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The year is rapidly coming to a close, so it’s time for my final playlist of the year.
Here is my “Best of KNAK” for 2006. With music being such a subjective thing, instead of trying to explain why I chose these 33 songs, I’ll just say that these are the tracks that I put on heaviest rotation on my ipod over the course of the year.
If your main source of music is the mainstream radio, or worse, if the last music you’ve bought was in college…, I encourage you to expand your horizons and check it out. There is great new music being put out all the time that’s worth experiencing.
| # | Artist | Album | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | The Weepies | Say I Am You | Gotta Have You |
| 32 | Ladytron | Witching Hour | Destroy Everything You Touch |
| 31 | The Changes | Today Is Tonight | On a String |
| 30 | Chad Vangaalen | Skelliconnection | Red Hot Drops |
| 29 | M. Ward | Post-War | Chinese Translation |
| 28 | Junior Boys | So This Is Goodbye | In the Morning |
| 27 | The Format | Dog Problems | She Doesn’t Get It |
| 26 | Silversun Pickups | Carnavas | Little Lover’s So Polite |
| 25 | The Raconteurs | Broken Boy Soldiers | Steady As She Goes |
| 24 | My Brightest Diamond | Bring Me the Workhorse | Golden Star |
| 23 | Pajo | 1968 | Foolish King |
| 22 | Midlake | The Trials of Van Occupanther | Roscoe |
| 21 | The Decemberists | The Crane Wife | O Valencia! |
| 20 | The Shins | Wincing the Night Away | Phantom Limb |
| 19 | Bears | Bears | How To Live |
| 18 | Arctic Monkeys | When the Sun Goes Down -EP | When the Sun Goes Down |
| 17 | The Black Angels | Passover | Bloodhounds On My Trail |
| 16 | Mylo | Destroy Rock & Roll | In My Arms |
| 15 | Teddybears | Soft Machine | Different Sound |
| 14 | Destroyer | Destroyer’s Rubies | Painter In Your Pocket |
| 13 | The Essex Green | Cannibal Sea | Don’t Know Why (You Stay) |
| 12 | Mates of State | Bring It Back | Think Long |
| 11 | Islands | Return to the Sea | Rough Gem |
| 10 | The Little Ones | Sing Song | Lovers Who Uncover |
| 9 | Hotel Lights | Hotel Lights | A.M. Slow Golden Hit |
| 8 | The Long Winters | Putting the Days to Bed | Pushover |
| 7 | Nine Black Alps | Everything Is | Unsatisfied |
| 6 | Hot Chip | The Warning | And I Was a Boy from School |
| 5 | Gnarls Barkley | St. Elsewhere | Crazy |
| 4 | Silversun Pickups | Carnavas | Lazy Eye |
| 3 | Band of Horses | Everything All the Time | The Funeral |
| 2 | Editors | The Back Room | Munich |
| 1 | Sparklehorse | Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain | Don’t Take My Sunshine Away |
To make it easier for you to check it out, here is the Yahoo Music Playlist (30 of 33 songs available) and the iTunes iMix. I always love hearing your comments, so please send them my way.
I hope everybody has a wonderful Christmas, New Year’s, and a happy holiday season!
-Dave
