEPOP 1 (Rough Trade)
2. Various Artists - HOMEMADE HITS VOL. 2 (Kittridge)
3. Various Artists/Bloc Party - SILENT ALARM REMIXED (Wichita/Vice)
4. Various Artists - CHILDISH MUSIC (Staubgold)
5. Videogame Soundtrack - STUBBS THE ZOMBIE (Aspyr)

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
2. Various Artists - YELLOW PILLS: PREFILL (Numero Group)
3. The Clientele - Strange Geometry (Merge)
4. Voxtrot - The Start of Something 7" (Cult Hero/Bus Stop)
5. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (Matador)
6. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
7. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain (Load)
8. The Ponys - Celebration Castle (In the Red)
9. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers (Drag City)
10. Holy Ghost Revival - Bleeding Light (Johnny Cat)

Albums:

• BBQ - Tie Your Noose (Bomp)
• Black Lips - Let It Bloom (In the Red)
• Feelers - Learn to Hate the Feelers (Dead Beat)
• Hatepinks - Plastic Bag Ambitions (TKO)
• King Khan & BBQ Show - s/t (Goner)
• King Louie One Man Band - Chinese Crawfish (Goner)
• Reatards - Not F***ed Enough (Empty)
• Various Artists - ONE KISS CAN LEAD TO ANOTHER--GIRL GROUP SOUNDS LOST & FOUND (Rhino)

7"s:

• Angry Angles - s/t (Shattered)
• Shop Fronts - s/t (Rapid Pulse)

• Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir (Rough Trade)
• Kate Bush - Ariel (EMI)
• Jens Lekman - Oh You're So Silent Jens (Secretly Canadian)
• Vashti Bunyan - Look Aftering (Fat-Cat)
• Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
• Sia - Colour the Small One (Go Beat!)
• Sam Cooke - One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 (RCA Reissue)
• Soundtrack - SIX FEET UNDER, VOL. 2, EVERYTHING ENDS (Astralwerks / Emd)

Song:

• Fiery Furnaces - The Garfield El