Hi. What a year it has been. The holidays are upon us all and 2005 is drawing to a close. In case you have been living in a cave, Pitchfork posted their top 50 of 2005 list a few days ago and they picked Sufjan Steven’s latest (Illinois) as their favorite record of 2005. It would have been higher on my list if they had a track along the lines of “Go Fighting Illini! Knock The Snot Out Of The Tar Heels.” Oh well. P-Fork also had the audacity to put Art Brut at number three on their list. Can you say pretentious?
You can check out my best of 2005 list here and here.
A few other albums that didn’t quite make my list (but that are really good and still worthy of some praise) are:
Keith Fullerton Whitman – Multiples
Thee More Shallows – More Deep Cuts
Eats Tapes – Sticky Buttons
Isolee – We Are Monster
Akron/Family – S/T
Jamie Lidell – Multiply
Pernice Bothers – discover A Lovelier You
Ryan Adams – Jacksonville City Nights
Blackalicious – The Craft
Mastodon – Leviathan (technically not a 2005 release)
Lewis & Clarke – Bare Bones & Branches
M Ward – Transistor Radio
Troubled Hubble – Making Beds In A Burning House
And finally, we have covers of songs by Run DMC, Phil Collins, The Killers, and TV On The Radio by some of today’s hottest artists!
MP3 | Thunderbirds Are Now! – Christmas In Hollis Suburban Sprawl Xmas 2005
MP3 | The Postal Service – Against All Odds B-Sides
MP3 | David Gray – Smile Like You Mean It Previously Unreleased
MP3 | The Subways – Staring At The Sun Previously Unreleased
Art Brut? Pretentious? They’re pissed up Brits looking for some good publicity! And all the better for it.
Have you had the pleasure of seeing them live?
from another pissed up Brit…well, it is Christmas after all.
Thanks for the David Gray track. Where did you find it?