Stereogum Readers Poll: Mr. Indie Rock 2005

5:03 PM EST on December 31, 2005

Here's your Top 10 "male indie rock hotties" of 2005, based on the near 3k results from our poll...

So, for those just joining us, Sufjan recorded Stereogum readers' favorite album, and (with 464 votes) was the dreamiest indie dude too.

Again, your verbage was confounding. Misspelling Gruff Rhys: OK. But how do we tally "Ben Walla"? Other disqualified submissions were females (Ciara, JD Samson, Bea Arthur) and gorillas (King Kong). Gorillaz were OK, though.

Noteworthy reader commentary:

"Anybody but Sufjan."

"Not Pete Doherty."

"Not Kevin Drew."

"Trent Reznor ... love those guns."

"The cobrasnake and the last nights party dude."

"Jesse Hughes and his sleek mustache."

"Shaun Ryder's bloated head in Gorillaz 'Dare' video."

"I loathe all those pansy, pasty, contrived 'indie' white boys." [Variations of this got a lot of votes]

"David Cross or his imposter."

"See man man live and you'll suddenly understand the strange hotness of front man honus honus. sweaty = good."

"David Berman ... b/c it's cool to crush on the boss's son."

"Monsieur Valentine."

"Jenny Lewis in trousers."

And now, all the eligible entries. I love that SNL's Narnia rapper tied Time's Person Of The Year.

