there is a lot of music i liked.
dance: mylo - destroy rock and roll, vitalic - ok cowboy
electronica: m83 - before the dawn heals us
indie folk: sufjan stevens - illinois
indie rock: steve malkmus - face the truth, spoon - gimme fiction
indie loonie: animal collective - feels, devendra banhart - cripple crow
alt-country: my morning jacket - z
cockney: art brut - bang bang rock and roll
soundtrack: amon tobin - splinter cell
dj mix: dj food - raiding the 20th century
alternative: gorillaz - demon days
remixes: continous stream of tracks from beck - guero
no-name remixer: poj masta
i heard a lot of pretty good hip hop, but nothing as good as stuff from last year.
what did you like this year? here are some lists from writers/artists. not all of them seem to know when certain albums actually came out (arcade fire??), but these lists are usually good for a suggestion or two.
http://www.filter-mag.com/news/interior.2790.html
http://www.filter-mag.com/news/interior.2789.html
http://www.filter-mag.com/news/interior.2793.html
http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2005.shtml
http://crazymonk.org/archives/2005_12_03/207
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...575895-2807167
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/2005/best_albums.htm
http://travelersdiagram.com/archive/...7_archive.html
http://www.thestrand.ca/media/paper4...w.thestrand.ca
http://takeyourmedicinemp3.blogspot....t-47-acts.html
http://www.informationleafblower.com...40_band_2.html
and here are some newish ones
http://www.othermusic.com/2005december13update.html
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/featur...ents/12-12-05/
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/featur...ents/12-13-05/
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/featur...ents/12-14-05/
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=2014