2006
19 December 2006 :: posted by TravisWe finally finished counting all the votes for the 2006 Readers’ Poll. There were over a thousand votes… so, um. There was a lot of counting. A couple of these are so ‘05, but maybe they were big for you in 2006?
This was fun, we’ll have to remember to do this again in ‘07. Thank you for voting!
2006 Readers’ Favorite Album
5. CSS: Cansei de Ser Sexy [ Insound | iTunes
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4. Soulwax: Nite Versions [ Insound | eMusic ]
3. The Presets: Beams [ Insound | eMusic ]
2. Hot Chip: The Warning [Insound | iTunes ]
1. The Knife: Silent Shout [Insound| iTunes ]
2006 Readers’ Favorite Song
5. Klaxons: “Gravity’s Rainbow”
4. The Rapture: “Whoo! Alright - Yeah… Uh Huh” (tie)
4. Simian Mobile Disco: “Hustler” (tie)
3. CSS: “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above”
2. Peter Bjorn and John: “Young Folks”
1. Justice: “Waters Of Nazareth” (tie)
1. Hot Chip: “Over & Over” (tie)
2006 Readers’ Favorite Remix
5. CSS: “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above” (Spank Rock Remix)
4. Metric: “Monster Hospital” (MSTRKRFT Remix)
3. Wolfmother: Woman (MSTRKRFT remix)
2. The Gossip: “Standing In The Way Of Control” (Soulwax Nite Version)
1. Justice vs. Simian: “We Are Your Friends”
2006 Readers’ Favorite Record Label
3. Kitsuné
2. Ed Banger
1. Modular
Artist of 2006
3. Klaxons
2. The Knife
1. CSS
December 19th, 2006 at 4.15 am
i forgot to vote. my badness : (
how far behind kitsune was institubes?
personally i think KIM’s “system breakdown” mini-album was release of the year.
December 19th, 2006 at 1.18 pm
css as best artist? eh
December 19th, 2006 at 2.39 pm
CSS? What? How? They irritated me when I saw them open up for Ladytron in Austin.
Soulwax may have been so ‘05, but Americans didn’t get Nite Versions until this year (which blows)…I’m glad I voted.
December 19th, 2006 at 4.13 pm
Oh CSS, admittedly a lot of fun for once in a while but completely overrated in general.
December 19th, 2006 at 5.46 pm
It’s so much fun to see that I’ve contributed at least a little to all of the catagories.
December 19th, 2006 at 6.13 pm
Roland: Institubes didn’t even make it past the nomination phase… which I was surprised by. It was pretty much a landslide win for Modular… Ed Banger and Kitsuné were neck and neck and were only a couple votes off from being a tie. The rest of the labels got a few votes each. But yeah, pretty much hands down Modular win…
Notice that CSS placed in each category. I’ve noticed people who don’t like CSS love to bitch about not liking CSS. If you don’t take CSS for anything more than they are and ignore the hype then they’re a lot of fun. I’m not surprised they won, but they weren’t my number one pick either.
December 19th, 2006 at 8.42 pm
for such an excellent blog, the winners are pretty a pretty weak representation of big stereo.
December 19th, 2006 at 9.04 pm
How much did young folks lose by? travesty!
December 20th, 2006 at 1.13 am
hmm. the presets, anyone?
December 20th, 2006 at 1.19 am
dude the klaxons fucking suck why would you vote for them. they have ONE song and it’s a remix. PFFFFFFT. 2006 was all baout justice and ed banger and you know it.
December 20th, 2006 at 2.25 pm
no She Wants Revenge?
December 20th, 2006 at 11.54 pm
yay silent shout!
we are your friends is still a great track, but c’mon, it’s been around since 2003 - SITOC was robbed!
and i completurly agree with derek, young folks was the anthem!
December 23rd, 2006 at 11.53 am
dr O, I agree completely. I was kinda irked by that… because clearly SITWOC was the best remix all year.
We Are Your Friends was re-issued this year through EMI so I imagine it reached a larger audience which means it was important to some people this year. It was played like everywhere. So… I guess. And it is such an anthem.
I don’t get Young Folks. At all. That track annoys me so much. But everybody loves it… so I guess it’s just me. Maybe I’m getting too old.