ok well i wanted to do a best of 2006 journal but then i realised that i did way too much back catologuing artists fromt the past year to really do that. so in no particular order i will mention a few albums i liked that came out this year.
EPs
new young pony club self titled ep
fire! santa rosa, fire! you seize the sky i seize the city
I heart hiroshima candy cut ep
200 motels self title ep
professor murder professor murder rides the subway
the valentinos damn and damn again
lady strangelove selftitled ep
lPs
the…

bands i have seen live this year, i just started going to live music this year cause i finally live in a semi cosmopolitan city. I also turned 18 this year so all the emo bands are fromt the first half of the year before i could get into good gigs not to say that they arent talented or anything.
the subways
wolfmother
magic numbers
shihad
Cog
Iggy and the Stooges
the white stripes
Mars Volta
hot lies X2
bit by bats X3
wendy icon x2
her latest flame
Angela's dish
The getaway plan x3
Liability of my own
Wishful…

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So went to the buzzcocks last nite. it so cool that these guys are still touring. I mean they have shared stages with the sex pistols and the clash just to name afew. they are punk rock legends. this was probably the best moment of their set. the camera got wobly a few times as people were going crazy behind me. the sound quality seems worse on youtube than the original file there seems to be more crackling noises in the background but as sound goes it is quite distinguisable.
Im probably going to make a photo blog for…

Recently each year there seems to be the big british "it" band that has all the hipsters talking,
In 2003: the libertines are better known for their front mans less than stellar publc behavior and various drug addictions than there music. they were probably the most punk ,Sex Pistols and Buzzcocks stye punk. they also had the garage revival thing that the Strokes had aswell.
2004:Franz Ferdinand/ the futureheads( tie)
Fanz Ferdinand are just plain awesome with their making post punk music that girls can dance to. there isnt much to say about them that hasnt…

this may come off as pretentious but i dont think a good punk album has come out since 1980. When i say punk i dont mean hardcore punk, postpunk or poppunk.
I just started listening to Wire and have been totally blown away. They sound a bit like The sex pistols and the Clash. But, a sex pistols with technical skill and did not implode on itself and a Clash without the experimentalism with dub, Rap and Ragae. Lets not forget the buzzcocks who in my opinion are extremely underated and are always overlooked. I could never really get…

I have recently been listening to more music since I started using Last Fm. Here is a short summary of my finds and what I think about them.
The Rapture: they have that " disco - Punk " thing going on almost electroclash but a bit less electronica. I really like there song " house of Jealous lovers" and "olio". In my opinion subastantially better thanThe Bravery or the killers. I predict their next album will be huge especially with the help of their new producerDanger Mouse responsible Gnarles Barkely hit crazy.
the Rakes Pretty good…

So there is a magazine called Rip It Up in the Small City Of Adelaide ,Austalia. Its basically a free magazine that comes out each week with info on local happenings like gigs and festivals. They had at one time a section where they printed peoples Mixed "Tapes". I put quotation marks around Tapes as it isnt literally a tape or even a cd its just an arbitary list of songs. So my call to fame seems to be the fact that I got my playlist in there. the Mixed Tape is as follows:
jacquline
Helicopter
Blue Monday
Digital
Crystal…