Best Of 2006

Best 10 Albums of 2006 in no particular order:

1. Comets On Fire- 'Avatar' on Sub Pop
2. Xela- 'The Dead Sea' on Type
3. The Legendary Stardus Cowboy- 'His Vintage Recordings 1968-1981'(reissue) on Em Records
4. Wooden Wand And the Vanishing Voice- ´Gipsy Freedom´on 5RC
5. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble- 'The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble' on Planet Mu
6. Sonic Youth- 'Rather Ripped' on Geffen
7. Skream- 'Skream!' on Tempa
8. Bonnie Prince Billy- 'The Letting Go' on Domino Records
9. Matmos- 'The Rose Has Teeth In the Mouth Of The Beast' on Matador Records
10. Om- 'Conference of the Birds' on Holy Mountain Records
11. Zombi- 'Surface To Air' on Relapse

Best Films of 2006 in no particular order:

1. Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog
2. United 93 by Paul Greengrass
3. The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada by Tommy Lee Jones
4. Children Of Men by Alfonso Cuaron
5. The Queen by Stephen Frears
6. A Scanner Darkly by Richard Linklater
7. Babel by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
8. Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo Del Toro
9. The Proposition by John Hillcoat
10. Hostel by Eli Roth
11. Inside Man by Spike Lee