Evan "Funk" Davies's Best of 2006

Based on painstaking analysis of my 2006 playlists, along with some good old-fashioned gut-based truthiness, I present my favorites from this year broken down into four handy categories: New full-length releases, new singles/EPs (7", 12", CD, MP3, etc.), various artists compilations and reissues/collections.

(All listen links are streaming Real Audio from the WFMU Archives. Check out all the Best of 2006 lists!)

Evan "Funk" Davies's Top 10 Plus 6 of 2006

	1. The Leather Uppers Bright Lights (Goner) Listen to "Bigger Than A Breadbox"		2. Hank IV Third Person Shooter (Hook or Crook) Listen to "Got Got"
	3. Curse Ov Dialect Wooden Tongues (Mush) Listen to "Sticks and Stones"		4. Witch Witch (TeePee) Listen to "Witch"
	5. Pharaoh Overlord 4 (Ektro) Listen to "Dark Side"		6. Marked Men Fix My Brain (Swami) Listen to "Fix My Brain"
	7. Major Stars Synoptikon (Important) Listen to "Collapsing"		The Cuts From Here On Out (Birdman) Listen to "I'm Not Down"
	9. McFadden's Parachute Hammerdown (self-released) Listen to "Sugar 1970"		10. T. Raumschmiere Random Noize Sessions (Shitkatapult) Listen to "Die Alte Leier"

(the +6 are after the jump, along with singles/EPs, collections and re-issues)

11. Boyskout - Another Life (Three Ring)
12. Towers Of London - Blood Sweat & Towers (TVT)
13. The Husbands - There's Nothing I'd Like More Than To See You Dead (Swami)
14. Rogers Sisters - Invisible Deck (Too Pure)
15. Prozack Turner - Bangathon (Pockets Linted)
16. The Heartaches - Too Cool For School (Swami)

26 more from 2006, in alphabetical order

Alarm Clocks - The Time Has Come (Norton)
Allen Oldies Band - Live And Delirious On Jersey City's WFMU (Freedom)
Antonius Block - I Dated The Devil (Trost)
Awesome Color - s/t (Ecstatic Peace)
Bellrays - Have A Little Faith (Cheap Lullaby)
Cyril Lords - Motherland (No Fun)
Eagles Of Death Metal - Death By Sexy (Downtown)
Goodnight Loving - Cemetery Trails (Dusty Medical)
Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones - Fait Accompli (P Trash)
Kid Congo + The Pink Monkey Birds - Philosophy And Underwear (New York Night Train)
Kid Koala - Your Mom's Favorite Dj (Ninja Tune)
The King Khan + BBQ Show - What's For Dinner (In The Red)
Matthew Sweet & Susana Hoffs - Under The Covers Vol 1 (Shout Factory)
Microwaves - Contagion Heuristic (Crucial Blast)
The Measure (SA) - Historical Fiction (Salinas)
Muck + the Mires - 1-2-3-4 (Dionysus)
Neutral Mute - Mercy Sessions (Run Roc)
New Lou Reeds - Top Billin' (Exit Stencil)
Ooioo - Taiga (Thrill Jockey)
Rainy Day Saints - Diamond Star Highway (Get Hip)
Rocket Freudental - Wir Leben Wie Gespenster (Trikont)
The Saturday Nights - Queenslandicus (self-released)
Starlight Mints - Drowaton (Barsuk)
Various - The World Is Gone (XL)
Vincent Black Shadow - s/t (Heart Break Beat)
Yoshida Brothers - iii (Domo)

Favorite Singles/EPs from 2006

	1. Nothing People Problems 7" EP (S-S) Listen to "Twinkie Defense"		2. Velveeta Hearbreak "I Shot The Invisible Man" 7" single (Semper Lofi) Listen to "I Shot The Invisible Man"
	3. Steve Wynn + George Pelecanos s/t CD EP (promo only [sorry!]) Listen to "The Night Gardener"		4. Tranzistors "Yoo Will" 7" single (Cass) Listen to "Yoo Will"

