New stuff we spun for you on WFUV in 2005, in alphabetical order.
The Best of 2005 Listener Poll Results | WFUV Staff Picks
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Abdel Wright | Abdel Wright | Interscope |
| Aimee Mann | The Forgotten Arm | SuperEgo |
| Al Green | Everything's OK | Blue Note |
| Al Kooper | Black Coffee | Favored Nations |
| Alana Davis | Surrender Dorothy | Tigress/Telarc |
| Alison Brown | Stolen Moments | Compass |
| Amadou & Mariam | Diamanche a Bamako | Nonesuch |
| Amos Lee | Amos Lee | Blue Note |
| Amy Ray | Prom | Daemon |
| Amy Rigby | Little Fugitive | Signature Sounds |
| Andrew Bird | Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs | Righteous Babe |
| Ani DiFranco | Knuckle Down | Righteous Babe |
| Antony & the Johnsons | I Am a Bird Now | Secretly Canadian |
| Aqualung | Strange and Beautiful | Red Ink/Columbia |
| Assembly of Dust | The Honest Hour | Hybrid |
| B.B. King & Friends | 80 | UMe/Universal |
| Beck | Guero | Interscope |
| Ben Folds | Songs For Silverman | Epic |
| Ben Lee | Awake is the New Sleep | New West |
| Ben Taylor | Another Run Around the Sun | Iris |
| Bettye Lavette | I've Got My Own Hell to Raise | ANTI/Epitaph |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Howl | RCA |
| Blind Boys of Alabama | Atom Bomb | Real World/Virgin |
| Blue Merle | Burning in the Sun | Island |
| Bob Dylan | No Direction Home: The Bootleg Series Vol.7 | Columbia |
| Bob Marley | Africa Unite: The Singles Collection | Island |
| Bonnie Raitt | Souls Alike | Capitol |
| Brandi Carlile | Brandi Carlile | Red Ink/Columbia |
| Brazilian Girls | Brazilian Girls | Verve Forecast |
| Brendan Benson | The Alternative to Love | V2 |
| Brett Dennen | Brett Dennen | Flagship |
| Brian Setzer | Rockabilly Riot: A Tribute to Sun Records | Surfdog |
| Bright Eyes | Digital Ash in a Digital Urn | Saddle Creek |
| Bright Eyes | I'm Wide Awake It's Morning | Saddle Creek |
| Bruce Cockburn | Speechless | Rounder |
| Bruce Springsteen | Devils & Dust | Columbia |
| Buck 65 | This Right Here is Buck 65 | V2 |
| Buckwheat Zydeco | Jackpot! | Tomorrow |
| Buddy Guy | Bring 'Em In | Silvertone/Jive |
| Burning Spear | Our Music | Burning Music |
| Campbell Brothers | Can You Feel It? | rope-a-dope |
| Caitlin Cary/Thad Cockrell | Begonias | Yep Roc |
| Calexico/Iron and Wine | In the Reins | Overcoat |
| Cerys Matthews | Cockahoop | Rough Trade |
| Charlie Sexton | Cruel and Gentle Things | Back Porch |
| Christine Lavin | Folkzinger | Appleseed |
| Clem Snide | End of Love | spinART |
| Coldplay | X & Y | Capitol |
| Corey Harris | Daily Bread | Rounder |
| Cowboy Junkies | Early 21st Century Blues | ZOE/Rounder |
| Dar Williams | My Better Self | Razor & Tie |
| Dave Matthews Band | Stand Up | RCA |
| Dave's True Story | Nature | Bepop |
| David Gray | Life in Slow Motion | ATO/RCA |
| David Poe | Love is Red | 7Twenty Records |
| Death Cab For Cutie | Plans | Atlantic |
| Delbert McClinton | Cost of Living | New West |
| Dios (Malos) | Dios (Malos) | Star Time |
| Dolly Parton | Those Were the Days | Sugar Hill |
| Doves | Some Cities | Heavenly/EMI |
| Dwight Yoakam | Blame the Vain | New West |
| Ed Harcourt | Strangers | Astralwerks |
| Eliza Gilkyson | Paradise Hotel | Red House |
| Ellis Paul | American Jukebox Fables | Rounder |
| Emiliana Torrini | Fisherman's Woman | Sanctuary |
| Eric Clapton | Back Home | Reprise |
| Erin McKeown | We Will Become Like Birds | Nettwerk |
| Feist | Let it Die | Cherry Tree/Interscope |
| Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | Epic |
| Francis Dunnery | The Gulley Flats Boys | Aquarian Nation |
