J-Sun Atoms of the Upsidedown: 2006 In Review

It’s been an interesting year because I expected our album to come out, but that’s what happens when you expect something. Thank the universe for showing us who’s the boss and slowing us down; something always comes along and turns us into something else. 2007 is going to be an exciting year for us, I feel like the album we are working on right now is a life’s work, something timeless that you can listen to proudly for a lifetime. For much of the year The Black Angels’ Passover was something that I listened to daily. Peter (Dandy Warhols) turned me on to Serena-Maneesh, he drove over the CD and dropped it off after they were on tour with them and I knew it was going to be special.

Some of the best live shows I saw this year were Dead Meadow, BRMC, the Dandy Warhols with the gathering of the geezers (drawing and painting and music together worked well), I picked quite a few northwest bands because they really were the soundtrack to our lives this year. Jeremy from The Village Green is making our album with us and listening to “Feeling the Fall” makes me excited about drums. I just heard a high violets remix for “Cool Green” that blew my head back, or my hair or whatever. One of my favorite songs that won’t be released until next year is The Sun The Sea’s song “Even Happier” (which you can check out here)… at any rate…Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind, Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne…

The Upsidedown 2006 Top Ten:

1. The Black Angels Passover
2. Serena-Maneesh Serena-Maneesh
3. The High Violets To Where You Are
4. The Dandy Warhols Odditorium or Warlords of Mars
5. The Village Green Feeling the Fall
6. The Strokes First Impressions of Earth
7. Hypatia Lake …and We Shall Call Him Joseph
8. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
9. Kings of Leon Day Old Belgian Blues
10. Muse Black Holes and Revelations

Honorable Mentions:
Tom Waits Orphans
Thom Yorke The Eraser
The Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldiers
Band of Horses Everything All The Time
Kasabian Empire

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