the list:2005 (additions and ammendments)

it's bound to happen. i forget something, i hear something else that needs to be added. it's bound to happen.

so, the 10 best has changed and i can't believe that i left the WORST show of the year off my list.

the worst show first:

hot hot heat w. the futureheads and louis XIV (at reds in april)

yep, this show just sucked hardcore from start to finish.
too many tigth pants and boring lacklustre dance pop. i had fun at the time but thinking about it later it made me a little sad. sad because it was so crappy!

and ok, a completely different top 10 list. it has to be done. there are two albums that i completely forgot! that's not true, i didn't forget them; i got overzealous in posting that list before i had a chance to hear two of the best album of the year.

the new list:

so broken social scene and ladytron (sorry kids, still amazing albums though...) got kicked off the the old list and the new list exists as follows:

10. xiu xiu la foret-5RC/kill rockstars
9. lcd soundsystem s/t-dfa/astralworks
8. m. ward transistor radio-merge
7. venetian snares meathole-planet mu
6. les angles mort what is real?-blue skies turn black
5. tom vek we have sound-startime international
this is a new edition to the list. a friend sent me this and i burnt it onto a cd and listened to it immediately. i figured it was something pretty rad as he'd be raving about it for a while and how it was one the best albums of the year. i listen and i was like, 'garage rock-so fucking what? there's nothing special about this!' and i wrote it off for a couple days. a few days later i was going to the gym and didn't have anything in my discman; mr. vek was sitting on the top of a pile of cds and i decided i'd give it another try. if nothing else it was upbeat enough for a workout. headphones in hand tom and i headed for the elliptical trainer. 3 songs in i forgot to excercise and i stood there in the middle of club fit completely transfixed on this amazingly dynamic record. it's full of so many layers of sound it's hard to know where to listen first. i love it now! i tell everyone to listen to it and i will be passing on my burnt copy of this to the next unsuspecting fan...or person who doesn't quite yet know they're a fan. believe the hype kids! this album is the fucking shit! dynamic, stirring and fun! fun! fun!
4. four tet everthing ecstatic-domino recordings
3. bright eyes i'm wide awake it's morning-saddle creek
2. hot chip coming on strong-moshi moshi/astralworks
ok, i'm obsessed with album. how the fuck did i miss it before?! i'd seen in the store a million times since it came out in november and heard people raving about it all over the land, what was i thinking not picking it up the first time i saw it? well, i've fixed my mistake and have fallen completely in LOVE with hot chip! this is sexy music that makes you want to dance and fuck and spend the whole night tangled up with a hundred people on the dance floor of a club that only holds 50. it's what good dance music should be: interesting, dynamic, well orchestrated and actually danceable. oh, and listen to the lyrics because they are hilarious. hot chip is RAD! RAD! RAD!
1. antony and the johnsons i'm a bird now-secretly canadian
yep, this album is still perfect! i double checked!

xo m.