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KALX DJ Faves of 2006
joy, lists, lists, more lists, and more joy
Updated: 19 February 2007
Anonymous
- Knurl - Scyamine (Pacrec)
- The Cherry Point - Black Witchery (Pacrec)
- Various Artists - NO MANIACS ONLY: NF 2006 DOCUMENTATION COMPILATION (Norcal Noisefest)
- David S. Ware Quartet - Balladware (Thirsty Ear)
- Path Of Resistance - Can't Stop The Truth (Victory)
- Fear Of Eternity - Spirit Of Sorrow (Moribund)
- Paul Flaherty - Whirl of Nothingness (Family Vineyard)
- Paul Flaherty & Chris Corsano - The Beloved Music (Family Vineyard)
- Daniel Menche - Concussions (Asphodel)
- Roy Haynes - Whereas (Dreyfus)
The Berkestir
- Anour Brahem - Le Voyage De Sahar (ECM)
- Sonic Youth - "Rather Ripped" (Geffen)
- Avishai Cohen - Continuo ( Raz Daz)
- Bert Jansch - The Black Swan ( Drag City)
- Mike Beck and The Bohemian Saints - Rooted ( Reata)
- Red Sparowes - Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun (Neurot)
- Root Tonic - Meets Bill Laswell ( Roir)
- The Delgados - The Complete BBC Peel Sessions (Chemikal Underground )
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott - I Stand Alone (Anti)
- Dave Douglas - Meaning and Mystery ( Greenleaf)
Bird Alderon
- Messer Fur Frau Muller - Triangle, Dot and Devil
- Jim Noir - Tower of Love
- Various Artists - ONE KISS CAN LEAD TO ANOTHER (Rhino)
- CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy
- The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia
- Voxtrot - Your Biggest Fan EP
- The Boy Least Likely To - The Best Party Ever
- The Bicycles - The Good the Bad and the Cuddly
- Various Artists - THE BEST MASHUPS ARE FROM HERE (San Francisco)
- Dreamdate - The One I Need (7")
- Walter Meego - Hollywood (12" single) and Romantic (12")
- Hot Chip - The Warning
- Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
- Sven Libaek - Inner Space, Lost and Found Film Music
- Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
- Destroyer - Destroyer’s Rubies
- Brazilian Girls - Talk to La Bomb
- Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock N Roll
- Persephone's Bees - A Peek Into the Underworld (Columbia)
- Camera Obscura - Let’s Get Out of This Country
- The Ditty Bops - Moon Over the Freeway
- Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
- The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes
- Beck - The Information
- The Knife - Deep Cuts
Brother Grimm
Here's my top albums of 2006:
- M. Ward - Post War (Merge)
- Peter Bjorn & John - Writers Block (Wichita)
- Various Artists - CD86 (Castle)
- Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)
- Hot Chip - The Warning (Astralwerks)
- Amy Millan - Honey From the Tombs (Arts & Crafts)
- The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America (French Kiss)
- Cansei de Ser Sexy - CSS (Sub Pop)
- Goldenboy - Underneath the Radio (Eenie Meanie)
- Casey Dienel - Wind-up Canary (Hush)
- Lily Allen - Allright, Still (Capitol)
- Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou - Ethiopiques V.21 Ethiopian Song/Piano Solo (Buda)
Five older songs that I listened to more than anything
that came out this year:
- ELO - "Sweet Talkin' Woman" (Epic)
- Mott the Hoople - "All the Way to Memphis" (Columbia/Legacy)
- Slade - "Gudbye T'Jane" (Polydor)
- Fountains of Wayne - "Stacy's Mom" (Virgin)
- Nelly - "Ride Wit Me" (Universal)
Carnacki
(in alphabetical order)
- Carla Bozulich - Evangelista (Constellation)
- Current 93 - Black Ships Ate The Sky (Durtro/Jnana)
- DeVotchKa - Curse Your Little Heart (Ace Fu)
- Ditty Bops - Moon Over the Freeway (Warner)
- Faun Fables - Transit Rider (Drag City)
- French Radio - Elements (Breaking Wheel)
- Gjallarhorn - Rimfaxe
- Zoe Keating - One Cello x 16: Natoma
- Maleficia - s/t
- Arvo Part - Pacem (Harmonia Mundi)
- Colin Potter - It Was Like This (ICR)
- Svarte Greiner - Knive
- Vermillion Lies - Separated by Birth
- Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards (Anti)
- Joolie Wood - Tales of Colour and White (10 to 1 Records)
- Various Artists - BRAINWASHED 10th ANNIVERSARY (Brainwashed)
- Various Artists - NOT ALONE (Durtro/Jnana)
- Soundtrack - TIDELAND
live shows:
- Danielle Dax
- Shock Headed Peters
- Joolie Wood
- Nurse With Wound
- Carla Bozulich
- Brainwaves Festival (especially Volcano The Bear)
Cuppa Joe
Top 20 Albums
- Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Domino)
- Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (Matador)
- Solomon Burke - Nashville (Shout! Factory)
- Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti)
- Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac (Capitol)
- The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (Capitol)
- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - What's Goin' On (Shout! Factory)
- Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse (New West)
- Bob Dylan - Modern Times (Columbia)
- Honeycut - The Day I Turned to Glass (Quannum)
- Diana Krall - From This Moment On (Verve)
- Lady Sovereign - Public Warning (Def Jam)
- The Mother Truckers - Broke, Not Broken (Bosco)
- Willie Nelson - You Don't Know Me - Songs Of Cindy Walker (Lost Highway)
- Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (J)
- Persephone's Bees - Notes From the Underworld (Columbia)
- Quasi - When The Going Gets Dark (Touch & Go)
- Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (Geffen)
- Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)
- Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards (Anti)
Top Five Reissues
- The Jam - All Mod Cons (Polydor)
- The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Rhino)
- The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash (Rhino)
- The Pogues - Peace & Love (Rhino)
- The Pogues - the other two reissues (Rhino)
Top 5 Music DVD’s
- The Devil and Daniel Johnston
- Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
- Joe Strummer: Let's Rock Again
- T-Rex: Born to Boogie
- We Jam Econo: The Story of The Minutemen
Daisy
- Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not (Domino)
- The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth (RCA)
- Social Studies - This Is the World's Biggest Hammer (Homeroom)
- Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives EP (Play Louder)
- Voxtrot - Your Biggest Fan SINGLE (Play Louder)
- Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere (Downtown)
- Keane - under the iron sea (Interscope)
- We Are Scientists - With Love and Squalor (Virgin)
- Bittersweet - The Mating Game (Quango Fontana)
- Soundtrack - DREAMGIRLS (Col/ Urban Soundtrax)
Devin James
- TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
- Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
- Port O'Brien - Nowhere to Run
- Subtle - For Hero: For Fool
- J Dilla - Donuts
- The Knife - Silent Shout
- The Blow - Paper Television
- Built to Spill - You in Reverse
- Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
- Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
- Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
- Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
- Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
- Thom Yorke - The Eraser
- The Islands - Return to the Sea
- Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
- Hot Chip - The Warning
- Girl Talk - Night Ripper
- The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
- Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
DJ In The Manner of a Leprechaun
Albums:
- Unai - A Love Moderne (Force Tracks)
- Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country (Merge/Elefant)
- The Legends - Facts and Figures (Labrador)
- Herbert - Scale (!K7)
- Love is All - Nine Times That Same Song (What's Yr Rupture?/Parlophone)
- Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (Matador/Rough Trade)
- Rhythm and Sound - See Mi Yah Remixes (Burial Mix)
- Various Artists - SUPERLONGEVITY 4 (Perlon)
- Trentemøller - The Last Resort (Poker Flat)
- Burial - Burial (Hyperdub)
Singles:
- Villalobos - Fizheuer Zieheuer (Playhouse)
- The How - Happy Matt (Slumberland)
- Beck - Cell Phone's Dead (Villalobos Remix) (Unreleased)
- Languis - Other Desert Cities (Pehr)
- Depeche Mode - The Sinner in Me (Ricardo Villalobos Conclave Remix)
(Mute promo)
- Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters and Wives (Cult Hero)
- Theo Parrish - Falling Up (Carl Craig Remix) (Third Ear)
- Acetate Zero - Somehow About Perfection (Claire's Echo)
- The Loft - Model Village (Static Caravan)
- Donnacha Costello - 6x6 (Minimise)
On the reissue tip:
- Various Artists - TROPICALIA (Soul Jazz)
- Ø - Various Reissues (Sähkö)
- The Times - Here's to Old England (Rev-Ola)
- Luciano - Amelie on Ice (Mental Groove Ltd.)
- Ricardo Villalobos - Salvador (Frisbee Tracks)
- The Orchids - Various Reissues (LTM)
- Various Artists - CD86 (Castle Music)
- Glaxo Babies - Dreams Interrupted (Cherry Red)
- ESG - Come Away With... (Soul Jazz)
- Sonic Youth - Sonic Youth (SYR)
DJ Rawman
My Top 10 Electronic music releases for 2006...
- Transdub Massiv - Negril to Kingston City (Mystic Urchin)
- Stereotyp - Keepin' Me (G-stone)
- Prefuse 73 - Security Screenings (Warp)
- Plaid & Bob Jaroc - greedy baby (Warp)
- Mochipet - Disko Donkey (Daly City)
- Luomo - Paper Tigers (Huume)
- Loess - wind and water (n5MD)
- Hecker, Tim - Harmony in Ultraviolet (kranky)
- Daedelus - Denies the Day's Demise (Mush)
- Bytecon - At the Robodock (Satamile)
E. Rodney Jones
- Akitsa/Prurient - split CD (Hospital Productions)
- Birchville Cat Motel - Curved Surface Destroyer (Last Visible Dog)
- Davenport - Free Country (Foxglove)
- Jon Gibson - Visitation I & II + Thirties
- Dave Phillips + R.H.Y. Yau - Illusion is a Natural Condition (Auscultare Research)
- Various Artists - CALIFORNIA (Troniks/Groundfault/RRR)
- Various Artists - L.A. NOISESCAPE (Bastardized
Recordings)
- Various Artists - LESS SELF IS MORE SELF: A BENEFIT COMPILATION FOR TARANTULA HILL (Ecstatic Peace!)
- Various Artists - STRING OF ARTIFACTS (Resipiscent)
- Various Artists - WOMEN TAKE BACK THE NOISE (UBUIBI)
Fernando
Albums
- Derek Bailey - To Play: The Blemish Sessions (Samadhi Sound)
- Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You (4AD)
- Katie The Pest - This Giant Will Kill You (XOXO)
- Scott Walker - The Drift (4AD)
- Love Is All - Nine Times That Same Song (Whats Your Rupture?)
- Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (Geffen)
- Danielson - Ships (Secretly Canadian)
- Dwayne Sodahberk - Cut Open (Tigerbeat 6)
- The Knife - Silent Shout (Rabid/Mute)
- Tender Trap - 6 Billion People (Matinee Recordings)
- Mission Of Burma - The Obliterati (Matador)
- Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast (Matador)
- Asobi Seksu - Citrus (Friendly Fire)
- Instituto Mexicano del Sonido - Mejico Maxico (Nacional)
- Lilys - Everything Wrong Is Imaginary (Manifesto)
Reissues/Compilations
- Arthur Russell - First Thought, Best Thought (Audika Records)
- Delta 5 - Singles & Sessions 1979 - 81 (Kill Rock Stars)
- Various Artists - New York Noise, Vol. 2 (Soul Jazz)
Flashflooder
Top 20 Albums of 2006
- Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
- TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
- J Dilla - Donuts
- Hot Chip - The Warning
- Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
- Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
- CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy
- Four Tet - DJ Kicks
- Joanna Newsom - Ys
- Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
- Tapes n Tapes - The Loon
- Ratatat - Classics
- Figurines - Skeleton
- Girl Talk - Night Ripper
- Beck - The Information
- MSTRKRFT - The Looks
- The Black Keys - Magic Potion
- Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go
- Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
- Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
Francine
- Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Bloodshot)
- Band of Horses - Everything All the Time (Sub Pop)
- El Perro del Mar - S/T (EMI)
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go (Drag City)
- Peggy Honeywell - Green Mountain (Ohio Star Music)
- The Dears - Gang of Losers (Arts & Crafts)
- Sarah Harmer - I am a Mountain (Zoe)
- Beirut - Gulag Orkestar (Ba Da Bing!)
Gatsby
Top 20 Albums
- TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
- The Mall - (Emergency at the Everyday)
- Joanna Newsom - Ys
- Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds
- Liars - Drum's Not Dead
- The Blood Arm - Lie Lover Lie
- Beck - The Information
- Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
- Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
- The Fucking Ocean - Le Main Rouge
- The Knife - Silent Shout
- Hot Chip - The Warning
- Love Is All - Nine Times That Same Song
- Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere
- Black Heart Procession - The Spell
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go
- Voxtrot - Raised By Wolves EP
- The Long Blondes - Somebody To Drive You Home
- Be Your Own Pet - S/T
- Sheena - Wa-ha Era
Top 20 Singles
- Hot Chip - "Over And Over"
- Blood Arm - "Suspicious Character"
- Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
- E-40 - "Tell Me When To Go"
- Justin Timberlake - "My Love (Feat. T.I.)"
- Rick Ross - "Hustlin'"
- Voxtrot - "Mothers Sisters Daughters And Wives"
- Black Heart Procession - "The Letter"
- DJ Shadow - "Three Freaks (Droop-E Remix)"
- Junior Boys - "In The Morning"
- MSTRKRFT - "Work On You"
- The Strokes - "You Only Live Once"
- Dreamdate - "The One I Need"
- Ghostface Killah - "Be Easy"
- Vitalic - "My Friend Dario"
- Too $hort - "Blow The Whistle"
- Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - "Young Shields"
- Be Your Own Pet - "Bicycle Bicycle You Are My Bicycle"
- Young Joc - "I Know You See It"
- The Flaming Lips - "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
Girl in the Green Jacket
Top 20 of 2006
- Joanna Newsom - Ys (Drag City)
- Nouvelle Vague - Bande A Part (V2)
- Grizzly Bear - Yellow House (Warp)
- Daniel Johnston - Welcome to My World (Eternal Yip Eye)
- The Mall - (Emergency At The Everyday) (S/R)
- Love is All - Nine Times That Same Song
- CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy (Sub Pop)
- Port O’Brien - When the Rain Comes (Tecolote)
- The Knife - Silent Shout (Rabid/Mute)
- Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (Matador)
- Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds (Interscope)
- Sheena - Wa-Ha Era (Loves In Heat)
- TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
- Hot Chip - The Warning (DFA)
- M. Ward - Post-War (Merge)
- Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere (Downtown)
- Man Man - Six Demon Bag (Ace Fu)
- Liars - Drum’s Not Dead (Mute)
- Voxtrot - Raised by Wolves EP
- James Figurine - Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake (Plug Research)
Close Calls:
- Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye (Domino)
- Danielson Ships (Secretly Canadian)
Favorite Singles:
- Dream Date "Dance Party"
- Blood Arm "Suspicious Character"
- Pete, Bjorn and John "Young Folks"
Guy Fox
Top Five bands I discovered in 2006, and probably should have known about earlier:
- The Dresden Dolls (punk cabaret is freedom)
- Rasputina (the ladies’ traveling cello society)
- Collide (butterfly wings of steel)
- The Lonely Forest (god is dead, they killed him)
- Corvus Corax (Venus vina musica)
Jelibean
- Man Man - Six Demon Bag
- Black Lips - Let it Bloom
- El Perro Del Mar - S/T
- Ratatat - Classics
- The Eels - Live at Town Hall
Honorable Mentions
- Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control
- Cat Power - The Greatest
- Electric President - S/T
- Roger Sisters - The Invisible Deck
- A Whisper in the Noise - As the Bluebird Sings
- Wolfmother - S/T
- Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock n Roll (US release)
- Nino Moschella - The Fix
- CSS - Cansei de Ser Sexy
- MSTRKRF - The Looks
- Yo La Tengo - I am Not Afraid of you and I Will Kick Your Ass
- Cut Chemist - The Audience's Listening
- Modeselektor - Hello Mom!
- Format - Dog Problems
- Black Angels - Passover
Jesse Luscious
Top 17 + 1 of 2006 (not in order)
- Leftovers - Party Tonight! (Cheapskate)
- Citizen Fish - What Time We On? (Bluurg)
- Los Fastidios - Rebels 'N' Revels (Mad Butcher)
- This Is My Fist - A History of Rats (No Idea)
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Sinner (Blackheart)
- Subhumans - New Dark Age Parade (Alternative Tentacles/G7 Welcoming Committee)
- Hank Williams III - Straight To Hell (Bruc)
- Jerry Jihad and the Evil Doers - Mine Is Not A Holy War (Cordless)
- Off With Their Heads - Hospitals (Recess)
- Ray Davies - Other People’s Lives (V2)
- The Coup - Pick A Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)
- Pansy Division - The Essential Pansy Division (Alternative Tentacles)
- The Checkers - Running With Scissors (Teenacide)
- Dead To Me - Cuban Ballerina (Fat)
- Toys That Kill - Shanked (Recess)
- Lady Sovereign - Public Warning (Def Jam)
- Against All Authority - The Restoration of Chaos and Order (Hopeless)
Most necessary reissue:
- Negative Trend - We Don't Play, We Riot (2-13-61)
Kaleid
- The Black Angels - Passover (Light In The Attic)
- Dirty on Purpose - Hallelujah Sirens (North Street)
- Fluorescent Grey - Lying on the Floor Mingling with God... (Isolate)
- Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet (Kranky)
- Hotels - Thank You For Choosing... (Pralaya)
- Love Is All - Nine Times That Same Song (What's Your Rupture?)
