Quickly

Here is a quick list of albums that I really liked this year that could make my official top 10 list of 2005:

• Apologies to the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade
• Silent Alarm - Bloc Party
• LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
• Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
• Late Registration - Kanye West
• In Case We Die - Architecture in Helsinki
• The Best Party Ever - The Boy Least Likely To
• Cripple Crow - Devendra Banhart
• Employment - Kaiser Chiefs
• Arular - M.I.A.
• Twin Cinema - the New Pornographers
• Howl Howl Gaff Gaff - the Shout Out Louds
• The Woods - Sleater-Kinney

As you can probably figure out, that is more than 10 albums1. But I think those are my favorite releases of 20052. Some of these I am surprised were released in 20053, but that helps make the list even better. I shall finish said list by the end of the month.

1. 14 to be exact.
2. A few notable exceptions to this preliminary cut: Lullabies to Paralyze - Queens of the Stone Age, Guero - Beck, Howl - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. All 3 are highly recommended, but not quite as strong througout as the above mentioned.
3. Those are: Bloc Party, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., and Kaiser Chiefs. It seems like those have been out forever.