Best Music 2005

Top albums:
Death From Above 1979: Your a Woman I’m a Machine (Blistering metal fun)
The Arcade Fire: Funeral (Strictly speaking 2004 but UK release was this year)
Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have it Better With… (Quality pop)
The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan (Cause the Stripes rock)
Wolf Parade: Apologies to Queen Mary
The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema
Belle & Sebastian: Push Bar to Open ( A great compilation of the many genius non-album tracks)
M.I.A.: Arular
Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock and Roll

More great music picks of the year after the jump.

Older great albums that I heard for the first time this year:

Fiery Furnaces: Blueberry Boat
Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Like Bad News
Cat Power: You are Free
Colleen: Everyone Alive Wants Answers
The Go! Team: Thunder Lightning Strike
The Decemberists: The Tain
Blonde Redhead: Misery is a Butterfly

Top 2005 Gigs:

Sufjan Stevens: Amazing with no backing band to speak of.
White Stripes: Improvosational genius
Aereogramme: Quadrophonic wall of sound
Wolf Parade: Was short but sweet

Think it’ll far more difficult to pick out that many great films this year

Over the last few days I’ve been playing musical catch-up to hear all the music others have been recommending.  A lot of it could definately be added to my favourites list.

The Kills: No Wow
Serena Maneesh: Serena Maneesh
Giant Drag: Hearts and Unicorns
Matthew Sweet: Kimi Ga Suki
Viva Voce: The Heat Can Melt Your Brain
Spoon: Gimme Fiction
Deus: Pocket Revolution
Architecture in Helsinki: In Case We Die