Parasolarians'
Top Picks of 2003
Parasolarians'
Top Picks of 2004
Parasolarians'
Top Picks of 2005
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PARASOL
STAFF TOP PICKS OF 2006
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| ROY
: Parasol Mail Order buyer, Inventor of Emo, hits
drums really really hard. |
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1.
Xiu Xiu - Air Force (5 Rue Christine)
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2.
Peter
Bjorn And John - Writer's Block (V2 Scandinavia)
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3.
Rusty Flores - Self-Titled (A West Side Fabrication)
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4.
Jesu
- Silver (Hydra Head) |
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5.
Mason Jennings - Boneclouds (Epic) |
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6.
Sean Smith - Sacred Crag Dancer, Corpse Whisperer
(Isota) |
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7.
Dirk
Leyers - Wellen (Kompakt) |
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8.
Boris
- Pink (Southern Lord) |
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9.
Beaten
Awake - Let's Get Simplified (AudioEagle/FatPossum)
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10. Residual
Echoes - California (Holy Mountain) |
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11. Oceansize
- Everyone Into Position (Beggars) |
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| ANGIE
: Parasol Distribution/Direct Retail Sales, Storyteller.
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1.
Matthew
Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Under the Covers Vol.
1 (Shout Factory)
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2
. Pink
Nasty - Mold The Gold CD
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3.
The
Coral Sea - Volcano & Heart CD
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4.
Aberdeen
- What Do I Wish For Now? Singles + Extras 1994-2004 CD |
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5.
Frida
Hyvonen - Until Death Comes CD
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6.
Monty's
Loco - Man Overboard CD
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7.
The
Knife - Silent Shout CD
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8.
The
1900s - Plume Delivery CD5
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9.
Camera
Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country CD
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10.
Sera
Cahoone - S/T CD
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SOME
OTHER THINGS I LOVED IN 2006.... |
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Neko
Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood CD / The
Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me CD / FM3-
Buddha machine / Headlights
- Kill Them With Kindness CD / Gnarls
Barkley - St. Elsewhere CD / Lovedolls
Superstar - Fully Realized DVD / Various
Artists - CD86 CD / Sarah
Silverman – Jesus Is Magic DVD / Siouxsie
& the Banshees (reissues) / Tilly
and The Wall - Bottoms Of Barrels CD |
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| PAUL
: PMO micro/macro-manager, multi-instrumentalist, almost
always good to go! |
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1.
Matthew
Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Under the Covers Vol.
1 (Shout Factory) |
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2.
Elope
- 3WD (Gravitation)
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3.
Bert
Jansch - The Black Swan (Drag City)
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4.
Gene
Clark - Self-Titled 'The White Light album' (A&M)
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5.
Mason Jennings - Boneclouds (Epic)
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6.
Reg
King - Self-Titled (Circle)
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7.
Thom
Yorke - The Eraser (XL)
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8.
Tommy
Keane - Crashing The Ether (Eleven Thirty)
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9.
Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time (Sub Pop)
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10.
Boris
- Pink (Southern Lord)
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11.
Richard
Lloyd - Field Of Fire: Deluxe (Reaction)
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12.
Matthew
Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Pillowcase EP (Parasol)
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JIM
: Parasol Publicity, twice-yearly Centaur drummer, Nordic
Music Obsessive
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1.
Hell
On Wheels - The Odd Church (Hybris) |
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2.
The
Fine Arts Showcase – Radiola (Adrian) |
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3.
Motorpsycho
– Black Hole/Blank Canvas DCD
or Ltd
DCD Book or DLP
vinyl |
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4.
Johnossi
- Self-Titled (V2 Scandinavia) |
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5.
Montys
Loco– Man Overboard (NONS) |
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6.
Skywriter
- Where Both Worlds Never Meet (Iceberg/Wild Mood) |
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7.
Diamonds In The Rough - Self-Titled (Gravitation) |
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8.
I’m
From Barcelona – Let Me Introduce My Friends
(Dolores) |
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9.
Elope
- 3WD (Gravitation) |
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10.