- Messer fur Frau Muller - Triangle, Dot & Devil (AeroCCCP)
- Mission of Burma - The Obliterati (Matador)
- Motor - Klunk (novamute)
- Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon (Ibid)
- Voxtrot - Raised By Wolves EP (Cult Hero)
- White Rose Movement - Kick (Independiente)
Leftfield Lance
Albums
- Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light (Matador)
- The Drones - Gala Mill (All Tomorrow's Parties)
- Alistair Galbraith / Alex Nielson / Richard Youngs - Belsayer Time (Time-Lag)
- Paul Flaherty & Chris Corsano - The Beloved Music (Family Vineyard)
- Kidd Jordan / Hamid Drake / William Parker - Palm of Soul (Aum Fidelity)
- Joanna Newsom - Ys (Drag City)
- Om - Conference of the Birds (Holy Mountain)
- Tarentel - Ghetto Beats from the Surface of the Sun, Vol 1 & 2 (Music Fellowship)
- Valley of Ashes - Cavehill Hunters' Attrition (Blackvelvetfuckere)
- Warmer Milks - Radish on Light (Troubleman Unlimited)
- Wooden Shjips - S/T 10" (self-released)
Singles
- Busy Signals - Can't Feel a Thing (Shit Sandwich)
- Clipse - Mr. Me Too (Re-Up)
- Ghostface - "Charlie Brown" (unreleased)
- Home Blitz - S/T (self-released)
- Kode9 + Spaceape - Backward (Hyperdub)
- Nothing People - Problems (SS)
- Pink Reason - S/T (Savage Quality)
- Psychedelic Horseshit - Who Let The Dogs Out? (Columbus Discount Records)
- Sapat - Tongue-Tied & Staid (Blackvelvetfuckere)
- Time Flys - Reality Is a Rock Band (Birdman)
Mack
- The Attack - About Time! The Definitive Mod-Pop Collection 1967-1968 (RPM)
- Nikki Corvette and the Stingrays - Back to Detroit (Dollar Record)
- The Exploding Hearts - Shattered (Dirtnap)
- New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This (Roadrunner)
- The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes (Memphis Industries)
- Radio Birdman - Zeno Beach (Yep Roc)
- Alastair Riddell - Space Waltz (RPM)
- The Shivvers - Lost hits from Milwaukee's first family of powerpop: 1979-82 (Hyped 2 Death)
- Thee Midniters - In Thee Midnite Hour!!!! (Norton)
- Various Artists - HAMMERKIN' A GO GO GIRL VOL. 2 (HMPR)
The Majority Whip
- Ethel - Light (Cantaloupe)
- Bishop Allen - January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December (Bishop Allen)
- Gypsophile - Assunta (Lenke Lente)
- Rabbinical School Dropouts - Vehicles Behind Comets (Ethnic Warrior)
- Richard Leo Johnson - Legend of Vernon McAlister (Cuneiform)
- MaryRose Crook with the Renderers - Ghosts of Our Vegas Lives (3 Beads of Sweat)
- Curse ov Dialect - Wooden Tongues (Mush)
- Novalima - Afro (Mr. Bongo)
- Sote - Dastgaah (Dielectric)
- Jack DeJohnette and Bill Frisell - The Elephant Sleeps but Still Remembers (Kindred Rhythm)
- Jeffrey and Jack Lewis - City and Eastern Songs (Rough Trade)
- Crooked Jades - Worlds on Fire (Crooked Jades)
- Psapp - The Only Thing I Ever Wanted (Domino)
- Soundtrack - BABEL (Concord)
- Cut Chemist - The Audience's Listening (Warner Brothers)
- Stephen Yerkey - Metaneonatureboy (Echo)
- Fourtet - DJ Kicks (Studio K7)
- Exene Cervenka & The Original Sinners - Sev7en (Nitro)
- Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (Def Jam)
- Nathalie Natiembe - Sanker (Marabi)
Matthew Africa
Yay Area Rap
- The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitath)
- Kaz Kyzah feat. Mayne Mannish - "Runnin'" (www.bigvon.com)
- Various Artists - HYPHY HITZ (TVT)
- E-40 - "Yay Area" (BME/Warner Bros.)
