Monday, December 18, 2006

Butch Slap's Top 10 Albums of 2006

Here they are... the albums I enjoyed most this past year. Actually putting them in sequential order is always a tricky endeavor, as day to day my opinion shifts. For example, the past week I've been listening to the Black Angels record quite a bit, and am tempted to slide it up a couple notches. At some point you've just gotta call it, and say it's done - whether it's a silly list such as this or something more life affecting. Anyhoo, the 10 songs below make quite a playlist, so enjoy!


1. Sparklehorse
Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain

mp3: Shade and Honey



2. Bob Dylan
Modern Times

mp3: Thunder on the Mountain



3. The Decemberists
The Crane Wife

mp3: Shankill Butchers



4. Black Heart Procession
The Spell

mp3: The Spell



5. TV on the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain

mp3: Dirty Whirlwind



6. The Black Angels
Passover

mp3: The First Vietnamese War



7. Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint
The River in Reverse

mp3: The Sharpest Thorn



8. French Kicks
Two Thousand

mp3: So Far We Are



9. The Black Keys
Magic Potion

mp3: Strange Desire



10. Pink Mountaintops
Axis Of Evol

mp3: Lord, Let Us Shine



Honorable Mentions:

Cat Power - The Greatest

Beck - The Information

Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit

Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go

Ray Davies - Other People's Lives

Band of Horses - Everything All the Time

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

So blogging has apparently not set my world on fire, as it's been about a year since my last post.



1. Sparklehorse
Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain

mp3: Shade and Honey





2. Bob Dylan
Modern Times

mp3: Thunder on the Mountain





3. The Decemberists
The Crane Wife

mp3: Shankill Butchers





4. Black Heart Procession
The Spell

mp3: The Spell





5. TV on the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain

mp3: Dirty Whirlwind





6. The Black Angels
Passover

mp3: The First Vietnamese War





7. Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint
The River in Reverse

mp3: The Sharpest Thorn





8. French Kicks
Two Thousand

mp3: So Far We Are





9. The Black Keys
Magic Potion

mp3: Strange Desire





10. Pink Mountaintops
Axis Of Evol

mp3: Lord, Let Us Shine




Honorable Mentions:

Cat Power - The Greatest

Beck - The Information

Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit

Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go

Ray Davies - Other People's Lives

Band of Horses - Everything All the Time