VP writers' best of 2005: Skif

Albums of the year 2005
Steveless – Popular Music In Theory
The Fall – Fall Heads Roll
Quintron & Miss Pussycat – Swamp Tech
Linda Draper – One Two Three Four
The A-Lines – The A-Lines
Scaramanga Six – Cabin Fever
Fireworks Night – It’s A Wide, Wide Sea
Magnetphone – The Man Who Ate The Man
Baikonour – For The Lonely Hearts Of The Cosmos
Oceansize – Everyone Into Position

Singles of the year 2005
Stuffy/The Fuses – Where’s The Captain?
Deerhoof – Green Cosmos EP
Various – We Are Legion
Iodo – Note To Self EP
Who Made Who – The Loop
The Heart Strings – Try Fly Blue Sky EP
Signal Generator – Output EP
Stereolab – Kyberneticka Babicka Pts 1 & 2
The Fallout Trust – When We Are Gone
Yacht Club – YC001

Gigs of the year 2005
Architecture In Helsinki. Liverpool Barfly Theatre. 08jul05.
Schwervon. Liverpool Zanzibar. 21feb05.
Cranebuilders. Liverpool Carling Academy 2. 10mar05.
Thee More Shallows, a.P.A.t.T. Liverpool Hev’n & Hell. 01apr05.
Arcade Fire. Manchester Academy 1. 04may05.
Barb Jungr. Edinburgh Pleasance AceDome. 29aug05.
Sing Zimbabwe! Edinburgh St Georges West. 27aug05.
Misty’s Big Adventure. Manchester Dry Bar. 01oct05.
Laura Cantrell. Liverpool Academy. 22sep05.
Melys. Liverpool Cavern Club. 06mar05.
DJ Scotch Egg. Liverpool Barfly. 04feb05.

The Magic Band and Cardiacs would be in this list as they were typically amazing, but as they make my 10 every year, I thought I'd give some others a chance. Lucky them. This is a prestigious thing you understand.