Who The Hell’s 2006 Wrap-Up: Part 2 – Bloggers
The second part in our 2006 wrap-up turns the microscope upon other bloggers. There’s a tonne of great Aussie blogs and they’ve become essential viewing to keep up-to-date with what’s new and exciting in the world of music, both in Australia and overseas. So we thought we’d give them the chance to tell you what they thought were 2006’s best Aussie releases.
Daniel Boud (Boudist)
Sleepy Jackson – Personality (One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird)
Dappled Cities Fly – Granddance
Howling Bells – Self titled
Bob Evans – Suburban Songbook
The Valentinos – Damn and Damn Again
Dave Slutzkin (Sympathetic Stupid)
Sodastream – Reservations
Faux Pas – Entropy Begins at Home
Because of Ghosts – The Tomorrow We Were Promised Yesterday
Augie March – Moo, You Bloody Choir
Dallas Crane – Factory Girls
Charles Magnus -a.k.a. Chucky (The Sandwich Club)
Gotye – Like Drawing Blood
Dappled Cities Fly – Granddance
Panda Band – The Vital Chapter
Phoenix Foundation – Pegasus
Augie March – Moo, You Bloody Choir
Geoff Kim (Get Big Little Kid)
The Panda Band – This Vital Chapter
Ground Components – An Eye For A Brow. A Tooth For A Pick
Dappled Cities Fly – Granddance
Wolf & Cub – Vessels
Starky – Starky
Graham Preston (Regulate The Voice)
Bliss-N-Eso – Day of the Dog
Gotye – Like Drawing Blood
The Grates – Gravity Won’t Get You High
Wolf & Cub – Vessels
Love of Diagrams – Love of Diagrams
Jonathan Nail (Brown Cardigan / Polaroids of Androids)
The Pharaohs – Medicines
Ground Components – An Eye For A Brow, A Tooth For A Pick
Snowman – Snowman
My Disco – Cancer
Dappled Cities Fly – Granddance
Matt Levinson (Fortune Grey)
The Crayon Fields – Animal Bells
Astronomy Class – Exit Strategy
Adrian Klumpes – Be Still
Seaworthy – Distant Hills Burn Bright
Amanda Handel/GL Seiler – Ghosts and Angels
Sean Beling (One Hundred Scenes)
Augie March – Moo, You Bloody Choir
Dappled Cities Fly – Granddance
The Drones – Gala Mill
Snowman – Snowman
The Sleepy Jacskon – Personality (One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird)
Sean Owen (A Reminder)
The Drones – Gala Mill
Dappled Cities Fly – Granddance
Gotye – Like Drawing Blood
The Grates – Gravity Won’t Get You High
Faux Pas – Entropy Begins At Home
Steve Tibbets (Invasion Of The Reverb Snatchers)
The Sleepy Jackson – Personality (One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird)
You Am I – Convicts
Dappled Cities Fly – Granddance
The Vines – Vision Valley
Augie March – Moo, You Bloody Choir
Wayne Massingham (Oceans Never Listen)
Dappled Cities Fly – Granddance
Youth Group – Casino Twilight Dogs
The Grates – Gravity Won’t Get You High
Crayon Fields – Animal Bells
Augie March – Moo, You Bloody Choir
Yvette (Y-Bother?)
Dappled Cities Fly – Granddance
Deloris – Ten Lives
CW Stoneking – King Hokum
Augie March – Moo, You Bloody Choir
Gotye – Like Drawing Blood
[...] Indie bloggers Who The Bloody Hell Are They have compiled a list of top fives for 2006 from musicians, media and bloggers. My contribution’s in the blogger section (I wonder how they choose which ones go as media and which ones as bloggers and what that even means these days?). You might notice that it’s different from other top lists I have made elsewhere. Yes? Well that’s because it changes every week. Other things that topped 2006 for me were Damian Marley at the Enmore, the Go Betweens as part of the Sydney Festival, Muscles, Faux Pas, My Disco, Ned Collette, the Tactics reissue, Pete Rock rarities compile on BBE, and, well the list gets longer every time I think about it. [...]