{"id":449,"date":"2006-12-13T14:27:40","date_gmt":"2006-12-13T20:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.burningoak.com\/2006\/12\/13\/2006albums\/"},"modified":"2015-08-20T22:37:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T05:37:05","slug":"2006albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kanejamison.com\/2006albums\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Oak’s Best of 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you really want to know what I listened to this year, you’d be better off checking out my Last.FM<\/a>. But as far as this year’s newbies go, here’s my picks. For the smaller artists you may not know, I’ve included online links to purchase their tunes. For the rest, go support a local independent music retailer.<\/p>\n

Highlights of the Year (Ones I’ll Enjoy For A Long Time):<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"josh
\n Josh Rouse<\/span> – Subt\u00c3\u00adtulo<\/em><\/p>\n

A great album start to finish in a style that I liken to a less-playful Jack Johnson. My first reaction was that Subt\u00c3\u00adtulo was perfect for light-hearted summer tunes, but the album has too much substance to just write it off as that. I guess in a phrase it’s a good album for a rainy day. “It Looks Like Love” has the best energy of any track on the album, so that’s my pick to share with you.<\/p>\n

MP3:<\/strong> Josh Rouse – It Looks Like Love<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"decemberists\"
\nThe Decemberists<\/span> – The Crane Wife<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve never been a big Decemberists fan and I’m just settling into this album, but I can already tell it’s going to be a personal favorite. My personal favorite thus far is the epic keyboard-rocked triptych “The Island,” however I still love the album start to finish as a whole. It’s so cohesive and full of depth of sound and lyrics that it would do the album injustice to listen to it another way. I’d share “The Island” but it’s a long tune and I think you’d be better off checking that out elsewhere, so here’s the slower “Shankhill Butchers,” which I’d guess is one of the less shared songs off of the album.<\/p>\n

MP3:<\/strong> The Decemberists – Shankhill Butchers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"aaron
\nAaron Schroeder<\/span> – Southern Heart In Western Skin<\/em> (CDBaby<\/a>)<\/p>\n

This is the one on my list that most of you won’t recognize. Sadly I’ve failed to write enough about Schroeder’s tunes on here since I received a copy of his album in the mail. The currently-Washington-based 22-year-old has a signature sound that I’ve grown to love, and everyone I’ve shared the album with has agreed. And – if you end up getting any of the albums on this list, get this one – it’s only $7.99 on CDBaby<\/a>. If you’ve never ordered a CD from CDBaby before, I highly recommend it, they’re the best at customer service of any music retailer online. Anyways, here’s “Rollin’ Tennessee,” I promise you’ll dig it<\/p>\n

MP3:<\/strong> Aaron Schroeder – Rollin Tennessee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Other Albums I Enjoyed (No Particular Order):<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"ALO\"<\/a>
\nAnimal Liberation Orchestra<\/strong> – Fly Between Falls<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"umphreys<\/a>
\nUmphrey’s McGee<\/strong> – Safety In Numbers<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"tally<\/a>
\nTally Hall<\/strong> – Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"chris<\/a>
\nChris Berry & Panjea<\/strong> – Dancemakers<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"belle<\/a>
\n Belle And Sebastian<\/strong> – The Life Pursuit<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"family<\/a>
\nFamily Groove Company<\/strong> – The Charmer<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"pepper\"<\/a>
\nPepper<\/strong> – No Shame<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"trey<\/a>
\n Trey Anastasio<\/strong> – Bar 17<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"derailers\"<\/a>
\nThe Derailers<\/strong> – Soldiers of Love<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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Albums I Should Have Checked Out But Haven’t Yet:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Josh Ritter<\/strong> – Animal Years<\/em>
\nMedeski Scofield Martin and Wood<\/strong> – Out Louder<\/em>
\n Willie Nelson<\/strong> – Songbird<\/em>
\n Tortoise and Bonnie “Prince” Billy<\/strong> – The Brave And The Bold<\/em>
\n Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins<\/strong> – Rabbit Fur Coat<\/em>
\n Yonder Mountain String Band<\/strong> – Yonder Mountain String Band<\/em>
\n Cornmeal<\/strong> – Feet First<\/em> (CDBaby<\/a>)
\n Elsinore<\/strong> – Nothing For Design<\/em> (CDBaby<\/a>)
\n Elton John<\/strong> – The Captain and The Kid<\/em>
\n Neil Young<\/strong> – Living With War<\/em>
\n Tom Petty<\/strong> – Highway Companion<\/em>
\n Islands<\/strong> – Return To The Sea<\/em>
\n Gomez<\/strong> – How We Operate<\/em>
\n J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton<\/strong> – The Road To Escondido<\/em>
\n The Roots<\/strong> – Game Theory<\/em>
\n Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/strong> – Stadium Arcadium<\/em>
\n Bonnie “Prince Billy”<\/strong> – The Letting Go<\/em>
\n Scissor Sisters<\/strong> – Ta-Dah<\/em>
\n The Mountain Goats<\/strong> – Get Lonely<\/em>
\n Beck<\/strong> – The Information<\/em>
\n The Flaming Lips<\/strong> – At War With The Mystics<\/em>
\n Bob Dylan<\/strong> – Modern Times<\/em>
\n Gnarls Barkley<\/strong> – St. Elsewhere<\/em>
\n John Mayer<\/strong> – Continuum<\/em>
\n Justin Timberlake<\/strong> – FutureSex \/ LoveSounds<\/em>
\n Oh No! Oh My!<\/strong> – Oh No! Oh My!<\/em>
\n Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris<\/strong> – All The Roadrunning<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you really want to know what I listened to this year, you’d be better off checking out my Last.FM. But as far as this year’s newbies go, here’s my picks. For the smaller artists you may not know, I’ve included online links to purchase their tunes. For the rest, go support a local independent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kanejamison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kanejamison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kanejamison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanejamison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanejamison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanejamison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kanejamison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanejamison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanejamison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}