Megan Ramer

A List by Megan Ramer, a good friend that currently resides in Chicago. She has submitted her own description and disclaimer.

Megan’s Top (& only) Eleven of 2005…

These are really the only 2005 releases I added to my collection this year. This list, therefore, doesn’t so much reflect my favorites out of a much larger pool of candidates so much as it reflects artists I consistently like, or shows I went to see, or new stuff that happened to grab my attention for one reason or another. They appear more or less in order from 1 to 11, though I really suck at this top-ten list thing. In a certain mood or environment, nothing will beat Sinead’s collaborations with the likes of Massive Attack, Afro Celt Sound System, Asian Dub Foundation, The The, etc.

Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better

Clem Snide – End of Love

The Long Winters – Ultimatum (EP)

Kelly Joe Phelps – Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind

Sufjan Stevens – Come On! Feel The Illinoise!

Moby – Hotel

The Posies – Every Kind of Light

Jackstraw – Rubber Wheels

Iron & Wine – Woman King (EP)

Ten Cent Redemption – Worst Plan Ever

Sinead O’Connor – Collaborations

Amber Friesen

Finally, a list from a woman. Thanks, Amber, for taking the risk:

madonna - confessions on a dance floor
jump

sufjan stevens - illinois
john wayne gacy, jr.

stars - set yourself on fire
your ex-lover is dead

sufjan stevens - illinois
chicago

stellastar* - harmonies for the haunted
lost in time

annie - anniemal
chewing gum

calexico and iron & wine - in the reins
16, maybe less

deathcab for cutie - plans
your heart is an empty room

spoon - gimme fiction
the beast and dragon, adored

clap your hands say yeah - clap your hands say yeah
let the cool goddess rust away

Matt Wiens

Matt Wiens sends us his lists from NYC where he is attending NYU for Film Scoring:

Good Albums:
Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene
Transistor Radio – M. Ward
Jacksonville City Nights – Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Black Sheep Boy – Okkervil River

Interesting Singles:
Hide And Seek – Imogen Heap (Best Use Of A Vocoder)
Mushaboom – Feist (Best Use Of Hand Claps)
Magnetized – Laura Veirs (Best Use Of The Word “Zirconium”)
Great God Bird – Sufjan Stevens (Best Song About A Woodpecker)