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!earshot year-end picks 2005

Ed Blake
Adam Fox
Ed Blake

Ed Blake
snuff/broken record show - cjsf/cfro
MD - cjsf

My Top 10 records of the year
in alphabetic order.

Arizona Amp And Alternator - Arizona Amp And Alternator – (Thrill Jockey)
Howe nails 'low spark of the high heeled boy' like it hasn't been nailed before, not even by traffic. I was singing it and/or the title cut in the shower for a month.

The Black Angels - the Black Angels – (Light In The Attic)
Organ drone love.

Boredoms - Seadrum/House Of Sun – (Vice Recordings)
Tribal rhythm love. W/more in common w/alice coltrane than one might realize.

Bright - Bells Break Their Towers – (Strange Attractors Audio House)
guitar love.

Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt – (Kemado Records)
Prog rock love in a foreign language. W/wicked evil hooks to boot.

Ezeetiger - Ezeetiger – (KSR) geek love.

Jesu - Jesu – (Hydra Head Records)
Think of the pitch perfect whiney shoe-gazing pop song. Think of a droning dirgy metal epic. Now smash them together like a reeses peanut butter cup. Mmmm tasty.

Jonathan Kane - February – (Table Of The Elements)
Long form tribal blues love.

Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio - Live At The River East Art Center – (Delmark)
Full of warmth and action and solos w/the odd spoken word piece thrown in. Sets up a sonic environment in the room that i akin to a fireplace, a bearskin rug and another warm body.

O Spirits - Mrs. Housewatcher +1 – (UUnited Acoustic Record Company)
Fuck love. Hands down the best single of the year. Organ, guitar, metronome like drums and simple sparse lyrics.

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