Thanks to John L, I hear a lot more interesting CD’s this year; things I never have ventured to try. But with his box of goodies and plenty of time, I jumped right in. There was Ballboy, Caria Bozulich, Califone and Neil Young’s “GREENDALE,’ amnong others.
1 – WHITE STRIPES – Elephant
2 – JOE STRUMMER – Streetcore
3 – CALEXICO – Feast of Wire
4 – DAVID GRISMAN – Life of Sorrow
5 – GILLIAN WELCH – Soul Journey
6 – SUN KIL MOON – Ghosts of the Highway
7 – SLIPSTREAM – Trancendental
8 – MILES DAVIS – Complete In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk and Saturday Night at the Blackhawk
9 – MATMOS – The Civil War
10 – TERRY HALL AND MUSHTAQ – Hour Of Two Lights
11 – MOJAVE – Spoon and Rafter
12 – JEFF KLEIN – Everybody Loves a Winner
Biggest disappointments: BELLE AND SEBASTIAN – Dear Catastrophe Waitress,
RYAN ADAMS – All three of his 2004 releases,
MY MORNING JACKET – It ~till Moves
Best film- HBO*s presentation of ANGELS IN AMERICA