samedi 7 Jan 2006, 12h25m

It's that magical time of year, once again. You've all managed to prove evolution has come to a complete halt by pulling out another 365 days of breathing, shitting and drinking. Congratulations.

It's a new year, and you all know what that means..

The Best of 2005

**** these are what I consider the "best" of 2005- NOT always my favorites…

1.) Lack - "Be There Pulse"
2.) The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower - "Love In A Fascist Brothel"
3.) Bloc Party - "Silent Alarm"
4.) Coheed and Cambria - "Good Apollo"
5.) Minus The Bear - "Menos El Oso"
6.) The Number Twelve Looks Like You - "Nuclear Sad Nuclear"
7.) Meleeh - "Another Low. A New Hollow"
8.) Broken Social Scene - "S/T"
9.) Team Sleep - "S/T"
10.) Sigur Ros - "Takk"

Here are a few additional Best-Of-2005 Lists from alternative Elite Opinion Affiliates:

Metal Snob '05 Best of List:

1 Gospel - "The moon is a dead world"
2 Buried Inside - "Chronoclast"
3 Coheed and Cambria - "Good Apollo"
4 The Number Twelve Looks Like You - "Nuclear Sad Nuclear"
5 Funeral Diner - "The Underdark"
6 The Black Dahlia Murder - "Miasma"
7 Meneguar - "I Was Born at Night"
8 The Pine - "Don't Need Regret"
9 The Red Sparrows - "At the Soundless Dawn"
10 (a tie)
A.) Between the Buried and Me - "Alaska"
B.) Every Time I Die - "Gutter Phenomenon"

Indie-Pop Snob '05 Best of List:

1 Bloc Party - "Silent Alarm"
2 White Stripes - "Get Behind Me Satan"
3 Iron and Wine - "Woman King EP"
4 Slater Kinney - "The Woods"
5 Death Cab For Cutie - "Plans"
6 Nada Surf - "The Weight Is a Gift"
7 Coldplay - "X&Y"
8 Decemberists - "Picaresque"
9 Depeche Mode - "Playing the Angel"
10 The Darkness - "One Way Ticket to Hell…And Back"

Now how's THAT for comprehensive and eclectic