hospitals | friends | s/t | in the red | 2003 | CD
arab on radar | don’t call him a retard | rough day at the orifice | op pop pop | 1999 | CD
controlled bleeding | auto-grind (vocal mix) | penetration | third mind | 1992 | CD
helios creed | un-human condition | x-rated fairytales | cleopatra | 1985/1994 | CD
a-frames | negative | black forest | sub pop | 2005 | CD
melvins/biafra | dawn of the locusts (dalek remix) | sieg howdy! | alternative tentacles | 2005 | CD
poster children* | cancer | daisychain reaction | twin/tone | 1991 | LP
brainiac | vincent come on down | hissing prigs in static couture | touch & go | 1996 | CD
skeleton key | watch the fat man swing | fantastic spikes through balloon | capitol | 1997 | CD
the hidden+ | reception | church & war | hidden fortress | 2005 | CD
brainbombs | jack the ripper lover | singles | load | 2000 | CD
drive like jehu | bullet train to vegas | yank crime (reissue) | swami | 2003 | CD
jesus lizard | thumbscrews | shot | capitol | 1996 | CD
liars | brocken witch | they were wrong, so we drowned | mute | 2004 | CD
hammerhead | MIA | evil twin | amrep | 1993 | CD
cows | by the throat | old gold 89-91 | amrep | 1996 | CD
collossamite | no entran moscas | all lingo’s clamor | skin graft | 1997 | CD
mclusky | kkkitchens, what were you thinking? | the difference between you and me is that I’m not on fire | too pure | 2004 | CD
flipper | life is cheap | generic | def american | 1981/1992 | CD
pussy galore | teen pussy power | corpse love | caroline | 1992 | CD
nirvana | paper cuts | bleach | sub pop | 1989 | CD
hair police | let’s see who’s here and who’s not | obedience cuts | freedom from | 2004 | CD
test icicles | catch it! | for screening purposes only | domino | 2006 | CD
fugue | gunwolf | mysterious animals EP | RIYL | 2005 | CD
lightning bolt | mistake | s/t | load | 2002 | CD
locust | cattle mutilation | mini-CD | GSL | 2004 | CD
flying luttenbachers | misc. (CR bed) | revenge of the flying luttenbachers | skin graft | 1996 | CD
chrome | brainscan | chrome flashback | cleopatra | 1999 | CD
black eyes | false positive | cough | dischord | 2004 | CD
birthday party | big-jesus-trash-can | hits | 4AD | 1992 | CD
cop shoot cop | discount rebellion | white noise | big cat | 1991 | CD
mars | 3-E | 78+ | atavistic | 1996 | CD
teenage jesus & the jerks | i woke up dreaming | everything | atavistic | 1995 | CD
monorchid | controversial trousers | let them eat… | simple machines | 1997 | CD
godheadSilo | nuts to you | scientific supercake | KRS | 1994 | CD
The Loved Ones | Massive | s/t | Jade Tree
The Evil Queens | The Kink | First it Boils Then it Spills | Addison | CD 05
The Earaches | Surveillance | Get the Revolution Out of your Mind | Steel Cage
Buff Medways | Karen with a C | Medway Wheelers | Damaged Goods
Coffin Lids | Walk a Mile in my Shoes | Round Midnight | Bomp
The Sweethearts | Press Kit | Looks Couldl Kill | Mortville
Bloc Party | Luno | Silent Alarm | Vice/Dim Mak
The Epoxies | Robot Man | Stop the Future | Fat
NRA | Fading | Machine | Gearhead
Miles Away | As One | S/T | Bridge 9
Shiver | I Believe | Last Rides on the Midway | End All