5. The Baskervilles - Twilight 14 mp3 series (self-released at baskervilles.net)
6. Wayne and Wax - "A It Dat" 12" (Mash It) (actually a 2004 release, but new to WFMU)
7. The Long Blondes - "Appropriation By Any Other Name 12" EP (What's Your Rupture)
8. Archie Bronson Outfit - "Dead Funny" 7" single (Domino)
9. Jonathan Kane - "I Looked At The Sun" CD single (Table of Elements)
10. The Touch-Me-Nots - "Hey, Television" 7" (Roach & Squirrel)
11. Lullatone - "Floating Away" 12" (Run Roc)
12. Turpentine Brothers - "Get Your Mind Off Me" 7" (Alien Snatch)
13. 7L + Esoteric - Daisycutta 12" (Babygrande)
14. The Horribly Wrong - Bleeding For You 7" EP (Eradicator)
15. Giant Haystacks - A Rebirth of our City 7" EP (Pizza Pizza)
16. Imaginary Icons - "Eye-con" 7" (Daggerman)
17. Teddy Bears - 12" - Atlantic/Big Beat - )
18. Lost Penguin - "Pleasurewood Kills" 7" (Fake Product)
19. The Wrists - Freak of Natures 7" EP (Die Stasi)
20. Kid 606 Feat. Johnny P "Seaya Face and P. J. Body" 12" (Shockout)

Favorite Compilations from 2006

	1. Action Speaks Louder Than Words (Vampisoul) Listen to "Soul Ranger" by Clifford Curry		2. Neurotic Reactions (Crazy Apple) Listen to "Duke's Jetty" by The Pinkertons
	3. Party Keller (vol. 2) (Compact Medien) Listen to "Ego Riot" by Sidewinder		4. Garden of Delights (Discotheque/Sanctuary) Listen to "Journey" by Duncan Browne

5. P&P Funk  (P&P)
6. Anthology Of Myanmar Punk Rock Vol.1 (Tian An Men 89
7. Eavesdrop: A Wealth Of Found Sound  (jacobsmigel.com)
8. Head Sounds From The Bam Caruso Waxworks  (RPM)
9. Sitar Beat  (Guerrilla Reissues)
10. What It Is!  (Rhino)

Favorite Reissues/Collections from 2006

	1. Maypole The Real (Anophleles) Listen to "Changes Places"		2. The Open Mind s/t (Sunbeam) Listen to "My Mind Cries"
	3. BPA Maybe Use My Knife(Shake It) Listen to "My Son"		4. The Times I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape (Artpop) Listen to "I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape"

5. The Shivvers - Lost Hits From Milwaukee's First Family Of Power Pop (Hyped to Death)
6. The Eyes - The Arrival Of (Acme Gramophone)
7. Ich Bin - Obeis! - (Poutre Apparente)
8. Dom Mariani - Popsided Guitar Anthology 1984-2004 (Citadel)
9. The Someloves - Don't Talk About Us (Half A Cow)
10. Tapiman - s/t - (Guerssen)
11. Soul Survivors - When The Whistle Blows... (Vampisoul)
12. Upper Crust - Cream Of The Crust (Upper Crust / Redeye)
13. Dennis Coffey - Big City Funk (Vampisoul)
14. Fabienne Delsol & The Bristols - Best Of (Damaged Goods)
15. Allen Clapp - Something Strange Happens (Bus Stop)

Comments

[Jake]

PLEASE FORMAT ALL LISTS THIS WAY!!!, or better yet, creat a linked page off the blog with a template. I am no graphic designer, but these lists are all over the place. I want it too bad...

[The Other W]

Agree on Hammerdown, McFadden's Parachute have been turning out a lot of retro-garage over the years, and the latest is the bestest.

[Dagwood McFadden]

Evan,
Thanks for the honor of including Hammerdown on your list for 2006!
This kind of appreciation and recognition makes me happy because I like my music to be enjoyed and to turn people onto what is groovy.
It makes all my efforts worth it to know people dig my sounds!
Groovy New Year and peace and love
Dagwood McFadden