You Will Surely Find This Pleasing to Your Ears! My Music Soundtrack for 2006.

A list of music I loved and listened to a bunch this year. In ABC order. No concise 2006 top ten list here. Maybe because I've included 2005 (2003 and 2004) records also? :P

Alela Diane - The Pirate's Gospel (It's soooo good, Thanks, CZ!)
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
Built to Spill - You in Reverse
Calexico/Iron&Wine(2005)- In the Reins
Cat Power - The Greatest, You are Free (2003, David bought both on vinyl for me:)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - ST(2005, Saw them at The Crystal in Oct.)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Deerhoof - Runner's Four (2005)
The Elected - Sun, Sun, Sun
Immaculate Machine - Ones and Zeroes(Cute BC band with awesome stage presence!)
Invisible(Antlerand) - ST(2005)
Islands- Return to Sea
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Jose Gonzales - Veneer (2003)
Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
M Ward -Post War
The Magic Numbers- ST (2005)
Mates of State - Bring it Back
matt pond PA - Winter Songs, Several Arrows Later (Both 2005)
My Morning Jacket - Acoustic Citsuoaga (2004)
Norfolk & Western - The Unsung Colony and A Gilded Age
Point Juncture, Wa - Mama Auto Boss (Dec. 2005)
Quasi - When the Going Gets Dark
Ranier Maria - Catastrophe Keeps Us Together
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
Say Hi To Your Mom - Impeccable Blahs
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005) (Some of my clients got a healthy dose too!)
Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas
Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up, I'm Dreaming
Talkdemonic - Beat Romantic
Tapes n Tapes - The Loon(2005)
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass


Indeed an exhaustive list.

Here are some fun videos for your enjoyment!

Chinese Translation - M. Ward




Not Going Home - The Elected




Fraud in the 80's - Mates of State