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December 13, 2006

Abbey’s Best Songs of 2006

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The Best of 2006: Songs

I am pleased to say that choosing the best songs of 2006 has been a daunting task with all the incredible tunes that have been released this year. The following are, after much consideration, a thousand listens, and just about as many changes… my favorite songs of 2006:

1. (Gasp! A Tie!) “Hospital Beds” and “We Used To Vacation” – Cold War Kids – Up In Rags EP Hospital Beds 2. “Hold On, Hold On” – Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Hold On, Hold On 3. “While You Were Sleeping” - Elvis Perkins- Ash Wednesday 4. “Fire Island, AK” – The Long Winters- Putting the Days to Bed 5. “Here’s Your Future” – The Thermals – The Blood,The Body, The Machine Here’s Your Future 6. “Samson” – Regina Spektor – Begin To Hope 7. “The Phantom Limb” – The Shins – Phantom Limb Single 8. “Flag and Family” – Cursive – Happy Hollow 9. “The Funeral” – Band of Horses- Everything All the Time 10. “Cream”- Thee Emergency- Can You Dig It? Cream 11. “Moon Over Goldsboro” – The Mountain Goats – Get Lonely 12 “Future Foe Scenarios” – Silversun Pickups – Carnavas 13. ”Sad Sad City” – Ghostland Observatory- Paparazzi Lightning Sad Sad City 14. “Just A Thought” – Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere 15. “Bad Education” – Tilly and The Wall – Bottom of Barrells 16. “Start of Something” – Voxtrot – Raised by Wolves EP 17.”Good Weekend” – Art Brut- Bang Bang Rock & Roll 18. “All Fires” – Swan Lake- Beast Moans All Fires 19. “Handle With Care” – Jenny Lewis with guests Ben Gibbard, Conor Oberst, & M. Ward- Rabbit Fur Coat 20. “Jah Didn’t Kill Johnny” – Sage Francis – A Healthy Distrust

Beloved Songs of 2006, That Were Not Released in 2006

“Lisa” – Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers “The River (live)” – Atmosphere w/Heiruspecs – from First Avenue, Mpls “No Children” and “Best Ever Death Metal Band Out of Denton”- The Mountain Goats “I Found a Reason” – Cat Power “Breathe Me” – Sia “Heartbeats”- Jose Gonzalez

December 2, 2006

An invite to Abbey’s November Listening

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A curious sample of what I’ve been listening most to in November. Randomly rounded off at selections from 20 Artists:

“Here’s Your Future” – The Thermals “Sleep Sandwich” and “How’s Forever Been Baby” – Elvis Perkins “Black Wave” – The Shins (from the forthcoming Wincing the Night Away) “Trouble” and the “Raised by Wolves EP”- Voxtrot “All Fires” – Swan Lake “Rotation of Crops” – The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers “I Found A Reason” – Cat Power (velvet underground cover) “Cold Wind” – The Arcade Fire (from the Six Feet Under Soundtrack) “Woman is Nigger of the World” – John Lennon (acoustic) “Girl From The North Country” – Bob Dylan, featuring Johnny Cash “The Trees Get Wheeled Away” – Bright Eyes (live at the Gypsy Tea Room, 10/05/02) “Paint’s Peeling” – Rilo Kiley “Connect For” – Common Market (complete w/KEXP shout-outs, from Live at KEXP, Vol II) “Nature of the Experiment” – Tokyo Police Club “90-Mile Water Wall” and “Mr. November” – The National (from Black Sessions # 230 04/29/05) “Lucky” – Radiohead “Worked Up So Sexual” and “Call, Call” – The Faint “The Eraser” – Thom Yorke “Race You” – The Figurines Neutral Milk Hotel: the near perfect In The Aeroplane Over the Sea. Which, if I can be so bold– is my favorite album of all time.