BEST MUSIC OF 2006

My top ten records of 2006 in no particular order...that is, if you still care about 2006 because God knows it's so last year (and so is that joke).

If you're looking for short, pithy write-ups on each respective album, please follow the links to my Jane Magazine blog below. I would write the detailed entries again but truthfully, I can only do pithy once.



Secret Machines
Ten Silver Drops
(Sire)

It's pretty uncool to like this band.


Muse
Black Holes and Revelations
(Warner Bros.)

It's even uncooler to like this band.




My Chemical Romance
The Black Parade
(Warner Bros.)

Now I have something to talk about with all my teenage friends.




Peter Bjorn & John
Writer's Block
(Wichita/Import)

Including this album gives me more cred because it's not even available in America yet.




Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Show Your Bones
(Interscope)

The best album with "Bones" in its title since Rush's Roll the Bones. That's a fact.




TV On the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain
(Interscope)

I'm still not completely sure if I love this album or not but the fact that I've thought about it enough warrants its inclusion.




Hot Chip
The Warning
(Astralwerks)

A revenge of the nerds you can dance to.



Tobias Froberg
Somewhere In The City
(Cheap Lullaby)

Synonymous with chamomile tea.




Regina Spektor
Begin To Hope
(Sire Records)

Quirky and eccentric meets graceful and stunning and then has twelve babies.




The Ark
State of the Ark
(Rebel Group)

This over-the-top record makes 70's glam rock look straight in comparison.