50-’05: Top 50 of 2005

50. “Let It Ride” – Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
49. “The Widow” – The Mars Volta
48. “Twin Cinema” – The New Pornographers
47. “Off the Record” – My Morning Jacket
46. “All the Wine” – The National
45. “Monster Hospital” – Metric
44. “The Comeback” – Shout Out Louds
43. “Eat This City” – Thunderbirds Are Now!
42. “Crooked Teeth” – Death Cab for Cutie
41. “Little Sister” – Queens of the Stone Age
40. “Pachuca Sunrise” – Minus the Bear
39. “Cash Machine” – Hard-Fi
38. “Bom Bom Bom” – Living Things
37. “Publish My Love” – Rogue Wave
36. “Did You See the Words?” – Animal Collective
35. “Jezebel” – Iron & Wine
34. “Shuffle Your Feet” – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
33. “Oh Mandy” – The Spinto Band
32. “DOA” – Foo Fighters
31. “Cosmopolitan” – Nine Black Alps
30. “Speed of Sound” – Coldplay
29. “Miles” – The Southland
28. “Love is an Unfamiliar Name” – The Duke Spirit
27. “Apply Some Pressure” – Maximo Park
26. “Black” – Okkervil River
25. “I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor” – Arctic Monkeys
24. “Do You Want To?” – Franz Ferdinand
23. “Finding Out True Love is Blind” – Louis XIV
22. “Brighter Than Sunshine” – Aqualung
21. “In This Home on Ice” – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
20. “Since K Got Over Me” – The Clientele
19. “Girl” – Beck
18. “Chewing Gum” – Annie
17. “Club Foot” – Kasabian
16. “Hardcore Days and Softcore Nights” – Aqueduct
15. “Oh My God” – Kaiser Chiefs
14. “Unwind” – The Rosebuds
13. “Tribulations” – LCD Soundsystem
12. “Hope There’s Someone” – Antony and the Johnsons
11. “This Isn’t It” – Giant Drag
10. “An Honest Mistake” – The Bravery
9. “Swimmers” – Broken Social Scene
8. “Entertain” – Sleater-Kinney
7. “Inaction” – We Are Scientists
6. “A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left” – Andrew Bird
5. “The Denial Twist” – The White Stripes
4. “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.” – Sufjan Stevens
3. “Banquet” – Bloc Party
2. “Engine Driver” – The Decemberists
1. “I Turn My Camera On” – Spoon