i considered doing a year end list but decided there’s enough of them out there. i’m not really that good at describing why i like things anyway, i find it very hard to justify why i think music is good or bad. i guess thats why i didn’t cut it as a cd reviewer although i did give it a go…

when i was assembling music for last night’s show i ended up putting together a cd that is a pretty accurate representation of the tracks and albums that got me cooking this year. if you jump on your favourite p2p program you can assemble it yourself - put on 10 pounds, make yourself a coffee, and voila! instant faux-pas-ness! this ain’t an exhaustive list of what floated my boat, and doesn’t include all the pre-2005 stuff that i got into this year. like afrobeat. fela kuti! w00t!

1. mountains in the sky - noah’s arkestra
2. isolee - schrapnell
3. the knife - heartbeats
4. the juan maclean - tito’s way
5. of montreal - wraith pinned to the mist and other games
6. gorillaz - dare
7. gavouna - three
8. jens lekman - sweet summer’s night on hammer hill
9. feist - when i was a young girl
10. architecure in helsinki - do the whirlwind (halma’s remix)
11. unkle ho - grace of the guru
12. minotaur shock - vigo bay
13. caribou - hello hammerheads
14. jose gonzalez - crosses
15. animal collective - did you see the words
16. lady sovereign - hoodie (basement jaxx remix)
17. the presets - girl and the sea
18. pivot - montecore
19. emiliana torrini - sunny road