richard's official top 10 albums/top 5 eps/overall show playlist 14/6/05

1. the arcade fire - cold wind [six feet under sdtk - download from guitar-media.blogspot.com]

RICHARD'S TOP 10 ALBUMS (of 2005 thus far)
2. #10. maximo park – [a certain trigger] - the coast is always changing
3. #9. the hold steady - [separation sunday] - banging camp
4. #8. the phoenix foundation - [pegasus] - slightest shift in the weather
5. #7. stephen malkmus - [face the truth] - freeze the saints
6. #6. of montreal - [the sunlandic twins] - requiem for o.m.m.2
7. #5. the boy least likely to - [the best party ever] - paper cuts
8. #4. sleater-kinney - [the woods] - jumpers
9. #3. the decemberists - [picaresque] - the engine driver
10. #2. architecture in helsinki - [in case we die] - maybe you could owe me
11. #1. bloc party - [silent alarm] - this modern love

WOULD BE ON TOP 10 BUT NOT VERY GUITAR MEDIA-LIKE (not played on show)
xiu xiu – [la foret]
the books - [lost and safe]
antony & the johnstons - [i am a bird now]
edan - [beauty and the beat]
quasimoto - [the further adventures of lord quas]
bright eyes - [digital ash in a digital urn]
m83 - [before the dawn heals us]
out hud – [let us never speak of it again]
lcd soundsystem – [lcd soundsystem]

WOULD BE ON TOP 10 BUT NOT YET RELEASED
12. sufjan stevens – [illinois] – casimir pulaski day (released july 5)

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13. the math and physics club - weekends away [weekends away ep]

NOTEWORTHY OMMISSIONS/NEARLY MADE TOP 10
14. the mountain goats - [the sunset tree] - this year
15. akron/family - [akron/family] - shoes
16. fog – [10th avenue freakout] - 10th avenue freakout
17. bonnie “prince” billy & matt sweeney – [superwolf] - my home is the sea

TOP 5 EPS(of 2005 thus far)
18. #5. deerhoof – [green cosmos ep] - byun
19. #4. the fiery furnaces – [ep] - duffer st. george
20. #3. iron & wine – [woman king ep] - in my lady's house
21. #2. the mobius band – [city vs country ep] - city vs country
22. #1. animal collective and vashti bunyan – [prospect hummer ep] - prospect hummer

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23. the zincs - moment is now! [dimmer]
24. tullycraft - stowaway [disenchanted hearts unite]
25. wolf parade - it's a curse [6 songs ep]
26. malcom middleton - break my heart [into the woods]

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don't be afraid to post yr own mid-year top 10s or other feedback. the mid-year is a good enough excuse for excessive music geekery. tune in next week (21/6/05) for tim's top 10.