bringing it all back home

top 20 albums of 2006

20. tiga - sexor
tiga - high school

19. yeah yeah yeahs - show your bones
yeah yeah yeahs - way out

18. glc and a-trak - drive slow mixtape
glc - getting out our dreams

17. lupe fiasco - food & liquor
lupe fiasco - i gotcha

16. t.i. - king
t.i. - ride wit me

15. lindstrom - it's a feedelity affair
lindstrom - arp she said

14. plastic little - she's mature
plastic little - club banger

13. liars - drums not dead
liars - hold you, drum

12. j dilla - donuts
j dilla - the diff'rence

11. booka shade - movements
booka shade - hallelujah usa


10. beirut - gulag orkestar
beirut - scenic world

9. tv on the radio - return to cookie mountain
tv on the radio - i was a lover

8. hot chip - the warning
hot chip - look after me

7. clipse - hell hath no fury
clipse feat. ab-liva - ride around shining

6. joanna newsom - ys
joanna newsom - monkey & bear

5. destroyer - destroyer's rubies
destroyer - painter in your pocket

4. spank rock - yoyoyoyo
spank rock - touch me

3. ghostface killah - fishscale
ghostface killah - whip you with a strap

2. boris - pink
boris - afterburner

1. the knife - silent shout
the knife - like a pen

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riverbottom nightmare band

the guy at the bagel store by work just told me i look like john larroquette.

that's the last time i shave.

clipse feat. bilal and pharrell - nightmares




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hittin brazillian dimes from behind

a sprint for the finish. can't resist the year-end lists.

top live shows of 2006

5. klaxons / soulwax at studio b - spastic energy, new space across the park, long-held obsessions heard live for the first time.

klaxons - magick (simian mobile disco remix)





4. spank rock / plastic little / cuizinier at mercury lounge - great start to a summertime fun, kickstarted my desire to join a dj crew - just as long as the name ended in "bass collective".

plastic little - 5th chamber

3. joanna newsom at webster hall - the l train back to brooklyn was filled with contented sighs after this one. dare you to take a pot shot at her level of sincerity.

2. the knife at webster hall - getting over my hatred of webster hall, apparently. "spectacle" makes the jump from theory to praxis.

1. jay-z at nokia theater - "what more can i say"








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tomorrow - singles (manhattan)

friday - albums (berlin)

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but i never wave bye-bye

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