To go along with my favourite discs of 2005, here’s the 2005 mix…just to give you a sampling of what I thought was the best music of year. It’s just the best song from 20 of the best 25 discs; I didn’t delve into all the single tracks I picked up over the year.

• And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead . “The Rest Will Follow”
• Black Mountain . “Don’t Run Our Hearts Around”
• Bright Eyes . “Road To Joy”
• The Constantines . “Soon Enough”
• The Dandy Warhols . “Down Like Disco”
• The Duke Spirit . “Hello To The Floor”
• Elbow . “Mexican Standoff”
• The Fiery Furnaces . “Single Again”
• The Heartless Bastards . “Onions”
• Ladytron . “High Rise”
• LCD Soundsystem . “Losing My Edge”
• Low . “When I Go Deaf”
• Metric . “Monster Hospital”
• The New Pornographers . “The Bleeding Heart Show”
• Nine Inch Nails . “With Teeth”
• Rogue Wave . “Salesman at the Day of the Parade”
• Sleater-Kinney . “Let’s Call It Love”
• Spoon . “I Turn My Camera On”
• The White Stripes . “Instinct Blues”
• Wolf Parade . “I’ll Believe In Anything”