We have one for movies, so let's talk music. I'll just list some songs that come to mind, but we can discuss the year's albums as well.

1. Aidonwanadai - Ging Nang Boyz
2. Nounai Traveler - GO!GO!7188
3. Hikari - Ging Nang Boyz
4. Dance Hall - GO!GO!7188
5. Tokyo Bambi - the pillows
6. Night Rider - Ging Nang Boyz
7. Chihiro-chan etc. - Ging Nang Boyz
8. Sekai ga Owaru Yoru - Chatmonchy
9. Daidai - Chatmonchy
10. Tobiuo no Butterfly - Chatmonchy

Did anything else good come out this year? My memory fails me.

Cornelius released Sensuous, and it's pretty badass.

^ Heck yes. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExVyYSp9k0o[/url]

Just watch.

In no order:

01. the pillows - Tokyo Bambi
02. Molotov - Yofo
03. Bonde do Rolê - solta o frango
04. the pillows - BOAT HOUSE
05. the pillows - SCARECROW/tsuyogari (cant decide)
06. ken Yokoyama - Not Fooling anyone
07. suneo hair - tsutaeteyo
08. suneo hair - SKIRT
09. suneo hair- headphone music
10. CAPTAIN STRAYDUM - KEMURI MAN

No order:

1. YOUNGSTER - the pillows
2. Ladybird Girl - the pillows
3. AIDONWANADAI - Ging Nang Boyz
4. Hikari - Ging Nang Boyz
5. The City Dreaming - Zazen Boys
6. Down Boy - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. Killer Tune - Tokyo Jihen
8. riyuu - bloodthirsty butchers
9. Level Eight - The Stereo Future
10. Wind Chimes - Toddle

top ten songs of the year, huh? That's gonna be kind of hard. Alphabetical, Artist - title (album). I limited myself to only one song per artist.

ART-SCHOOL - 左ききのキキ　(左ききのキキ)
ASH - tell me you love me (Sound Tracks & More)
BEYONDS - periodicals (WEEKEND)
neotone - newsongs
the pillows - Ladybird girl
PROTOKOLL - Sail on Home (Children of the Future Age EP)
The Ready Aim Fire! - It's a Fucking Setup (I Hope You Fall in Love)
STRAIGHTENER - Six Day Wonder (LINEAR) <-barely beating out Chatmonchy's とび魚とバタフライ
SUPERCAR - PLANET ~the end of childhood~ (Three Out Change 10th Anniversary)
銀杏BOYZ - あいどんわなだい
凛として時雨 - i not crazy am you are (Inspiration is DEAD)

1.sparta locals-[mihaa]her
2.the pillows-serious plan
3.GNB-i dont wanna die
4.ogre you asshole-flagg
5.fujifabric-passion fruit

Best album of the year: Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
I'll make a larger list when I have the time.

I don't keep track of music in my head as I do with movies, so I can't really answer this.

I guess Wake Upx x3 was one of my favorite albums of the year. My absolute favorite album would be the new Foo Fighters one, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.

I listened to a lot of older music this year. Straightener pretty much took up my summer after I discovered them in June.

No particular order:
Albums:
Iron and Wine - Shepherd's Dog
Elliott Smith - New Moon
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Matt Pond PA - Last Light
Piebald - Accidental Gentlemen
Young Love - Too Young To Fight It

Songs:
Iron and Wine - Resurrection Fern
Iron and Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth
Iron and Wine - Innocent Bones (oddly enough, I disliked this song at first.)
Go!Go!7188 - Manatsu No Dance Hall
Go!Go!7188 - I forgot the song title, but it was on the Manatsu No Dance Hall single. It was the acoustic one. It started with a D, I think.
Elliott Smith - Whatever (Folk Song in C)
Elliott Smith - High Times
Elliott Smith - New Monkey
Elliott Smith - Miss Misery (Early Version)
Elliott Smith - Riot Coming
Elliott Smith - Thirteen
Elliott Smith - Angel in the Snow
Bright Eyes - Four Winds (Jesus, this song is annoyingly good. The only thing that bugs me is the violin line sometimes sounds like Santa Claus is coming to town.)
Bright Eyes - Make a Plan to Love Me
Bright Eyes - Soul Singer in a Session Band

Hmmm....I haven't really listened to too much new shit. So in no order 1 song per artist:

Hooverphonic - Expedition Impossible
the pillows - Tokyo Bambi
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Cake - Warpigs

Favorite J-Albums:

10. ORESKABAND - WAO!!!
9. Puffy - Honeycreeper
8. the pillows - Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up!
7. TsuShiMaMiRe - no-miso shortcake
6. L'Arc~en~Ciel - KISS
5. SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH - The Piano It's Me
4. Guitar Wolf - Dead Rock
3. Bump of Chicken - orbital period
2. Electric Eel Shock - Transworld Ultra Rock
1. Soil & "Pimp" Sessions - PIMPOINT

Favorite non-J-Albums:

10. The Good the Bad and the Queen
9. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
8. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
7. The Fratellis - Costello Music
6. Turbonegro - Retox
5. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Dr. Dog - We All Belong
3. Daft Punk - Alive 2007
2. The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
1. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris

Favorite J-Songs:

1. Ging Nang Boyz - I Don't Wanna Die (also best music video of the year, too )
2. Teriyaki Boyz - I Still Love H.E.R. (feat. Kanye West)
3. Anna Tsuchiya - LUCY
4. Monobright - Mikansei Riot
5. Puffy AmiYumi - Island
6. the pillows - BOAT HOUSE
7. The Birthday - Ookami no Nodo
8. SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH - The Soda Fountain
9. Bump of Chicken - MAYDAY
10. m-flo - Love to Live By (feat. Chara)

Favorite non-J-Songs:

1. Queens of the Stone Age - Sick Sick Sick
2. Dr. Dog - My Old Ways
3. The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
4. The Go! Team - Fake ID
5. The Stooges - My Idea of Fun
6. The Polyphonic Spree - Running Away
7. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
8. Modest Mouse - Dashboard
9. Radiohead - Bodysnatchers
10. The Good the Bad and the Queen - Kingdom of Doom

I forgot the new AKG and Shoko Nakagawa tunes.

@h2orowe: The gogo song you're thinking of is Dekimono. That was a good one.

The way I are - timbaland
BOAT HOUSE - The Pillows
Lady Birdgirl - the pillows

that's it ~_~ wow i'm not so into new music i have heard old songs but are new to me Would those count?

[quote="Metal2Hedgehog"]that's it ~_~ wow i'm not so into new music i have heard old songs but are new to me Would those count?[/quote]

Nope. I had the same problem this year. I pretty much only listened to new things from bands I already like and old stuff of bands that were new to me.