speed of dark

Here are the also-rans for my Favorites of 2006. There are other albums I wish I had listened to enough to have favorites, but I can't count them in this bunch. I'm sure I will have regrets in the months to come.

The following songs did get played a lot and yet had to be taken off the list in favor of others at some point.

Niobe: Give All to Love from White Hats
So weird, so different from anything else I ever like or listen to, but at the same time so irrestistible. I wish there had been more tracks on White Hats as hypnotic as this one. See previous post.



Fields: Charming the Flames from Seven From the Village EP
This young group has a lot of potential and a very pretty keyboardist. See our concert post on the Fields.



Kaki King: Yellowcake from Until We Felt Red
I've stated before that I am a guitar-aholic. I wanted all acoustic guitar instrumentals at our wedding two years ago. I downloaded a lot of songs from iTunes, including about five from a couple of Kaki King albums. This one from her current album is unusual for having vocals.



Vetiver: Been So Long from To Find Me Gone
A cool-down song from my exercise CD. Very calming and soothing, it led me to a gather a collection of Vetiver tracks.



Joseph Arthur: Automatic Situation from Nuclear Daydream
This is not the only good song on this album, but it's definitely the standout for me. I wish I had liked Nuclear Daydream as much as I've liked his earlier albums. See previous post.



Stoney: Jailbird from The Scene and the Unseen
"Jailbird" is a song I heard on KCRW that stopped me in my tracks. I have a couple of other good songs from this album, but after those they start feeling a bit formulaic.
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