End of year lists #3

Posted on December 14th, 2005 by Andy

This is one I’ve eagerly awaited - Chromewaves is probably my favourite music/culture blog by a long distance and I have a huge respect for Frank’s opinion. His end of year list has plenty of interesting choices and listenables for most of them

And while I’m on a Chromewaves tip - Capitol Records have signed The Decemberists (see my earlier post to get an idea of how I feel about this) but Frank managed to cheer me up - as he reported this news on Chromewaves he speculated on what might happen when the band hand in their first record to the major label…

I sorta can’t wait to see their faces when the Decemberists hand in their next album and the suits are all, “um, what? Gay matadors on an Antarctic expedition?”

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End of year lists #2

Posted on December 7th, 2005 by Andy

Next up is Robert at donewaiting.com who puts The Decemberists “Picaresque” right at the top - which is probably very close to where it’ll be when I finally get my list sorted out. Nice to see the very very excellent Damon & Naomi album in the top 10. There’s links to mp3s or videos for most of Roberts picks.

Link: Donewaiting.com Staff’s Favorites of 2005: Robert Duffy

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End of year lists #1

Posted on December 4th, 2005 by Andy

Not my list yet - I’m still having to think about that! BUT Tom at Indie MP3 has published a "list encompassing all that [he] enjoyed in 2005" which, with the exception of Decoration (who I’ve been not too impressed with) and a sizeable handful of stuff I don’t know (but am following up in earnest), contains a lot of very VERY fine music (and labels) indeed.

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