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At the end of each year, I pull together a list of my favorite new music. Because some friends have missed my earlier lists, I've compiled all previous years here. You can use the links on this page to purchase the individual tracks on iTunes.
My list of favorites for 2005 was added on 01.31.2006. |
MORE RECENTLY Songs, albums, and bands that I've been enjoying in the last few weeks: Updated 03.24.2006
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| FAVORITE MUSIC 2005 | ||||
| Jimmy Smith | Stay Loose | Verve//Unmixed 3 | 3:54 | itunes |
| The Bravery | Public Service Announcement | The Bravery | 3:34 | itunes |
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | 5:43 | itunes |
| Ryan Adams & The Cardinals | Beautiful Sorta | Cold Roses | 3:01 | itunes |
| Marah | The Dishwasher's Dreams | If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry | 3:56 | itunes |
| The White Stripes | My Doorbell | Get Behind Me Satan | 4:01 | itunes |
| Louis XIV | Paper Doll | The Best Little Secrets Are Kept | 3:25 | itunes |
| Stars | The First Five Times | Set Yourself On Fire | 3:00 | itunes |
| Hot Hot Heat | You Owe Me An IOU | Elevator | 3:04 | itunes |
| Stephen Malkmus | Baby C'mon | Face The Truth | 2:44 | itunes |
| The New Pornographers | Streets Of Fire | Twin Cinema | 2:41 | itunes |
| The Spinto Band | Japan Is an Island | Nice and Nicely Done | 3:38 | itunes |
| Architecture In Helsinki | It'5! | In Case We Die | 2:07 | itunes |
| Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | This Land Is Your Land | Naturally | 4:31 | itunes |
| Kanye West | Touch The Sky | Late Registration | 3:57 | itunes |
| John Vanderslice | Trance Manual | Pixel Revolt | 4:47 | itunes |
| The Mountain Goats | This Year | The Sunset Tree | 3:52 | itunes |
| Erin McKeown | You Were Right About Everything | We Will Become Like Birds | 4:03 | itunes |
| Sufjan Stevens | Casimir Pulaski Day | Illinois | 5:53 | itunes |
| Broken Social Scene | All My Friends | E.P. To Be You And Me | 2:42 | |
| Bright Eyes | Lua | I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning | 4:31 | itunes |
| FAVORITE MUSIC 2004 | ||||
| Tahiti 80 | Listen | A Piece of Sunshine | 3:43 | itunes |
| G. Love and Special Sauce | Love | The Hustle | 3:39 | itunes |
| Marah | Freedom Park | 20,000 Streets Under The Sky | 4:35 | itunes |
| DJ Numark & Pomo | Unwind | Blend Crafters | 2:47 | itunes |
| Vitamin D | No Good | Hands On | 2:30 | |
| Loretta Lynn | High On A Mountain Top | Van Lear Rose | 2:44 | itunes |
| Ben Kweller | Jerry Falwell Destroyed Earth | Future Soundtrack for America | 1:21 | itunes |
| The Black Keys | 10 A.M. Automatic | Rubber Factory | 2:59 | itunes |
| Ambulance Ltd | Anecdote | Ambulance Ltd | 3:16 | |
| Tift Merritt | I Am Your Tambourine | Tambourine | 3:44 | itunes |
| Saturday Looks Good To Me | Until The World Stops Spinning | Every Night | 2:55 | itunes |
| Modest Mouse | Float On | Good News For People Who Love Bad News | 3:28 | itunes |
| The High Water Marks | Queen Of Verlaine | Songs About The Ocean | 3:27 | itunes |
| Bright Eyes & Britt Daniel | Let The Distance Keep Us Together | Home: The Post-Parlo Records Split CD Series, Volume IV | 3:24 | itunes |
| The Arcade Fire | Rebellion (Lies) | Funeral | 5:10 | itunes |
| John Vanderslice | They Won't Let Me Run | Cellar Door | 3:52 | itunes |
| Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn & Ginger Brooks Takahashi | Oh! September | Songs From The Black Mountain Music Project | 4:11 | itunes |
