1. Art Brut - Nag Nag Nag Nag MyspaceYoutube If the second album is anything as good as this song, I am going to be quite happy in 2007.
2. Metric - Poster Of A Girl MyspaceYoutube While most people preferred Monster Hospital, I got much more pleasure from this slow building synth classic.
3. Young Knives - Weekends and Bleak Days (Hot Summer) MyspaceYoutube Nothing more to be said about this band that hasn't been covered already … great songs, great lyrics, great haircuts, great suits …
4. New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream MyspaceYoutube Another excellent slab of electronica from London town. The video made me appreciate bright colours and ice cream like never before.
5. Long Blondes - Weekend Without Makeup MyspaceYoutube Obvious comparisons to Pulp and Blondie continue but the debut album definitely didn't disappoint.
6. Charlatans - Blackened Blue Eyes MyspaceYoutube Always found them consistent between the very very good and very mundane. This was a return to form.
7. Rakes - All Too Human MyspaceYoutube Best release yet from the four unfeasably skinny bastards.
8. Hot Puppies - The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful MyspaceYoutube Homage to Mariella Frostrup from the new Catatonia-with-theremins.
9. Cansei De Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above MyspaceYoutube Impossible to leave this out of the top ten.
10. MJ Hibbett and the Validators - The Lesson Of The Smiths MyspaceYoutube Morrissey, Marr and Barlow changed my life … one of the best singer songwriters playing to ridiculously small venues everywhere. Possibly the first song ever to use the phrase "cliques of Marxo-Anarchistic sods". Go and see them while you still can.
11. Automatic - Recover MyspaceYoutube I don't watch tons of music videos but sometimes, just sometimes, one comes along which makes you appreciate how great the song is. Of course you had to be around in the 70s to know what I mean.
12. White Rose Movement - Girls In The Back MyspaceYoutube More 80s influenced electronic music - there was a lot of it around this year.
13. Couse and the Impossible - A Celebration Myspace Former A House frontman Dave Couse making his best music for years and years. Still reads a lot of his lyrics on stage out of a book!
14. Feeling - Fill My Little World MyspaceYoutube As much as you want to hate a band like this, you can't deny they write great tunes.
15. Mystery Jets - Diamonds In The Dark MyspaceYoutube Still enjoying the folk/prog indie from one of the more unusual bands around at the moment.
16. Fields - If You Fail We All Fail MyspaceYoutube Other people may interpret this differently but to me this sounds like the perfect fusion of space-rock and two vocalists who sound uncannily like the two singers out of Deacon Blue.
17. Divine Comedy - Lady Of A Certain Age MyspaceYoutube This is Neil Hannon doing the thing he does best - wry observations on parts of life that most of us will just have to take his word on.
18. WigWam - WigWam MyspaceYoutube Not sure why I liked this record so much, perhaps it was the Trigger Happy TV style video? Or maybe the pictures of the ageless Betty Boo on their Myspace?
19. Joan as Police Woman - Christobel MyspaceYoutube Reminiscent of the Cure circa 10.15 Saturday Night, without the bad hair.
20. Grates - 19-20-20 MyspaceYoutube Great indie pop from female-fronted Australian trio.
21. Mama Shamone - Over Myspace This unsigned band should be really big in 2007 if they ever manage to gig somewhere other than Hoxton. Dirty electronic punk with a crazy lead singer.
22. Human Knives - She's Attracted To Myspace This slot would have been occupied by the original until I heard this fantastic 1980s Speak And Spell cover. More in 2007 please!
23. Modern - Industry MyspaceYoutube Not a great year for The Modern - this is the song that sold enough to have broken them as a top 20 act - instead, odd buying patterns (from the band's family it's believed) made the song ineligible, dumped from their label and now trying to relaunch themselves under a new name.
24. Sohodolls - Stripper MyspaceYoutube More electro punk, and a great performance supporting My Life Story at the Astoria earlier this month.
