1. Eat Skull Wild & Inside
2. Dan Melchior und Das Menace Thankyou Very Much
3. Nothing People Late Night

actually he is playing arabic music, hence the freak of ARABY and whatnot.
very much inspired by omar korshid and he does some cool korshid, kalthoum fairouz covers.

Ah of course. Where did I pull 'samba' from? Oh well haha.

woah....really? AS in better than the eternal? I love jack white, and Allison...but I just don't think this band is anywhere as good as their original bands. I dunno...I gave the album a couple listens and seemed too.....recycled maybe? I dunno. It's been a while.

i was curious myself, way off lol

you know i didn't think there was many good albums this year at all

40. Mission of Burma- The Sound, The Speed, The Light
39. Wolf Eyes – Always Wrong
38. MV & EE- Barn Nova
37. Zs - Music of the modern white
36. Sparks - Seduction of Ingmar Bergman
35. Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band-Between My Head And The Sky
34. PJ Harvey & John Parish – A Woman A Man Walked By
33. Shit and Shine - '229 2299 Girls against Shit'
32. Tyondai Braxton - Central Market
31. Wilco-Wilco
30. Meat Puppets – Sewn Together
29. Master Musicians of Bukkake – Totem One
28. Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
27. John Zorn – O'o
26. Built To Spill-There Is No Enemy
25. Expo '70 - Awakening
24. Magik Markers - Balf Quarry
23. Jim O'Rourke – The Visitor
22. White Out with Thurston Moore & Jim O'rourke - Senso
21. Secret Chiefs 3 - Traditionalists: Le Mani Destre Recise
20. Glass Rock - Tall Firs Meet Soft Location
19. Six Organs of Admittance - Luminous Night
18. Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
17. Oneida – Rated O
16. Fiery Furnaces - I’m Going Away
15. The Thing - Bag It!
14. Do Make Say Think – Other Truths
13. Sunn o))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
12. Epsers – III
11. Om – God Is Good
10. Bardo Pond – Peri
9. Polvo - In Prism
8. Faust - C'est Com... Com... Compliqué
7. Arvo Part - In Principo
6. Sonic Youth -The Eternal
6. Zu – Carboniferous
4. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
3. The Bad Plus & Wendy Lewis - For All I Care
2. Flaming Lips – Embryonic
1. Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship

Hmm, that would be...

The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (such a great record, I didn't think I'd ever give The Flaming Lips a new chance, but this album is fantastic!)

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (while I don't think it's the masterpiece many says it is, I really love listening to it. Great pop songs. Not my favorite album of theirs, but it's awesome.)

Thåström - Kärlek Är För Dom (This awesome Swedish dude I like, don't know if he's well known outside of Sweden. Anyway, this is a personal and very beautiful album I love.)

1. Eat Skull - Wild & Inside

Krallice--Dimensional Bleedthrough
Flaming Lips--Embryonic
Isis--Wavering Radiant

just bought jim orourke's visitor, damn small hmv didn't have much choice in their 'rock&pop' section, but found this as a first encounter to jim's music. Got suspended from work for saying 'let's put our handbags away' to my hysterical gay boss on christmas eve, he's put in a complaint funny enough, and I got sent home today so decided to use a crimbo voucher. Their paying for my damn taxis!

Eat Skull-Wild and Inside
Rusted Shut
Kurt Vile and the Violators 12"

Is It Fire? - Jessie Evans
Down With Liberty ... Up With Chains - Chain And The Gang
Still Night, Still Light - Au Revoir Simone

im actually compelled to throw raekwon's cuban linx 2 on my list, reinvigorated my love of hip hop.