End of the Year Lists

I was thinking about adding graphics and links, but I don't think I'll have a chance until after the New Year. For now, here are some of my favorite records and songs from 2006. I'm not wedded to the orders. Some are just arbitrary. I was never very good at ordering things in terms of favorites, plus that all changes so often, doesn't it? Anyway, here we are.

(expect album art, synopsis, and links to songs soon)

"Post-Rock" and other Instrumental Music

1. Laura- Radio Swan is Down
2. Mono- You Are There
3. Things Falling Apart- We Carry our Fate in Plain Site
4. Mt.- Lethologica
5. Mogwai- Mr. Beast
6. Grails- Black Tar Prophecy
7. Magyar Posse- Random Avenger
8. Kayo Dot- Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue
9. Amanda Handal and GF Seiler- Ghosts and Angels
10. Triosk- The Headlight Serenade

Records I Loved that are not "Post-Rock"

1. Clint Mansell, the Kronos Quartet, and Mogwai- The Fountain OST
2. Thursday- A City By The Light Divided
3. Cursive- Happy Hollow
4. Mates of State- Bring it Back
5. Thom Yorke- The Eraser
6. Cat Power- The Greatest
7. Brand New- The Devil and God are Raging Within Me
8. Man Man- Six Demon Bag
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Show Your Bones
10. TV on the Radio- Return to Cookie Monster

Honorable Mention

Joanna Newsome- Ys
Yndi Halda (US)- Enjoy Eternal Bliss
Jeniferever- Choose a Bright Morning
Gotan Project- Lunatico
When They Know You They Will Run- s/t
Russian Circles- Enter
Battles- ep c/ b ep
Jakob- solace
Te'- naraba, imi kara kaihou sareta hibiki ha "oto" no sekai no shinen wo kataru.
Giants will fall- a state of nervous excitement
Because of ghosts- The Tomorrow We Were Promised Yesterday
Bent- Intercept
Ascent of everest- how lonely sits the city
The knife- Silent Shout
Appleseed Cast- Peregrine
Boy Sets Fire- The Misery Index; Notes from the Plague Years
The Most Serene Republic- Phages
Helios- Eingya
Natsumen- NEVER WEAR OUT yOUR SUMMER xxx !!!
Souvenir's Young America- Virginia

Top Singles

Instrumental

1. Clint Mansell- Death is the Road to Awe
2. Laura- It’s kind of like the innocent smiles you get…
3. Mogwai- glassgow mega-snake
4. Mono- the flames beyond the cold mountain
5. Mono & WEG- Untitled 5
6. Magyar posse- Whirlpool of Terror and Tension
7. Tristeza- en nuestro desafio
8. Helios- Bless This Morning Year
9. Gotan Project- Differente
10. giants will fall- from here on in
11. adriam klumpes- weave in and out
12. a lily- I am to you
13. yndi halda- Illuminate My Heart, My Darling
14. Grails- Stray Dogs
15. Appleseed Cast- mountain halo
16. because of ghosts- so quick
17. ascent of everest- a threnody
18. things falling apart- odessa
19. Amanda Handal and GF Seiler- the lure
20. Jenniferever- swimming eyes

Rock and non-insrumental

1. Cat Power- Living Proof
2. Thom Yorke-Cymbal Rush
3. Man Man- Engwish Bwudd
4. Nelly Furtado and Timbaland- Maneater
5. Thursday- Running from the Rain
6. Gnarls Barkley- Crazy
7. Boy sets fire- with cold eyes
8. Brand New- degausser
9. Yeah yeah yeahs- cheated hearts
10. Tv on the radio- playhouses
11. Gorillaz- Kids With Guns / El Mañana
12. Damien Rice- 9 crimes
13. The Knife- We Share Our Mother's Health
14. The Most Serene Republic- you're not an astronaut
15. The Delays- valentine
16. Emily Haines- detective's daughter
17. bent- the handbrake
18. The Appleseed Cast- Mountain Halo
19. Broken Social Scene- Puff The Magic Dragon
20. cursive- bad sects