So Far, So Good...So What!

I've compiled a list of alternative music from Malta released so far in 2006. My plan is to poll my blog readers and Mużika Mod Ieħor podcast listeners towards established the top 10 favourite releases of 2006.

I must admit that I am very impressed by the relatively large number of releases. In spite of this, I have a feeling my list is not complete. Please let me know if you think there are any additional titles I should add to this list before starting the voting in October. The list is not meant to be fully comprehensive - I am selective - but I would like to include as many titles as possible at this stage.

Here's the list, so far, in alphabetical order:

8 Ugly - Head in the Clouds (MySpace)

Andre Camilleri & The Broken Hearts - debut album (out soon)

Angelcrypt - Thou Shalt Die [single] (MySpace)

Beangrowers - You Are You Are [UK Release] (Series 8 Records)

Black Aura - Amun (MySpace)

Bitterside - Shutters [single]

Brian James - Manikins 2 (Pinkpube)

Camilleri/Bomba - Limestone (Transmitter Records)

Carrie - debut album (out soon)

Chasing Pandora - EP (Tickety-boo Records)

Fire - Ignite (Fire)

Forsaken - Dominaeon DLP (Immortal Vinyl Records)

Freddie Portelli - Good to Be Free [EP]

Hagen - Pleves (Pinkpube)

Item - tracks (MySpace)

Kemik-Al - The Dark Journal (Butterfly Records)

Krokus - Hellraiser (AFM Records)

Mathematikal - tracks (MySpace)

Melchior Sultana - Not For The Masses (Pinkpube)

Knockturn Alley - The Dream is Dead (Knockturn Alley)

NV - No Regrets + Open Your Eyes [singles]

Particle Blue - Electro Synth Heroes (Peeled Tracks)

Recoil - Behold the Great/Nothing [single]

Rising Sunset - Rhema (Rising Sunset)

Salt - Q&A [single]

Sandro Zerafa 5tet - White Russian (SandroZerafa.com)

Scar - Unmake You [single]

Scream Daisy - What They Say/Happy Families [single]

Slit - Ode To Silence (Anticulture Records)

Subculture - A Lifetime of Disappointments (Subculture)

Tears of Revenge - Bleed [single] (MySpace)

The Rifffs - Life of Crime [single]

The I-Skandal - Skaccomatto (Reciprocal Records)

Toby - Digi Kinda Life (Playhouse)

Tony Grimaud - You've Been on My Mind [single]

Tribali - Tribali (Tribali)

X-Tend - Conclusion [single]

X-Vandals - Erosion of Our Liberty (X-Vandals)

Xtruppaw - Is-CD tal-iXtruppaw (Reciprocal Records)

Various Artists - 10times10: A Pinkpube Compilation Volume 1 (Pinkpube)

Various Artists - Malta Song for Europe 2006 (Maltasong)

Various Artists - The AltMalta Compilation (alternativemalta.com)

Winter Moods - Ordinary Men (out soon)