25. Blood Arm - Suspicious Character MyspaceYoutube Placed all the higher for my three year old son who has been singing "I like spider girls, and spider girls like me!" all year.
26. Celeste - Nothing In The Sky (With Diamonds) Myspace Last self-release from this unsigned Romford band who split up after about 8 years shortly afterwards.
27. Long Blondes - Once And Never Again MyspaceYoutube The band recorded an excellent acoustic version of this on 6 Music earlier this year which I prefer to the original.
28. Others - The Truth That Hurts MyspaceYoutube I know everyone hates them because of Dominic Masters' "frank opinions on everything", but their second album showed that they're still capable writing excellent songs, and still are a joy to watch live.
29. Wojtek Godzisz - December Will Be Magic Again Myspace It's not as good as last year's token indie Kate Bush cover, but it's still a great song from the former Symposium member. Maybe because Kate Bush wrote it, but you can't hold that against him.
30. Horrors - Count In Fives MyspaceYoutube Excellent organ-driven rock - and video with sign-language so we can all enjoy the lyrics - from rightly-hyped Southend band.
31. iDou - Perfect Hands For Basketball Myspace Carter USM-esque electronic punk featuring ex-Carter USM guitarist! Highly recommended if you enjoyed their 90s output.
32. Cardigans - Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds) MyspaceYoutube Single release from last year's excellent Super Extra Gravity.
33. Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla MyspaceYoutube The best of a number of good Icelandic bands at the moment - a big, spacey orchestra-driven track.
34. Sugababes - Easy MyspaceYoutube I don't care if it's the Sugababes, it's still going in. And I certainly don't have eye burn from watching their videos too much either …
35. Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger MyspaceYoutube I really really didn't want to even listen to a song with Chelsea in the title, let alone enjoy it. But once it got hold of me I just couldn't let go!
36. Mystery Jets - The Boy Who Ran Away MyspaceYoutube More of the same from the Mystery Jets - more of a psychadelic 60s feel to this one.
37. Muse - Starlight MyspaceYoutube Just when I thought I'd outgrown this band (great though their songs are), this one really grew and grew on me.
38. Peter, Bjorn and John with Victoria Bergstrom - Young Folks MyspaceYoutube Whistling lo-fi fun from Stockholm.
39. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken MyspaceYoutube More fantastic orchestral pop rekindling my love of C86.
40. Lostprophets - Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time) MyspaceYoutube Best track of the year from the almost-metal band who are still writing great pop songs.
41. Snow Patrol - You're All I Have MyspaceYoutube Really not a major fan of this band but I just can't resist songs like this.
42. Automatic - Monster MyspaceYoutube Not a bad song to have on in the car when you're driving your kids around Loch Ness in the summer, but the joke soon wore pretty thin …
43. Jarvis - I Will Kill Again MyspaceYoutube Jarvis's album has been a real grower on me, no tracks particularly standout but this is typical of the black humour throughout it.
44. Divine Comedy - To Die A Virgin MyspaceYoutube First release from the excellent Victory For The Comic Muse - a real return to form for the band.
45. Viva Voce - Lesson No 1 Myspace Pyschedelic American indie not too unlike the Breeders.
46. Larrikin Love - Happy As Annie MyspaceYoutube Reminds me of a more fun version of the Levellers, or certainly a cleaner version with less dogs on strings.
47. Nurse Who Loved Me - I'll Pretend I'll Pretend MyspaceYoutube Big big sounding space rock from this Canvey band's debut album.
48. iLiKETRAiNS - Terra Nova MyspaceYoutube Never really wanted to hear this band after seeing the way they spell their name and reading the rave reviews on Drowned in Sound. Changed my mind when I saw the excellent puppet video re-enacting Captain Scott's doomed march to the South Pole.
49. Shut Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames - Signal Noise Myspace Leeds band who may be onto bigger and better things next year. Signed to ¡Forward, Russia!'s label Dance To The Radio.
50. Bluetones - My Neighbour's House MyspaceYoutube Britpop lives! Hounslow's finest still alike and kicking on Cooking Vinyl. Shut your eyes and it's 1995 again.