- Trackademicks - The Spring Progress Report (www.myspace.com/trackademicks)
- The Pack - "Vans" (Jive)
- Go Dav - "Cheerleader" (www.myspace.com/godav712)
- Traxamillion - The Slapp Addict (Slapp Addict Productions)
- The DB'z feat. E-40 - "Stewie" (Sick Wid It)
- The Cataracs feat. The Pack - "Blueberry Afghani" (Cyrano Music)
- The A'z - "Yadadamean" (TVT)
Mixes/Compilations/Reissues
- Various Artists - GOOD GOD: A GOSPEL FUNK HYMNAL (Numero Group)
- Matthew Africa & DJ Eleven - Dirty Raps: The Best of Too $hort
(www.djeleven.com)
- Various Artists - FOLK IS NOT A FOUR LETTER WORD 2 (Delay 68)
- Eddie Fisher - Eddie Fisher & the Next One Hundred Years (Verve)
- Various Artists - REGGAE GOLD 2006 (VP)
- Various Artists - TRAP DOOR MYSTERY MIX 2 (Dis-Joint)
- Various Artists - ULTIMATE BREAKS & BEATS: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (Street Beat)
- Selda - S/T (Finders Keepers/B-Music)
- Various Artists - PAZ E FUTEBOL (Sonar Kollektiv)
- The Sisters Love - Give Me Your Love (Soul Jazz)
- Various Artists - GIRL GROUP SOUNDS LOST & FOUND: ONE KISS CAN LEAD TO ANOTHER (Rhino)
Neither/Nor
- T.I. - "What You Know" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
- Rick Ross - "Hustlin'" (Def Jam)
- Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. - "My Love" (Jive)
- Snoop Dogg feat. R. Kelly - "That's That Shit" (Geffen)
- Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (Def Jam)
- Sleepy Brown - Mr. Brown (Purple Ribbon/Virgin)
- Jay-Z - "30 Something" (Def Jam)
- Grizzly Bear - Yellow House (Warp)
- Murs & 9th Wonder - Murray's Revenge (Record Collection)
- Rich Boy feat. Polow da Don - "Throw Some D's" (Zone 4/Interscope)
- Tyte Wurk - "Mary Jane" (www.myspace.com/tytewurk)
Max Burstein
- Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (Jive)
- Man Man - Six Demon Bag (Ace Fu)
- The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (Capitol)
- Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (Matador)
- Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I’m Dreaming (Absolutely Kosher)
- The Blow - Paper Television (K)
- J Dilla - Donuts (Stones Throw)
- Joanna Newsome - Y’s (Drag City)
- Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds (Blocks/Tomlab)
- Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (Def Jam)
- Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - #3 (Labrador/Minty Fresh)
- Girl Talk - The Night Ripper (Illegal Art)
- M. Ward - Post-War (Merge)
- Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light (Matador)
- Islands - Return To The Sea (Equator)
- The Knife - Silent Shout (Rabid)
- Math and Physics Club - Math and Physics Club (Matinée)
- Liars - Drums Not Dead (Mute)
- TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (4AD/Interscope)
- Love Is All - 9 Times That Same Song (What's Your Rupture?)
Meatypaws
Best Songs
- Bob Dylan - "The Levee’s Gonna Break"
- Be Good Tanyas - "Ootischenia"
- Hank Williams III - "Pills I Took"
- Amy Milan - "Ruby II"
- Heartless Bastards - "Searching for the Ghost"
- Sarah Harmer - "I’m A Mountain"
- Bruce Springsteen - "My Oklahoma Home"
- Van Morrison - "This Has Got To Stop"
- Loose Fur - "The Ruling Class"
- I See Hawks In L.A. - "Raised By Hippies"
- Defiance Ohio - "New World Order"
- Mike Beck - "George Orwell’s 113th Dream"
- Will Kimbrough - "I Lie"
- Neil Young - "Let’s Impeach The President"
- Lizzie West - "I Pledge Allegiance to Myself"
- Crooked Still - "Can’t You Hear Me Callin"
- Meat Purveyors - "666 Pack"
- Dave Alvin - "Don’t Stop Now"
- Decemberists - "O Valencia"
- Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers - "Something Bad"
- Ray Wylie Hubbard - "Snake Farm"
- Little Willies with Norah Jones - "It’s Not You, It’s Me"
- Soloman Burke - "Ain’t Got You"
- Albert Lee - "Road Runner"
- P.F. Sloan - "PK & the Evil Dr. Z"
Recommended Compilation
- Various Artists - Rough Guide To Yodelling
Melizard
Balun - Something Comes Our Way (Brilliante)
Bitch - Make This Break This (Kill Rock Stars)
Casper and the Cookies - The Optimist's Club (Happy Happy Birthday To Me)
Raven Chacon - Overheard Songs (Dineyahze/Innova)
Chopstick - S/T -Self-released
Drop Black Sky - Ring Pass Not (Lighthouse)
Evening Ocean - The Attraction (Somersound)
Ironfire - Revenge (Metal Storm)
Leave's Eyes - Legend Land (Napalm)
Legendary Pink Dots - Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves (Roir)
Ministry - Rio Grande Blood (Megaforce)
Mustang Lightning - Texas Voodoo Surf (Rumble Cat)
Octopus Project w/Black Moth Super Rainbow - The House of Apples and Eyeballs (Grave Face/Peekaboo)
Okbari - S/T (Mustt)
Lee Rocker - Racin' the Devil (Alligator)
Sleepy Jackson - Personality (Astralwerks)
Sote - Dastgaah (Dielectric)
Tyr - Eric the Red (Napalm)
Various Artists - NO MANIACS ONLY: NOISE FEST 10 (2006 Norcal NoiseFest)
Witchery - Don't Fear the Reaper (Century Media)
Mike Burma
- Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock N Roll (Fierce Panda)
- Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
- Dream Date - "Dance Party" (7" single)
- Jesse Luscious shows on July 4th, Thanksgiving day and Christmas Eve
- Matthew Africa's Memorial to James Brown
- Mack on Tuesday nights
- Chow Nasty - "Ungawa" from EP The Party Starts Right Fucking Now
- The Devil and Daniel Johnston (screening at the Roxie)
- We Jam Econo: The Story of The Minutemen (DVD)
- ESG - Come Away With... (Soul Jazz) reissue
- various artists - WOMEN TAKE BACK THE NOISE (UBUIBI)
- Delta 5 - Singles & Sessions 1979-81 (Kill Rock Stars) reissue
- Television Personalities - My Dark Places (Domino)
- King Dork - a novel by Frank Portman
- Shout Out Out Out Out - "Chicken Soup for the Fuck You"
