1. Arcade Fire- Neon Bible (people will disagree but I love it)
2. !!!- Myth Takes
3. Panda Bear- Person Pitch

last year...
can't remember.

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Battles - Mirrored

I don't have a third. Those two are the only albums that stand out way above the other stuff I've heard this year

Battles - mirrored
Panda bear - person pitch
Arcade fire - neon bible

2006

subtle - for hero: for fool
Joanna newsom - Ys
Tv on the radio - return to cookie mountain

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse
Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
You, You're a History in Rust - Do Make Say Think

Though if Boys and Girls in America sort of counted I'd slide that in probably instead of DMST.

I can't just choose three...

1. hissing fauna, are you the destroyer?
2. cassadaga
3. beyond

2. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
3. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Scribble Music Comic Journal

Although, this'll change a lot - because I like tons of records this year the same amount. Most releases by bands I love this year have been disappointing, and there aren't any OUTSTANDING records that I've taken to, like previous years. Unlike previous years there have been a lot more sorta really strong 9/10 albums, such as the three mentioned above and dozens of others.

nothing has come close to the Of Montreal album so far this year. That's obviously partly because I haven't heard lots and lots of what's been released so far this year, but also because very little of what I have has stuck with me. After being hooked in by a few great tracks, I've on the whole been disappointed.

Dartz! - This Is My Ship
Maccabees - Colour It In
Frank Turner - Sleep Is For The Week

2. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
3. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away

Bjork - Volta
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
yourcodenameis:milo - They came from the sun

2006

Joanna Newsom - Ys
The Blood Brothers - Young Machetes
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar/TV on the radio - Return to cookie mountain/Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche

1. Pigeon detectives - Wait for me
2. Kubichek! - Not enough night
3. Good Shoes - Think before you speak
4. Kubichek! - Not enough night
5. DARTZ! - This is my ship

Although the Biffy Clyro album will probably wipe the floor with them all....

battles - mirrored
panda bear - person pitch
of montreal - hissing fauna...

last year, probs:
beirut - gulag orkestar
joanna newsom - Ys
girl talk - night ripper

Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead...
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away

LCD Soundsystem - Sounds of Silver
Battles - Mirrored
Bjork - Volta

although there were a few others pushing for the glory (El-P, Grinderman, !!!)

Don't know about last year though, i get rid of all my albums come the end of the year, s'what all the cool kidz do. IN NEW MUSIC WE TRUST

This year:
Mirrored- Battles
A Weekend In The City- Bloc Party
Myth Takes- !!!

are the three records that have stood out. They all have so much soul, in different ways. I reckon Puzzle by Biffy Clyro will edge out !!! in my end of year list, but right now, those are my picks

Last year it was

Return To Cookie Mountain- TV on the radio
Young Machetes- Blood Brothers
Blood Mountain- Mastodon

a hard trio to beat, I think.

i'd say

panda bear
battles
raccoo-oo-oon

all ace. some other really great albums too though.

1. the Besnard Lakes
2. Hearts of black science
3. Marissa Nadler

2006
1. Gregor Samsa
2. Leichtmetall
3. Carla Bozulich

(no order)
frog eyes - tears of the valedictorian
panda bear - person pitch
hella - there's no 666 in outer space

1) Field Music - Tones of Town
2) Yourcodenameis:milo - They Came From The Sun
3) Public Relations Exercise - Come! You Are Safe Now From The Bombs (or words to that effect)

1. Hug - Heroes
2. Julian Fane - Our New Quarters
3. Charlotte Hatherley - The Deep Blue

I'm still doing my usual trick of being 6 months behind so I'm only just finishing off 2006 :)

huskey rescue- Ghost is not real
!!!- Myth Takes
ETIS- All of a sudden

still yet to hear puzzle, and porcupine tree FOABP is very much in there with those top three

1. We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse

- Would never of thought this would of been here when i first heard it but it stuck to me n i cant get it out of my head!

2. Blonde Redhead - 23

- Finnaly a noise rock album I LOVE that isn't sonic youth!

3. Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Fighting Crime

- Although an EP i have to say its nice bitey n catchy n I have high hopes of this bands full debut!

1. Grinderman - Grinderman
2. Low - Drums and Guns
3. Battles - Mirrored

I expect Shellac and Future of the Left are gonna change all that before long though.

can't honestly think of anything so far. I've only bought 2 albums that were released this year, as nothing has really interested me, apart from LCD Soundsystem.

2006:

1. The Drips - s/t
2. Spank Rock - Yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyo
3. These Arms Are Snakes - Easter

Battles
Jesu
The Field.

Maybe.

Battles - Mirrored
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead ...

In no particular order

1) Panda Bear - Person Pitch
2) Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3) Modest Mouse - We Were Dead..

1. LCD soundsystem
2. Grinderman
3. Elliott Smith (not really new I know)

LCD Soundsystem
Battles

1. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
2. Frank Turner - Sleep is for the Week
3. The National - Boxer

2. Panda Bear- Person Pitch
3. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver

2. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
3= Patrick Wolf - Magic Position/Grinderman - Grinderman

Drums & Guns
Boxer

PREDICTABLE

I could list loads.

1) Deerhunter - Crytograms
2) A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal
3) Open Mouth - Import Export

what was this year?

So far really digging

1. DHG - Supervillain Outcast
2. PsyOpus - Our Puzzling Encounters Considered
3. Something else. I'm sure there was one that comes here.

Oh and that Jesu album. And Panda Bear is good too.

1. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
2. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
3. The Ike Reilly Assassination - We Belong To The Staggering Evening

(4. Frank Turner - Sleep Is For The Week, 5. The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever)

Parenthetical Girls - Safe As Houses (released this year digitally in the UK)
Cocorosie - The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn

1-BARR - Summary
2-Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3-Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position

LCD Soundsystem 'Sound Of Silver'
Grinderman 'Grinderman'
Deerhoof 'Friend Oppurtunity'

followed by Field Music 'Tones Of Town' and Modest Mouse 'We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank'

and probably Battles 'Mirrored' when I eventually buy it.

2007:
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Battles - Mirrored

2006:
Jens Lekman - Oh, You're So Silent Jens
Islands - Return To The Sea
Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time

Big Business
Grinderman
Seabear

Everything else has been rubbish. Except the Maccabees who I know in my heart, are infact rubbish.

1. Cheeseburger - Cheeseburger
2. Pterodactyl - Pterodactyl
3. Grinderman - Grinderman

Yes, eponymous LPs rock like none other...

so
1. Melt Banana - Bambi's Dilema
2. Bjork - Volta
3. Coco Rosie or Panda Bear? or Battles?

Should be more.

Maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm Just Me
Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City

...the best that immediately spring to mind.

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Battles -Mirrored
Kill Switch Engage - As Day Light Dies

trans am - sex change
big business - here come the waterworks
the shins - wincing the night away. maybe...

Battles: Mirrored
David Thomas Broughton: The Complete Guide to Insufficiency
Panda Bear: Person Pitch

There's some other efforts which were close to making the list: The Boxer, Spiderman of the Rings, Neon Bible, Volta and Trompe-L'Oeil