best of 2005
please excuse the self-importance of this post. i didn't listen to heaps of 'new' stuff this year. most of the stuff on these lists probably didn't come out in 2005. but anyway, let's get down to business.
favourite albums of 2005 (in some kind of chronological order):
elliott smith - xo/either/or
death cab for cutie - plans
ted leo - shake the sheets
the beatles - abbey road/the beatles for sale
none more black - loud about loathing EP
smoking popes - destination failure/born to quit
the weakerthans - left and leaving
fairweather - lusitania
bayside - s/t
a wilhelm scream - ruiner
the shins - chutes too narrow
comeback kid - wake the dead
parkway drive - killing with a smile
fingers cut megamachine - s/t
the gamits - antidote
the black keys - rubber factory
end of fashion - s/t
my chemical romance - three cheers for sweet revenge
lagwagon - resolve
motion city soundtrack - commit this to memory
lcd soundsystem - s/t
kanye west - late registration
bands that should have quit in 2005:
thrice
the offspring
coldplay
the black eyed peas
eminem
no use for a name
against me!
coheed and cambria
u2
generic aussie hardcore bands
best new bands/bands i heard for the first time this year:
end of fashion
heatmiser
parkway drive
communique
the gamits
burn the city
neon
best gigs:
ted leo/blueline medic at the evelyn
the abandonment at switch
parkway drive at stonecutters
biggest surprises:
franz ferdinand release good album!
staring back's very public breakup
end of fashion deserving all the hype they get
architecture in helsinki get massive in the US
ted leo/blueline medic split EP and tour
best one hit wonders/pop songs/songs by bands i don't like:
kanye west - gold digger
bloc party - helicopter
amerie - one thing
the veronicas - 4ever/everything i'm not
kisschasy - face without a name
natasha bedingfield - these words
kelly clarkson - since u been gone
queens of the stone age - little sister
best movies:
sin city
the life aquatic
batman begins
worst movies:
bad boyz II
cheaper by the dozen (I and II)
fun with dick and jane
best television shows:
carnivale
sex and the city
extras
family guy
worst television shows:
anything on channel 9 that's NOT the cricket
all of channel 7's 'big events'
neighbours
home and away
most anticipated/predictions/fingers crossed for 2006:
new saves the day album (and tour?)
new blueline medic album
hopefully the yellowcard album will be pretty good
new weakerthans album (and tour!?)
a muse album that sounds different to their old ones
saosin rise like a phoenix from the ashes and release something good...with vocals
album by the abandonment
smoking popes reunion tour comes to australia...and brings bayside with it
ok so that's pretty much it. i'm sure i've forgotten some really important things, so don't be surprised if they magically appear on the above lists without any precedent whatsoever. i was gonna do a favourite songs list but that would be way too hard. i'm not sorry if you don't like my choices.
i'm gonna leave it there, i've got a headache and therefore can't be arsed writing anything else. till next time!
love.
favourite albums of 2005 (in some kind of chronological order):
elliott smith - xo/either/or
death cab for cutie - plans
ted leo - shake the sheets
the beatles - abbey road/the beatles for sale
none more black - loud about loathing EP
smoking popes - destination failure/born to quit
the weakerthans - left and leaving
fairweather - lusitania
bayside - s/t
a wilhelm scream - ruiner
the shins - chutes too narrow
comeback kid - wake the dead
parkway drive - killing with a smile
fingers cut megamachine - s/t
the gamits - antidote
the black keys - rubber factory
end of fashion - s/t
my chemical romance - three cheers for sweet revenge
lagwagon - resolve
motion city soundtrack - commit this to memory
lcd soundsystem - s/t
kanye west - late registration
bands that should have quit in 2005:
thrice
the offspring
coldplay
the black eyed peas
eminem
no use for a name
against me!
coheed and cambria
u2
generic aussie hardcore bands
best new bands/bands i heard for the first time this year:
end of fashion
heatmiser
parkway drive
communique
the gamits
burn the city
neon
best gigs:
ted leo/blueline medic at the evelyn
the abandonment at switch
parkway drive at stonecutters
biggest surprises:
franz ferdinand release good album!
staring back's very public breakup
end of fashion deserving all the hype they get
architecture in helsinki get massive in the US
ted leo/blueline medic split EP and tour
best one hit wonders/pop songs/songs by bands i don't like:
kanye west - gold digger
bloc party - helicopter
amerie - one thing
the veronicas - 4ever/everything i'm not
kisschasy - face without a name
natasha bedingfield - these words
kelly clarkson - since u been gone
queens of the stone age - little sister
best movies:
sin city
the life aquatic
batman begins
worst movies:
bad boyz II
cheaper by the dozen (I and II)
fun with dick and jane
best television shows:
carnivale
sex and the city
extras
family guy
worst television shows:
anything on channel 9 that's NOT the cricket
all of channel 7's 'big events'
neighbours
home and away
most anticipated/predictions/fingers crossed for 2006:
new saves the day album (and tour?)
new blueline medic album
hopefully the yellowcard album will be pretty good
new weakerthans album (and tour!?)
a muse album that sounds different to their old ones
saosin rise like a phoenix from the ashes and release something good...with vocals
album by the abandonment
smoking popes reunion tour comes to australia...and brings bayside with it
ok so that's pretty much it. i'm sure i've forgotten some really important things, so don't be surprised if they magically appear on the above lists without any precedent whatsoever. i was gonna do a favourite songs list but that would be way too hard. i'm not sorry if you don't like my choices.
i'm gonna leave it there, i've got a headache and therefore can't be arsed writing anything else. till next time!
love.