SEPTEMBER 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS
Anders Parker ~ The Wounded Astronaut (Baryon)
Bill Ricchini ~ Tonight I Burn Brightly (Transdreamer)
Bottom Of The Hudson ~ Holiday Machine (Absolutely Kosher)
Death Cab For Cutie ~ Plans (Atlantic)
Fruit Bats ~ Spelled In Bones (Sub Pop)
Gabin ~ Mr. Freedom (Astralwerks)
Idlewild ~ Warnings/promises (Capitol)
John Vanderslice ~ Pixel Revolt (Barsuk)
Knitters ~ The Modern Sounds Of The Knitters (Zoe)
Little Plastic Pilots ~ Little Plastic Pilots (Kanpai)
Magic Numbers ~ The Magic Numbers (EMI UK)
Michael Penn ~ Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 (Mimeograph/spinART)
New Pornographers ~ Twin Cinema (Matador)
Orenda Fink ~ Invisible Ones (Saddle Creek)
Teenage Fanclub ~ Man-Made (Merge)
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AUGUST 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS
Benjamin Diamond ~ Out Of Myself (K7)
Bob Mould ~ Body Of Song (Yep Roc)
Concretes ~ Layourbattleaxedown (EMI)
Hockey Night ~ Keep Guessin' (Lookout )
Jim Yoshii Pileup ~ Picks Us Apart (Absolutely Kosher)
Kingsley ~ Kingsley (Blood Orange)
Maria Taylor ~ 11:11 (Saddle Creek)
Marjorie Fair ~ Self Help Serenade (Capitol)
Meat Beat Manifesto ~ At The Center (Thirsty Ear)
Oxford Collapse ~ A Good Ground (Kanine)
Snow & Voices ~ Snow & Voices (Parasol)
Son Volt ~ Okemah And The Melody Of Riot (Sony)
Statistics ~ Often Lie (Jade Tree)
Sufjan Stevens ~ Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
Summer Lawns ~ First We Waited Then It Started
(Stunning Models On Display)
White Stripes ~ Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
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JULY 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS
Brian Eno ~ Another Day On Earth (Rykodisc)
Devin Davis ~ Lonely People Of The World Unite (Mousse)
Dixie Dirt ~ Pieces Of The World (www.dixiedirtmusic.com)
Dressy Bessy ~ Electrified (Transdreamer)
Gang Of Four ~ Entertainment (Rhino)
Goldspot ~ Tally Of The Yes Men (Union)
Gorillaz ~ Demon Days (Virgin)
Hold Steady ~ Separation Sunday (Frenchkiss)
Matson Jones ~ Matson Jones (Sympathy For The Record Industry)
Nobody ~ And Everything Else (Plug Research)
Shout Out Louds ~ Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (Capitol)
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JUNE 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS
Aimee Mann ~ The Forgotten Arm (Superego)
Athlete ~ Tourist (Astralwerks)
Bruce Springsteen ~ Devils And Dust (Columbia)
Deathray Davies ~ The Kick And The Snare (Glurp)
Go-Betweens ~ Oceans Apart (Yep Roc )
Mike Doughty ~ Haughty Melodic (ATO)
Richmond Fontaine ~ Post To Wire (Union)
Sleater-Kinney ~ The Woods (Sub Pop)
Smog ~ A River Ain't Too Much Love (Drag City)
Son Volt ~ A Retrospective: 1995-2000 (Rhino)
Spoon ~ Gimme Fiction (Merge)
Vacation ~ Band From World War Zero (Echo)
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MAY 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS
The 22-20s ~ 22-20's (Astralwerks)
Damien Jurado ~ On My Way To Absence (Sub Pop)
The Eels ~ Blinking Lights And Other Revelations (Vagrant)
Heavy Trash ~ Heavy Trash (Yep Roc)
Hot Hot Heat ~ Elevator (Sire)
Husky Rescue ~ Country Falls (Minty Fresh)
The Kills ~ No Wow (Rough Trade)
Magnolia Electric Co ~ What Comes After The Blues (Secretly Canadian)
Micah P. Hinson ~ And The Gospel Of Progress (Sketchbook)
Mountain Goats ~ The Sunset Tree (4ad)
The National ~ Alligator (Beggars Banquet)
The Perishers ~ Let There Be Morning (Nettwerk)
The Ponys ~ Celebration Castle (In The Red)
Ryan Adams ~ Cold Roses (Lost Highway)
Tim Burgess ~ I Believe (PIAS/Koch)
Us3 ~ Questions (Us3)
Various Artists ~ Friends And Lovers:songs Of Bread (Badman)
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APRIL 2005 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS
John Doe ~ Forever Hasn't Happened Yet (Yep Roc )
Kathleen Edwards ~ Back To Me (Zoe)
Nic Armstrong ~ The Greatest White Liar (New West)
Various Artists ~ Verve Remixed 3 (Verve)
Moby ~ Hotel (V2)
Foxymorons ~ Hesitation Eyes (Heatstroke)
M.I.A. ~ Arular (XL)
Bloc Party ~ Silent Alarm (Vice)
Beck ~ Guero (Interscope)
South San Gabriel ~ The Carlton Chronicles: Not Until... (Misra)
Marbles ~ Expo (spinART)