Thursday, February 16, 2006

Albums:

  1. Ornette Coleman: Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar)
  2. Todd Snider: The Devil You Know (New Door)
  3. Ghostface: Fischscale (Def Jam)
  4. Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped (Geffen)
  5. Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra: New Magical Kingdom (Clean Feed)
  6. The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America (Vagrant)
  7. Bob Dylan: Modern Times (Columbia)
  8. be your own PET: be your own Pet (Ecstatic Peace)
  9. Wussy: Funeral Dress (Shake It!)
  10. Coup: Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)
  11. Adam Lane Trio: Zero Degree Music (CIMP, 2005)
  12. Love is All: Nine Times that Same Song (Whats Your Rupture?)
  13. The Thermals: The Body, the Blood, the Machine (Sub Pop)
  14. Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Domino)
  15. Klezmatics: Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (Jewish Music Group)
  16. This Moment in Black History: It Takes a Nation of Assholes to Hold Us Back (Cold Sweat)
  17. Lupe Fiasco: Food & Liqour (Atlantic)
  18. Tokyo Police Club: A Lesson in Crime (Paper Bag Rcords)
  19. Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveSounds (Jive)
  20. World Saxophone Quartet: Political Blues (Justin Time)
  21. KRS-One: Life (Image Entertainment)
  22. CSS: Cansei de Ser Sexy (Sub Pop)
  23. Ben Allison: Cowboy Justice (Palmetto)
  24. Ghostface: More Fish
  25. Nas: Hip Hop is Dead (Def Jam)
  26. Jenny Lewis: Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)
  27. Odyssey the Band: Back in Time (Pi Recordings)
  28. Prince: 3121 (Universal)
  29. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Show Your Bones (Interscope)
  30. Kidd Jordan, Hamid Drake, William Parker: Palm of Soul (AUM Fidelity)
  31. The Roots: Game Theory (Def Jam)
  32. Bobby Previte: Coalition of the Willing (Ropeadope Music Entertainment)
  33. Thunderbirds are Now: Make History (French Kiss)
  34. Tom Waits: Orphans (Anti-)
  35. The Ladies: They Mean Us (Temporary Residence)
  36. Rhymefest: Blue Collar (J Records)
  37. Mario Pavone: Deez to Blues (Playscape)
  38. Rhett Miller: The Believer (Verve)
  39. Tom Ze: Estudando o Pagode (Trama)
  40. Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid of You, and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
  41. Pony Up !: Make Love to the Judges with Your Eyes (Dim Mak)
  42. The Rapture: Pieces of the People We Love (Universal Motown)
  43. Atomic: Happy New Ears (Jazzland)
  44. Mr. Lif: Mo' Mega (Definitve Jux)
  45. Adam Lane Trio: Music Degree Zero (CIMP)
  46. Erase Errata: Night Life (Kill Rock Stars)
  47. TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Montain (4AD)
  48. Jon Faddis: Terranga (Koch)
  49. Erik Friedlander: Prowl (Cryptogramophon)
  50. Rough Guide to Planet Rock (World Music Network)
  51. Drive-By Truckers: A Blessing and A Curse (New West)
  52. Mountain Goats: Get Lonely (4AD)
  53. Marit Larsen: Under the Surface (EMI)
  54. Donald Fagen: Morph the Cat (Reprise)
  55. Trio 3 (Lake, Workman, Cyrille): Time Being (Intakt)
  56. Mission of Burma: The Obliterati (Matador)
  57. The Rakes: Capture/Release (V2 International)
  58. Matmos: The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast (Matador)
  59. Nels Cline: New Monastery (Cryptogramophon)
  60. Pink: I'm Not Dead (La Face)
  61. Rockettothesky: To Sing You Apple Trees (Trust Me Records)
  62. The Knife: Silent Shout (...)
  63. Girl Talk: Night Ripper (...)

Just missed, in no particular order:

  • The Veronicas: The Secret Life of The Veronicas
  • Pere Ubu: Why I Hate Women (Hearpen)
  • Coachwhips: Double Death
  • Lone Catalysts: Good Music
  • The Concretes: In Colour
  • Gnarls Barkley: St. Elsewhere
  • Andrew Hill: Time Lines
  • Hamell on Trial: Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs
  • Shoplifhting: Body Stories
  • Aceyalone: Magnificent City
  • Scritti Politti: White Bread, Black Beer
  • T.I.: King (Grand Hustle)
  • The Source: The Source (ECM)
  • Built to Spill: You in Reverse (Warner)
  • Matthew Shipp: One (Thirsty Ear)
  • Band of Horses: Everything All the Time (Sub Pop)
  • The Evens: Get Evens (Dischord)
  • Burial: Burial (Hyperdub)
  • Beirut: Gulag Orkestrar (Ba Da Bing!)
  • Bell Orchestre: Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light (Rogh Trade, 2005)
  • Dr. Octagon: The Return of Dr. Octagon (OCD International)
  • Ardecore: Ardecore (il manifesto)
  • Joanna Newsom: YS (Drag City)

Albums I have only recently heard but will probably make the list:

  • Anthony Braxton & Wolf Eyes: Black Vomit (Victo)
  • Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis & Roscoe Mitchell: Streaming (Pi)
  • Maria Muldaur: Heart of Mine--Love Songs of Bob Dylan (Telarc)
  • Sonic Liberation Front: Change Over Time (Pi)

(Latest update: Jan. 31, 2007)