* Tourfilter is a great web2.0 service for tourdate info in USA. Pretty useful.
* Brazilian albums that you have to listen to at least once before you die. Informative list on Last.FM incl. artists like Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento and Gilberto Gil.
* All Music’s Top 25 crushworthy bands of 2006 list, including Les Breastfeeders, The Matinee Orchestra and Aloe Blacc.
* Selections from the discography of 90’s influential grunge/crossover act Fudge Tunnel
* 2006 Top 10 on Nialler9, incl. Girl Talk, Joanna Newsom, Spank Rock, The Knife etc.
* East & West World Music Top 10 on Pop Matters. Have Ali Farka Toure on #1.
* Top 10 List on More Cowbell. incl. Neko Case, Band of Horses and M. Ward #1.
* Observer Music Monthly’s Top 50 of 2006 dissected on The Guardian’s blog.
* Top 50 albums on Charlatantric, Mostly indie / post-rock / shoegazer stuff with The Most Serene Republic at #1 and Asobi Seksu at #5 (one of the best indie albums of last year for me too).