Best Music 2006 - Tim Grierson

Happy New Year everybody,

Here's my list -- in order, kinda.

Neko Case, "Fox Confessor Brings The Flood"
Band of Horses, "Everything All The Time"
The Coup, "Pick a Bigger Weapon"
Sonic Youth, "Rather Ripped"
Yo La Tengo, "I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will
Beat Your Ass"
The Hold Steady, "Boys And Girls In America"
The Decemberists, "The Crane Wife"
J Dilla, "Donuts"
J Dilla, "The Shining"
Todd Snider, "The Devil You Know"
Beck, "The Information"
Drive-By Truckers, "A Blessing And A Curse"
Destroyer, "Destroyer's Rubies"
The Roots, "Game Theory"
The Streets, "The Hardest Way To Make An Easy
Living"
Pernice Brothers, "Live a Little"
Ghostface Killah, "Fishscale"
Camera Obscura, "Let's Get Out Of This Country"
Dixie Chicks, "Taking The Long Way"
Bob Dylan, "Modern Times"

Tim

Best Music 2005 - Tim Grierson

I just finished my Pazz & Jop ballot -- so here ya go

Ten Best Albums

1. Spoon - Gimme Fiction

2. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

3. Fruit Bats - Spelled in Bones

4. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan

5. Dangerdoom - The Mouse and the Mask

6. My Morning Jacket - Z

7. Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures

8. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

9. M.I.A. - Arular

10. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine

Ten Best Singles/Songs

1. Depeche Mode - Precious

2. Beck - Que Onda Guero

3. New Pornographers - The Bones of an Idol

4. 50 Cent (featuring Olivia) - Candy Shop

5. Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body

6. Beck - Missing

7. Rob Dickinson - My Name Is Love

8. Coldplay - Talk

9. Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch

10. Mariah Carey (featuring Jadakiss and Styles P.) - We Belong Together Remix