Juliette & the Licks | You’re Speaking my Language | You’re Speaking my Language | Fiddler
American Princes | Rock n Roll Singer | Little Spaces | Yep Roc
AM Stereo | Bob Stinson | Can’t | TGRC
New York Rel-x | Sold Out of Love | Sold Out of Love | TKO
Louis XIV | God Killed the Queen | The Best Little Secrets are Kept | Atlantic
The Hidden | Feed | Smash to Ashes | –
The Hollow Points | Never Say Die | The Black Spot | Disaster
Civet | Closet Death | Massacre | Disaster
MHz | Upgrade Me | Harness the Power | Flying bomb
Guilty Hearts | Big Mouth Mickey | s/t | Voodoo Rhythm
French Toast | Pattern | In a Cave | Dischord
Bunk Dogger | Red Alert | Bubblepop comp | RPM | 70s/05
The New Invincibles | Go-Go | Legs Eleven | Off the Hip
The Hara Kee Rees | Can’t Get You out of My Bed | s/t | Sounds of Subterrania
Mini Watt | My World is my Own | I Can’t Stand Waiting for It | Arbeid
Sons & Daughters | Medicine | Repulsion Box | Domino
Straitjacket | Won’t Say Sorry | split w/ Shock Nagasaki | TKO | 7″
Comeback Kid | Our Distance | Wake the Dead | Victory
Champion | Fourth of July | Time Slips Away | Bridge 9
Soundtrack of our Lives | Big Time | Origin Vol. 1 | Warner
The Things | Sick Street | Psycho Sound EP | Big Neck | 7″
The Soviettes | Do the Stagger | III | Fat
TV Killers | So Fake | single | Dead Beat | 7″
The Chealsea Smiles | Action Coming Down | Nowhere Ride EP | Capitol
Lords of Gravity | Save the Nation | Contact | Off the Hip
Rocket Science | Blow Up | Eternal Holiday | Modular
400 Blows | Make a Wish | Angel’s Trumpets & Devil’s Trombones | GSL
Smoke or Fire | Cops & Drugs | Above the City | Fat
Western Addiction | It’s Funny I Don’t Feel like a Winner | Cognicide | Fat
The Black Halos | Tight | Alive without Control | Liquor & Poker
Tsar | Straight | Band Girls Money | TVT
Betrayed | Time Won’t Wait | Addiction EP | Bridge 9
Tiger Bear Wolf | I Think I Heard Her Body Sing | s/t | Hello Sir
artist | song | release | label | year
Mazarin | NE Winter | We’re Already There | I and Ear | 2005
My Dad is Dead | Down is Up | A Divided House | Unhinged | 2005
Bettie Serveert | Hands Off | Attagirl | Palomine | 2004
Rare Animal Zoo | Imaginary Friends | This is a Care Package comp | Exotic Fever | 2005
Yohimbe Bros. | The Secret Frequency | The Tao of Yo | Thirsty Cat | 2004
Test Icicles | Boa vs. Python | Boa vs. Python | Domino | 2005 [request]
Jack Endino | Van Allen Wrench | Permanent Fatal Error | Wondertaker | 2005
The Blue Revision | Disparition | Day Terrors | Columbus Discount | 2005 [my sotw]
French Toast | Insane | In a Cave | Dischord | 2005
The Impossible Shapes | Survival | Horus | Secretly Canadian | 2005
Malachi Constant | Phoning In | Infinite Justice | Guilt Ridden Pop | 2005
The Sharp Ease | Patio Chair | Going Modern | OlFactory | 2005
The Mendoza Line | Name Names | Full of Light and Full of Fire | Misra | 2005
The Sixfifteens | Whose Heart do I Have | Feature, Conference, Transfer | Fake Chapter | 2005
Red Sparowes | Alone and unaware, the landscape was transformed in front of our eyes | At the Soundless Dawn | Neurot | 2005
Baby Boy H | Running Blind | The Later | Radar Recordings | 2005
The Bags | Caveman Rejoice | Sharpen Your Sticks | Mad Oak | 2005
