“Best of 2006″ – My favorite releases from the past year.

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Adam Arcuragi – 1981 – S/T
Uzeda – Steam, Rain & Other Stuff – Stella – N
Wire – Heartbeat – Chairs Missing – 1978, reissued.
Oakley Hall – Volume Rambler – Second Guessing – One of two records this band released last year.
Comets On Fire – Sour Smoke – Avatar – N
Armalite – Unfinished Business – S/T – Members of Atom & His Package, Amateur Party, Paint It Black and Kid Dynamite.
Bottomless Pit – Human Out Of Me – S/T – N – www.bottomlesspit.us

Black Time – Shadows – Blackout
Jennifer O’Connor – Turn It Down – Over The Mountain, Across The Valley & Back To The Stars – N
Cold Crush Brothers – Weekend – Big Apple Rappin’ – C – “The Early Days Of Hip-Hop Culture In New York City 1979-1982.”
Parts & Labor – Drastic Measures – Stay Afraid
Home Blitz – Stupid Street – 45 – N
The Soft Drugs – Defending The Paint – In Moderation – N
Rejects – Technique Street – Messthetics Greatest Hits – C – “The Sounds Of DIY 1977-80.”

Battleship – Pressure Pressure – S/T
Oneida – Thank Your Parents – Happy New Year
Espers – Moon Occults The Sun – Espers II
Man Man – Tunneling Through The Guy – Six Demon Bag
The Thermals – Power Doesn’t Run On Nothing – The Body The Blood The Machine – N – Not a great record, but a great song.
LaVice & Company – Thoughs Were The Days – Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal – C – N
Eleventh Dream Day – Dissolution – Zeroes & Ones

Mission Of Burma – Man In Decline – The Obliterati
Mammatus – Dragon Of The Deep Part One – S/T
The Evens – No Money – Get Evens – N
Mountain High – Catholic Cookie Cutters – 45
Dead Moon – 40 Miles Of Bad Road – Echoes Of The Past – N – Retrospective.
Fannie & The Varcells – Inside Of Me – Philly Soul Girls – C
Fucked Up – Two Snakes – Hidden World – N

Solar Anus – Enemy Disappear – Skull Alcoholic – N

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