Number 2: Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs

Usually when a well established artist makes an announcement about them joining a ‘Supergroup’ alarm bells go off. This decision is generally a sign of their mega-stardom status, and hints at the fact that they may have outgrown their original, but beloved musical act. But sometimes, a crazy [...]

Admittedly I didn’t do a whole lot of listening to new music in 2006. I didn’t even have much to do with the music blog I created with a Mr. Angus Truskett, however I do feel obliged to do the 2006 round up post. I’m not going to do a top albums because a) The [...]

Number 3: The Eraser by Thom Yorke

Another solo/spin off album for the list! When Radiohead returned to the live stage this year I was under the impression that their long expected album might be finally seeing the light of day. How wrong was I. Instead, wonky-eyed frontman Thom Yorke announced out of the blue that [...]

Number 4: Gerling 4 by Gerling

Coming in at number four (how could it not?) is Gerling’s fourth studio album, appropriately titled Gerling 4. This time around, the Sydney trio did things a little differently. The band relocated their GERLOG studios to the USA to work with analogue producer Ethan Jones. As a direct result of [...]

Number 5: Convicts by You Am I

The ‘comeback’ album of 2006 for me would definitely have to be the aptly titled Convicts, record number seven from our much loved and very own, You Am I. After a couple of years of highly publicised lows, (namely Tim Rogers’ drunken behaviour at 2004 Falls Festival) it was [...]

Number 6: The Loon by Tapes ‘N Tapes

One of the last albums that I heard in 2006, Tapes ‘n Tapes’ major label debut The Loon, also ended up being one of my favourites. In writing, these guys look good. Almost a little too good. The Minneapolis natives have all the right influences, universal praise, rave [...]

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Number 7: Granddance by Dappled Cities Fly

If you’re someone who likes to keep a close eye on Australian music blog scene (thank you!), then you would have noticed that that Sydney-siders Dappled Cities Fly appear to be one of the easiest things to write about. What mystical aura surrounding these guys makes them just so [...]

Number 8: Gravity Won’t Get You High by The Grates

More catchier than the catchiest of STD’s, The Grates’ debut album Gravity Won’t Get You High was definitely the Australian indie success story of 2006. Offering a more polished sound than their earlier EPs thanks to a working holiday in Chicago with Producer Brian Deck, Gravity [...]

Number 9: Yours To Keep by Albert Hammond, Jr.

Yours To Keep is the first of several solo/side records to make this list that were put out by guys in already well established bands. When word got out that Albert Hammond, Jr. would be releasing a solo album made up of tunes turned down by his [...]

Ah, the times they are a changin’. Gone are the days of fans ripping videos themselves and posting them in horrible quality on the internet (sorry Videopimp!). TV Stations, production companies and record labels worldwide have jumped on the YouTube band wagon and set up their own seperate account and now premiere all their latest [...]

Like an expected annual festive celebration, at the end of every year comes the ubiquitous ‘Top 10’ list that nobody can escape. Spurred on by virtually every other music blog, I thought I’d step up to the gauntlet and offer my raving opinions regarding my favourite albums of 2006. I emphasise the word ‘favourite’, [...]