Top 10 National

1) Comets on Fire, Avatar (Sub Pop)

2) Scott Walker, The Drift (4AD)

3) Beach House (Carpark)

4) Om, Conference of the Birds (Holy Mountain)

5) The King Khan & BBQ Show, What’s for Dinner? (In the Red)

6) Destroyer, Destroyer’s Rubies (Merge)

7) Psychic Ills, Early Violence (Social Registry)

8) Joanna Newsom, Ys (Drag City)

9) Ariel Pink, House Arrest (Paw Tracks)

10) Sonic Youth, Rather Ripped (Geffen)

Top 10 Local

1) The Black Angels, Passover (Light in the Attic)

2) The Sword, Age of Winters (Kemado)

3) Pink Nasty, Mold the Gold

4) Faceless Werewolves, Medium Freaky (Super Secret)

5) Voxtrot, Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives (Cult Hero)

6) Tacks, the Boy Disaster, Oh, Beatrice

7) When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Snacks (Emperor Jones)

8) Brothers & Sisters (Calla Lilly)

9) Golden Bear (C-Side)

10) Lomita, Stress Echo (Indierect)

10 Locals Under the Radar

1) Basic

2) Shawn David McMillen, Catfish (Tompkins Square)

3) Cavedweller, The Best Version of “Gloria” Ever There Was (Business Deal)

4) Giant Squid, Metridium Fields (The End)

5) Baby Robots, Catslovedrugshoes (Ant Lunch Musick)

6) Ralph White, Navasota River Devil Squirrel

7) Darling New Neighbors, Every Day Is Saturday Night (I Eat Records)

8) Ghost of the Russian Empire, With Fiercest Demolition (Thirty Ghosts)

9) Midori Umi

10) Foot Foot, Ye Olde Pitchshift (Bunkhaus)

This article appears in 2006.

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