Del's favorite musical happenings in 2006

It was a solid year for music and I've decided to make a list of my top 20. Here it goes:

20. Sonic Youth- Rather Ripped
19. Beck- The Information
18. Yo La Tengo- I'm Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
17. The Coup- Pick A Bigger Weapon
16. Man Man- Six Demon Bag
15. Beirut- Gulag Orchestra
14. Destroyer- Destroyer's Rubies
13. Tapes 'N Tapes- The Loon
12. Liars- Drums Not Dead
11. Joanna Newsom- Ys
10. The Decemberists- The Crane Wife
9. Gnarls Barkley- St. Elsewhere
8. Sunset Rubdown- Shut Up I Am Dreaming
7. Thom Yorke- The Eraser
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Show Your Bones
5. Lily Allen- Alright, Still
4. Cat Power- The Greatest
3. The Raconteurs- Broken Boy Soldier
2. The Knife- Silent Shout
1. TV on the Radio- Return to Cookie Mountain

Now for my fave songs of the year (in no particular order with the exception of TV on the Radio's "Wolf Like Me" which is easily the greatest single that came out in 2006)

"Crazy"- Gnarls Barkley
"Knock 'Em Out"- Lily Allen
"The Greatest"- Cat Power
"Roscoe"- Midlake
"Blue Veins"- The Raconteurs
"We Used to Vacation"- Cold War Kids
"And I Was A Boy From School"- Hot Chip
"Be Mine Everyone"- Sam Champion
"Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken"- Camera Obscura
"Ridin'"- Chamillionaire
"Summersong"- The Decemberists
"Sad Sad City"- Ghostland Observatory
"Get Myself Into It"- The Rapture
"Wolf Like Me"- TV on the Radio
"I DOn't Feel Like Dancin'"- Scissor Sisters
"We Are the Ones"- The Coup
"English Bwudd"- Man Man
"Cellphone's Dead"- Beck
"Dani california"- Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Silent SHout"- The Knife
"European Oils"- Destroyer
"Young Folks"- Peter, Bjorn and John
"In the Morning"- Jumior Boys
"Smiley Faces"- Gnarls Barkely
"Insistor"- Tapes 'N Tapes
"Black Swan"- Thom Yorke
"Pull Shapes"- The Pipettes
"Hospital Beds"- Cold War Kids
"Yours To Keep"- The Teddybears
"Gold Lion"- Yeah yeah yeahs
"Fake Tales of San Francisco"- The Arctic Monkeys
"Totes Probs Maybs Theme Song"- Jack Dolgen
"Steady As She Goes"- The Raconteurs
"Massive Nights"- The Hold Steady
"The Funeral"- Band of Horses
"Pushover"- The Long Winters
"Smile"- Lily Allen
"You Eyes Are Liars"- Sound Team
"Sexy Back"- Justin Timberlake
"Like A Pen"- The Knife
"Ain't No Other Man"- Christina Aguillera
"Multiply"- Jamie Lidell
"Wildcat"- Ratatat
"Another One Goes By"- The Walkmen
"Star Witness"- Neko Case
"They Took A Vote and said No"- Sunset Rubdown
"Mr. Tough"- Yo La Tengo
"Winter Tour"- Britta Persson
"Incinerate"- Sonic Youth"
"Let's make Love and Listen Death From Above"- CSS
"Joker and the Thief"- Wolfmother
"Good Weekend"- Art Brut
"Goin' Against Your Mind"- Built to Spill
"The Book I Write"- Spoon