I’m going to be counting down my top picks for the year 2005 in this space, with brief commentary on most of them. There will be four categories: New Recordings, Old Recordings/Retrospectives, Singles, and Music DVDS. Enjoy!

(Honorable Mention): TELESCOPES – #4 (Antenna)

A nice return for these old late ‘80s/early ‘90s Brit dreampoppers, and a new direction.

60. BEVIS FROND – London Stone (Rubric)

An extremely flawed album, way too long and short on quality control as ever, but when this guy NICK SALOMAN hits on a great song, as he does a few times every LP, it’s power-pop/psych magic.

59. MARK GARDENER (with GOLDRUSH)