- Knights of the New Crusade - A Challenge to the Cowards of Christendom (Alternative Tentacles)
- Calexico - live at the Fillmore
- various artists - ONE KISS CAN LEAD TO ANOTHER: GIRL GROUPS LOST AND FOUND (Rhino)
- various artists - MAS ROCK AND ROLL (Electro Harmonix)
- TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me" from album Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
Mixtress 9
Best of 2006 Singles
- Namie Amuro - "Wowa"
- Ayumi Hamasaki - "Startin' " (Avex Trax)
- Morning Musume - "Sexy Boy" (Up Front Works)
- Morning Musume - "Ambitious!!" (Up Front Works)
- Morning Musume - "Ariteru" (Up Front Works)
- GAM - "Thanks!"" (Up Front Works)
- Maki Goto - "Imakitto In My Life"" (Up Front Works)
- Gwen Stefani - "Wind It Up""
- Camera Obscura - "Lloyd I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken"
- Trent Reznor & Peter Murphy - "Warm Leatherette"
Best of 2006 Albums
- Viyuden - Suite Room #1 (Up Front Works)
- Namie Amuro - Queen Of Hip Pop
- Ayumi Hamasaki - Miss Understood (Avex Trax)
- Ayumi Hamasaki - Secret (Avex Trax)
- Various Artists - MARIE ANTOINETTE
- Thom Yorke - The Eraser
- Various Artists - GOTH COLLECTION
- Covenant - Skyshaper
- Miho Hatori - Ecdysis
- Aya Matsuura - Naked Songs (Up Front Works)
- The Coup - Pick A Better Weapon
- Morning Musume - Rainbow 7 (Up Front Works)
- Beatles - Love
- Hello! Project - Petit Best 7 (Up Front Works)
Mon Amie
Top 20 Albums of 2006
- Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
- The Dears - Gang of Losers
- Lady Sovereign - Public Warning
- The Walkmen - A Hundred Miles Off
- Peter Bjorn and John - Writer’s Block
- Bonde Do Role - Melo Do Tobaco EP
- Jarvis Cocker - The Jarvis Cocker Record
- M. Ward - Post War
- Supersystem - A Million Microphones
- Beach House - S/T
- Divine Comedy - Victory for the Comic Muse
- Suburban Kid With Biblical Names - #3
- Gothic Archies - The Tragic Treasury
- The Liars - Drums Not Dead
- The Futureheads - News and Tributes
- Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards
- El Perro Del Mar - S/T
- Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
- Babyshambles - The Blinding EP
- A Hawk and a Hacksaw - The Way the Wind Blows
Monster Zero
Top 13 Albums:
- Ratatat - Classics
- Modeselektor - Hello Mom!
- Sote - Dastgaah
- Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
- Som Imaginario - S/T
- Various Artists - THE BEST MASHUPS IN THE WORLD EVER ARE FROM SAN FRANCISCO VOL. 2
- Brazilian Girls - Talk to La Bomb
- Beck - The Information
- Persephone's Bees - Notes From the Underworld
- Spank Rock - Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo
- Various Artists - THE BIGGEST REGGAE ONE-DROP ANTHEMS 2006
- Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
- Cheb I Sabbah - La Ghriba: La Kahena Remixes
Honorable Mentions:
- Kimya Dawson - "I Like Giants"
- Audio Bullys - "All Sing Along"
- Lady Sovereign - "Love Me or Hate Me"
- Ghostland Observatory - "Piano Man"
Pop Goes the Weasel
Favorite Songs:
- Artichoke - "Anning, Mary" (26 Scientists Volume 1 Anning-Malthus)
- Camera Obscura - "If Looks Could Kill" (Let's Get Out of This Country)
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band - "Wholy Holy" (What's Goin' On)
- James Hand - "In the Corner At the Table By the Jukebox" (The Truth Will Set You Free)
- Robyn Hitchcock & the Venue 3 - "Museum of Sex" (Ole Tarantula)
- Honeycut - "Tough Kid" (The Day I Turned to Glass)
- Joan Jett - "AC DC" (Sinner)
- Lavender Diamond - "You Broke My Heart" (The Canary of Light)
- Persephone's Bees - "Nice Day" (Notes From the Underworld)
- Speakers - "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" (Yeats is Great)
- The Suspicions - "Runaround" (s/t)
- White Magic - "Lights" (Dat Rosa Mei Apibus)
Favorite Reissues:
- Delta 5 - Singles & Sessions 1979-81
- Fire Engines - Codex Teenage Premonition
- Ruthann Friedman - A Hurried Life: Lost Recordings 1965-1970
- Various Artists - ECCENTRIC SOUL: THE BIG MACK LABEL
Robin
albums & reissues:
- Arvo Part - Da Pacem (Harmonia Mundi)
- Anonymous 4 - Gloryland (Harmonia Mundi)
- Lou Harrison - Chamber & Gamelan Works (New World Records)
- Peggy Honeywell - Green Mountain (Ohio Star Music)
- Boris & Sunn O))) - Altar (Southern Lord)
- Ray Barretto - Que Viva La Musica (Fania)
- David S. Ware Quartet - Balladware (Thirsty Ear)
- Sound In Action Trio - Gate (Atavistic)
- Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex - Moa Anbessa (Terp)
- Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet (Kranky)
- Various Artists - GOOD GOD! A GOSPEL FUNK HYMNAL (Numero)
- Soundtrack - REQUIEM FOR A DYING PLANET (Winter & Winter)
- Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (Lost Highway)
- Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Ballads (Anti)
songs:
- Matmos - "Snails and Lasers for Patricia Highsmith" (Matador)
- Boris - "Blackout" (Southern Lord)
- The Roots - "Don't Feel Right" (Def Jam)
- Starski & Mistah FAB - "Car Shinin'" (Pimp Hop)
- DJ Shadow & David Banner - "Seein' Thangs" (Universal)
- Emmahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou - "The Mad Man's Laughter" (Buda Musique)
- Bruce Springsteen - "Eyes on the Prize" (Sony)
- Fred Anderson - "By Many Names" (Delmark)
- Badawi - "I Said Oblivion" (Asphodel)
- Mogwai & Kronos Quartet - "Death is the Road to Awe" (Nonesuch)
live shows:
- Nels Cline at Yoshi's, Oakland
- Jackie-O Motherfucker at 12 Galaxies, SF
- Gogol Bordello at Slims, SF
- William Parker at Yoshi's, Oakland
- Rebecca Mauleon at Yoshi's, Oakland
- Nurse With Wound at Great American Music Hall, SF
- Kekele at Yoshi's, Oakland
- Terry Riley at Chapel of the Chimes, Piedmont
- Brass Menazeri at Starry Plough, Berkeley
- Fishtank Ensemble on KALX Live!
