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My Top Ten of 2006

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Patrick James
Writer / Former GOOD Managing Editor

December 20, 2006 • 4:11 pm PST
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1. The Mars Volta - AMPUTECTURE

2. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain

3. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House

4. Two Gallants - What the Toll Tells

5. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar

6. Thee More Shallows - Monkey vs. Shark EP

7. Mogwai - Mr. Beast

8. Cat Power - The Greatest

9. Born Ruffians - Eponymous EP

10. Starlight Mints - Drowaton

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Honorable Mention: Jeremy Enigk, My Mourning Jacket, Band of Horses, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Wolfmother, Girl Talk, Sonic Youth, Bob Dylan, Thom Yorke, Sean Lennon, The Rapture, Sufjan Stevens, Joanna Newsome, Gnarls Barkely, Jamie Lidell, Mastadon, Timberlake.

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