Best of 2007

squashed · Best of 2007

yeah I know, reading the future. But there is already such list

http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2007

1 The Shins ,Wincing the Night Away
2 Of Montreal ,Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
3 Kaddisfly ,Set Sail The Prairie
4 The Postmarks ,The Postmarks
5 Stars of Track and Field ,Centuries Before Love And War
6 Menomena ,Friend and Foe
7 Richard Swift ,Dressed Up for the Letdown
8 The Apples in Stereo ,New Magnetic Wonder
9 Modest Mouse ,We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
10 Deerhoof ,Friend Opportunity
11 Papoose ,The Nacirema Dream
12 Dødheimsgard ,Supervillain Outcast
13 State ,All Wrong
14 Peligro Social ,No Religion
15 Christ. ,Blue Shift Emissions
16 Robert Gomez ,Brand New Towns
17 Husky Rescue ,Ghost Is Not Real
18 Jennifer Lopez ,Ska Influenced

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Fav so far

Menomena - Friend and Foe
Feist - The Reminder
Fridge - The Sun
Innocent Mission - We Walked in Song

Arctic Monkeys - Do Me A Favour

Probably:
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Blonde Redhead - 23

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Battles - Mirrored
Assif Tsahar - Lost Brother (jazz, I love this. freejazz but has head bopping groove) (2006?)

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Bubbachups

My favorites so far:

1. Frode Haltli - Passing Images
2. Sapat - Mortise and Tenon
3. James Blackshaw - Cloud Of Unknowing
4. Christa Pfangen - Watch Me Getting Back the End
5. Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
6. Paul Duncan - Above the Trees
7. Rafael Anton Irisarri - Daydreaming
8. Michael Flower - Returning to Knowing Nothing
9. Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom
10. Hala Strana - Heave the Gambrel Roof
11. Richard Youngs & Tirath Singh Nirmala - s/t
12. Vibracathedral Orchestra - The Sun Balance / The Open Knot
13. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
14. The Cherry Blossoms - The Cherry Blossoms
15. Numinous Eye - With a Little Help
16. Bachi da Pietra - Non IO
17. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
18. Vibracathedral Orchestra - Wisdom Thunderbolt
19. Richmond Fontaine - Thirteen Cities
20. Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat - An Interlude to the Outermost
21. Astral Social Club - Star Guzzlers
22. Arve Henriksen - Strjon
23. Ashtray Navigations - Throw Up in the Sky / With Fine Clinking Magnets
24. Mark Templeton - Standing on a Hummingbird
25. Eluvium - Copia

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Solo Andata - Fyris Swan (hefty, 2007) -- accoustic-electro. australian duo. mainly guitar acoustic/chime and electronic layers. Ambient in texture, a little like Harold budd, but without diorienting reverb.

note, hey bubba.
eluvioum is good but definitely not top of year material. I am not so sure about Dinosour jr. they have nothing new to say.

Bubbachups

Yeah, Eluvium is probably nowhere to be found in year-end list.

As for Dinosaur Jr, it doesn't always matter whether a band has something new to say, some stories just never get old. Smile

Bubbachups

I would add Meg Baird with "Dear Companion", definitely in my current top 5. Same goes for Rhys Chatham with "A Crimson Grail" which is stunningly beautiful.

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Trans Am - Sex Change (Thrill Jockey, 2007)

very consistent and fun. Electro rock ala New order but without the tacky lyrics. Closer to later kraftwerk.

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Boris with Michio Kurihara - "Rainbow" (Drag City 2007)

a masterpiece. Michio Kurihara plays with Amon duul

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Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge Records, 2007)

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Bubbachups

I made this list last week or so. Nothing much changed since then...

Favorite albums 2007 so far (updated)

01 Frode Haltli - Passing Images (ECM)
02 Meg Baird - Dear Companion (Drag City)
03 James Blackshaw - Cloud of Unknowing (Tompkins Square)
04 Rhys Chatham - A Crimson Grail (Table of the Elements)
05 Flower Corsano Duo - The Radiant Mirror (Textile)
06 Hala Strana - Heave the Gambrel Roof (Music Fellowship)
07 Christa Pfangen - Watch Me Getting Back the End (Die Schachtel)
08 Marhaug / Asheim - Grand Mutation (Touch)
09 Pamelia Kurstin - Thinking Out Loud (Tzadik)
10 Paul Duncan - Above the Trees (Home Tapes)
11 Sapat - Mortise and Tenon (Siltbreeze)
12 Astral Social Club - Star Guzzlers (Qbico)
13 Charlemagne Palestine - A Sweet Quasimodo (Cold Blue Music)
14 Michael Flower - Returning To Knowing Nothing (Qbico)
15 Rafael Anton Irisarri - Daydreaming (Miasmah)
16 The Cherry Blossoms - The Cherry Blossoms (Black Velvet Fuckere)
17 Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond (Fat Possum)
18 Panda Bear - Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)
19 Vibracathedral Orchestra - The Sun Balance / The Open Knot (Qbico)
20 Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline (Kranky)
21 Michael Fahres - The Tubes (Cold Blue Music)
22 Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow (Drag City)
23 Marc Ribot - Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7 (Tzadik)
24 Arve Henriksen - Strjon (Rune Grammofon)
25 Numinous Eye - With A Little Help (Archive)

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Voice of the Seven Woods - Voice of the Seven Woods (2007)

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Gastr Del Sol - Camofleur

Bubbachups

I still have a couple of "important" releases to listen to (Oren Ambarchi, Charalambides, Hisato Higuchi, etc), I'm aiming for December 23 again to post my year-end list. This year is really amazing, so many great releases it's just hard to keep up!

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do it in several parts. And make it end of year/christmas project.

I mean it doesn't have to be traditional single post"top 10" best of, but can be broken down to several part with notes right?

Plus the implied official MdM top ten lsit is Moka's ... lol.

I'll do one of those "sound of 2007" post. I like that. top 10 for some reason doesn't appeal me so much.

Bubbachups

Err, I meant just in general really. I've always made my year-end list public on December 23. Which I will try to do again this year. I usually post it on several forums and websites.

But I'll probably post it on the motel too if Moka's ok with that, like last year.

squashed

I should have paid more attention this year. But didn't really have time. Probably I miss a good chunk. I am digging a lot of old stuff instead.

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Charalambides - Likeness (a slowcore. Something about it)

I guess putting Charalambides is getting a bit of a tradition.