Great 2005 Albums You Heard in 2006, too late for any polls, aw poor baby

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Bersuit Vergabarat, Testosterona, brilliant shit from Argentina's nuttiest synthesists, this would have been EASILY in my top two for 2005, perhaps higher, not sure yet. Why wasn't I obsessively checking to see if they'd done a new album yet? Because they released TWO full-length albums in 2004, that's why. What's up with the crazy work ethic? Also, most disturbing cover of this or most other years:
http://www.mercadolibre.com.ec/jm/img?s=MEC&f=1723271_8280.jpg&v=P

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

Also, Vladimir Vaclavek, Ingwe, a very strange and glorious psychedelic jazz folk-rock record from the Czech Republic, weird sounds from the gut, definitely in my jazz top ten, maybe even in my P & J list, oh well.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 15:35 (twenty years ago)

Nautical Almanac, Cover the Earth

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 16:28 (twenty years ago)

Osvaldo Golijov: Ayre

Set of Sephardic songs arranged by Golijov and performed by Dawn Upshaw and the Andalucian Dogs (feat Mark Friendlander, Mark Dresser, David Kraukauer, etc). Very cool, big open sound, uses a lot of the Jewish harmonies, dark and mystical. Upshaw does a lot of things with her voice I'd never heard, very impressed. CD also has folk songs set to music by Luciano Berio (though pretty conventional in comparison)

― Dominique (dleone), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 16:32 (twenty years ago)

on a marginally less esoteric tip: fall heads roll.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 16:33 (twenty years ago)

haha for me the Monk/Coltrane, don't tell anyone

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 16:33 (twenty years ago)

The beginning of each year is what I look forward to the most, when I can seek out and hear all these discs I never got around to the previous year. Best of all, the fact that people are still talking about them or even praising them means they've already been vetted to some extent and are therefore at least worth investing the time/cash in and listening to, which is much less of a cautious gamble than trying to keep up with "new" releases in real time.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:16 (twenty years ago)

Amadou et Mariam, no excuse either, it was mentioned everywhere, so not only am I an old giffer 'getting into world music' I'm a lazy one! Great record though!

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

I didn't hear the Jose Gonzalez album until last week, and it's better than almost anything I heard in 05.

― J Fischer (j fischer), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:29 (twenty years ago)

SUFJAN! for shame.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 18:49 (twenty years ago)

I don't know, I think that Amadou et Mariam album is overrated. It sounds good on a cursory listen, but I don't see what's so unique or special about it. I kind of gave up on it after 3-4 listens.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 20:12 (twenty years ago)

her voice, his guitar playing, and the songs are damn catchy.

― TRG (TRG), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 20:17 (twenty years ago)

Not albums, but I just discovered Maximo Park's "Apply Some Pressure" single and have been playing the shit out of that lately.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 20:53 (twenty years ago)

8 Armed Monkey - KTU. Finnish accordion-based heavy prog, recorded live, with space-rock and IDM influences. Fuckin fantastic.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 23:55 (twenty years ago)

Re: Amadou & Mariam - they're playing the African Soul Rebels #2 tour next month (with Emmanuel Jal & Souad Massi) - astonishing live act, and an absolute MUST see.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 23:57 (twenty years ago)

I just heard that Vitalic thing since it's getting released in America. It's pretty good.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 23:57 (twenty years ago)

Not albums, but I just discovered Maximo Park's "Apply Some Pressure" single and have been playing the shit out of that lately.

The full-length is worth your time if you can find it cheap- easily better than the Futureheads or most of their ilk (except the "Hounds of Love" cover).

― telephone thing, Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:05 (twenty years ago)

Lil' Wayne, Tha Carter II, finally. Holy shit.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 13 January 2006 14:46 (twenty years ago)

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