Better nate than leather. Finally decided on the best LP’s of 2005, but I bet you a couple of daffodils that I change it some time. So anyway regarding the british isles it appears that Sheffield has beaten Newcastle, who in turn have beaten Birmingham, and all 3 have beaten the ass off Leeds’ naff effort. Muwahhaha. Ugh, what a terrible image I’ve made for this. Sorry about that.

1. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s …
   Well rock me out ours boys have done it! The lyrics are so funny that i’ll collapse in laughter, but the beat will soon grab me back up. And I still have yet to see the buggers live.
2. Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger
   Spent the whole year at the top of my list and are then beaten at the last moment. Shame.
3. Rufus Wainwright – Want Two
   This guy is infectious in every way possible (yes probably including that way too).
4. Editors – The Back Room
   There’s something wow-some and dark about this LP, it’s pretty disposable too but somehow that doesn’t matter.
5. The Organ – Grab That Gun
   I think this is a few years old in some countries but hay ho, i love it to bits. It’s a bit like a more rocky and interesting blonde.
6. M.I.A. – Arular
   Totally addictive um… english dance-hall? is it? dunno, I barely understand a lot of it. Haha
7. The New Pornographer… – Twin Cinema
   How do I describe this one? I can’t, its sort of glammy, and prog-rocky. That must make it sound terrible, but it really isn’t!
8. Ladytron – Witching Hour
   Electro-pop rules!
9. Sigur Ros – Takk…
   As does strange psychodelic chilled out weirdness from europe somewhere.
10. Doves – Some Cities
    Some beautiful things going on here, good ol’ down to earth british indie, ya can’t beat it.

The full list (There are 72 LP’s!) + any future updates are here

It’s end of year lists time again. Where does the year go? Who the heck knows. I’ve still got a huge pile of music I haven’t even touched yet so i’ll have to put the best music of 2005 list off for a bit. So i’ll do best films instead. Hmm, it isn’t any easier, there are more films i want to see but haven’t than films I have but i don’t care about films as much as music so… Also, it’s a little tricky to say which films are 2005 or not, because the release dates are always screwed up, some of these films are years old but were only shown in the UK this year. Any poop, here’s my favourite films of 2005 (as far as i have seen, or can remember seeing), you can click and hope for a description, but usually you’ll be disappointed. ha.

1. Der Untergang
2. Koktebel
3. Crash
4. Santa Sangre
5. Dare Mo Shiranai
6. Dead Mans Shoes
7. Batman Begins
8. Million Dollar Baby
9. Napoleon Dynamite
10. Garden State
11. My Summer of Love
12. Sideways
13. The Incredibles
14. Vera Drake
15. Tarnation
16. Notte Buongiorno
17. Ray
18. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Gal…
19. Speak
20. Mysterious Skin
21. Sin City
22. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zisso…
23. Swimming Upstream
24. Comme une Image
25. The Aviator
26. Shi Mian Mai Fu
27. De Tweeling
28. Geoul Sokeuro
29. Duma
30. Inside Im Dancing
31. Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story!
32. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge …
33. Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfo…
34. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
35. I Heart Huckabees
36. Mibu Gishi Den
37. Melinda and Melinda
38. Kinsey
39. Being Julia
40. The Woodsman
41. Closer
42. 9 Songs