Mess+Noise 2006 Critics' Poll Results
News posted Wednesday, January 31 2007 at 12:53 AM.
Related: The Drones, Critics' Poll.
The votes are in. The writers and staff of Mess+Noise have chosen their favourite Australian releases of 2006 and topping the pile is Gala Mill, by Melbourne quartet The Drones. Full results and commentary can be found inside issue #11 of Mess+Noise magazine, out nationally on Monday, but for now here’s the top 20 to consider.
Check back tomorrow for the results of the Mess+Noise Users’ Poll for Best Australian Release of 2006 (and it has a different winner than this list), while Friday brings the results for Best Australian Artwork of 2006.
1 The Drones
Gala Mill (Album, ATP/Shock)
2 The Crayon Fields
Animal Bells (Album, Trifekta/Chapter)
3 My Disco
Cancer (Album, Numerical Thief/Stomp)
4 Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Eddy Current Suppression Ring (Album, Dropkick)
5 Augie March
Moo, You Bloody Choir (Album, Sony BMG)
6 Dappled Cities Fly
Granddance (Album, Speak n Spell)
7 Bluebottle Kiss
Doubt Seeds (Album, Nonzero)
8 Ground Components
An Eye For A Brow, A Tooth For A Pick (Album, Level Two)
9 Panel Of Judges
No Scandal. No Future. In Heaven. (Album, Gothic Pharaoh)
10 Snowman
Snowman (Album, Dot Dash)
11 The Sleepy Jackson
Personality: One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird (Album, EMI)
12 Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males
Drowning In The Fountain Of Youth (Album, In-Fidelity)
13 Gotye
Like Drawing Blood (Album, Creative Vibes)
14 Midnight Juggernauts
Secrets Of The Universe (EP, Siberia/Inertia)
15 Macromantics
Moments In Movement (Album, Remote Control)
16 Curse Ov Dialect
Wooden Tongues (Album, Mush/Valve)
17 Because of Ghosts
The Tomorrow We Were Promised Today (Album, Feral Media)
18 Black Cab
Jesus East (Album, Interstate 40/Remote Control)
19 Deloris
Ten Lives (Album, Dot Dash)
20 Sarah Blasko
What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have (Album, Dew Process)
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