Roscoe 2000
top ten for 2006:
- Various Artists - CONGOTRONICS 2 (Crammed Disc)
- Citay - s/t (Frenetic)
- Various Artists - LOVE PEACE & POETRY: TURKISH PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC (Normal)
- Bridget St. John - reissues (Cherry Red)
- Six Organs Of Admittance - The Sun Awakens (Drag City)
- Etran Finatawa - Introducing (World Music Network)
- Danava - s/t (Kemado)
- Various Artists - PROG IS NOT A FOUR LETTER WORD (Delay 68)
- Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto - Un Fuego De Sangre Pura (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Wizardzz - Hidden City of Taurmond (Load)
Sammich
Songs from 2006 that I've enjoyed more than others and the albums
they came from:
- Camera Obscura - "If Looks Could Kill" - Let's
Get Out of This Country (Merge)
- Mahogany - "Supervitesse" - Connectivity (Darla)
- Radio Dept. - "Worst Taste In Music" - Pet Grief
(Labrador)
- Mary Onettes - "Lost" - Lost (Labrador)
- Asobi Seksu - "Thursday" - Cirtus (Friendly Fire)
- Lily Allen - "Everything's Just Wonderful" -
Alright, Still (Capitol)
- The Blow - "Parentheses" (K)
- CSS - "Alala" - CSS (SubPop)
- Persephone's Bees - "Nice Day" - Notes From the
Underworld (Capitol)
- Love Is All - "Spinning and Scratching" - Nine
Times The Same Song (What's Your Rupture)
- Minimum Chips - "Cold Afternoon" - Lady Grey
(Moteer)
- The Knife - "Heartbeats" - Deep Cuts (Mute)
- TV On The Radio - "Wolf Like Me" - Return to
Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
SamtheRam
- Chris Smither - Leave The Light On (Signature Sounds)
- Larry Vuckovich Trio - Street Scean (Tetrachord Music)
- Bill Patton - Gets It On
- Stuart A. Staples - Leaving Leaving Songs (Begars Banquet)
- Television Personalities - My Dark Places (Domino)
- Morrissey - Ringleader Of The Tormentors (Attack)
- Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac (Capitol)
- Beirut - Gulag Orkestar (Ba Da Bing)
- Motorhead - Kiss Of Death (Sanctuary)
- Dolly Rocker Movement - Electric Sunshine (Off The Hip)
- Crooked Jades - Worlds On Fire (Jade Note)
- Tarantella - Esqueletos (Alternative Tentacles)
- Senor Coconut - Yellow Fever! (Essay Recordings)
- Ms. John Soda - Not And The Like (Morr)
- Juana Molina - Son (Domino)
Sara and Guillaume
Top 10 French tunes of 2006:
- Vincent Delerm - "Sous les Avalanches"
- Swayzak - "Acoustiques Paralleles"
- Darkel - "Beautiful Woman"
- Tahiti 80 - "Big Day"
- Alain Chabat and Gael Garcia Bernal - "If You Rescue Me"
- Hushpuppies - "Single"
- Nouvelle Vague - "Dancing with Myself"
- TTC - "Téléphone"
- Cassius - "Toop Toop"
- Katerine - "Louxor J'Adore"
Sergio
Top 10 albums/compilations
- Various Artists - BIG APPLE RAPPIN': THE EARLY DAYS OF HIP HOP CULTURE IN NEW YORK CITY 1979 TO 1982 (Soul Jazz)
- Various Artists - ROY AYERS VIRGIN UBIQUITY REMIXED (Rapster)
- Various Artists - AZULI PRESENTS KENNY DOPE - CHOICE - A COLLECTION OF CLASSICS (Azuli)
- Various Artists - REWIND! 5 (Ubiquity)
- Various Artists - OM 10: A DECADE OF FUTURE MUSIC (Om)
- Herbert - Scale (Studio !K7)
- ReMo Conscious - Infiltration (Third I)
- Claude VonStroke - Beware Of The Bird (Dirtybird)
- Aloe Blacc - Shine Through (Stones Throw)
- Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts reissue (Nonesuch)
Top 10 house singles
- Miles Maeda - Three Easy Pieces EP (Dae)
- Ronnie Dyson - All Over My Face Disco Plumber edits (Let's Do An Edit)
- Peven Everett - Stuck (2006 Soul Heaven)
- Derrick Carter - Space Caddy Club (white)
- Afrodisiac Sound System - Afroheat 4 (Afrodisiac Records)
- Milton Cardona - Ebioso (Un-Restricted Access)
- Bosco & Terell - Sensational EP (Blue Label)
- Bobby & Klein - The G-String Blues EP (Guesthouse Music)
- The Girth - Chained To The Bed EP (Blue Label)
- Various Artists - MAMMA'S HOME COOKIN 6 (Mamma's Home Cookin)
Shaddy J
- The Blow - Paper Television (K)
- CSS - Cansei de Ser Sexy (Sub Pop)
- Hot Chip - The Warning (DFA/EMI)
- Kudu - Death of the Party (Nublu)
- Lady Sovereign - Public Warning (Def Jam)
- Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots (Universal)
- Shout Out Out Out Out - Not Saying/Just Saying (Nrmls Wlcm)
- Supersystem - A Million Microphones (Touch & Go)
- Various Artists - THE BEST MASHUPS IN THE WORLD EVER ARE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO 2 (No Label)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (Interscope)
Shrey
- The Knife - Silent Shout (Rabid/Mute)
- Boat - Songs That You Might Not Like (Magic Marker)