| Preston School Of Industry | Caught In The Rain | Monsoon | 3:10 | itunes |
| Rogue Wave | Falcon Settles Me | Out Of The Shadow | 2:33 | itunes |
| Po' Girl | Take The Long Way | Vagabond Lullabies | 5:32 | itunes |
| Mason Jennings | Ballad Of Paul And Sheila | Use Your Voice | 3:27 | itunes |
| Bobby Bare, Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League | The Terrible Sunrise | From The End Of Your Leash | 3:07 | itunes |
| Belle & Sebastian | I'm A Cuckoo (by The Avalanches) | I'm A Cuckoo | 3:59 | |
| FAVORITE MUSIC 2003 | ||||
| The Black Keys | Have Love Will Travel | thickfreakness | 3:04 | itunes |
| The Long Winters | Scared Straight | When I Pretend to Fall | 4:17 | itunes |
| Eels | Saturday Morning | Shootenanny! | 2:55 | itunes |
| Shelby Lynne | 10 Rocks | Identity Crisis | 2:45 | itunes |
| Yo La Tengo | Georgia Vs. Yo La Tengo | Summer Sun | 3:59 | itunes |
| Mando Diao | Lady | bring 'em in | 2:32 | |
| The Strokes | Between Love & Hate | Room On Fire | 3:15 | itunes |
| The Polyphonic Spree | Light & Day (Orchestral version) | US Bonus CD | 2:47 | |
| The Thrills | One Horse Town | So Much For The City | 3:14 | itunes |
| The Go! Team | Ladyflash | Estuary English (Music from Memphis Industries Volume One) | 4:13 | itunes |
| Wilco | Handshake Drugs | More Like The Moon EP | 5:11 | |
| My Morning Jacket | Mahgeeta | It Still Moves | 5:56 | itunes |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Y Control | Fever to Tell | 4:00 | itunes |
| Dressy Bessy | Lipstick | Little Music: Singles 1997-2002 | 2:36 | |
| Caesars | Fun & Games | 39 Minutes Of Bliss (In An Otherwise Meaningless World) | 2:22 | itunes |
| The Shins | Gone For Good (alternate version) | So Says I | 3:07 | itunes |
| Camera Obscura | Suspended From Class | Underachievers Please Try Harder | 3:46 | itunes |
| The Be Good Tanyas | It's Not Happening | Chinatown | 2:41 | itunes |
| Brendan Benson And The Wellfed Boys | Alternative To Love | Metarie Extended Player | 4:12 | |
| Erin McKeown | Born To Hum | Grand | 2:11 | itunes |
| Johnny Cash | Father And Son (With Fiona Apple) | Unearthed Volume Three - Redemption Songs | 2:49 | itunes |
| Cat Power | I Don't Blame You | You Are Free | 3:05 | itunes |
| M. Ward | Fool Says | Transfiguration Of Vincent | 1:49 | itunes |
| Rufus Wainwright | Vibrate | Want One | 2:44 | itunes |
| FAVORITE MUSIC 2002 | ||||
| Spoon | Something To Look Forward To | Kill The Moonlight | 2:17 | |
| Modest Mouse | Here It Comes | Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks | 3:10 | itunes |
| Doves | Pounding | The Last Broadcast | 4:45 | itunes |
| Ben Kweller | Commerce, TX | Sha Sha | 3:52 | itunes |
| Wilco | Jesus, etc. | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | 3:51 | itunes |
| Cornershop | Staging The Plaguing Of The Raised Platform | Handcream For A Generation | 4:35 | itunes |
| Cody ChesnuTT | Brother With An Ego | The Headphone Masterpiece Volume 1 | 0:13 | |
| The Roots | The Seed (2.0) | Phrenology | 4:27 | itunes |
| The Apples In Stereo | Where We Meet | Velocity In Sound | 2:52 | itunes |
| The Vines | Outtathaway! | Highly Evolved | 3:02 | itunes |
| Cody ChesnuTT | Look Good In Leather | The Headphone Masterpiece Volume 2 | 3:55 | itunes |
| The Jackson 5 | ABC (readymade super 524 mix - Konishi Yasuharu) | Soul Source Jackson 5 Remixes 2 | 5:17 | |
| The Flaming Lips | Fight Test | Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | 4:14 | itunes |
| Rhett Miller | This Is What I Do | The Instigator | 3:10 | itunes |