Peter
Bjorn And John - Writer's Block (V2 Scandinavia) |
| Check
out Jim's
Pick page for an more gush, sound samples, honorable
mentions... |
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GEOFF
: Fearless Leader
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1.
Bob
Dylan - Modern Times (Columbia) |
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2.
1900s
- Plume Delivery EP (Parasol) |
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3.
Richard
Lloyd - Field Of Fire: Deluxe (Reaction) |
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4.
Reg
King - Self-Titled (Circle) |
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5.
Matthew
Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Under the Covers Vol.
1 (Shout Factory) |
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6.
Matthew
Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Pillowcase EP (Parasol) |
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7.
Various - CD86: 48 Tracks From The Birth Of Indie Pop
(Castle) |
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| PARASOL
CUSTOMERS' TOP PICKS OF 2006 -
COME ON PEOPLE, SEND 'EM IN! |
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Ed
Higgins - Mail Order Customer:
1. Thom Yorke - The
Eraser
2. The Nice Boys - S/T
3. Gomez - How
We Operate
4. Steven Wright-Mark - Pop Motel
5. Decemberists - Crane
Wife
6. M. Ward - Post
War
7. Hold Steady - Boys
and Girls In America
8. Sunset Rubdown - Shut
Up I Am Dreaming
9. Midlake - The
Trials of Van Occupanther
10.Joanne Newsome - YS
Stan Cierlitsky - Mail Order Customer:
1. Morrissey - Ringleader
Of The Tormentors
2. Mojave 3 - Puzzles
Like You
3. Guillemots - Through
The Windowpane
4. Belle And Sebastian - The
Life Pursuit
5. The Changes - Today
Is Tonight
6. Ms. John Soda - Notes
And The Like
7. Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
8. Grandaddy - Just
Like The Fambly Cat
9. Camera Obscura - Let’s
Get Out Of This Country
10. The Mary Onettes - Lost
(Single)
Edward Rogers - Mail Order Customer:
1. Tunnig - Comments Of The Inner Circle
2. Guillemots - From
The Clifts
3. Vetiver - To
Find Me Gone
4. Grizzly Bear - Yellow
House
5. Scritti Politti - White Bread Black
Beer
6. The Feeling - Twelve Stops At Home
7. Midlake - The
Trials Of Van Occupanther
8. The Jarvis - Cocker Record
9. The Fratellis - Costello Music
10. Joanna Newsom - Ys
Landon Lindsay - Mail Order Customer:
1. Jennifer O'Conner -
Over
The Mountain
2. Neko Case - Fox
Confessor Brings The Flood
3. Nina Nastasia - On
Leaving
4. Peter, Bjorn and John - Writer's
Block
5. Brisa Roche - The Chase
6. Emily Haines and The Soft Skeleton
- Knives
Don't Have Your Back
7. The Hold Steady - Boys
and Girls In America
8. Cold War Kids - Robbers
and Cowards
9. The Dears - Gang
of Losers
10. Peaches - Impeach
My Bush
Jim Meronk - Mail Order Customer:
1. Oneida Happy
New Year
2. The Melvins - A
Senile Animal
3. The Drones - The Miller's Daughter
4. The Red Krayola -
Introduction
5. Yo La Tengo - I
Am Not Afraid of You
6. Six Organs of Admittance - The
Sun Awakens
7. Vetiver - To
Find Me Gone
8. Skygreen Leopards - Disciples
of California
9. Wooden Wand and the Omen Bones Band -
Horus on the Horizon
10. Sparklehorse - Dreamt
For Light Years
Craig A. Little - Mail Order Customer:
1. Belle & Sebastian - The
Life Pursuit
2. Badly Drawn Boy - Born
in the U.K.
3. Yo La Tengo - I
Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
4. The Four King Cousins - Introducing...
(Reissue)
5. I'm From Barcelona - Let
Me Introduce My Friends
6. Tender Trap - 6
Billion People
7. Sonic Youth - Rather
Ripped
8. The Now People - The
Last Great 20th Century Love Affair
9. The Pipettes - We
Are the Pipettes
10. The Crayon Fields - Animal
Bells
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