2007's Best Albums So Far

[airportlobbytx]

Alright, time waster. It seems like this year has already produced many more good records than all of last year. Let's see:

Jay Reatard: Blood Visions - fuck yes,

DC Snipers - Missile Sunset - awesome dirty punk.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55 - charming and discomforting.

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black - some weak stuff, but the good tracks hum along

beautifully

Prodigy - Return of the Mac - Return to 1997 hard core New York rap.

Feist - The Reminder - better than her first.

Ted Leo - Living with the Living - better than the last one, and pretty damn good.

King Khan and the BBQ Show - What's for Dinner - excellent garage.

Pony's - Turn out the lights - better than the last two, moody rnr.

Beach House: s/t - unerring shoe gaze.

What else?

[ericdw]

dntel - dumb luck - more like postal service than jimmy's other solo stuff b/c there's a lot of vocals, but features some really cool people

[julianREE]

i have to agree with charlotte gainsbourg, very calming.

[sohoADDICT]

hmm, gotta check out that prodigy album, i didnt know he even released a solo album lol

[airportlobbytx]

I think it's actually his second solo.

[buffalocloud7]

jus wondering if i'm alone in thinking that its already May and the year is almost half over so where is all the good new music?!

[JesseJB]

Klaxons - 'Myths of the Near Future'

anyone else into them?

[i am damo suzuki]

Panda Bear - Person Pitch

Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom

Wooden Wand - James and the Quiet

Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971 (if we're counting material that isn't exactly "new")

I'm waiting for the new Shellac as well, and Albini doesn't even do promo releases.

[Lucas0607]

I Love Favorite Worst Nightmare by the Arctic Monkeys - Love them to DEATH.

23 - Blonde Redhead

Too young to fight it - Young Love

Been listening to these albums for weeks now. So good.

[jeepster]

babyshambles - the blinding EP

feist!

[airportlobbytx]

I'm tempted to listen to the Klaxons, but I suspect that they are just the latest overhyped English export NME is attempting to foist onto us helpless Americans: after Clinic, Arctic Monkeys, the Libertines, Bloc Party - anything from the UK is going to have to be seriously good before I pay it any attention. Fuckers wasting my damn time!

[jakie]

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

[Gabriel]

CocoRosie's new album is my favorite for 2007 so far.

Others: Klaxons, Beirut, Blonde Redhead, LCD Soundsystem.

[Tisswat]

My favourites of 2007 thusfar:

Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson in Crime

The View - Hats off to the Buskers

Blonde Redhead - 23

Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures

Not really 2007, but I love the last album by The Shins. Amy Winehouse is good stuff for when my family is coming over.

The new Bloc Party album is just not doing it for me. Loved their debut EP and album. Currently listening to the new Arctic Monkeys album which is surprisingly good, but I think I'm getting tired of their sound. I had the same problem with Franz Ferdinand.

[keagan]

Mark Ronson- Version

Blonde Redhead- 23

Gui Boratto- Cromophobia

Air Conditioning- Dead Rails

Sensual Physics- The Thin Girl

Digitalism- Idealism

Distance- My Demons

I think that Volta (bjork) and Kala (MIA) are going to be the best records of the year along with Version.

Actually has Volta been leaked yet?

[keagan]

oh and as far as relevant singles go;

Shout Out Louds- Tonight I Have To Leave It (Kleerup Remix)

Chromeo- Fancy Footwork (DIM remix)

Juju- Punks

pretty much take the cake for me

[Tiranis]

babyshambles - the blinding EP

feist!

Fuck yeah, except it's more an end of 2006, not 2007.

The only good album this year for me was Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare, suprisingly good follow-up to the first album. I actually prefer it to the debut these days.

Don't think I have bought anything else release in 07, been buying a lot of old stuff... a very boring year so far.

[BOORADLEY]

handsome furs - plague park

panda bear - person pitch

[Tisswat]

Actually has Volta been leaked yet?

Yes...............

[arem]

Soil & "Pimp" Sessions - Pimpoint is amazing, just out in Japan. I donlt know if anyone on this board is up on them, but they are pretty much my favorite band at the moment.

Link to the video: http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/soilpimp/ram/VICL-36203-01F.ram

[yuljo]

Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson in Crime

This has been out out for awhile (middle of 2006?), at least in Canada. Excellent choice nonetheless.

My vote goes to Do Make Say Think, Klaxons and LCD Soundsystem so far for this year.

On a negative note, anyone else really disappointed by Fall of Troy's newest?

[desertfox]

Carnavas - Silversun Pickups

Volta - Bjork

[broneck]

Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position

Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian

A-Trak - Dirty Southern Dance

Deerhunter - Cryptograms

The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

[Le Jolicious]

The Good, the Bad and the Queen

The Shoppings

Klaxons - Myths of the near future

[pwnzj00]

So Far....

Lil Wayne & Dipset - Tha Drought III (expecting to take heat from this, but Wayne's verses are his best since The Carter II)

[neverletdown]

boris w/the dude from ghost - rainbow

jay reatard - blood visions

das oath - umm the newest one

no age - weirdo rippers/get hurt

feist - the reminder

deerhoof - friend opportunity

wilco - sky blue sky

dinosaur jr. - beyond (haven't heard this yet actually..)

[outline]

I was flying back home from Frankfurt and they were showing video of this band: 2 guys one is french one is german, they're using custom made medievil instruments, they'll be touring Germany this summer, does anyone the name of this band? I loved what I heard. Fresh.

[BodiesOfLight]

Wasn't Charlotte Gainsbourg 5.55 released in 2006?

[airportlobbytx]

Wasn't Charlotte Gainsbourg 5.55 released in 2006?

Not in the US.

[BRAD PIFFERY]

The latest Scanners album