| Steve Earle | Amerika v. 6.0 (The Best That We Can Do) | Jerusalem | 4:19 | itunes |
| Brendan Benson | Tiny Spark | Lapalco | 3:15 | |
| Badly Drawn Boy | You Were Right | Have You Fed The Fish? | 4:52 | itunes |
| Bobby Bare Jr. | I'll Be Around | Young Criminals Starvation League | 4:36 | itunes |
| Spencer Dickinson | Away Baby | Spencer Dickinson | 3:17 | |
| Interpol | NYC | Turn on the Bright Lights | 4:19 | itunes |
| Johnny Cash | The Man Comes Around | American IV: The Man Comes Around | 4:26 | itunes |
| FAVORITE MUSIC 2001 | ||||
| The Black Crowes | Soul Singing | Lions | 3:53 | itunes |
| The Strokes | When It Started | Is This It? | 2:57 | itunes |
| Russell Simins | Jim's Problem | Public Places | 2:59 | |
| Jay-Z | Izzo (H.O.V.A.) | MTV Unplugged | 5:08 | itunes |
| John Hiatt | Everybody Went Low | The Tiki Bar Is Open | 3:20 | |
| Whiskeytown | Bar Lights | Pneumonia | 10:28 | itunes |
| Ike Reilly | Hail! Hail! | Salesmen And Racists | 4:35 | itunes |
| Pete Yorn | Life On A Chain | Music For The Morning After | 3:47 | itunes |
| Old 97's | Singular Girl | Satellite Rides Bonus Disc | 4:15 | |
| Lucinda Williams | Lonely Girls | Essence | 4:02 | itunes |
| Ryan Adams | When The Stars Go Blue | Gold | 3:31 | itunes |
| Stephen Malkmus | Pink India | Stephen Malkmus | 5:54 | itunes |
| Weezer | Island In The Sun | The Green Album | 3:20 | itunes |
| The Avalanches | Frontier Psychiatrist | Since I Left You | 4:48 | |
| The Dandy Warhols | Solid | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia | 3:08 | itunes |
| Beulah | Gene Autry | The Coast Is Never Clear | 3:35 | itunes |
| Badly Drawn Boy | Once Around the Block | The Hour of Bewilderbeast | 3:44 | itunes |
| The Devil And Bunny Show featuring Adam Duritz and Dave Immergluck | Crossing Muddy Waters | I-10 Chronicles/2 - One More For The Road | 3:38 | itunes |
| Erin McKeown | La Petite Mort | Distillation | 3:01 | itunes |
| Arab Strap | Love Detective | The Red Thread | 4:00 | itunes |
| The Word | At The Cross | The Word | 2:40 | itunes |
| FAVORITE MUSIC 2000 | ||||
| Marah | Point Breeze | Kids In Philly | 2:14 | itunes |
| The Jayhawks | What Led Me To This Town | Smile | 4:09 | itunes |
| Steve Earle | Transcendental Blues | Transcendental Blues | 4:13 | itunes |
| White Hassle | Let It Be Me | Life Is Still Sweet | 3:04 | |
| Yo La Tengo | Our Way to Fall | And then nothing turned itself inside-out | 4:18 | itunes |
| The Jayhawks | Mr. Wilson | Smile | 4:26 | itunes |
| Billy Bragg & Wilco | Airline To Heaven | Mermaid Avenue Vol. II | 4:50 | itunes |
| Bono (Lanois) | Falling At Your Feet | The Million Dollar Hotel | 4:54 | |
| U2 | Wild Honey | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 3:46 | itunes |
| U2 | New York | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 5:30 | itunes |
| Johnny Cash | Solitary Man | American III: Solitary Man | 2:25 | itunes |
| Dar Williams | Another Mystery | The Green World | 3:03 | itunes |
| Yo La Tengo | Let's Save Tony Orlando's House | And then nothing turned itself inside-out | 4:59 | itunes |
| Clinton | Buttoned Down Disco | Disco And The Halfway To Discontent | 3:35 | itunes |
| North Mississippi Allstars | Shake 'Em on Down | Shake Hands With Shorty | 4:08 | |
| Kid Rock | American Bad Ass | The History of Rock | 4:32 | |
| Phish | Piper | Farmhouse | 4:27 | itunes |
| Aimee Mann | Red Vines | Bachelor No. 2 or, the last remains of the dodo | 3:44 | itunes |
| Jill Sobule | Rainy Day Parade | Pink Pearl | 3:04 | itunes |
| Neil Young | Good To See You | Silver & Gold | 2:49 | itunes |