The year in review with respect to music as far as concerns me.

[noctambular]

Best Albums of 2006
1. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
2. Faux Pas - Entropy Begins at Home
3. The Knife - Silent Shout
4. Subtle - For Hero:For Fool
5. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
6. Islands - Return to the Sea
7. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I am Dreaming
8. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
9. Cornelius - Sensuous
10. The Drones - Gala Mill
Honourable Mention. Mogwai - Mr Beast

Best Songs of 2006
1. The Knife - We Share Our Mothers’ Health
2. TV on the Radio - A Method
3. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings
4. Gotye - Heart’s a Mess
5. Justin Timberlake - My Love
6. Subtle - Return of the Vein
7. Islands - Where There’s a Will There’s a Whalebone
8. The Dresden Dolls - Mandy Goes to Med School
9. The Rapture - Whoo! Alright Yeah… Uh Huh
10. Now It’s Overhead - Estranged
Honourable Mention. Girl Talk - Smash Your Head

Best Packaging of the Year
Tap Tap - Lanzafame / Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom

Best Group Singing/Shouting of the Year
Basement Jaxx - Hey You!

Best Misunderstood Lyric of the Year
Heard Lyric: Castles and driveways and MySpace and highways
Actual Lyric: Castles and driveways and monsters and highways

Best Live Performance of the Year
Mogwai - Splendour in the Grass, Saturday, July 26