Favorite Songs of 2006

these are mostly album cuts, i'm sure there are a lot of great singles that i'm missing

Artic Monkeys - "I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
Belle & Sebastian - "For the Price of a Cup of Tea"
Ben Kweller - "I Gotta Move"
Camera Obscura - "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken"
Camera Obscura - "Let's Get Out of This Country"
Drive-By Truckers - "Easy on Yourself"
The Essex Green - "Don't Know Why (You Stay)"
Islands - "Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby"
Morrissey - "You Have Killed Me"
Neko Case - "The Needle Has Landed"
Phoenix - "Rally"
The Raconteurs - "Steady As She Goes"
TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
Voxtrot - "Soft & Warm"

Voxtrot- Trouble
Essex Green - Penny and Jack
Islands - Rough Gem
Neko Case - Star Witness
Belle and Sebastian - Dress Up in You
Sonic Youth - Do you believe in Rapture?
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Born Secular
Joanna Newsom - Monkey and Bear
Mountain Goats - Woke Up New
Oxford Collapse - Please Visit Your National Parks

Originally posted by Graace:
Essex Green - Penny and Jack
Islands - Rough Gem

upon further reflection, i'd probably go with these two instead of the ones i listed … "rough gem" is awesome …

Heartless Bastards - Searching for the Ghost
Heartless Bastards - Finding Solutions
Essex Green - Rue De Lis
The Thermals - Test Pattern
+/- - Steal the Blueprints
The Takeovers - Be It Not for the Serpentine Rain Dodger
Pernice Brothers - Automation
Shearwater - White Waves

Off the top of my head….

Human Television - Tonight's the Night
The Elected - The Bank and Trust
Beirut - Postcard from Italy
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
The Black Keys - Have Mercy on Me
Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles

absolute favorite, must have listened to hundreds of times

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's 'Quiet as a Mouse'

second favorite

Islands 'Where Theres A Will Theres a Whalebone'….genius of a song

others

Belle and Sebastian 'Funny Little Frog'
Destroyer 'Painter in Your Pocket'
The Burning Leaves 'Murder List'
deadboy and the Elephantmen 'Stop, I'm already Dead'
+/- 'Steal the Blueprints' with 'Summer dress' a close second
Cathal Coughlan and the Grand Necropolitan Quartet 'Rat Poison Rendevous'
The Automatic 'Raoul'
The Howling Bells 'Setting Sun'
Jarvis Cocker 'Cunts are still running the world'
Blow Up Hollywood 'WMD'
The Secret Machines 'I Hate Pretending'
The Blue Aeroplanes 'Love Come Round' (Swagger got the deluxe reissue treatment in 2006)
Alejandro Escovedo 'Sacramento and Polk' (Old song that was on his 2006 CD)
Gomez 'How We Operate'…probably a minute too long but still a great song and great inro/build-up
Camera Obscura 'Lloyd I'm ready to be heartbroken'
Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs 'Alone Again Or'…..yes Vulnerable Bede I know its an old song….
The Dears 'Death or life we want you'
The Essex Green 'Uniform' and 'Rabbit' are this weeks favorites, I think its interesting we all have a different favorite for these guys - shows how strong the album is
Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys 'Little Boy Don't Lose Your Balls'
Chris Whitley and Bastard Club 'Are Friends Electric?'

Originally posted by brennser:
The Essex Green 'Uniform' and 'Rabbit' are this weeks favorites, I think its interesting we all have a different favorite for these guys - shows how strong the album is

Honestly, I think that is the strongest album put out this year. For awhile I thought it was going to be TVOTR. but this is the one I keep coming back to time and time again.

"Gravity's Gone" DBT.
"Uh Wuh Oh" Bobby Bare Jr.
"Enough to Get Away" Joseph Arthur
"Lloyd I'm Ready to be Heartbroken" Camera Obscura
"Hold On, Hold On" Neko Case
"London, London" Cibelle
"Amor Porteno" Gotan Project
"I Gotta Move" Ben Kweller

Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:

"Hold On, Hold On" Neko Case
"I Gotta Move" Ben Kweller

what steny said…

Some great choices already listed here. more to come from me but for now

The Loud Family - "Pop Song 99" This comeback maybe a contender for my top five this year.
Middle Distance Runner - "That's A Lie"
The Hard Tomorrows - "Patterns"
Alice Smith - "Fake Is The New Real"

though i agree with many of the songs so far, i actually prefer:

camera obscura: if true looks could kill
secret machines: alone, jealous, and stoned (one of the best opening songs ive ever seen)
neko case: maybe sparrow

there are others i like but i cant think of them right now. a lot of poppier songs like the cardigans: i need some fine wine and you you need to be nicer.

I prefer "Come Back Margaret" (Camera Obscura)

Islands - "Rough Gem"
Band of Horses - "The Funeral"
Okkervil River - "President's Dead"
Cursive - "Big Bang"
TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
Destroyer - "European Oils"
Jenny Lewis - "The Big Guns"
Beirut - "Postcards From Italy"
Thom Yorke - "Harrowdown Hill"
Shearwater - "Red Sea, Black Sea"
Tilly & The Wall - "Bad Education"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Way Out"
The Strokes - "Electricityscape"
Arctic Monkeys - "The View From The Afternoon"
The Hold Steady - "Party Pit"
Decemberists - "The Crane Wife 3"
Eric Bachmann - "Man O' War"
Cat Power - "The Greatest"
Danielson - "Did I Step On Your Trumpet?"
Annuals - "Brother"

thom yorke - analyze
band of horses - wicked gil
clearlake - no kind of life
tv on the radio - i was a lover
the walkmen - emma get me a lemon
ghostface - 9 mili bros
belle & sebatian - another sunny day
sonic youth - incinerate

Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
"I Gotta Move" Ben Kweller

this song is just so addictive

Cat Power: Living Proof
Les Claypool: One Better
Bob Dylan: Thunder on the Mountain
TVOTR: Wolf Like Me

looks like "wolf like me" is the consensus winner at this point…

Personally, I'd go with Province. But that's just me.

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
looks like "wolf like me" is the consensus winner at this point…

Originally posted by brennser:

The Howling Bells 'Setting Sun'

I love this song and this whole album, definitely one of the best of the year.

And I've been suitably inspired by this thread to go out and buy the Essex Green album. I like it. It sounds… kinda like the Howling Bells.