Goodbye 2005

This will be the very last post of 2005 for PolloxNiner. Nostalgic and wistful for the passing year but (hooray) excited for a fresh new start! Lots of great shows, albums, and interviews were of topic in 2005. Lots of bad ones, too. I could go into some elaborate dissertation with a couple of 'Best Of' and 'Worst Of' lists but I fear I'd bore myself to tears. Rather, let's look at 2005 (and years beyond) through music, shall we?
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To celebrate the New Year proper, I'm unloading a tiny yet random cross-section of music for you. What this means is: (1) you must download within a week or these MP3s will expire, and (2) if you like what you hear, please support these artists and buy the album.
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Enjoy!
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The Album Leaf - "Micro Melodies (Live)"
Animal Collective - "Grass"
Barcelona - "Robot Trouble"
Beatbox Saboteurs - "Seaside"
Benjamin Theves - "Texas"
Blackalicious - "Powers"
Brian Eno - "This"
Broken Social Scene - "Shoreline"
Bruce Springsteen - "Highway Patrolman"
Capitol K - "Pillow"
Chad VanGaalen - "Chronograph #1"
Eels - "Old Shit/New Shit"
Electrelane - "On Parade" 
Field Music - "Shorter Shorter"
Isolee - "My Hi-Matic"
Jeff Hanson - "Hiding Behind The Moon"
Kapow! - "Sunny Lee"
Late Guest (At The Party) - "Carl Lewis Versus The Party"
Laura Cantrell - "14th Street"
Lightning Bolt - "A Diet of Grapes And Nuts"
Minotaur Shock - "Vigo Bay"
Monolake - "Digitalis"
Monster & Maskiner - "I Won't Stay"
My Morning Jacket - "Gideon"
The Narrator - "Pregnant Boys"
New Order with Ana Matronic - "Jetstream (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)"
Nobody - "The Coast Is Clear (For Fireworks)"
Okkervil River - "For Real"
Rothko - "Red Cells"
Stephen Malkmus - "Do Not Feed The Oyster"
Sufjan Stevens - "Come On Feel the Illinoise"
Tarwater vs Rechenzentrum - "Treptow"
Tom Vek - "If You Want (Live From London)"
XTC - "Spiral"
Zoot Woman - "Holiday Home (Live at AB)"
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Amazon
Insound
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And looking ahead to 2006...
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The Gossip - "Fire With Fire"
The Gossip - "Listen Up"
From Standing In The Way of Control (out January 24, 2006)
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Dabrye - "No Child of God (Instrumental)"
Tom Middleton presents Amba - "Margherita"
From Fabric 26: Global Communication (out March 7, 2006)
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PLUS... SXSW, Coachella, Coachella the Documentary releases theatrically January 24, Sigur Ros starts U.S. tour February 6, New Strokes and Fugees album early 2006, Elefant album releases April 18, Morningwood Record Release Show @ Bowery Ballroom on Jan 11, Nicolai Dunger releases album on March 14, Goldfrapp releases album March 7, David Gilmour's album releases March 7, Stereolab plays Town Hall on March 17 & 18, Flecktones album releases February 14, ... and much, much more.
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Until then, Happy New Year!
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Love, Sunny
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The Music Plays On For You Philip

Comments

[Ellen]

Wowzers.

40 MP3s - Happy New Year indeed. How big is your music stash anyway?

[Paul]

PROPER!

Nice post. And lots of great mp3s -- fucking Capitol K's "Pillow" and Jeff Hansons's "Hiding Behind the Moon" and the new Gossip songs. It's like an eclectic John Peel collection.

[Yancy]

"Treptow" and "On Parade"? What does your music crate look like? Bloody hell, it must be broad pickings.

I'm not so much impressed by all the Sufjan Stevens and Broken Social Scene -- you had the moxie to post Rothko and Beatbox Saboteurs with Bruce Springsteen and Lightning Bolt.

Well done. Nice splice of music.

the new fabric's quite downtempo. nice hearing global communication's getting on with it.

[anonymous]

i'm relatively new to the "music scene" but reading different music blogs everyday gives me an idea if what is being listened to and talked about by people.

inevitably, i have noticed that they all pretty much talk about the same bands and musicians. so it's nice to see someone take a leap forward and post songs that are older but bonafide greats. you also posted some yet-to-be-released songs as well. clearly you have a great deal of music knowledge but i like your approach to it. very eclectic is right.

and i can see why you like the music blogs that you do (on the right side of your blog).

thanks and have a great new year.

[Rob]

Love your music head!

Yow. Great songs Sunny.

Brilliant!

why r pushing this whole "support artists" thing?

[Sunny]

Supporting the artist, and not just downloading mp3s from various blogs, is what keeps mp3 bloggers alive and thriving. Lest the IFPI or a label serves up a C&D.

Plus, don't you feel all tingly inside when you know you're supporting artists that do something creative, something that you can take home and enjoy? We just offer a track or two for a sampling -- you do the rest, which means you have to go to Amazon, Insound, to the label or band's website and order it.

If you need more fuel, read this: http://www.mysteryandmisery.com/article/330/moistworks-mp3-blogger-coming-under-fire

Plus, I think you're just being silly for asking. Any legit mp3 blogger will tell you the same thing. Pirated music isn't cool -- and it's not about the quantity of music you have. It's about quality.

[Mark]

Well said Sunny. I think that's what sets the good blogs from the bad blogs. Mp3 blogs try to spread indie music to the masses by creating a venue for their music - and by giving them promotion and publicity. Some labels trust certain bloggers (like Sunny, I'm sure) and send these mp3 bloggers music to post because they realize that it's a good avenue for promoting their music.

It's not to be abused. Besides, what's the use in paying for music, hosting, and blog services and when you're just going to turn around and screw these bands over by irresponsible downloading?

Support the artists. Thanks

[inyourface]

if you don't support artists.....then what the fuck are you doing on this blog? get a life.

nicely put sunny.

[danny]

excellent post!

happy new year!

[corey]

This is the way to usher in the New Year.

Hot dang! Happy New Year you hottie!

[CASH]

I'm sure Philip would be most happy to hear it, Sunny. See you tonight. x

[Gordon]

Happy New Year, Polloxniner!

Love your music and I thought you should know. We rock out to your tooonz here at our dorms at Stanford University.

- Gordon

[Young Poisoner]

Yay! Happy New Year!

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