round up

You've probably read through a bunch of different end of year lists already, and although line is better than most, I've certainly forgotten a few things here & there. Feel free to add your 2¢ worth of anything you deem worthy enough that I may have left off...

fave albums from 2005 (alphabetically):
...and you will know us by the trail of dead - Worlds Apart
beck - Guerolito
boards of canada - Campfire Headphase
broken social scene - s/t
chin up, chin up - We Should Never Have Lived Like Skyscrpaers
clap your hands say yeah - s/t
crooked fingers - Dignity & Shame
dandy warhols - Odditorium
death cab for cutie - Plans
the earlies - These Were the Earlies
fischerspooner - Odyssey
flotation toy warning - Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck
hudson bell - When the Sun is the Moon
kasabian - s/t
kingsbury manx - Fast Rise and Fall of the South
stevey malks - Face the Truth
mercury rev - Secret Migration
m.i.a. - Arular
moby - Hotel
new order - Waiting for the Siren's Call
portastatic - Bright Ideas
rogue wave - Decsended Like Vultures
sigur ros - Takk
the voices - s/t
the warlocks - Surgery
ween - Shinola Volume 1
white stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
wolf parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

fave rewinds from 2003/4:
arcade fire - Funeral
the killers - Hot Fuss
postal service - Give Up

already have some faves albums for 2006:
belle & sebastian - The Life Pursuit
the strokes - First Impressions of Earth

fave/most memorable shows:
3 night ween run @ boulder theatre & fox
moby @ fox
sts9 live PA @ fox
trey @ red Rocks
1st night of built to spill double header @ fox
2nd night of BTS double header @ gothic
rogue wave @ larimer lounge
honorable mention - erasure @ paramount

'cool' things that still suck:
1. most everything related to DFA records and the entire dance-punk movement (except that song "losing my edge")
2. devandra banhart, sufjan stevens, and the entire new-folk movement
3. wilco

-all's well that ends well-