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Some Highlights from 2006
Through the WindowpaneThrough the Windowpane by Guillemots
Buy new: £19.99 / Used from: £3.72
Album of the year for me - a unique band playing wonderful, epic music
Powder BurnsPowder Burns by The Twilight Singers
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.75
Brooding rock from Afghan Wigs frontman
Garden RuinGarden Ruin by Calexico
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.49
Alt.country never sounded this good - great collection of songs from a band on top of their game
This Is HazelvilleThis Is Hazelville by Captain
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £0.94
Silly name but a band prepared to do something a bit different
Live It OutLive It Out by Metric
Buy new: £7.48 / Used from: £5.93
Emily Haines strides her way through an album of awesomely polished rock songs
Mr. BeastMr. Beast by Mogwai
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.10
A bit of post-rock never hurt anyone and this album takes Mogwai to new heights
At War with the MysticsAt War with the Mystics by The Flaming Lips
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.70
Flaming Lips don't disappoint with another electic mix
In Case of the FloodIn Case of the Flood by The Fallout Trust
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £0.01
Intelligent, impressive debut album filled with great songs
The Chronicles of a Bohemian TeenagerThe Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager by Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £1.20
Incredible things one man, a guitar and an IBook can do - great electronica music and original songwriting
Howling BellsHowling Bells by Howling Bells
Buy used from: £9.99
Beautiful gothic blues from Australia
The Crane WifeThe Crane Wife by The Decemberists
Buy used from: £8.38
Superlative collection of songs from America's great British Folk band - even better than Picaresque
Broken Boy SoldiersBroken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.88
Putting the super back into supergroup - great album of rock and roll songs
Inside In/Inside OutInside In/Inside Out by The Kooks
Buy new: £3.88 / Used from: £0.19
Almost impossible to get through a day without singing a chorus off this album - addictive stuff
The LoonThe Loon by Tapes 'N Tapes
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £2.11
Stripped down, spaced out tales of a lost America
Ten Silver DropsTen Silver Drops by Secret Machines
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £0.91
Secret Machine's second album is like U2 doing Prog - play it loud
Begin To HopeBegin To Hope by Regina Spektor
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £4.49
Beautifully crafted album from someone who should definitely be more well known than she currently is
Black Holes and RevelationsBlack Holes and Revelations by Muse
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.49
Muse shift into interstellar overdrive with this awesome album
Eyes OpenEyes Open by Snow Patrol
Buy new: £4.58 / Used from: £1.10
Gary Lightbody can still write songs that will move you to tears
SurpriseSurprise by Paul Simon
Buy new: £10.88 / Used from: £2.18
The most immediate and visceral album since Hearts and Bones - wonderful stuff
The WarningThe Warning by Hot Chip
Buy used from: £0.29
Say it over, and over, and over again - great synth driven electronica
Broken Social SceneBroken Social Scene by Broken Social Scene
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £3.13
Words fail me - this album is simply awesome
HarmonographHarmonograph by Boo Hewerdine
Buy new: £9.98
An album to comfort the soul - beautiful songs and stunning musicianship