These are in a very rough order of preference - although really, that kinda stuff changes all the time. As much as some music critics like to lay claim to some sort of objectivity, I'm always suspicious of overly rigid classification, especially with music - it seems to be beside the point of a form that's always being revisited each time you hear it. Over the next little while I'll write up reviews for each of these, with links to the band or label sites or other places you might be able to listen.
Top Albums that Rocked The Hydrogen Jukebox in 2006
1. Flying Canyon – Flying Canyon (Soft Abuse)
2. Nobody and Mystic Chords of Memory – Tree Colored See (Mush)
3. V/A – Tropicalia: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound (Soul Jazz)
4. Comets on Fire – Avatar (Sup Pop)
5. Howlin’ Rain – Howlin’ Rain (Birdman)
6. Six Organs of Admittance – The Sun Awakens (Drag City)
7. Shogun Kunitoki – Tsankokaiku (Fonal)
8. Oakley Hall – Gypsum Strings (Brah)
9. Brightblack Morning Light – Brightblack Morning Light (Matador)
10. Sandy Bull – Still Valentine’s Day 1969: Live at the Matrix, San Francisco (Water)
11. Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid – Exchange Sessions (both Vol. 1 and 2) (Domino)
12. Flaming Lips – At War With The Mystics (Warner Bros.)
13. Chihei Hatakeyama – Minima Moralia (Kranky)
14. Sonic Youth – S/T (reissue of debut ep with live set) (Geffen)
15. Espers – II (Drag City)
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
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