The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

Release Date: January 23, 2007

It's like they took that famous Shins sound and added and expanded on it...making a Super-Shins sound. Well worth the long wait, Kevin Spacey.

Swan Lake - Beast Moans

Release Date: November 21, 2006

Listen to it in the background and it's a mess. Pay attention to it, and every song is absolutely fucking mind-blowing. Met my impossibly high expectations.

The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America

Release Date: October 3, 2006

Just moved into andrew's elite group of favourite awesomest bands that he likes. Best album of 2006. Hands down. Only Swan Lake could possibly even come close.

Joanna Newsom - Ys

Release Date: November 14, 2006

The orchestral arrangements are ridiculously awesome and brilliant. She's 2 for 2. This baby is 5 songs, about 10 min. each. Top 10 for sure.

Hurry up and leak...

Hold Steady's Boys and Girls in America and Swan Lake's Beast Moans better leak soon. Its lack of leakage is killing me. Do your job, you stupid internet.

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

Release Date: October 3, 2006

The 12 min. long track 2 is EASILY the best thing the Decemberists have ever done. Kinda serious, well for a Decemberists album.

Blood Brothers - Young Machetes

Release Date: October 10, 2006

Classic Blood Brothers level 15 billion insanity. I don't think it's hitting me like the last two did though.

Thunderbirds Are Now! - Make History

Release Date: October 3, 2006

Big letdown. The energy of Justamustache is gone, and that's what made that album so great.

Ratatat - Classics

Release Date: August 22, 2006

Background music.

The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely

Release Date: August 11, 2006

John Darnielle still continues to make super sappy music without being emo. He's a genius. But anyways, it's another tearjerker as expected.