Is 2005 turning out to be a good year for music?

[sonickteam2]

my top 5 of the year....
 
 Chemical Brothers
 M83 (was that this year?)
 Mike Doughty
 Ben Folds
 Mercury Rev

[Bags]

Originally posted by JohnnyBaconbitz:
 Brendan Benson

Definitely!
 
 And Tegan & Sara is my favorite so far (very tight race with Decemberists, but that T&S album is so catchy I listen to it nearly constantly...)

[stu47]

a leak of the new sufjan stevens Illinois disc is making its way around some of the bit torrent communities, and....its pretty damn good (so, I think its another potential highlight for the list)

[amnesiac]

One from Broken Social Scene later this year, and then two more next year

[Bags]

Originally posted by buddha:
  One from Broken Social Scene later this year, and then two more next year

Doesn't that seem odd to already know and have announced?

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by buddha:
  One from Broken Social Scene later this year, and then two more next year

Doesn't that seem odd to already know and have announced? [/b]

Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew on Next Album: "It's Raw Fucking Puke and Love"

[njproc]

So far so good: New Order (in a class by itself), Bloc Party (caffeine fueled fantastic), plus Ivy (average for them, but still worth a listen), m83, and the new Gorillaz, Annie (U.S. release) and Kanye West still upcoming.  
 
 And OK, Coldplay as well...

[brennser]

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
   

Originally posted by brennser:
  the new British Sea Power is good, but not as good as their last one

Hi brennser - I agree. I've listened heavily and it's just not taking.
 
 [/b]

this popmatters reviewer pretty much sums up how I feel about the album
 
 "The result is a real mixed bag. A third of the tracks sound distinctly like an edgeless Pulp. These include "Be Gone", "Like a Honeycomb", "The Land Beyond". "To Get to Sleep" even has Pulp-ish subject-matter: "Propylene across your eyes / To take me to the land of sighs." Then there are songs like "Please Stand Up" that sound like a weary Power of Dreams.
 
 This is not to say that the songs are inherently bad but there's no denying they let us down. The potential is definitely there, but I can't help feeling that BSP have taken a step back from the promise of their first outing. "

[kosmo vinyl]

Don't forget about my approved and highly recommended 2005 releases
 
 Sugarplastic - Will
 De Novo Dahl - Cats and Kittens (as heard on WOXY)
 
 Also looking forward to US releases of
 Do Me Bad Things
 The Black Velvets
 The Dead 60s
 
 Need to get my mitts on Maximo Park, M.I.A., and listen some more to the Brazilian Girls record.