Top 50 albums of 2006, and others worth checking out

Top albums of the year
1.         Glenn Kotche – Mobile
Best drummer today, by a clear mile. Someday he’ll be mentioned in the same breath as Buddy Rich, Keith Moon, and Jack DeJohnette. But for now he’s just that guy who plays for a little band called Wilco. Peerless technique combined with a fearless will to experiment [...]

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Top 20 songs of 2006

Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
Phoenix – One Time Too Many – but never played enough
Asobi Seksu – Thursday
Willie Nelson – You Don’t Know Me
Xiu Xiu – Boy Soprano / Eau de Claire
Camera Obscura – if looks [...]

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