Top 10s for 2006: C-J Larsgården (A Perfect Friend, Pacta Sunt Servanda)
Top 10 records 2006:
01. Sonic Youth - "Rather Ripped" (Geffen)
02. Yo La Tengo - "I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass" (Matador)
03. SunnO))) & Boris - "Altar" (Southern Lord)
04. The Evens - "Get Evens" (Dischord)
05. Ekkehard Ehlers - "A Life Without Fear" (Staubgold)
06. Melvins - "A Senile Animal" & "Houdini Live: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust" (Ipecac)
07. Svarte Greiner - "Knive" (Type)
08. Stereolab - "Fab four Suture" (To Pure)
09. Red Sparrowes - "Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun" (Neurot)
10. Pruditsch / Rowenta - "Orion und Kassiopeia" (Jeans Records)
Others who made good records 2006: Juana Molina, Amute, Akron/Family, Isis, Mogwai, Sébastien Roux, Alva Noto, Damien Jurado... etc.
It has been a good music year.
Top 10 Swedish things:
01. Audrey - "Visible Forms" (CD, Tenderversion)
02. Pontus Lundqvist - "Mina Ögon!! Mina Ögon!!! 1987-2006" (Book, Lystring)
03. Switchblade - "Switchblade" (CD, Trust No One)
04. To play and record with A Perfect Friend
05. Mäklarna (TV)
06. Ideal Recordings (Record label)
07. Elope - 3WD (CD, Gravitation)
08. Normal Man (Fanzine)
09. Detektivbyrån - "Hemvägen" (EP)
10. Musikministeriet (TV)
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C-J is currently working on the debut album of A Perfect Friend, his electronic/folk duo with Thomas Denver Jonsson. Look for it next year via Stilll.
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