My recommendations 2006:Some Echoes by Aloha

Aloha: Some Echoes
Polyvinyl 4/11/2006

Available at Emusic

Some Echoes is one of those albums that creeps up on you. The songs tend to blend into each other on the first few listens. However, unlike most indie rock bands, Aloha have a gift for novel arrangements and melodies that wriggle into your brain and lay eggs. After not too long, those eggs hatch and you try to remember where you heard that great song with the xylophone substituting for the bass. By the time you realize it's from Some Echoes, it's too late to resist.