Rock Music in 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
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Critics Week
Every year, Soundcheck presents "Critics Week," a series highlighting the best and worst of music of the year. Host John Schaefer is joined by music critics to discuss the year’s best- and worst- albums in pop, hip-hop, classical, opera, rock, jazz, world and Latin.
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Ann Powers, pop music critic for the Los Angeles Times, reviews the year 2006 in rock music.
Ann Powers's 2006 Picks:
Albums:
Bob Dylan, Modern Times
Mastodon, Blood Mountain
Espers, II
Los Abandoned, Mix Tape
Singles:
The Decemberists, "The Crane Wife Parts 1, 2 and 3"
Pearl Jam, "World Wide Suicide"
Additional Favorites:
Joanna Newsom, Ys
Justin Timberlake, Futuresex/Lovesounds
Bob Dylan, Modern Times
Mastodon, Blood Mountain
Corinne Bailey Rae, Corinne Bailey Rae
Espers, II
The Coup, Pick A Better Weapon
Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury
Los Abandoned, Mix Tape
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