51. Vatican DC - Wow MyspaceYoutube More Britpop hangovers - guitarist Chris Gentry was in the underrated and awesome Menswe@r.
52. Stereolab - Excursions Into "Oh, A-Oh" MyspaceYoutube Nothing's changed in 15 years - still making excellent space-age loungecore with ridiculous titles.
53. Albert Hammond Jr - 101 MyspaceYoutube This is what I used to like about the Strokes when they first came out - uncomplicated, easy on the ear, no trouble to anyone!
54. Spinto Band - Oh Mandy MyspaceYoutube Mandy obviously being short for Mandolins, which aren't in short supply on this track.
55. Franz Ferdinand - The Fallen MyspaceYoutube Best track on the second album, and a perfect accompaniment to Alex Kapranos's cookbook.
56. LT United - We Are The Winners MyspaceYoutube Lithuanian pop/folk sung by Alexei Sayle's extended family? Forget Lordi, these were the real stars of Eurovision.
57. Be Your Own Pet - Adventure MyspaceYoutube Great song, video and performance at Reading, although a bit too much yellow for my eyes. Extra marks for releasing a song longer than one minute in length.
58. Fields - Song From The Fields MyspaceYoutube Good song turned into a great song by an acoustic version at Fuji Rocks - just voices, guitars and what looked like a Fisher Price xylophone.
59. A-Ha - Analogue MyspaceYoutube I'm really glad I accidently tune into other radio stations from time to time (although I'm not trying to make a habit of it).
60. Pink Grease - Carlights MyspaceYoutube Still going strong (ish) and still flying the flag for good indie glam rock.
61. Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends MyspaceYoutube Seems to have been knocking around a long time, a good remix of another long lost band.
62. S*M*A*S*H - All By Myself Myspace Great to see the (very low key) return of this excellent NWONW (whatever that meant) band.
63. Ooberman - Crashing Ellipticals Myspace Surprise album of new material released a few years after they split. In their own words - glorious orchestral pop - and who am I to argue?
64. Howling Bells - Low Happening MyspaceYoutube Stumbled over this lot (not literally) when I was walking round the little tents at Reading.
65. Crimea - Lottery Winners On Acid MyspaceYoutube Number 2 in the first Post-Peel Festive 50, and re-released this year. For such an accolade it's a surprisingly normal sounding song.
66. Polysics - Electric Surfin' Go Go MyspaceYoutube Wouldn't be a complete top 100 without some Japanese electronic punk somewhere.
67. Boy Kill Boy - Suzie MyspaceYoutube Can't resist singalong choruses like this either. From E11, Upton Park's nearest band in the list!
68. Kasabian - Empire MyspaceYoutube Surprisingly good first single from the second album - the spirit of Big Country is alive and well.
69. Data Panik - Rulers and the States Myspace The reformed Bis who released a few good singles but couldn't keep it going to get the album out before they split once again. This is an example of what we're all missing.
70. ¡Forward, Russia! - Twelve MyspaceYoutube Still enjoy seeing them live much more than listening to the recorded output but this is a good song all the same.
71. Subliminal Girls - Burn Koko MyspaceYoutube Definitely a band to watch for 2007, and a sentiment I can easily agree with.
72. Upper Room - All Over This Town MyspaceYoutube Great melodic pop/rock from a band which are sadly history already.
73. Dirty Pretty Things - Wondering MyspaceYoutube Most enjoyable chunk of music yet from the Libertines' spin offs, sounding not unlike mid-90s Blur on this one.
74. Knife - Silent Shout MyspaceYoutube Many years ago I was a big fan of Jean-Michel Jarre. That's obviously coming back to haunt me now.
75. Hybrasil - When I'm Yawning MyspaceYoutube Debut album from the Irish electronic indie pop quintet due out sometime next year.
76. Frank and Walters - Miles and Miles MyspaceYoutube Cork's (second) finest still haven't given it up - they've been churning out indie pop ballads like this for 15 years now.
