new additions to this section (added August 2009):
NY Daily News, 30 July 2006, by Jim Farber
Revolver Magazine, 29 March 2007, by Rixt Kleinjan 
The Rawking Refuses To Stop!, 31 August 2006, by David Greenwald
The Ticker, 15 April 2007, by Adrienne Rayski
"Long Winters do happy, without all the sappy"
Tiny Mix Tapes, by Chris Gliddon
end of year lists
Paste's Top 100 Albums of 2006: voted #10, 16 January 2007
Rolling Stone : The 100 Best Songs of 2006: Pushover voted #73, 8 December 2006
"Guitar troubadour surrenders to his girlfriend with two and a half minutes of rootsy sweetness, and you can't help but surrender too."
Seattlest: 2006 Top-Five Northwest Releases: voted #1, 14 December 2006 by Jack Hollenbach
Three Imaginary Girls: Best Northwest Releases of 2006 Readers' Poll Winners: voted #3, 8 January 2007
the toaster talks' Preliminary Report Card - Oh Six, 19 December 2006, by Mister Toaster
Alternate.org » Top 10 for 2006: voted #4, 5 December 2006, by Kevin Conboy
30music, 10 August 2006, by Dan Shvartsman
About.com (About: Alternative Music), by Joey Rubin
About Songs, 22 September 2006, by Jörg
Allmusic, by MacKenzie Wilson
Altcountry.nl, August 2006, by Wiebren Rijkeboer
AlternativeNation.de, 8 September 2006, by Tobias Stalling
Ashcan Rantings, 11 June 2006, by Charles
Aversion, by Matt Schild
The A.V. Club, 9 August 2006, by Keith Phipps
Award Tour, 5 June 2006
The Big Takeover print only
Billboard, by David Greenwald
Blogcritics, 17 August 2006, by Tan the Man
Buzzgrinder, 11 July 2006, by Wesley Johnson
Chart Attack, 15 August 2006, by Kevin Ritchie
Chromewaves.Net, 12 August 2006, by Frank Yang
CokemachineGlow, 3 August 2006, by David Greenwald
The Courier-Journal, Louisville KY, 2 September 2006, by Jeffrey Lee Puckett
Ctrl.Alt.Country, August 2006
Contactmusic.com, 14 August 2006, by Mike Rea
Delusions of Adequacy, 24 July 2006, by Matt the Raven
Drijfzand.com, 24 August 2006, by Storm
Fok!, 3 September 2006, by Jelle S
Gaesteliste, September 2006, by Ullrich Mauer 
IGN, 11 August 2006, by Chad Grischow
Illinois Entertainer, 26 July 2006, by Kevin Keegan
Indie Don't Dance, 26 May 2006
Kevchino, by Jeff Laughlin
Kindamuzik, 15 September 2006, by Lennart Dost
Live XS, September 2006, by Arnold Scheepmaker
Lost at Sea, by Peter Lindblad
Mammoth Press, 2 August 2006, by Joe Szczepaniak
Marathonpacks Blog, 15 September 2006, by Hannah
Moroccan Role, 30 May 2006, by Matt
Nieuwe Revu, September 2006, by Norbert Pek print only; link includes translation
NPR Song of the Day, 12 July 2006, by Kathryn Yu
Oor, September 2006, by René Megens print only
Pitchfork, 3 August 2006, by Rachel Khong
Plato Nieuwsbrief, 9 August 2006, by Erwin Zijleman
Plato Magazine, 18 August 2006, by Louk Vanderschuren print only
Plattentests Online, September 2006, by Daniel Gerhardt
Popcultures.de, September 2006, by Jan Henze
Prefix Mag, 7 August 2006, by John Zeiss
Rate Your Music, by various reviewers
Rolling Stone, 13-27 July 2006, p.105; print only, link opens pop-up
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 21 July 2006, by Tizzy Asher
Sign On San Diego, 5 September 2006, by Maya Kroth
Silent Uproar, by David
Skatterbrain, 1 May 2006, by Matthew Edwards
Der Spiegel, 28 August 2006, by Jan Wigger
Spin, August 2006; print only
Stage Hymns, 30 June 2006, by Joe Szczepaniak
Stereogum, 5 July 2006, by Scott
The Stranger, 20-26 July 2006, by Chris McCann
Stylus Magazine, 25 July 2006, by Theon Weber
Three Imaginary Girls, July 2006, by Joseph Riippi
TransformOnline, 14 September 2006, by Kyle Wagner
The Tripwire, 26 July 2006, by Jeffrey Thrope
Up & Coming Magazine, 19 July 2006, by Brian Dukes
Urban Pollution, by Jessica Young
UnderGroundOnline, by Adam Swiderski
Volkskrant, 14 September 2006, by Gijsbert Kamer link includes translation