1 VOTE
Aaron Weiss (Mewithoutyou)
Adam Forkner (Yume Bitsu)
Adam Olenius (Shout Out Louds)
Andy Samberg
Aphex Twin
Ben Barnett (Kind Of Like Spitting)
Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance)
Ben Kweller
Ben Nichols (Lucero)
Benjamin Biolay
Bill Madden
Bobby Birdman
Bono
Boy George
Brace Paine (The Gossip)
Brad Shanks (Blood On The Wall)
Brandon Reilly (Nightmare Of You)
Brendon Urie (Fall Out Boy)
Brooke Gallupe (Immaculate Machine)
Butch Walker
Buzz Osbourne (Fantômas)
Cam'ron
Casey Shea
Cedric Bixler Zavala (Mars Volta)
Cex
Chistopher Fittz
Chris Du Bray (Some By Sea)
Chris Isaak
Chris Richards (Ris Paul Ric)
Chris Stills
Chris Thile (Nickel Creek)
Chris Whitley
Chris Wilson (Pharmacists)
Cisco Adler
Cody Votolato (The Blood Brothers)
Common
Dale Crover (Melvins)
Damian Kulash
Damien Jurado
Dan Auerbach (Black Keys)
Dan Berman (Hoobastank)
Danny Holden (Rolling Blackouts)
Daryl Hall
David Byrne
David Dondero
David Gedge (Wedding Present)
David Gow (Sons & Daughters)
David Hasselhoff
David Newfield (Broken Social Scene)
David-Ivar (Herman Dune)
Dennis Lyxzén (The International Noise Conspiracy)
Diplo
Dizzee Rascal
DNA
Don Johnson
E (The Eels)
Ed O' Brien (Radiohead)
Eddie Vedder
Elliott Smith
Eric Emm (Storm & Stress)
Eric Johnson
Erlend Oye
Eugene Hutz (Gogol Bordello)
Evan Cranley (Stars)
Gaz Coombes
Geoff Calhoun
Gordon Moakes (Bloc Party)
Greg Ashley (Gris Gris)
Greg Laswell
Gustaf Norén (Mando Diao)
Harlan Bobo
Honus Honus (Man Man)
Jack Terricloth (World/Inferno Friendship Society)
Jake Gyllenhaal
James Brown
James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers)
James McNew (Yo La Tengo)
Jared Followill (Kings Of Leon)
Jared Leto
Jared Selter (Purple Crush)
Jarrod Gorbel (The Honorary Title)
Jarvis Cocker
Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley)
Jason Hill
Jasper Future (Art Brut)
Jenny Vassilatos (Radio Vago)
Jered Gummere (The Ponys)
Jesse Hughes (Eagles Of Death Metal)
Jesse Malin
Jim O'Rourke
Joe Pernice
Joe Plummer (Black Heart Procession)
Joel Gion
Jof Owen (The Boy Least Likely To)
John Beck (Emergency Music)
John Butler
John Dietrich (Deerhoof)
John Dwyer (Coachwhips)
John Freeman
John Herguth (The Love Scene)
John K. Samson (Weakerthans)
John Roderick (The Long Winters)
Johnny Borell (Razorlight)
Johnny Cash
Johnny Whitney (The Blood Brothers)
Jon Wurster (Superchunk)
Jona Bechtolt (The Blow)
Joseph Ratzinger
Josh Groban
Josh Lambert (The Octopus Project)
Josh Rouse
Joshua Radin
Justin Burford (Sleepy Jackson)
Kano
Kasper Eistrup (Kashmir)
Keith Fullerton Whitman
Kidz Bop Asian fan-boy [UPDATE: Animated .gif action -Ed.]
Kurt Dahle (New Pornographers)
Langhorne Slim
Larry Kirwan (Black 47)
Larry the Cable Guy
Lawrence Stumpf (French Kicks)
Ludacris
Maddox Jolie
Marc Bianchi (Her Space Holiday)
Mario Villanueva
Mark E. Smith
Mark Hunter
Mark Kozelek
Mark Lanegan
Mason Jennings
Matt Tong (Bloc Party)
Matthew Bellamy (Muse)
Matthew Dear
Maxi Geil
McGowan Southworth
Merlin Bronques
Michael Dahlquist (Silkworm)
Michael Ivins (Flaming Lips)
Michael Jackson
Michael Nau (Page France)
Mike Evin
Mike Furey (Dangerous Muse)
Moby
Moneybrother
Mr E
Murdoc (Gorillaz)
Nate Query (The Decemberists)
Nick Baines (Kaiser Chiefs)
Nick Carter
Nick Cave
Nick Zammuto (The Books)
Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Noah Chernin
Padma Newsome (Clogs)
Pat Sturgeon (Rogue Wave)
Paul Anka
Paul Smith (Maximo Park)
Paul Wall
Perry Wright (Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellars)
Pete Nolan (Magik Markers)
Peter Hayes (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
Peter Holmstrom (Dandy Warhols)
Phil Spector
Randall Kennedy
Richard Edwards (Margot And The Nuclear So And Sos)
Richard Pryor
Richard Swift
Richie James March (The Willowz)
Rivers Cuomo
Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel)
Rob Munk
Robert Forster (Go-Betweens)
Roddy Woomble (Idlewild)
Romeo Stodart (The Magic Numbers)
Ross Jarman (The Cribs)
Ryan Jarman (The Cribs)
Ryan Schreiber
Sam Endicott (The Bravery)
Sam Fogarino (Interpol)
Schuylar Croom (He Is Legend)
Scott Stapp [000 for 311, though. -Ed.]
Serge Gainsbourg
Seu Jorge
Shane Berry (The Divorce)
Shane McGowan
Skip Matheny (Roman Candle)
Snoop Dogg
Sondre Lerche [Can you believe 1 measly vote Laura? -Ed.]
Stephen McBean (Black Mountain)
Stephen Pederson (jUNIOR)
Steve Albini
Steve Bays (Metric)
Steve Carell
Steve Jobs
Stewie Griffin
Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian)
Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady)
Taylor Hanson
Thom Yorke
Tim Fite
Torquil Campbell (Stars)
Travis Keller
Travis Morrison
Travis Nelsen (Okkervil River)
Trent Reznor
Trevor Naud (PAS/CAL)
Usher
Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips)
William Beckett (The Academy Is)
Yoni Wolf

