The stripped-down and somber electropop sounds of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone are hardly the sort of jams one would imagine booming at a club, but judging from his list of 2006 honoraries, Owen clearly (and surprisingly) has a soft spot for hip-hop (Ghostface? Really?). Here then in no particular order are Owen’s ten favorite albums of 2006:

• Final Fantasy – He Poos Clouds
• The Parenthetical Girls – Safe As Houses
• Tseguè-Maryam Guèbrou – Éthiopiques 21: Emahoy
• Scott Walker – The Drift
• Ghostface – Fishscale
• The Mountain Goats – Get Lonely
• The Donkeys – The Donkeys
• Xiu Xiu – The Air Force
• The Dead Science – Crepuscle With The Dead Science
• Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco’s Food and Liquor

Read our interview with Owen Ashworth here.

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone MP3:
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