The Shortlist's Longlist Announced!

Yay! One of my favorite annual competitions (of sorts) is back. Sufjan Stevens, members of Franz Ferdinand, members of Panic! At The Disco and KT Tunstall, amongst others, have compiled their longlist of the best albums of '06 (that haven't gone gold), to be narrowed down to an elite TEN within the next 2 months. The winner will be chosen this spring.

Some of this year's longlist highlights include The Knife's Silent Shout, Beirut's Gulag Orkestrar, Editors' The Back Room, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Show Your Bones and Art Brut's Bang Bang Rock N Roll. Check out the full list, via Bitchfork, HERE!

Previous shortlist winners include N*E*R*D, Sufjan Stevens, Sigur Ros, TV On The Radio and Damien Rice. Who are you pulling for?

MP3: The Knife - We Share Our Mothers' Health (Ratatat remix) (via Boy From School)