Nominations for Best "Rock" Album of 2005

[IndieMatty]

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This is my top 10 of 05

1. Architecture in Helsinki - In Case we Die
2. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
3. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
4. The Fiery Furnaces - EP
5. The Decemberists - Picaresque
6. Bright eyes - Wide Awake, Its Morning
7. The National - Alligator
8. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
9. Iron and Wine - Woman King
10. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

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how have i never heard of any of these? if they were the best albums of 2005, why wouldn't i hear of them even one time?

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Because you are ignorant about good music?

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Don't you think where you live has alot to do with what you are exposed too, granted I can find all of these bands but if no-one in my region is listening to them then I have to be a disadvantage compared to a region where this kind of music is prevelant.

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I agree to an extent. I hear about this stuff through friends, and opening acts for shows and what not. But...really with the internet the answer to this is "no".