2005 in music
top albums of the year, by month
+favorite songs
some months were harder than others!
January
“the great destroyer” low
track: cue the strings
“emoh” lou barlow
track: if i could
“superwolf” bonnie prince billy
track: only someone running
February
“wind in the wires” patrick wolf
track: the gypsy king
“transistor radio” m. ward**
track: i’ll be your bird
March
“akron/family” akron/family**
track: running, returning
“picaresque” the decemberists**
track: the engine driver
“set yourself on fire” stars
track: sleep tonight
April
“the sunset tree” the mountain goats
track: tetrapod or lovelovelove
“the sunlandic twins” of montreal**
track: oslo in the summertime
“in case we die” architecture in helsinki**
track: tiny paintings
“black sheep boy” okkervil river**
track: a king and a queen
May
“the milk of human kindness” caribou
track: pelican narrows
“everything ecstatic” four tet
track: smile around the face
June
no contenders
July
“illinoise” sufjan stevens**
track: casimir pulaski day
“best party ever” the boy least likely to
track: be gentle with me or apple wagon
“we’re already there” mazarin**
track: see you in the evening
"la foret" xiu xiu
track: pox
August
“pixel revolt” john vanderslice**
track: exodus damage or trance manual
September
“cripple crow” devendra banhart
track: long-haired child
“apologies to the queen mary” wolf parade
track: i’ll believe in anything
“sing along with…” acid house kings
track: that’s because you drive me
“takk” sigur ros
track: gong
"set free" american analog set**
track: she's half
October
“descended like vultures” rogue wave**
track: are you on my side
“the runners four" deerhoof
track: you can see or vivid cheek love song
“broken social scene” broken social scene
track: coast or shoreline
November
“tiny cities” sun kil moon
track: neverending math equation
“mi and l’au” mi and l’au
track: they marry
...my favorite for each month is the first listed... from a total pool of 58 contenders.
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favorite EPs
the fiery furnaces
track: evergreen
“in the reins” calexico and iron and wine
track: a history of lovers
“the weed tree” espers
track: rosemary lane
“ultimatum” the long winters
track: ultimatum
...the prospect hummer is pretty too, as is lookaftering. i preferred sung tongs to feels.
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the big disappointments
3. death cab for cutie - blands
2. the fiery furnaces - rehearsing my wake
1. franz ferdinand - it should have been so much better
...to be honest, amanset and broken social scene's were pretty lackluster too.
BLASPHEMY!!!
xoxo
adrienne
**saw 'em in concert in aught five
BONUS: most exciting upcoming album: belle and sebastian's the life pursuit. go get it!