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Here it is, my favorites of 2005. Too much good stuff this year. I thought about writing a description for each but then I realized it'd be easier if you just heard them. Click them for a clip.
1. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
2. High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings
3. Clipse - We Got it 4 Cheap Vol. 2 (I can't find a clip for this one but just trust me, it's amazing)
4. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Worn Copy
5. Earth - Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method
6. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
7. Psychic Paramount - Gamelon into the Mink Supernatural
8. Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
9. Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower
10. Boris - Pink
Honorable mentions:
Lau Nau - Kuutharta, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T, Afrirampo - Urusa In Japan, Broadcast - Tender Buttons, Akron/Family - S/T, Sunn O))) - Black 1, Russian Futurists - Our Thickness, My Morning Jacket - Z, Paavoharju - Yha Hamaraa, Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
Best Song: Paul Wall - Sittin' Sideways
Best Movie: The Devil's Rejects
Best Live Shows:
1. Lightning Bolt (Pilot Light - Knoxville)
2. DMBQ (The End - Nashville)
3. Guitar Wolf (Exit/In - Nashville)
4. Akron/Family (Pilot Light - Knoxville)
5. Sleater-Kinney (Cannery Ballroom - Nashville)
Honorable mention goes to the Party Cannon show last night at Hair of the Dog. I was not ready for that.
Most ridiculous shit of the year award goes to R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet Chapters 1-12. Holy shit. Even better is the Kells remix commentary on the dvd.