I like Scott. I like what he said:
Some people say they see life by the pictures in their minds.
Me? I like to hear the soundtrack.
My year could be easily split into 3 sections. University, Africa, School.
Since it is also the Magic Number, my charts have 3 places…
Top 3 albums on heavy rotation.
1. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
2. The Raveonettes – Pretty in Black
3. The Decemberists – Picaresque
Top 3 albums that didn’t make the top three!
1. Sufjan Stevens – Come On Feel the Illinoise!
2. Death Cab For Cutie – Plans
3. Low – The Great Destroyer
Top 3 albums that have had a lot of hype but I need to listen to more to give a fair go!
1. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
2. Wolf Parade – Apologies To The Queen Mary
3. Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow
Top 3 albums that I wished I got earlier in the year but are supposedly great!
1. Stars – Set Yourself On Fire
2. Luke Doucet – Broken (And Other Rogue States)
3. Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous
Top 3 songs that I’m glad I heard this year.
1. Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day (beautiful, poignant, moving)
2. Rogue Wave – Publish My Love (energetic, powerful)
3. Stereophonics – Dakota (a great story)
Top 3 gigs:
1. Sufjan Stevens @ Oran Mor – quality all round, with cheerleading too!
2. The Decemberists @ ABC2 – Best Ever crowd interaction and most fun!
3. Bell X1 @ King Tuts – Pure energy and volume
The Frames gig @ The Arches would have made it, but it was more the aftershow party that sticks in the mind rather than the music!
Did you see the Metro’s top tips for 2006 yesterday? Betcha Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are set to be 2006’s Arcade Fire – the band that everybody and their mother seems to be talking about, but that Lis can’t really be bothered with.Okay, that’s a little unfair – Arcade Fire at least have two good songs. CYHSY just suck. I thought so in July, I’m sticking by it.And you can’t knock that Charlotte Church song m’dear – it’s a piece of great pop. I swear it!