2007's Best Albums So Far

[mmfood]

Air- Pocket Symphony

Cinematic Orchestra- Ma Fleur

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra- Security

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im loving the sun & the moon just released by the bravery. im thinking i should go see them at irving plaza this week.

oh and andrew birds album - armchair apocrypha gets a big smiley face from me too

[Double D]

Probably the best thing this year for me has been the 4 remastered and expanded Magazine albums, each of them absolutely seminal nu-wave must have albums. