Favorite Music of 2005

1. New Pornographers, Twin Cinema



2. Andrew Bird, The Mysterious Production of Eggs



3. 2046 Soundtrack



4. Sleater-Kinney, The Woods



5. Spoon, Gimme Fiction



6. Iron and Wine, Woman King EP



7. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois



8. Aimee Mann, The Forgotten Arm



9. Stephen Malkmus, Face the Truth



10. Acid House Kings, Sing Along with the...


11. The Frames, Burn the Maps (2004)
12. Ladytron, Witching Hour
13. Devotchka, How it Ends (2004)
14. Bloc Party, Silent Alarm
15. Nada Surf, The Weight is a Gift

Also highly recommended: Beck's Guero, Low's The Great Destroyer, Amy Ray's Prom, Vashti Bunyon's Lookaftering, Greenhornes' East Grand Blues EP, Art Brut's Bang Bang Rock & Roll, Decembrists' Picaresque, Sigur Ros' Takk.