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10. beirut - gulag orkestar
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9. vetiver - to find me gone
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8. neko case - fox confessor brings the flood
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7. sunset rubdown - shut up i am dreaming
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6. evangelicals - so gone
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5. horse feathers - words are dead
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4. band of horses - everything all the time
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3. m. ward - post war
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2. bonnie "prince" billy - the letting go
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1. grizzly bear - yellow house
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10. the decemberists - picaresque
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9. sufjan stevens - illinios
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8. belle and sebastian - push barman to open old wounds
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7. ryan adams & the cardinals - cold roses
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6. antony and the johnsons - i am a bird now
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5. devendra banhart - cripple crow
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4. jens lekman - oh you're so silent, jens
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3. ryan adams & the cardinals - jacksonville city nights
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2. sigur rós - takk...
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1. bright eyes - i'm wide awake, it's morning
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wolf parade - apologies to the queen mary

in any normal year, this would surely be top 5, but 2005 was just an amazing year for great music - it will probably be the year I tell my kids was the best year for music in my lifetime, like my dad's 1973.

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10. devendra banhart - rejoicing in the hands
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9. elbow - cast of thousands
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8. loretta lynn - van lear rose
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7. iron and wine - our endless numbered days
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6. wilco - a ghost is born
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5. the dears - no cities left
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4. the unicorns - who will cut our hair when we're gone?
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3. arcade fire - funeral
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2. ryan adams - love is hell
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1. interpol - antics
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10. my morning jacket - it still moves
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9. fruit bats - mouthfuls
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8. the postal service - give up
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7. manitoba - up in flames
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6. vetiver - s/t
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5. the decemberists - her majesty
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4. the shins - chutes too narrow
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3. sufjan stevens - greetings from michigan: the great lake state
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2. sun kil moon - ghosts of the great highway
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1. broken social scene - you forgot it in people
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10. neko case - blacklisted
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9. elbow - asleep in the back
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8. bright eyes - lifted or the story is in the soil, keep your ear to the ground
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7. spoon - kill the moonlight
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6. south - from here on in
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5. josh rouse - under the cold blue stars
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4. interpol - turn on the bright lights
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3. beck - sea change
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2. sigur rós - ( )
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1. wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot
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