Philip Fibiger

I was composing my annual post to the sugar-list with my top 10 records of the year, and figured i’d post it here. There are some pretty obvious choices, some I hope less obvious. Enjoy.

1) The Twilight Singers – Blackberry Belle: Goddamn, Greg Dulli hits a home run. Better than the last TS record, maybe as good as the Afghan Whigs at their best. I can listen to it on repeat for hours, it doesn’t get old.
2) Belle & Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress: This is no ‘If You’re Feeling Sinister,’ but few records are. It’s bouncy and fun, witty and sometimes sly.
3) The Postal Service – Give Up
4) The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow: I loved Oh, Inverted World, and I like this better. Stylistically broader, more mature.
5) Well – The New Standard Biscuit: The singer/guitarist from Orbit’s new band. Atmospheric loop/beat influenced alt-rock. This is sorta the record I wish Modulate was.
6) The Sea and Cake – One Bedroom
7) Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism Production Club – Follow Your Bliss: uber-producer Wally Gagel’s pet project. Some tracks sound like Kids Sountrack/One Part Lullaby Folk Implosion [he cowrote a lot of those records], guest vocals by John Doe, Lou Barlow, Tanya Donnely and others.
9) Beulah – Yoko
10) M. Ward – The Transfiguration of Vincent.