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Post by paulmceldowney on Dec 22, 2007 2:37:03 GMT -5
heres my top 5: 1. do make say think - you you're a tender history in rust 2. black moth super rainbow - dandelion gum 3. panda bear - panda bear 4. barr - summary 5. explosions in the sky - all of a sudden i wrotes some stuff bout it on me blog: lebloguedejour.blogspot.comso whatd everyone think of this year? |
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Post by downtheliffey on Dec 22, 2007 3:06:00 GMT -5
1. Barr
4. Panda Bear
There was very little that was at all challenging this year. Kind of a disappointment.
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Post by kevin on Dec 22, 2007 4:31:47 GMT -5
1. deerhoof - friend opportunity
2. barr - summary
3. battles - mirrored
4. jay z - american gangster
5. animal collective - strawberry jam
honorable mentions: explosions in the sky - all of a sudden i miss everyone, kanye west - graduation, shapes and sizes - split lips winning hips a shiner
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Post by robofagpants on Dec 22, 2007 10:10:25 GMT -5
40. TwinSisterMoon - Levels And Crossings (Tlilqua, cdr)
39. Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde (Profound Lore)
38. Woelv - Tout Seul Dans La Forêt En Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur? (K)
37. Last Days - These Places Are Now Ruins (n5MD)
36. Silje Nes - Ames Room (Fat Cat)
35. PJ Harvey - White Chalk (Island)
34. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy (Ecstatic Peace)
33. To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie - The Patron (Kranky)
32. thinguma*jigSaw - (awakeinwhitechapel) (Deserted Village)
31. Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom (Release The Bats)
30. Björk - Volta (Atlantic)
29. Mira Calix - Eyes Set Against The Sun (Warp)
28. Chris Garneau - Music For Tourists (Absolutely Kosher)
27. Port-Royal - Afraid To Dance (Resonant)
26. Scout Niblett - This Fool Can Die Now (Secretly Canadian)
25. St. Vincent - Marry Me (Beggars Banquet)
24. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity (Kill Rock Stars)
23. Pocahaunted & Robedoor - Hunted Gathering (Digitalis)
22. Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird On The Wire (Kemado)
21. Isengrind - Golestan (Tiliqua, cdr)
20. Pelican - City Of Echoes (Hydrahead)
19. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop)
18. Grouper - Cover The Windows And Walls (Root Strata)
17. Michael Cashmore - The Snow Abides (Durtro)
16. Samamidon - All Is Well (Bedroom Community)
15. ® - In Pink (Important)
14. Rio En Medio - The Bride Of Dynamite (Gnomonsong)
13. Jesu - Lifeline (Hydrahead)
12. Milieu - New Drugs For Nuclear Families Of The Seventies (Milieu, cdr)
11. Gang Gang Dance - Rawwar (Social Registry)
10. Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters (Southern Lord)
09. Cocorosie - The Adventures Of Ghosthorse & Stillborn (Touch & Go)
08. Nadja - Radiance Of Shadows (Alien8)
07. Deerhunter - Cryptograms (Kranky)
06. Joanna Newsom - Joanna Newsom & The YS Street Band (Drag City)
05. Xiu Xiu Larsen - ¿Spicchiology? (Important)
04. Magik Markers - Boss (Ecstatic Peace)
03. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup (Ba Da Bing)
02. Blonde Redhead - 23 (4AD)
01. Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (XL)
I've been back and forth with records that have good singles but aren't strong as a whole, but this, I think, is my final list.
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Post by tommmmmm on Dec 22, 2007 10:16:13 GMT -5
FROG EYES
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Post by liger on Dec 22, 2007 12:29:51 GMT -5
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Post by bignothing on Dec 22, 2007 13:30:57 GMT -5
Top 10 (not in order):
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Radiohead - In Rainbows
BARR - Summary
Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
CocoRosie - The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn
Say Hi - The Wishes And The Glitch
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Steven Wright - I Still Have A Pony
Notable Mentions:
Horse The Band - A Natural Death
Why? - The Hollows 12"
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Post by matea on Dec 22, 2007 15:20:35 GMT -5
01. panda bear - person pitch
02. m.i.a. - kala
03. of montreal - hissing fauna
04. twilight sad - fourteen autumns
05. animal collective - strawberry jam
06. no age - weirdo rippers
07. jens lekman - night falls over kortedala
08. deerhoof - friend opportunity
09. low - drums & guns
10. barr - summary
11. the tough alliance - a new chance
12. thurston moore - trees outside the academy
13. iron & wine - the shepards dog
14. caribou - andorra
15. kanye west - graduation
16. radiohead – in rainbows
17. nedelle – the locksmith cometh
18. mum – go go smear the poison ivy
19. beirut – the flying club cup
20. yacht – i believe in you. your magic is real
21. christian fennesz & ryuichi sakamoto - cendre
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Post by paulmceldowney on Dec 22, 2007 18:58:08 GMT -5
the no age album this year is just too good, startin to creep higher on my list.
just got the new dirty projectors album and its amazin so far, lotta love for barr over here, brendans the man
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Post by dr. strangelove on Dec 22, 2007 19:02:23 GMT -5
blonde redhead & deerhoof were the only albums that really stuck out for me
it wasn't a very good year musically
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Post by TheDeadTexan on Dec 22, 2007 20:29:27 GMT -5
Grouper - Cover The Windows And The Walls
Eluvium - Copia
Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
Explosions In the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Grails - Burning Off Impurities
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Om - Pilgrimage
Balmorhea - s/t
The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
Adam Pacione - From Stills to Motion
Kevin Drew - Spirit If
James Blackshaw - The Cloud of Unknowing
Prints - s/t
Tarentel - Ghetto Beats on the Surface of the Sun
BARR - Summary
Maserati - Inventions for the New Season
Alog - Amateur
Lazarus - Hawk Medicine
Sir Richard Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds
Rollo - Pinhole
The Holy See - Fucking Physics
Black Dice - Load Blown
Efterklang - Parades
Concert Silence - 09.22.07 [2-3pm]
Loved all of those, and a whole lot more.
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Post by kevin on Dec 22, 2007 20:58:28 GMT -5
So Many Dynamos - Flashlights should have been on my list...
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Post by colie on Dec 22, 2007 21:00:35 GMT -5
1. gogol bordello- super taranta!
other good 2007 albums, not in any sort of order:
deerhoof- friend opportunity
balkan beat box- nu-med
akron/family- love is simple
blonde redhead- 23
arcade fire- neon bible
panda bear- person pitch
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Post by smithcorey on Dec 23, 2007 1:44:42 GMT -5
In no particular order, the ones I did pay for on cd aka top albums of the year:
Panda bear-Person Pitch
Explosions in the sky-All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Barr-Summary
Deerhoof-Friend Opportunity
Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam
Black Dice-Load Blown
Arcade Fire-Neon Bible
Bjork-Volta
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Of Montreal-Hissing Fauna Are You The Destroyer?
M.I.A.-Kala
Mum-Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
Pole-Steingarten
Justice-†
Shy Child- Noise Won’t Stop
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Post by smithcorey on Dec 24, 2007 1:24:16 GMT -5
and Dan Deacon-Spider Man of the Rings!
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