My recommendations 2006:Citrus by Asobi Seksu

Asobi Seksu: Citrus
Friendly Fire 5/30/2006

Available at Emusic

For the life of me, I can't understand a word she's singing, even when it's in English. But, English or Japanese, who cares? These are some beautiful songs. They should have been signed to 4AD in 1986, but alas, they weren't around yet. Their fuzzy, etherial confections would have been right at home among acts like A.R. Kane and Cocteau Twins. Luckily, Asobi Seksu have emerged out of New York, not Japan as one might assume, to fill the niche left vacant by the demise of these bands and eventually carve their own.