This idea was stolen from squigglycircle’s journal.

1 Radiohead
They pretend to think that “Creep” is crap so that they appear more high-brow or something, when it was a perfectly good song. They criticize Coldplay too much – Coldplay don’t claim to be an adventurous, artsy band, and no one is under any illusions that they’re anything other than a relatively boring soft-rock band with a few good songs.

2 The Mountain Goats
Get Lonely was maybe a little too mopey and subtle, but I dunno. I definitely think they should go back to their older style. Also, their…

I sat down to write introduction on December 28. Last year I wrote my entire end-of-year summary in one sitting, but this year I’m starting my introduction before having actually finalized my choice of the top ten albums of the year. This year was not the greatest year for new releases, in my opinion. But in the absence of an excess of new albums for me to buy, I have managed to fill some shocking gaps in my music collection. I bought The Flaming Lips’ The Soft Bulletin, Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like…

Sufjan Stevens is a folk singer; a singer-songwriter. He plays acoustic guitar, and banjo, and sings gently in that lovely, soft voice of his. His fans listen to Iron & Wine and other such acoustic folksters. He is the archetypal example of the typical acoustic singer-songwriters that have been enjoying a revival of popularity as of late. Just listen to For The Widows In Paradise, John Wayne Gacy, Jr or Size Too Small and you’ll know that he is a wonderful folksy singer-songwriter, with a quaint love of the archaic instrument that is the banjo.
Listen to The Man…

2005 has been a great year in music for me. At the start of the year I was mostly listening to rubbish I wouldn't go anywhere near now, I have discovered countless new bands, artists and styles, and my music tastes have matured a lot. I have gone through fascinations with rap, nu-metal, progressive, folk, post-rock and indie-pop throughout the year, as well as various other styles of music – for a short period I was even interested in emo. I like to think I listen to a little bit of all styles of music now, but at the moment…