Tops of 2005

Top Albums Released:

Animal Collective – Feels (Fatcat)
Antony & the Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
Danger Doom – The Mouse and the Mask (Epitaph)
Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow (XL)
Dirty Three – Cinder (Touch and Go)
Edan – Beauty and the Beat (Lewis Recordings)
The Fall – Fall Heads Roll (Sanctuary)
Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers (Drag City)
Slim Thug – Already Platinum (Geffen)
Stephen Malkmus – Face the Truth (Matador)

Top Films:

Funny Ha Ha (Bujalski)
Happy Endings (Roos)
Hustle & Flow (Brewer)
Me and You and Everyone We Know (July)
Mysterious Skin (Araki)
Palindromes (Solondz)
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (Lynch)
Shopgirl (Tucker)
Sin City (Miller/Rodriguez)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Apatow)

Top Pop Singles Released:

Beck – E-Pro (Interscope)
LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk is Playing at My House (DFA)
M.I.A. – Galang (XL)
Madonna – Hung Up (Warner)
Three Six Mafia – Stay Fly (Sony)

Top Shows Attended:

Angels of Light w/ Akron/Family, IOTA, Arlington, VA
Animal Collective, Black Cat, WDC
Ashlee Simpson, DAR Constitution Hall, WDC
Todd Barry, The Improv, WDC
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Satellite Ballroom, Charlottesville, VA
Dinosaur Jr w/ Bardo Pond & Majik Markers, 9:30 Club WDC
Keren Ann, IOTA, Arlington VA
Lansing-Dreiden, Mercury Lounge, New York City
Pixies, Charlottesville Pavilion, Charlottesville, VA
Quintron, Rocky’s Bar, Brooklyn NY