A Playlist To Ring In The New Year
These are my 2006 discoveries and personal favorites ... by no means a comprehensive 'best of' list. Look to the e-zines and mags for the professionals. But these artists/albums peaked the curiosity just enough to drop the cash, and totally blew me away.
Firstly, wearing out these grooves, more than the rest:

On to the list (no particular order):
"Postcards From Italy" - Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
"When Planets Collide" - Viva Voce - Get Yr Blood Sucked Out
"Yo No" - Juana Molina - Son
"Cowbell" - Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon
"Summersong" - The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
"The Neutral" - Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
"Acid Flood" - Mogwai - Mr. Beast
"Neverland" - The Knife - Silent Shout
"The Great Salt Lake" - Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time
"The Eraser" - Thom Yorke - The Eraser
"In The Morning" - Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
"Sawdust & Diamonds" - Joanna Newsom - Ys
Meditations
This photo is just sick. Travis Parker, backside 180 to powder.