77. Jim Noir - Key Of C MyspaceYoutube Not the one from the advert during the World Cup.
78. I'm From Barcelona - We're From Barcelona MyspaceYoutube Along with the Cardigans, the second band from Jönköping in Sweden in the list. Unlike the other bands, there's 27 of them playing 60s lounge-tinged pop.
79. Keane - A Bad Dream MyspaceYoutube Best song for me on Crazy Tim's second album.
80. Sparks - Perfume MyspaceYoutube 100 years after their first song and they're still churning out good music.
81. Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces MyspaceYoutube This year's token "I really don't like this kind of music normally but this one's pretty good" track.
82. Simple Kid - Serotonin MyspaceYoutube First track from the underrated second album, SK2.
83. controller.controller - PF MyspaceYoutube Know very little about this band from Toronto, other than that they seem to have split up already …
84. Futureheads - Worry About It Later MyspaceYoutube The second album has been a real disappointment to me after the obvious highs of the first one. This is about as good as it gets.
85. Hot Club de Paris - sometimesitsbetter nottostickbitsofeachother ineachother foreachother MyspaceYoutube "Join the Hot Club de Paris Mailing List so we can spam you with a volume of information similar to the ludicrous amount of spam we get in our myspace comments". Well, I had to sign up after that, I'm just too curious for my own good …
86. Rifles - Repeated Offender MyspaceYoutube It's the new Jam … oh yes it is!
87. Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control MyspaceYoutube Good song but not as good as the NME think they are or - according to someone I know who's interviewed - nowhere near as good as *they* think they are.
88. Beck - Cell Phone's Dead MyspaceYoutube It's an obvious Primal Scream rip off and it's nowhere nearer as good as what he was doing 5 or 6 years ago, but here we all are, still in my top 100.
89. Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song MyspaceYoutube Seems like they've been going for years now.
90. Milk Kan - I'm Going With You Myspace South London anti-folk duo, full of clever lyrics despite their unfortunate location.
91. Belle and Sebastian - Funny Little Frog MyspaceYoutube Most notable for introducing the word "throwat" to the English language.
92. Kooks - Ooh La MyspaceYoutube Another song I hated at first but grew on me as the year went by.
93. Protocol - Where's The Pleasure? MyspaceYoutube Another band owing more than a little bit to Blondie - in this case, Atomic. And another band who split in 2006.
94. Supergrass - Fin Myspace Barely scraping the UK charts at no 111, I thought this might have been the last release, but there is a new album coming out in 2007.
95. Rapture - Whoo! Alright Yeah … Uh Huh (People Don't Dance No More) MyspaceYoutube More funky NYC cowbells (or that's what it sounds like to me).
96. Imogen Heap - Headlock MyspaceYoutube Number of Myspace friends: 259,854 and counting. Not bad for a girl from Romford.
97. Klaxons - Golden Skans MyspaceYoutube I've no idea what new rave is but this is good enough to tell me that 2007 will be a good year for them.
98. Graham Coxon - Standing On My Own Again MyspaceYoutube That's enough reasonable solo albums, can you now go back and fix Blur please?
99. Little Man Tate - Man I Hate Your Band MyspaceYoutube Not everything that came out of Sheffield this year was as boring as the Arctic Monkeys.
100. Grand Paradiso - I Was Running Myspace A slab of Americana from Nuremburg? You have to admit to being a bit curious, surely!
Despite my google abilities I cannot find anywhere I can buy/download the Mama Shamone track Over. I can listen on myspace but I want it on me ipod. Don't suppose you've spotted anywhere on your travels at all? Many thanks for the 2006 list!
One can only assume you never got to hear "the Boom Boom Bap" by Scritti Politti as I can think of no other reason it is not in your top ten
Despite my google abilities I cannot find anywhere I can buy/download the Mama Shamone track Over. I can listen on myspace but I want it on me ipod.
Don't suppose you've spotted anywhere on your travels at all?
Many thanks for the 2006 list!