2006

BAGeL Radio Top 10 Albums of 2006

Artist - Album

1. Silversun Pickups - "Carnavas"


2. The Thermals - "The Body, The Blood, The Machine"


3. Tilly And The Wall - "Bottoms of Barrels"


4. Bound Stems - "Appreciation Night"


5. Micah P. Hinson - "Micah P. Hinson and the Opera Circuit"


6. Cold War Kids - "Up In Rags"


7. Birdmonster - "No Midnight"


8. TV on the Radio - "Return To Cookie Mountain"


9. The Grates - "Gravity Won't Get You High"


10. The Flaming Lips - "At War With the Mystics"

BAGeL Radio Top Songs of 2006

“Song” - Artist

1. "Hospitalbeds" - Cold War Kids

2. "Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups

3. "A Pillar Of Salt" - The Thermals

4. "Bad Education" - Tilly And The Wall

5. "Western Biographic" - Bound Stems

6. "'Cause You Can" - Birdmonster

7. "Be Less Rude" - Frightened Rabbit

8. "Gentleman" - Prototypes

9. "Stay" - Bears

10. "Ordinary World" - Get Set Go

11. "5 Verses" - Jeremy Warmsley

12. "Broken Boy Soldier" - The Raconteurs

13. "Playhouses" - TV On The Radio

14. "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" - Arctic Monkeys

15. "Dart For My Sweetheart" - Archie Bronson Outfit

16. "Holding The Pilots/Holding The Facts" - The Foundry Field Recordings

17. "To The Woods" - Division Day

18. "Rotten Love" - Levy

19. "When I Was A Young King" - [the] caseworker

20. "On My Way" - Tap Tap

21. "The Freest Man" - Tilly And The Wall

22. "Las Cruces Jail (radio edit)" - Two Gallants

23. "We Are The Ones" - The Coup

24. "Let's Get Out Of This Country" - Camera Obscura

25. "Brazen" - Heartless Bastards

26. "Reena" - Sonic Youth

27. "Balcony" - Birdmonster

28. "Common Reactor" - Silversun Pickups

29. "Anti-Anti" - Snowden

30. "Hang Me Out To Dry" - Cold War Kids

31. "Sympathy" - Walking Bicycles

32. "Saturday Left Her On The Floor" - Latvian Radio

33. "End Up Like This" - Jurassic 5

34. "Steadfast Kickdrum" - Two Seconds

35. "Love Is A Number" - White Rose Movement

36. "Bratislava" - Beirut

37. "Sleepin' Around" - Sonic Youth

38. "Black Grease" - The Black Angels

39. "Volleyball Song" - The Herms

40. "Dirtywhirl" - TV On The Radio

41. "Tropical Pets" - The Diableros

42. "Turn Into" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

43. "Excellent News, Colonel" - Bound Stems

44. "Another Sunny Day" - Belle and Sebastian

45. "Summer Is Here" - Darker My Love

46. "Our Swords" - Band Of Horses

47. "Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" - The Flaming Lips

48. "My Time Wasted" - Micah P Hinson

49. "O Valencia" - The Decemberists

50. "Tell Me Leza" - The Living Blue

BAGeL Radio Top 10 Bay Area Songs of 2006

“Song” - Artist

1. "'Cause You Can" - Birdmonster

2. "When I Was A Young King" - [the] caseworker

3. "Las Cruces Jail (radio edit)" - Two Gallants

4. "Volleyball Song" - The Herms

5. "We Are The Ones" - The Coup

6. "The Hemlock Three" - Elephone

7. "Monkey Vs Shark" - Thee More Shallows

8. "Balcony" - Birdmonster

9. "Steadfast Kickdrum" - Two Seconds

10. "Stranger" - Citizens Here & Abroad

Addendum: Honorable mention to Ex-Boyfriends for their excellent debut album, "Dear John," which I had in 2005, but left off the 2005 chart because it was officially released by Absolutely Kosher Records in early 2006, but then when I was putting together my year-end lists some part of my brain lumped "Dear John" back in with 2005, hence the omission. My sincerest apologies for the oversight. As anyone who listened to the station this year (or came to half the shows I put on!) knows, I love that band. The song "Him For Me" definitely deserves to be amongst the top overall songs listed above, and the album is a collection of pop gems that invariably makes me pogo at their shows. While I'm sure I omitted other worthy bands/song/albums, this one could not be allowed to stand uncorrected.

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