Gatsby | Grad School | Floods and Fires | X | 2004
The Charms | Need Your Life | Pussycat | Red Car | 2005
Count Me Outs | Jefferson Hairplan | Count Me Outs | X | 2005
Chris Brokaw | Huntington Beach Sunset | “I Was Born, But…” original score | X | 2005
The Upper Crust | Friend of a Friend of the Working Class | Let Them Eat Rock | Upstart | 1995 [request]
The Dents | On My Own | Time for Biting | Abbey Lounge | 2005
Ketman | Song Binbin | Dobrze | Lifted and Gifted | 2005
The Sharking | Ocean | The Sharking | 202 Lions | 2005
Guapo | V | Black Oni | Ipecac | 2005
Dinosaur Jr. | Budge | Bug | Merge | 1988/2005
Big Dipper | Faith Healer | Live at East Campus | WMBR | 1988/2005
Roky Erickson & the Aliens | Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play | I Have Always Been Here Before | Shout Factory | 1977/2005
We Acediasts | Kousho | Pre Acediasts | Mesh Key | 2001/2005
Weird War | Put it in Your Pocket | Illuminated by the Light | Drag City | 2005
LOST AND FOUND – filling in for late Larry |
Hawkwind | Realms | Space Bandits | Castle | 1990/1999
The Lost | Everybody Knows | The Lost Tapes ’65-’66 | Arf Arf | ?
Nicols | She Had a Name to Find Out | Pebbles #12 | Archive International | 1999
La Revolucion de Emiliano Zapato/Nada del Hombre Me es Ajeno (Hoy) | En Medio de la Lluvia | Love, Peace, and Poetry (Mexican Psych) comp | Normal | ?
Ruben y sus Emociones | Mari y Juana | Planetary Pebbles #2 | Archive International | ?
Azteca | Azteca Theme | Chicano Power! Comp | Soul Jazz | ?
Powers of Blue | You Blow my Mind | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About ’60s Mind Exploding Punkadellic Garage Rock Instrumentals But Were Afraid to Ask | Arf Arf | 1993
Bad Religion | Along the Way | Back to the Known | Epitaph | 12″ ’84
Black Furies | Killer Inside | Death Trip Saturday Night | Gearhead | CD 05
Lords of Altamont | $4.95 | Lords Have Mercy | Gearhead | CD 05
Deerhunter | Language/Violence | s/t | Stick Figure | CD 05
Cassandra Complex | Too Stupid to Sin | Theomania | Play it Again Sam | LP ’88
Black Ice | The Stillness | Terrible Birds | Hungry Eye | CD 05
Volcano Suns | Greasy Spine | single | LSR/Homestead | 7″ ’86
Joggers | We’ve Been Talked Down | With a Cape and a Cane | Startime Intl/Vagrant | CD 05
The Denizens | I Know You Hate Me | EP | Young Soul Rebel | 7″ 05
Clorox Girls | Upperhand | This Dimension | Smarguy | CD 05
New Bomb Turks | Born Toulouse Lautrec | Destroy Oh Boy | Crypt | LP ’93
F Minus | Living Hell | Won’t Bleed Me, Failed Society | Alt. Tentacles | CD 05
Metallica | Blitzkrieg | Kill Em All | Elektra | LP ’83
The Hellbenders | Feed the Friction | split w/ Safety Pins | Dead Beat | LP 05
The Cripples | Bruises | Culture | Dirtnap | CD 05
Drunk Injuns | They Walked in Line | Frontside Grind | Beware | LP ’87
Nausea | Here Today | The Punk Terrorist Anthology Vol. 1 | Alt. Tentacles | CD 05
The Black Clouds | Cool 2 Drive | Live on Pipeline | – | CD 05
Honkeyball | Unaffected American | s/t | Summit | CD ’95
Strike Anywhere | Chorus of One | To Live in Discontent | Jade Tree | CD 05
Bombshells | Doing Hard Time | Audio Wasteland | Bombshell | CD 05
