Best Releases Of 2005

Best Releases, All Genres, Since January 2005 Till January 2006.


Hotels ~
"Thank You For Choosing..." (Self Release 2005)


Picastro ~
"Metal Cares" (Polyvinyl 2005)


Ohmega Watts ~
"The Find" (Ubiquity records 2005)


The Clientele ~
"Strange Geometry" (Merge 2005)


Mark Gardener ~
"These Beautiful Ghosts"(UFO 2005)



Sun Kil Moon ~
"Tiny Cities" (Caldo Verde 2005)


Edith Frost ~
"It's A Game" (Drag City 2005)


The Phoenix Foundation ~
"Pegasus" (fmr 2005)


Broken Social Scene ~
"Broken Social Scene" (Arts & Crafts 2005)


Alice Russell ~
"My Favorite Letters" (Tru Thoughts 2005)


Innaway ~
"Innaway" (Some 2005)


Devendra Banhart ~
"Cripple Crow" (XL 2005)


Summer Lawns ~
"First We Waited Then It Started" (Spring Models On Display 2005)


The American Analog Set ~
"Set Free" (Arts & Ctafts 2005)


Magnolia Electric Company ~
'What Comes After The Blues' (Secretly Canadian 2005)


The National ~
'Alligator' (Beggars Banquet 2005)


Masha Qrella ~
'Unsolved Remained'(Morr Music 2005)


Colleen ~
'The Golden Morning Breaks'(Leaf 2005)


A Gun Called Tension ~
'A Gun Called Tension'(Cold Krush 2005)


Daft Punk ~
'Human After All'(Virgin 2005)


Teenage Funclab ~
'Man Made'(PeMa 2005)


Doves ~
'Some Cities'(Capitol 2005)


Archer Prewitt ~
'Wilderness'(Trill Jockey 2005)


One Be Lo ~
"S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M."(Fat Beats 2005)


Mercury Rev ~
'The Secret Migration'(V2 2005)


Engineers ~
'Engineers'(Self Release 2005)


Howling Hex ~
'All-Night-Fox'(Drag City 2005)


Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ~
'Clap Your Hands Say Yeah'(Self Release 2005)


The Ponys ~
'Celebration Castle'(In The Red 2005)


Art Brut ~
'Bang Bang Rock & Roll'(Fierce Panda 2005)


Akron Family ~
'Akron Family'(Young God 2005)


Populous ~
'Queue For Love'(Morr Music 2005)


The Russian Futurists ~
'Our Thickness'(Uperr Class 2005)


Beck ~
'Guero'(Interscope 2005)


Jay Haze ~
'Love For A Strange World'(Kitty Yo 2005)


Kraak en Smaak ~
'Boogie Angst'(Jalapeno 2005)


Sensational ~
'Speaks For Itself'(Quatermass 2005)


Count Bass D ~
'BEGBORROWSTEEL'(Self Release 2005)


Proffesor Pez ~
'Let Us Follow(Galant Records 2005)


The Juan Maclean ~
"Less Than Human"(DFA 2005)


Sons & Daughters ~
'The Repulsion Box'(Domino 2005)


Oneida ~
'The Wedding'(Jagjaguwar 2005)


Piano Magic ~
'Disaffected'(Darla 2005)


Common ~
'Be'(Geffen 2005)


Mahjongg ~
'RaYDONconNG'(Cold Krush 2005)


Micatone ~
'Nomad Songs'(Sonar Kollektive 2005)


Isolee ~
'We Are Monster'(Playhouse 2005)


Spoon ~
'Gimme Fiction'(Merge 2005)


The Hotel Alexis ~
'The Shining Example Is Laying On The Floor'(Broken Sparrow 2005)


Rhythm & Sound ~
'See Mi Yah'(Burial Mix 2005)


Four Tet ~
'Everything Is Ecstatic'(Domino 2005)


Maximo Park ~
'A Certain Trigger'(Warp 2005)


Bloc Party ~
'Silent Alarm'(Wichita/V2 2005)


Caribou ~
'The Milk of Human Kindness'(Leaf/Domino 2005)


Edan ~
'Beauty and the Beat'(Lewis 2005)


M.I.A ~
'Aruler'(XL 2005)


Antony And The Johnsons ~
'I Am A Bird Now'(Secretly Canadian 2005)


LCD Soundsystem ~
'LCD Soundsystem'(DFA 2005)


Low ~
'The Great Destroyer'(Sub Pop 2005)


Hood ~
'Outside Closer'(Domino 2005)


Sage Francis ~
"A Healthy Distrust"(Epitaph 2005)


Smog ~
'A River Aint Too Much Too Love'(Drag City 2005)


Stuart A. Staples ~
'Lucky Dog Recordings'(Beggars Banquet 2005)



Okay ~
'Low Road' & 'High Road'(Absolutely Kosher 2005)


Palaxy Tracks ~
"Twelve Rooms"(Peek-a-boo 2005)


A Northern Chorus ~
"Bitter Hands Resign"(Sonic Unyon 2005)


Damon and Naomi ~
"The Earth Is Blue"(20/20/20 2005)


The Rakes ~
"Capture / Release"(V2 2005)


Maker ~
"Shooting The Breeze"(Galapagos 2005)


Koushik ~
"Be With"(Stones Throw 2005)


Sufjan Stevens ~
"Illinois(Asthmatic Kitty 2005)


CocoRosie ~
"Noah's Ark"(Touch & Go 2005)


Lorna ~
"Static Patterns and Souvenirs"(Orchad 2005)