Top 50 of 2006: #s 1-10

1. Te - If That Is What Is Being Thought,..

Download: mediafire
Standout tracks: 1, 5, 6, 7
Genre: post-rock, instrumental-rock
From: Japan
LIYL: Lite, Caspian, Mono, Ostinato, Maserati, Hematovore
Website: http://tee.daa.jp
Buy: tonevendor
Review: decoy music silent ballet

2. Isis - In The Absence Of Truth

Download: megaupload
Standout tracks: 7, 9, 1
Genre: post-metal
From: US
LIYL: Neurosis, Cult of Luna, Pelican, Isis
Website: www.isistheband.com
Buy: amazon
Review: decoy music

3. Gifts From Enola - Loyal Eyes Betrayed The Mind

Download: megaupload
Standout tracks: 1, 3, 4, 8
Genre: post-rock, intrumental-rock
From: Virginia
LIYL: Caspian, UpC DownC LeftC RightC ABC + Start, Te, Shelter Red
Website: www.myspace.com/giftsfromenola
Buy: amazon
Review: silent ballet (1) (2)

4. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

Download: megaupload
Standout tracks: 2, 5, 7
Genre: post-black-metal
From: US
LIYL: Opeth, Enslaved, Novembre
Website: www.agalloch.org
Buy: amazon
Review: metalreview

5. Mono - You Are There

Download: megaupload
Standout tracks: 3, 4
Genre: post-rock
From: Japan
LIYL: Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, earlier Mono, classical music
Website: www.mono-44.com
Buy: amazon
Review: indieworkshop

6. Mouth of the Architect - The Ties That Bind

Download: megaupload
Standout tracks: 1, 2
Genre: post-hardcore, post-rock, sludge
From: US
LIYL: Neurosis, Cult of Luna, Isis, Explosions in the Sky
Website: myspace.com/mouthofthearchitect
Buy: amazon
Review: silent ballet

7. Laura - Radio Swan is Down

Download: megaupload sendspace
Standout tracks: 3, 7, 10
Genre: post-rock
From: Australia
LIYL: Mogwai, Samuel Jackson 5, Caspian, Pelican
Website: www.wearemappingyourdreams.com
Buy: alone again records
Review: silent ballet

8. Bardo Pond - Ticket Crystals

Download: megaupload
Standout tracks: 1, 2, 5
Genre: Psychedelic, experimental, krautrock
From: Pennsylvania
LIYL: Acid Mothers Temple, Comets on Fire, Faust, Amon Duul, Circle
Website: threelobed.com/bardo
Buy: amazon
Review: dusted magazine

9. Magyar Posse - Random Avenger

Download: megaupload
Standout tracks: 7, 5, 2
Genre: post-rock, experimental
From: Finland
LIYL: ? they don't sound like anyone else
Website: www.magyarposse.com
Buy: verdura records
Review: silent ballet

10. Man Man - Six Demon Bag

Download: megaupload
Standout tracks: 1, 6, 8, 10
Genre: psychotic pub band?
From: Philadelphia
LIYL: Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Zappa, Primus, Moustache
Website: www.wearemanman.com
Buy: amazon
Review: pitchfork