It’s been ten days since my last post. Busy time… Lots of food and drink, and not much time or acumen for writing anything coherent.
But, today is a good day for music: The annual KEXP Top 90.3 starts today at 10:00. Tune in on the radio or the web and listen to the best music of 2005.
My top five for the year:
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (The best album of the year!)
Sleater - Kinney - The Woods (A very close second, and their best ever.)
Gorillaz - Demon Days (Great beats and great guests make for a fun record)
Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust (The guy has a knack for writing great songs…)
Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors (L.V. goes Pop, with good results.)
And honorable mentions go to:
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
My Morning Jacket - Z
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
M. Ward - Transistor Radio
John Doe - Forever Hasn’t Happened Yet
Mick Harvey - One Man’s Treasure
The show’s over, and Sufjan Stevens - Illinois came in at number one, “by a landslide.” What I’ve heard from that album is a little too “twee” for my tastes, but oh well, whatever, nevermind….
You can view the complete list of the top 90.3 songs here.
Please feel free to share your best of 2005 by posting a comment.
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