Top 10 Picks | 2006
Fiery Furnaces: Bitter Tea (Fat Possum)
Flaming Lips: At War With The Mystics (WB)
Hidden Cameras: Awoo (Arts & Crafts)
Ray LaMontagne: Till The Sun Turns Black (RCA)
Jeffrey & Jack Lewis: City & Eastern Songs (Rough Trade)
Midlake: Trials Of Van Occupanther (Bella Union)
Juana Molina: Son (Domino)
Talkdemonic: Beat Romantic (Arena Rock Recording Co.)
TV On The Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
Honorable Mentions | 2006
The Beatles / Love / Apple - Capitol
Tom Waits / Orphans, Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards / Anti
Elbow / Leaders of the Free World / V2
10 CD’s To Make Detroiters Proud | 2006
Dabrye: Two/Three (Ghostly International)
His Name Is Alive: Detrola (Silver Mountain)
Hot Club Of Detroit: Hot Club of Detroit (Mack Avenue)
Denise James: Promises (Rainbow Quartz)
Stephanie Loveless: Steffie Sings For Her Sex Change (self released)
Chris Moore: Moore & Sons Us Fools (Triumphant Sound)
Nomo: New Tones (Ubiquity)
Outrageous Cherry: Stay Happy (Rainbow Quartz)
Slumber Party: Musik (Kill Rock Stars)
The Strange: The Strange a.k.a Blue Album (strangemusic.net)
Honorable Mentions:
Greg Utech: Concrete Jungles (Soundbite)
The Paybacks: Love, Not Reason (Savage Jams)
The Hard Lessons: Wise Up! (Kiss and Dwell)
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