2 VOTES
50 Cent
Albert Hammond (The Strokes)
Andrew Kenny
Any guy in The Go! Team
Aurelio Valle (Calla)
Ben Folds
Blake Sennett
Bob Hardy
Bob Pollard
Bry Webb (Constantines)
Buck 65
Chad VanGaalen
Crazy Frog
Damien Rice
Dan Snaith (Caribou)
Daniel Kessler (Interpol)
David Bowie
Doug Martsch
Eef Barzelay (Clem Snide)
Gary Glitter
Graham Coxon
Gustav Ejstes (Dungen)
Guy Garvey (Elbow)
Hadji Bakara (Wolf Parade)
J.D. Fortune
James Blunt
James Mercer
Jay Underwood
Jon Thor Birgisson (Sigur Rós)
Liam Gallagher
Matisyahu
Matt Hales
MF Doom
Mike Doughty
Mike Kinsella (Owen)
Morrissey
Nick McCarthy (Franz Ferdinand)
Panda Bear (Animal Collective)
Paul McCartney
Rhett Miller (Old 97's)
Richard Hawley
Rufus Wainwright
Sebastien Granger (Death From Above 1979)
Shawn Christensen
Steve Aoki
Sune Rose Wagner
Thurston Moore
Tim Wheeler (Ash)

3 VOTES
Adam Green
Ariel Pink
Ben Lee
Billie Joe Armstrong
Caleb Followill (Kings Of Leon)
Damon Albarn
Dan Bejar (Destroyer)
Daniel Johnston
Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)
Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals)
Hamilton Leithauser (The Walkmen)
Jeff Mangum
Jon Brion
Josh Homme
Lou Barlow
Matt Pond
Matthew Caws (Nada Surf)
Patrick Wolf
Sam E Danger (Test Icicles)
William Shatner
Zach Rogue (Rogue Wave)

4 VOTES
2D (Gorillaz)
Bob Dylan
Carlos Barat (Dirty Pretty Things)
Har Mar Superstar
Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse)
Jamie Lidell
Jason Collett
Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal)
Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene)
M. Ward
R. Kelly
Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs)

5 VOTES
Bill Callahan
Frank Black
Julian Casablancas (The Strokes)
Kanye West [But there was one vote for Jesus ... so 6? -Ed.]
Matt Berenger (The National)
Matthew Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces)
Will Sheff (Okkervil River)

6 VOTES
Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre)
Avery Tare (Animal Collective)
Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade)
Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu)
Jeff Tweedy (Wilco)
Nick Valensi (The Strokes)
Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade)

7 VOTES
Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie)
Jesse F. Keeler (Death from Above 1979)
Seth Cohen

8 VOTES
Carlos D (Interpol)
Eddie Argos (Art Brut)
Edward Droste (Grizzly Bear) [Chris got two votes too ... but which Chris? -Ed.]
Tom Vek

9 VOTES
David Cross
Paul Banks (Interpol)
Tim Harrington (Les Savy Fav)
Will Oldham

10 VOTES
Alec Ounsworth (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
Brendan Benson
John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats)
Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy)
Richard Parry (Arcade Fire)

11 VOTES
Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
David Berman (Siver Jews)
Jim James (My Morning Jacket)
John Vanderslice
Jose Gonzales

12 VOTES
Nicholas Diamonds (Islands)

13 VOTES
Keith Murray (We Are Scientists)

14 VOTES
Ted Leo

15 VOTES
Craig Finn (The Hold Steady)

17 VOTES
A.C. Newman
Jack White
Sam Beam (Iron & Wine)

18 VOTES
Kevin Federline [Yes, new site, we know. -Ed]

19 VOTES
Stephen Malkmus

21 VOTES
Pete Doherty (Babyshambles)

24 VOTES
Win Butler (Arcade Fire)

25 VOTES
Jens Lekman

26 VOTES
Brandon Flowers (The Killers)