Music Banter - Best of 2007

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and Volta - Bjork. How did I forget that one?

My favorites so far this year.

Elliott Smith "New Moon"
Patrick Wolf "The Magic Position"
Okkervil River "The Stage Names"
Explosions in the Sky "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone"
Avril Lavigne "The Best Damn Thing"
Do Make Say Think "You, You're a History in Rust"
65daysofstatic "The Destruction of Small Ideas"
Of Montreal "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?"
Deerhoof "Friend Opportunity"
Arcade Fire "Neon Bible"
Wilco "Sky Blue Sky"
The Shins "Wincing the Night Away"
New Pornographers "Challengers"
Rufus Wainwright "Release the Stars"
Circa Survive "On Letting Go"

And then theres been several disappointing releases, fall of troy, bright eyes etc. Looking forward to Rilo Kiley's new album and A Silver Mt. Zion's.

Top Album so far:

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Top 3 songs so far:

Bjork - Declare Independance
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Arcade Fire - Intervention

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Originally Posted by Crowquill (Post 376846)

And then theres been several disappointing releases, fall of troy, bright eyes etc. Looking forward to Rilo Kiley's new album and A Silver Mt. Zion's.

bright eyes album casadaga (however you spell it) was a serious let down, to me at least.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 376700)

Just got that one of Saturday. From the reviews I had read I was expecting a faster, more aggressive album, but it does seem pretty good. It may take a while for me to fully digest by that's how I am with Nick Cave in general. He's one of my favorite musicians but I don't generally fall in love with his albums on the first listen.

A couple other strong 2007 releases are:

Jesu—"Conqueror"
The Book of Knots—"Traineater"
Tin Hat—"The Sad Machinery of Spring"
Panda Bear—"Person Pitch"

Any chance you could up any of those? Book of Knots and Tin Hat seem pretty interesting.

Grinderman - S/T
Rufus Wainright - Release The Stars
Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
Adult - Why Bother?
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Plan B - Paint It Blacker
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
The Fall - Reformation Post TLC
Los Campesinos - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets

Four more kick-ass new albums:

Tomahawk—"Anonymous" American Indian chants mixed with jagged, rough-hewn rock 'n roll. In anyone else's hands besides Mike Patton's a concept like this could've been really cheesy, but this isn't. At all. It's really quite amazing and haunting.

Pig Destroyer—"Phantom Limb" If you liked the insane grind of "Terrifyer" you will dig this album. Certainly not everyone's cup of tea but if you like hyper-aggressive music in general or grindcore in particular you will love it.

Cornelius—"Sensuous" Imagine if muzak was done in a creative and exciting way. Like it's predecessor "Point" this album pulls off the amazing trick of turning the epitome of bland, lame music into something exciting and new. Great music to chill out to. Fantastic album.

Amon Tobin—"Foley Room" The guy who pushed trip-hop to it's outer limits has now pushed into into the unknown. Instead of sampling existing songs, Amon Tobin is now creating his own live samples and building amazing noir-ish sound collages out of them. This album, while certainly in line with his previous work, has an amazing raw edge to it that is clearly a product of the new sampling technique. Highly recommended.

Circle Takes the Square - Unreleased Album

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 377022)

Grinderman - S/T
Rufus Wainright - Release The Stars
Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
Adult - Why Bother?
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Plan B - Paint It Blacker
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
The Fall - Reformation Post TLC
Los Campesinos - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets

Woooo! Grinderman!!!! Haven't heard it yet, but I'm gettin it quick smart.

Albums:
1. Justice - †
2. Efdemin - Efdemin
3. A-Trak - Dirty South Dance
4. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
6. Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
7. TTC - 3615 TTC
8. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
9. Dominik Eulberg - Heimische Gefilde
10. Vladislav Delay - Whistleblower

Songs:
1. Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
2. Pase Rock - So Fucking Disco
3. Escort - All Through the Night
4. Efdemin - Just A Track
5. The Rice Twins - Can I Say
6. Gaiser Vs. Heartthrob - Nasty Girl
7. Mr. Oizo - Patrick 122
8. Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire
9. Paul Kalkbrenner - Altes Kamuffel
10. TTC - Une Bande De Mecs Sympas