| Frank Black | Honeycomb | Back Porch |
| Gillian Welch | Black Star EP | Acony |
| Gomez | Out West | ATO |
| Graham Parker | Songs of No Consequence | Bloodshot |
| Greg Trooper | Make It Through This World | Sugar Hill |
| Herbie Hancock | Possibilities | Vector |
| Hubert Sumlin | About Them Shoes | Tone-Cool/Artemis |
| Imogen Heap | Speak For Yourself | RCA/Megaphone |
| Ivy | In the Clear | Nettwerk |
| Jack Johnson | Inbetween Dreams | Brushfire/Universal |
| Jackie Greene | Sweet Somewhere Bound | Verve Forecast |
| Jackson Browne | Solo Acoustic, Vol.1 | Inside Recordings |
| James McMurtry | Childish Things | Compadre |
| Jamie Cullum | Catching Tales | Verve Forecast |
| Jess Klein | Strawberry Lover | Rykodisc |
| Jerry Douglas | The Best Kept Secret | KOCH |
| Jim Boggia | Safe in Sound | Bluhammock |
| Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Come on Back | Rounder |
| Joan Baez | Bowery Songs | KOCH |
| John Cale | Black Acetate | Astralwerks |
| Joe Cocker | Heart & Soul | New Door/UME |
| John Butler Trio | Sunrise Over Sea | Jarrah/Lava |
| John Hammond | In Your Arms Again | Back Porch |
| John Hiatt | Master of Disaster | New West |
| John Mayer Trio | Try!: John Mayer Trio Live in Concert | Columbia |
| John Prine | Fair & Square | Oh Boy |
| John Scofield | That's What I Say: The Music of Ray Charles | Verve |
| Josh Joplin | Jaywalker | Eleven Thirty/Red Eye |
| Josh Rouse | Nashville | Rykodisc |
| Judd and Maggie | Subjects | RCAVictor |
| Judith Owen | Lost and Found | Century of Progress |
| Kate Bush | Aerial | Columbia |
| Kathleen Edwards | Back to Me | ZOE/Rounder |
| Keren Ann | Nolita | Metro Blue |
| Kieran McGee | Anonymous | Stanton Street |
| Kyle Riabko | Before | Aware/Columbia |
| Laura Cantrell | Humming By the Flowered Vine | Matador |
| Laura Veirs | Fear of Meteors | Nonesuch |
| Leo Kottke/Mike Gordon | Sixty Six Steps | RCAVictor |
| Little Barrie | We Are Little Barrie | Artemis |
| Lizz Wright | Dreaming Wide Awake | Verve Forecast |
| Los Super 7 | Heartd it on the X | Telarc |
| Lou Barlow | Emoh | Merge |
| Loudon Wainwright III | Here Come the Choppers | Sovereign Artists |
| Lucinda Williams | Live at the Fillmore West | Lost Highway |
| M. Ward | Transistor Radio | Merge |
| Magnolia Electric Co. | What Comes After the Blues | Secretly Canadian |
| Maia Sharp | Fine Upstanding Citizen | KOCH |
| Maktub | Say What You Mean | Velour |
| Marah | If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry | Yep Roc |
| Maria Taylor | 11:11 | Saddle Creek |
| Marianne Faithfull | Before the Poison | ANTI/Epitaph |
| Mark Geary | Ghosts | Signature Sounds |
| Martha Wainwright | Martha Wainwright | ZOE/Rounder |
| Mary Gauthier | Mercy Now | Lost Highway |
| Matisyahu | Live at Stubb's | Or/Jdub |
| Merle Haggard | Chicago Wind | Capitol |
| Michael Penn | Mr. Hollywood, Jr. 1947 | spinART |
| Michelle Shocked | Don't Ask Don't Tell | Mighty Sound/Music Allies |
| Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | ATO |
| Moby | Hotel | V2 |
| Nada Surf | The Weight is a Gift | Barsuk |
| Nanci Griffith | Hearts in Mind | New Door/Universal |
| Neil Diamond | 12 Songs | Columbia |
| Neil Young | Prairie Wind | Reprise |
| New Pornographers | Twin Cinema | Matador |
| Nic Armstrong & the Thieves | The Greatest White Liar | New West |
| Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus | Mute/Epitaph |
| Nickel Creek | Why Should the Fire Die? | Sugar Hill |
| North Mississippi Allstars | Electric Blue Watermelon | ATO |
| Nouvelle Vague | Nouvelle Vague | V2 |
| Paul Brady | Say What You Feel | Compass |
| Paul McCartney | Chaos & Creation in the Backyard | Capitol |
