Music 2005

I don't have much to say about music right now that I haven't said before. Here are some lists and notes. Mainly I wonder how much new music I'm going to hear next year. Low on funds and reliable internet access, I might be able to piece together some idea of what's going on singles-wise through the MP3 blogs, but who knows about the albums.

Here are a few links: blog post on Intonation, my "Summer Music List"; PY columns in reverse-chronological order: Oct 18, live M83 review, ambient listenening.

Here are the critics and lists I used to find the things I missed in 2005.

Singles

Michaelangelo Matos
Jess Harvell
Dominique Leone
Matthew Murphy
Scott Plagenhoef
Mark Richardson
Philip Sherburne
Sam Ubl
Chris Lemon-Red
Simon Reynolds
Sasha Frere-Jones
Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll (Mid-Jan)

Albums

Jess Harvell
Dominique Leone
Matthew Murphy
Scott Plagenhoef
Mark Richardson
Philip Sherburne
Dave Segal
The Wire
Textura
Michaelangelo Matos
Metacritic
Simon Reynolds
Sasha Frere-Jones
Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll (Mid-Jan)
Andy Beta

Now, then, here are my favorites from 2005:

Favorite Albums & Mixes

Antony and The Johnsons: I Am a Bird Now
Black Mountain: s/t
Bloc Party: Silent Alarm
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: s/t
F.S. Blumm: Zweite Meer
Great Lake Swimmers: s/t
Keith Fullerton Whitman: Multiples
LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem
My Morning Jacket: Z
Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary
Various Artists: Total 6
Certified Bananas: Lemon-Red Mix
DJ /rupture: Low Income Tomorrowland
Doubt Beat: Romance Is for Solids

Favorite Songs from Favorite Albums

Antony and the Johnsons "Hope There's Someone"
Antony and the Johnsons "For Today I Am a Boy"
Black Mountain "Don't Run Our Hearts Around"
Bloc Party "Like Eating Glass"
Bloc Party "Banquet"
Bloc Party "This Modern Love"
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah "Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away"
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah "Details of the War"
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah "The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth"
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah "In This Home on Ice"
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah "Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood"
Keith Fullerton Whitman "Stereo Music for Yamaha Disklavier Prototype..."
Keith Fullerton Whitman "Stereo Music for Acoustic Guitar..., Pts. 1 and 2"
LCD Soundsystem "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House"
LCD Soundsystem "Losing My Edge"
LCD Soundsystem "Yeah (Crass Version)"
My Morning Jacket "Gideon"
My Morning Jacket "What a Wonderful Man"
My Morning Jacket "Anytime"
My Morning Jacket "Lay Low"
Wolf Parade "We Built Another World"
Wolf Parade "Shine a Light"
Wolf Parade "I'll Believe in Anything"
Wolf Parade "It's a Curse"
Wolf Parade "This Heart's on Fire"
Juergen Paape "Cream" (from Total 6)
Rex the Dog "I Look into Mid Air" (from Total 6)
First half of "Low Income Tomorrowland"

Favorite Songs Otherwise

!!! "Get Up"
Art Brut "My Little Brother"
Bun B "The Inauguation"
Cadence Weapon "The Gorilla Is for Sand Racing"
Cadence Weapon "Oliver Square"
Caribou "Medium Sized Working Dog (Steady Steady)"
Five Deez "Fugg That"
Four Tet "Smile Around the Face"
Game ft. 50 Cent "Hate It or Love It"
Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc."
Hollertronix "Snoop vs. The Cure"
Hollertronix "Tippin Toxic"
Lady Sovereign "Fiddle with the Volume (Ghislain Poirier Remix)"
M.I.A. "Amazon"
Madvillain "Money Folder (Four Tet Remix)"
Missy Elliott "Lose Control"
Pedro "Assembled by 33"
Pretty Ricky "Grill 'Em"
Purple Ribbon Allstars "Kryptonite (Cadence Weapon Montreal Remix)"
Spoon "The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine"
Spoon "I Turn My Camera On"
Spoon "Sister Jack"
The Strokes vs. Chemical Brothers "The Modern Chemical Age"
Supersystem "I Was Born into the World"
Test Icicles "Circle Square Triangle"