Ok Folks , surely its that time to start giving our opinions of the best of the year.

Album of the year Kaiser Cheifs - Employment
SIngle of the year Raveonettes - Love in a Trashcan
Artist of the year Bloc Party

Best New Artist The Editors
Best Comeback Artist Kate Bush

Best Tour U2

Best Re-released/Re-packaged Bowie - Stage
Best Live Album Kraftwerk - Maximum/Minimum

best Various Artist Series Compililation 12"/80's

thats my lot make up your own catagories where you see fit.




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Best Album Playing the Angel
Best Live Album Minimum-Maximum
Best Chubby Jetsetter David Bowie

Alabama Spaceboy
"Homos"

Best Album --- The Tears

don't u wish you're post was hot like mine don't ya don't ya (from that crappy pop song)

Album:
Green Day - American Idiot

Single:
Placebo - Twenty Years

Artist:
Green Day

Newcomer:
Kettcar

Comeback:
Green Day

Concert:
Live 8

And I want to believe that a light's shining through somehow

Album of the year Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll

Album of the year Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll

Album of the year Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll

..and so forth.

~ Terrier details following..

Potentially interesting future releases notwithstanding:

Album of the Year: Gorillaz - Demon Days. It's got a massive scope, it's incredibly ambitious, and it really pulls it off. Good tunes, lots of depth and some great guest spots push this to the top of the tree. Honourable mentions to Kaiser Chiefs, Hard Fi, Mylo and particularly Franz Ferdinand.

Single of the Year: Artic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor. The UK indie scene is certainly in quite rude health at the moment. Arctic Monkeys look to be the band to really blow it all sky high again in 2006, with an album apparently due in February. On strength of word-of-mouth, their winter tour sold out almost immediately, and their debuy single hit no. 1 in the UK - no mean feat. Deservedly so, too. It's brilliant. Worthy of note here, Razorlight with Somewhere Else, The Foo Fighters' Best of You, Sebastian Tellier with La Ritournelle, Wake Up by Arcade Fire and The Magic Numbers' Love Me Like You.

Artist of the Year: Kaiser Chiefs. A great album, some brilliant live performances and an endearingly British quality. Super.

Best New Artist: Arctic Monkeys. Or, if I'm being fairer on those who have actually released something this year, The Magic Numbers. No doubt, if I'd ever actually bought her album, M.I.A would have a mention here.

Best Comeback Artist: For length of time away, Kate Bush. For return from relative doldrums, Oasis. I'm no huge fan of either, but both are pretty impressive comebacks. And the new Oasis single is lovely.

Best Tour: Rumour says U2. This survey says Arctic Monkeys are going to be better.

Where the fuck did that come from? Moment: Jamie Foxx feat. Kanye West. Don't know the name of the track. Don't know if I may even have imagined it. If I did, I'm a musical genius. If I didn't, he is.

Best 'Greatest of...' Compliation: Prodigy - Their Law or Basement Jaxx - The Singles.

To do this properly, I really need a list of what's actually been released this year. Curse my pathetic memory.

later,
Chris...

I could stay if you asked me,
So for God's sake don't ask me to stay

I didn't know the UK had an indie scene.

Jamie

don't u wish you're post was hot like mine don't ya don't ya (from that crappy pop song)

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To do this properly, I really need a list of what's actually been released this year.

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Ditto. It's why I never got around to making my "Best of 2004" mixtape, cause G-d forbid I forgot to listen to some B-side somewhere that was really amazing, THEN what would my rep look like?

I definitely feel you about "One Nite Extravaganza," though. What a thoroughly silly, thoroughly awesome song. Even more shocking to me, though, is the recent collaboration between.......wait for it..........Ricky Martin and Fat Joe.

Seriously, I had to hear it to believe it, and I'm still not sure I do.

Anyway, early nominations pending further critical review:

Album of the Year - Jamie Lidell, Multiply

Song of the Year - Jamie Lidell, "Multiply"

Various Artists Compilation of the Year - Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats

Mixtape Track of the Year - The Game, "300 Bars and Runnin'"

Comeback of the Year - (tie) A.Z. Awol; Smif n Wessun Reloaded

Hop fences, jump over benches
When you see me coming get the fuck out the entrance

I also think Becks last album was very good.
Strange how it peaked at#02 in the US. he usually struggles to get in to Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic.


don't u wish you're post was hot like mine don't ya don't ya (from that crappy pop song)

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The Game, "300 Bars and Runnin'"

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Could this be the same act which has a song called "Dreams" currently on heavy rotation on my favourite Berlin radio station? If so, is the track on that very album and is the rest as good as that?

And I want to believe that a light's shining through somehow