The Flakes | That’s All | Back to School | Dollar Record | CD 05
The Easybeats | Heaven and Hell | The Definitive Series | Albert | CD ’92
Pop Will Eat Itself | Karmadrome | Karmadrome | RCA | CD ’92
Nelly | Angel Y Khriz: Fua | Grand Slam MVP 2 | MVP | CD 05
Gothic Slam* | Stand Up and Fight | Killer Instinct | Torrid | LP ’88
The Nerves | One Way Ticket | Children of Nuggets 4 comp | Rhino | CD 05
The Hypstrz | Action Woman | Live at the Longhorn | Bomp | CD 05
The Pulses | Give Up and Let Their Children Win | Gather Round and Destroy Our Records | Dirtnap | CD 05
Faith Healers | Moon Inna Joon | Peel Sessions | BBC | CD 05
Government Issue | Where You Live | You | Giant/Dutch East | LP ’87
Hot Cross | Tacoma | Protect comp | Fat | CD 05
Green Day | I Want to be Alone | The Big One comp | FS | LP ’91
Reatards | Make it Fit | Not Fucked Enough | Empty | CD 05
The Fall | Breaking the Rules | Fall Heads Roll | Narnack | CD 05
The Go Team | Feel Good by Numbers | Thunder | Columbia | CD 05
Hawkwind | Out of the Shadows | Space Bandits | Castle | CD ’99
Best of 2005 |
Rank | Artist | Song | Release | Label | Year
20 | Dead Meadow | Stacy’s Song | Feathers | Matador | 2005
19 | Constants | Gelatinous Meets Plum for a Moonlight Rendezvous | Invasion of the Bionic Wolves EP | Radar Recordings | 2005
18 | The Narrator | This Party’s Over | Such Triumph | Flameshovel | 2005
17 | Oneida | Heavenly Cry | The Wedding | Jagjaguwar | 2005
16 | New Electric | Don’t Send Me Home | New Electric | Perpetual Motion Machine | 2005
15 | Snitches Get Stitches | Kodiac with a Kojak | I Liked You Better When You Were a Corpse | Empty | 2005
14 | Dumbwaiters | Icons (Too Many People) | Musick | Fiani | 2004
13 | By the End of Tonight | 4’s, 5’s, and the Piano Never Made it Home | A Tribute to Tigers | Temporary Residence | 2005
12 | Polysics | Making Sense | Polysics or Die!!! | Tofu | 2004
bed | Tristeza | Bromas | A Colores | Better Looking | 2005
11 | Oxford Collapse | Proofreading | A Good Ground | Kanine | 2005
10 | Cadeaux | Show Me the Moment | Physical City | Sound Document | 2005
9 | Burdocks | Let’s Cut Each Other Up | What We do is Secret | Black Mountain | 2005
bed | Dungen | Jamna Plagor | Ta Det Lugnt | Kemado | 2004
8 | AM Stereo | So Far Over You | Can’t | Gentlemen’s Recording Company | 2005
7 | Bleach 03 | Kuropen Bigaku Tenshi-Chan to Kangaemashita (My Sweet Angel and I Considered the Aesthetics of the Black Pen) | Bleach 03 | Australian Cattle God | 2005
6 | Protokoll | Moving Forward | Protokoll | Opcode | 2005
5 | Clickers | My Life as a Failed Impartial Observer | 1 | dancedance | 2005
4 | French Toast | Float Away | In a Cave | Dischord | 2005
3 | Pelican | Sirius | The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw | Hydrahead | 2005
bed | Continental | Ghost War | From What was Lost | U-Dot | 2005
2 | Shipping News | (Morays or) Demon | Flies the Fields | ¼ Stick | 2005
1 | Kinski | The Snowy Parts of Scandinavia | Alpine Static | Sub Pop | 2005
1 | Kinski | Edge Set | Alpine Static | Sub Pop | 2005
x | Death From Above 1979 | Better Off Dead | Romance Bloody Romance | Vice | 2005 [cover song of the year; disappointing album of the year]