Artist	Song
Andrew Bird	Sovay
The National	Val Jester
Bright Eyes	Old Soul Song (For The New World Order)
Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	Bed Is For Sleeping
Sam Prekop	C+F
Antony And The Johnsons	Hope There's Someone
Vic Chesnutt	Ignorant People
Clem Snide	The Sound Of German Hip-Hop
Destroyer	New Ways Of Living
South San Gabriel	I Feel Too Young To Die
Piano Magic	Love & Music
Caribou	Yeti
The Books	An Owl With Knees
The Impossible Shapes	Bombs
Drowsy	Bright Dawn
The Skygreen Leopards	Belle Of The Woodman's Autumn Ball
Jeff Hanson	Now We Know
Richmond Fontaine	Incident At Conklin Creek
Denison Witmer	It Takes Time

Comment:

Too many great records out this year, here's volume II of my favorite albums/songs for 2005.
1. from Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs (Fargo) 2. from Alligator (Beggars Banquet) 3. from I'm Wide Awake It's Morning (Saddle Creek) 4. from Superwolf (Drag City-Domino) 5. from Who's Your New Professor (Thrill Jockey) 6. from I Am A Bird Now (Secretly Canadian) 7. from Ghetto Bells (New West) 8. from End Of Love (Fargo) 9. from Notorious Lightning And Other Works EP (Merge) 10. from The Carlton Chronicles: Not Until The Operation's Through (Munich) 11. from Disaffected (Talitres) 12. from The Milk Of Human Kindness (Leaf) 13. from Lost And Safe (Tomlab) 14. from Horus (Secretly Canadian) 15. from Growing Green (Fat Cat) 16. from Life & Love In Sparrow's Meadow (Jagjaguwar) 17. from Jeff Hanson (Kill Rock Stars) 18. from The Fitzgerald (El Cortez) (19. from The River Bends...And Flows Into The Sea (Bad Taste): note that I'm fully aware of the fact that The River... was already released in the US in May 2004 by Tooth & Nail Records, but in Europe it was released in 2005 and I only got it last week)

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