Thursday, January 12, 2006

indiecontextual #18 -- do they hitch a ride? OR GET INTO A FIGHT?

This is a trickster. How can I say what are the twenty best albums of 2005 when I don't know all of them? I did not want to just cut Erin's list into a different order. I do not like Deerhoof. This is a list that I made. I hope that you think it is lovely.

KRISTJANNE'S 20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2005

1. Sleater-Kinney * The Woods * Wilderness * Sub-Pop
2. Sleater-Kinney * The Woods * Modern Girl * Sub-Pop
3. Bright Eyes * I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning * First Day of My Life * Saddle Creek
4. Bright Eyes * I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning * Road to Joy * Saddle Creek
5. Antony and the Johnsons * I am a Bird Now * Spiralling * Secretly Canadian
6. Wolf Parade * Apologies to the Queen Mary * Shine a Light * Sub-Pop
7. Gorillaz * Demon Days * O Green World * Virgin
8. Gorillaz * Demon Days * November has Come * Virgin
9. Jason Collett * Idols of Exile * I'll Bring the Sun * Arts & Crafts
10. Arcade Fire * EP * My Heart is an Apple * Merge Records
11. Mountain Goats * The Sunset Tree * Dilaudid * 4AD
12. Smog * A River Ain't Too Much to Love * I Feel Like the Mother of the World * Drag City
13. Barr * Beyond Reinforced Jewel Case * Is All for Updated * Doggpony
14. Black Mountain * Black Mountain * Modern Music * Jagjaguwar
15. Architecture in Helsinki * In Case We Die! * It'5 * Bar None
16. Stephen Malkmus * Face the Truth * Kindling for the Master * Matador
17. Stephen Malkmus * Face the Truth * Baby C'mon * Matador
18. Fiery Furnaces * EP * Evergreen * Rough Trade
19. Fiona Apple * Extraordinary Machine * O'Sailor * Epic
20. Iron and Wine * Woman King * Woman King * Sub-Pop
21. New Pornographers * Twin Cinema * Sing Me Spanish Techno * Mint
22. Joel Plaskett * La De Da * Television Set * Universal
23. Why? * Elephant Eyelash * Yo Yo Bye Bye * Anti-Con
24. Why? * Elephant Eyelash * Rubber Traits * Anti-Con
25. Dirty Three * Cinder * Great Waves * Touch and Go
26. Sleater-Kinney * The Woods * Rollercoaster * Sub-Pop

If it is BLUE it is NEW, if it's YELLOW it is CANADIAN, and if it's GREEN it is BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.

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