| Paul Weller | As is Now | Yep Roc |
| Raul Midon | State of Mind | Manhattan |
| Ray Davies | Thanksgiving Day | V2 |
| Regina Spektor | Soviet Kitsch | Sire |
| Richard Hawley | Coles Corner | Mute |
| Richard Thompson | Front Parlour Ballads | Cooking Vinyl |
| Ringo Starr | Choose Love | KOCH |
| Ringside | Ringside | Geffen/Interscope |
| Robbers on High Street | Tree City | New Line |
| Robert Cray | Twenty | Sanctuary |
| Robert Earl Keen | What I Really Mean | KOCH |
| Robert Plant | The Mighty Rearranger | Sanctuary |
| Rodney Crowell | The Outsider | Sugar Hill/DMZ/Columbia |
| Roomful of Blues | Standing Room Only | Alligator |
| Ry Cooder | Chavez Ravine | Nonesuch |
| Ryan Adams & the Cardinals | Cold Roses | Lost Highway |
| Ryan Adams | Jacksonville City Nights | Lost Highway |
| Santana | All That I Am | Arista |
| Sarah Lee Guthrie/Johnny Irion | Exploration | New West |
| Sexsmith & Kerr | Destination Unknown | |
| Shannon McNally | Geronimo | Back Porch/Virgin |
| Shelby Lynne | Suit Yourself | Capitol |
| Sheryl Crow | Wildflower | A&M |
| Sigur Ros | Takk... | Geffen/Interscope |
| Sinead O'Connor | Throw Down Your Arms | Sanctuary |
| Solomon Burke | Make Do With What You Got | Shout! |
| Son Volt | Okemah and the Melody of Riot | Transmit Sound/Legacy |
| Soulive | Breakout | Concord |
| Spoon | Gimme Fiction | Merge |
| Spottiswoode and His Enemies | Building a Road | Grantham Dispatch |
| Stars | Set Yourself on Fire | Arts & Crafts |
| Stephen Stills | Man Alive! | Pyramid |
| Stevie Wonder | A Time to Love | Motown |
| Supergrass | Road to Rouen | Capitol |
| Susan Tedeschi | Hope and Desire | Verve Forecast |
| Susie Suh | Susie Suh | Epic |
| Teenage Fanclub | Man-Made | Merge |
| The Bad Plus | Suspicious Activity | Columbia |
| The Coral | The Invisible Invasion | Deltasonic/Columbia |
| The Decemberists | Picaresque | Kill Rock Stars |
| The Devlins | Waves | Nettwerk |
| The Duhks | The Duhks | Vanguard |
| The Kennedys | Half a Million Miles | Appleseed |
| The Knitters | The Modern Sound of the Knitters | Rounder |
| The Perishers | Let There Be Morning | Nettwerk |
| The Persuasions | Sing U2 | Chesky |
| The Redwalls | De Nova | Capitol |
| The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang | Virgin |
| The String Cheese Incident | One Step Closer | SCIFidelity |
| The Wallflowers | Rebel, Sweetheart | Interscope |
| The White Stripes | Get Behind Me Satan | V2 |
| Thievery Corporation | The Cosmic Game | ESL |
| Tim O'Brien | Cornbread Nation | Sugar Hill |
| Tori Amos | The Beekeeper | Epic |
| Toshi Reagon | Have You Heard | Righteous Babe |
| Tracy Chapman | Where You Live | Elektra/Atlantic |
| Tracy Grammer | Flower of Avalon | Signature Sounds |
| Trey Anastasio | Shine | Columbia |
| Turin Brakes | JackinaBox | Astralwerks |
| Van Morrison | Magic Time | Geffen |
| Vance Gilbert | Unfamiliar Moon | Disismye |
| Various Artists | "Elizabethtown" Soundtrack | RCA |
| Various Artists | Bonnaroo Music Festival 2005 | Sanctuary |
| Various Artists | I Believe to My Soul | Rhino/Hear Music |
| Various Artists | Six Feet Under: Everything Ends Soundtrack | Astralwerks |
| Various Artists | Stubbs the Zombie Soundtrack | Shout Factory |
| Various Artists | Sweetheart 2005 | Hear music |
| Various Artists | This Bird Has Flown: Tribute to Beatles' Rubber Soul | Razor & Tie |
| Various Artists | Verve Remixed 3 | Verve |
| Wilco | Kicking Television: Live in Chicago | Nonesuch |
| Willie Nelson | Countryman | Lost Highway |
| Without Gravity | Tenderfoot | One Little Indian |
| Xavier Rudd | Solace | Foundation Records/Universal |
