Top 10 Records of 2005 - Honorable Mention
I love late 80’s/early 90’s indie rock. Bands like Dinosaur Jr. and The Replacements who mastered the marriage of country and punk and foresaw the creation of the grunge sound will always have a very special place in my music library.
Portastatic put out a record this year that took me right back to those days called Bright Ideas. The record is a bit uneven and would be better if a couple songs were left off, but there are only ten songs on the record as it is.
I Wanna Know Girls is one of my top 10 songs of the year. And the rest of the record is pretty damn good. I really wish I had seen Mac and his band this fall touring on this record.