- Jose Gonzales - Veneer (Hidden Agenda)
- Islands - Return to Sea (Equator)
- Motohiro Nakashima - I Dreamt Constellations Sang (LOAF)
- Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Etiquette (Tomlab)
- Juana Molina - Son (Domino)
- Two Gallants - What the Toll Tells (Saddle Creek)
- Daniel Johnston - Welcome to my World (High Wire Music)
- Barbara Morgenstern - The Grass is Always Greener (Monika)
- Thom Yorke - The Eraser (XL)
- Various Artists - CD86: 48 TRACKS FROM THE BIRTH OF INDIE POP (Castle)
- Herbert - Scale (K7)
- The Trucks - The Trucks (Clickpop)
- Dirty on Purpose - Hallelujah Sirens (North Street)
- DJ Shadow - The Outsider (Universal Motown)
- Chin Up Chin Up - This Harness Can't Ride Anything (Suicide Squeeze)
- TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (4AD/Interscope)
- Chirgilchin - Will Teach (Pure Nature Music)
- soundtrack - STRANGER THAN FICTION (Columbia/Sony Music)
Sidja
- Leafcutter John - The Forest And The Sea (Staubgold)
- Fm3 - Buddha machine (Fm3)
- Fe-mail - Blixter Toad (Asphodel)
- Pere Ubu - Why I Hate Women / HArpen)
- Balkan Beat Box - BAlkan Beat Box (JDub records)
- Dub Trio - New Heavy (Roir)
Studebaker
Top 15 Albums of 2006
- Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies (Merge)
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go (Drag City)
- Voxtrot - Raised By Wolves EP (Cult Hero)
- Liars - Drum's Not Dead (Mute)
- Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (Matador)
- DJ Drama and Lil Wayne - Dedication 2 (Gangsta Grillz)
- Awesome Color - S/T (Ecstatic Peace!)
- Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (Re-Up/Jive)
- Arthur Russell - Springfield (Audika)
- Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis (Rough Trade)
- Knights of the New Crusade - A Challenge to the Cowards of Christendom
(Alternative Tentacles)
- The Ohsees - The Cool Death of Island Raiders (Narnack)
- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 5 - House Arrest (Paw Tracks)
- The Knife - Silent Shout (Rabid)
- Islands - Return to the Sea (Equator)
Tiger Lily
Albums
- Hubble Bubble - s/t reissue (Nat)
- King Khan & BBQ Show - What's for Dinner? (In the Red)
- Live Fast Die - Bandana Thrash Record (Dead Beat)
- Mind Controls - s/t (Dirtnap)
- Tom Waits - Orphans: Bawlers, Brawlers, and Bastards (Anti)
Singles
- Black Lips - Born to Be a Man 7" (Bachelor)
- Electric Shadows - Break the Rules 7" (Douchemaster)
- Figures of Light - It's Lame 7" reissue (Norton)
- The Time Flys - Reality (Is a Rock Band) 7" (Birdman)
- The Touch-Me-Nots - Hey Television 7" (Roach & Squirrel)
Tremulous
- Balún - Something Comes Our Way
- Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
- Jenny Dalton - Fleur de Lily
- The Divine Comedy - Victory for the Comic Muse
- El Perro Del Mar - S/T
- Ethel - Light
- Evening Ocean - The Attraction
- Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet
- Jóhann Jóhannsson - IBM 1401, A User's Manual
- Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
- Joanna Newsom - Ys
- Arvo Pärt - Da Pacem
- Belinda Reynolds - Cover
- Soundtrack - BABEL
- Soundtrack - THE FOUNTAIN
- Soundtrack - MARIE ANTOINETTE
Songs:
- Neko Case - "Margaret vs. Pauline"
- Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - "Bobby Malone Moves Home"
- Destroyer - "Your Blood"
Tumbleweed
In no particular order:
- Various Artists - THE BEST MASHUPS IN THE WORLD EVER ARE FROM SAN FRANCISCO VOL. 2
- Adolphus Bell - One Man Band (Music Maker Relief Foundation)
- Crooked Jades - World's On Fire (Jade Note Music)
- Chirgilchin - Collectible (Pure Nature Music)
- Afous Afous - Moment by Moment (Cinqcinq)
- De Kift - De Kift (North East Indie)
- Soundtrack - BORAT (Atlantic/Wea)
- The Avett Brothers - Four Thieves Gone: The Robbinsville Sessions (Ramseur Records)
- Hayseed Dixie - A Hot Piece of Grass (Cooking Vinyl)
- Anga - Echu Mingua (Nonesuch)
- Val Esway and El Mirage - Pretend to Believe (Self Released)
- Lord Loves a Working Man - Lord Loves a Working Man (Working Man)
- Tartit - Abacabok (Crammed Disc Us)
- Orchestra Baobab - A Night at Club Baobab (Oriki)
- The Budos Band - The Budos Band (Daptone)
- James Hand - The Truth Will Set You Free (Rounder)
- Thee Emergency - Can You Dig It? (Blue Disguise)
- Ali Farka Toure - Savane (Nonesuch)
- Messer fur Frau Muller - Triangle, Dot and Devil (AreoCCP Recordings)
- Fishtank - Super Raoul (Web of Mimicry)
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