Favorite Musical Discoveries of 2005

Thanks to recommendations by friends, selective headlining acts, and the indie tastemakers at Pitchfork, I found these bands this past year:

• LCD Soundsystem
• Spoon
• Wolf Parade
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Okkervil River
  

If you haven't heard of them, check them out. You won't be disappointed. (Each of them had an album on Pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2005.)

Favorite Musical Discoveries of 2005