If Mixtapes|Heartbreaks had been around for 2006, here are some things we would have told you to pay attention to.

*Note – if something was already reviewed here, it’s not on this list. Read the review to see if we liked it or not. Thanks!*

Nothing is in any order of rank; the only logically ordered thing is the albums section by release date.

[ALBUMS]

THE STROKES – FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH – 1.3.06
Standout Tracks:
1. You Only Live Once
3. Heart In A Cage

WE ARE SCIENTISTS – WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR – 1.10.06
Standout Tracks:
1. Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
7. It’s A Hit
9. Textbook

THE SOUNDS – DYING TO SAY THIS TO YOU – 3.21.06
Standout Tracks:
3. Tony the Beat
8. Hurt You

TAKING BACK SUNDAY – LOUDER NOW – 4.25.06
Standout Tracks:
1. What It Feels Like To Be A Ghost
4. Up Against (The Blackout)
7. Spin
9. Miami
10. Error Operator

RATATAT – CLASSICS – 8.22.06
Standout Tracks:
2. Lex
3. Gettysburg

THE KILLERS – SAM’S TOWN – 10.3.06
1. Sam’s Town
4. Bling (Confessions of a King)
5. For Reasons Unknown

[SINGLES]

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE F/T.I. – MY LOVE
BECK – NAUSEA
NELLY FURTADO – PROMISCUOUS
THE SUBMARINES – PEACE AND HATE
COBRA STARSHIP – BRING IT (SNAKES ON A PLANE)
BRANDTSON – NOBODY DANCES ANYMORE
JAMIE LIDELL – MULTIPLY
SAY ANYTHING – WOW, I CAN GET SEXUAL TOO
T.I. – WHAT YOU KNOW
RIHANNA – S.O.S.
[BANDS THAT WERE WORTH PAYING TO SEE, REGARDLESS OF IF I PAID OR NOT]

Taking Back Sunday
Brighton, MA
Jonny Lang
Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s
Hayward Williams
My Morning Jacket
The Appleseed Cast
Ben Lee
Seu Jorge
Death Cab For Cutie

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