one-third down, review of 2005

Ok, the year is a third done. I will try and make some lists.

Top 5 or so CDs purchased so far
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney Superwolf
The Evens The Evens
M. Ward Transistor Radio
Antony and the Johnsons I Am a Bird Now
Black Mountain Black Mountain

Fiery Furnaces EP

The Yo La Tengo best of is also worth getting if you don't have all their stuff.

I wonder how many will stick through the year.

2005 albums I purchased

Vic Chesnutt Ghetto Bells
Eels Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Black Mountain Black Mountain
Cass McCombs Prefection
Solomon Burke Make Do With What You Got
The Evens The Evens
Magnolia Electric Company Trials and Errors
Antony and the Johnsons I Am a Bird Now
LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney Superwolf
Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Bright Eyes Digital Ashes in a Digital Urn
M. Ward Transistor Radio
Yo La Tengo Prisoners of Love
Of Montreal Sunlandic Twins
Marbles Expo
Radar Bros. The Fallen Leaf Pages
Brendan Benson The Alternative to Love
Decemberists Picaresque


EPs
Fiery Furnaces EP
Iron and Wine Woman King

2005 Stuff I got from eMusic
The Decemberists Picaresque
Mary Timony Ex Hex
Dr. Dog Easy Beat
Heartless Bastards Stairs and Elevators
Magnolia Electric Co. What comes after the blues
The Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree
Bloc Party Silent Alarm


Shows seen in 2005
Joe Pernice Mercury Lounge April blogged
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchrestra Tonic April blogged
Stars, Kevin Devine, Jefferey Lewis, the Fatales NorthSix April blogged
Raveonettes Mercury Lounge April blogged
Radar Brothers, Faun Fables Mercury Lounge April blogged
Great Lake Swimmers, the M's Mercury Lounge April blogged
Fiery Furnaces, Dios Malos, Blood on the Wall Webster Hall April blogged
Robyn Hitchcock Southpaw March blogged
Clap your hands say yeah, Pit Er Pat Mercury Lounge March blogged
Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney Uptown Kim's Instore March blogged
Bettie Serveert Crocodile Cafe February blogged
Jens Lekman Mercury Lounge February blogged