Just under the wire, as usual: 1. Josh Rouse - NASHVILLE 2. New Pornographers - TWIN CINEMA 3. Pernice Brothers - DISCOVER A LOVELIER YOU 4. Orange Peels - CIRCLING THE SUN 5. Sylvie Lewis - TANGOS & TANTRUMS 6. Teenage Fanclub - MAN MADE 7. Roger Manning - SOLID STATE WARRIOR 8. Churchills - THE ODDS OF WINNING 9. Brendan Benson - ALTERNATIVE TO LOVE 10. Chris von Sneidern - CALIFORNIA REDEMPTION VALUE 11. Perishers - LET THERE BE MORNING 12. James Cooper - SECOND SEASON 13. Ivy - IN THE CLEAR 14. Sigur Ros - TAKK... 15. B.C. Camplight - HIDE, RUN AWAY 16. Parallax Project - PERMANENT LIMBO 17. Supahip - SEIZE THE WORLD 18. Imogen Heap - SPEAK FOR YOURSELF 19. Afternoons - ROCKET SUMMER 20. Spongetones - NUMBER 9 Plenty of honorable mentions, but the only ones I actually WILL mention are Fountains Of Wayne's OUT OF STATE PLATES and The Sugarplastic's 7 X 7 X 7 X 7. Both would have been on the list had they been eligible. The "I Don't Get It" head-scratcher of the year: The Magic Numbers. Drew np: Gary Usher - SMILE FOR ME: A SYMPHONIC TRIBUTE TO BRIAN WILSON -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 1/14/2006