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Fiddle While You Burn's 2006 Albums of the Year
Beck - "the Information"
Black Heart Procession - "the Spell"
the Clipse - "Hell Hath No Fury"
Comets on Fire - "Avatar"
Ghostface Killah - "Fishscale"
Girl Talk - "Night Ripper"
M. Ward - "Post War"
Muse - "Black Holes & Revelations"
The Evens - "Get Evens"
The Roots - "Game Theory"
The Strokes - "First Impressions Of Earth"
Viva Voce - "Get Yr Blood Sucked Out"


Fiddle While You Burn's 2006 Favorite Debut Albums
Albert Hammond Jr. - "Yours to Keep"
Aloke - "One Day We Will Kill You"
Annuals - "Be He Me"
the Archie Bronson Outfit - "Derdang Derdang"
The Automatic - "Not Accepted Anywhere"
The Bicycles - "The Good the Bad and the Cuddly"
the Black Angels - "Passover"
Buffalo Killers - Self Titled
the Cold War Kids - "Robbers & Thieves"
Dirty Pretty Things - "Waterloo to Anywhere"
Gnarls Barkley - "St. Elsewhere"
Pearls & Brass - "the Indian Tower"
Silversun Pickups - "Carnavas"
Spank Rock - "YoYoYoYoYo"
Tall Hands - Self Titled
the Teddybears - "Soft Machine"
Tokyo Police Club - "A Lesson in Crime"
Wolfmother - Self Titled
The Young Knives - "Voices of Animals and Men"


the Best EPs of 2006
the Black Keys - "Chulahoma"
the Cold War Kids - "Benefit at the District"
Dr. Dog - "Takers & Leavers"
Klaxons - "Xan Valleys"
Professor Murder - "Takes the Subway"
Spank Rock - "Voila"


Best DJ / Mix Album
DJ Jaguar Skills - 1979-2006: A Hip-Hop Odyssey (800 Tracks In A 48 Minute Mix)


the Best Reissue
Rockin' Bones: '50s Punk & Rockabilly (Rhino)


the Best Soundtrack - "Stranger than Fiction"


the Best Producer - J. Dilla

Labels: aloke, Annuals, Archie Bronson Outfit, Beck, Black Keys, Buffalo Killers, Cold War Kids, Dr. Dog, Evens, Ghostface Killah, High on Fire, Horrors, J-Dilla, Klaxons, Muse, Professor Murder, Roots, Silversun Pickups, Strokes, Tall Hands, Teddybears, the Dirty Pretty Things, Tokyo Police Club

Posted by Nev Brown for FWYB at 12/30/2006 10:35:00 AM | Comments

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This was one of the most fun shows I went to all year. LA Radio station Indie 103.1 put on the event as part of a Summer series they’re doing at the Hammer Museum of Beverly Hills. I had caught Silversun Pickups in Austin and was impressed with their catchy songs and tight performance. Tonight was even better as the band seemed more confident and in good spirits. The crowd seemed a bit reserved, mostly just chilling and soaking in the sound but it was clear smiles and loud cheers at the end everyone was having fun on a perfect summer night. 

Watch & Listen:
Silversun Pickups - video: "Kissing Families"

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Labels: Silversun Pickups

Posted by Nev Brown for FWYB at 7/11/2006 10:33:00 AM | Comments

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I'm still trying to wrap my aching head around everything that went down at South by Southwest '06. There was so much music & endless free booze that while I was down there I felt like I was slacking but I actually wound up seeing alot of great bands (31 in three days!). My camera got stolen at this crazy party Saturday night but one of my friends down there loaned me a backup and I powered on. Wu Tang killed it as always but this time with a live band Roots style (people forget but Wu's an indie band); Editors looked unstoppable - definitely future stars; Voxtrot were the most consistent (it seemed like they were at every party), We Are Wolves made alot of new fans rocking the late night VIP parties, Silversun Pickups we're my favorite new discovery (amazing!) and DMBQ completely blew everyone's minds - it was the stuff of legend. They ended their insane set by throwing their drum kit into the middle of the crowd at this mexican roadhouse and the smashing it to pieces with a cinder block!! It was even more nuts than it sounds. So despite some setbacks and bad weather I had a blast and met a lot of cool people. Austin is great and you should all try to make it down next year.

Cheers to all my friends & thanks for your continued love & support,

- FWYB

(and bumps to Stolen Transmission, Fixed NYC, Todd P, Fader, Vice, Spaceland, Southpaw, Diesel, Adult Swim, Glurp & Little Radio for throwing the best parties of the week)

Labels: Editors, Ghostface Killah, QOTSA, Queens of the Stone Age, Silversun Pickups, We Are Wolves, WuTang Clan

Posted by Nev Brown for FWYB at 3/22/2006 10:15:00 PM | Comments

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Unfortunatley due to tech difficulty I couldn't really capture it (my camera was stolen the night before so I had to shoot with my crappy backup camera), but Silversun Pickups were by far one of the best bands I saw during SXSW. The music was simply great - it had sort of a grungy, almost surfy feel with catchy vocals and they seemed to be in good spirits laughing and joking with the morning crowd. Other bands had more hype going into this party but everyone was talking about Silversun after.

Watch & Listen:
Silversun Pickups - video: "Lazy Eye (live)"

Labels: Silversun Pickups, SXSW

Posted by Nev Brown for FWYB at 3/19/2006 10:55:00 PM | Comments