Best of 2006 - Records

It's that time of the year. Every one is publishing his/her personal list, and every one includes me.

Here it is, my top 15 records of 2006:

	15- The Thermals: The Body, The Blood, The Machine Obscure maniac indie/indie-punk record. None the less an inspired and inspiring, album with a lot of thought... on a facist Christian government - we don't care.
	14- Figurines - Skeleton Surprising 90's Indie rock from Danish rock band... hum, danish.
	13- The Loved Ones - Keep Your Heart The guys from The Loved Ones were involved/managing/organizing shows in Philly before you were born. And it shows on their solid Fat Wreck debut.
	12- Alexisonfire - Crisis Despite shooting a real bad video for "Boiled Frog", the song and the entire album are fierce, aggressive and intense.
	11- Moneen - The Red Tree The band's most mature effort so far, expanding Moneen's unconstructed horizons while preserving the band dynamic high/low sound arrangments.
	10- Built To Spill - You In Reverse One band is finally bringing back 8 minutes long songs with a 4 minutes guitar riff in the middle.
	9- Mobile - Tomorrow starts today Everyone has its own guilty pleasure. Just don't tell your guy friends.
	8- Magneta Lane - Dancing with Daggers All female - and sexy - Canadian trio brings back original rock and proves that MSTRKRFT can produce albums with something else than noises.
	7- Set Your Goals - Mutiny! Positive blend of engaged hardcore and pop, Bay-Area kids deliver a highly enjoyable first effort.
	6- Malajube - Trompe l'oeil Montreal indie-rockers arranged eclectic sounds in the best, most unexpected francophone record of 2006.
	5- The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta! Straight up punk record from Chicago's trio: Energetic, aggressive and a bit on the sentimental side. No worries, duel vocals won't make you look like a wuss.
	4- Ignite - Our Darkest Days After more tha 6 years of waiting, Ignite was back in 2006 with the best hardcore record of the year.
	3- The Sounds - Dying to say this to you This one came out of the left field. If by left field you mean 80's Swedish synth-pop.
	2- The Bouncing Souls - The Gold Record It's 20 years later and NJ punk veterans prove they can still deliver fresh melodic punk better than any of the youngsters out there.
	1- The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America While all college frat boys are listening to John Mayer, the real drunk/stoned party happens here. For cool kids only.

2006 wasn't so bad after all.