now that the year's almost over, my personal picks for the top ten alt rock tracks of 2005 --

1) emanuel / the willing
2) bloodhound gang / foxtrot uniform charlie kilo
3) nine inch nails / only
4) fall out boy / sugar, we're goin' down
5) beck / e-pro
6) all-american rejects / dirty little secret
7) alkaline trio / mercy me
8) the white stripes / blue orchid
9) the bravery / an honest mistake
10) death cab for cutie / soul meets body

honorable mentions --
gorillaz / feel good, inc.
coheed and cambria / the suffering
QotSA / in my head
SoaD / violent pornography
switchfoot / stars

take all this information and do something useful with it.

--j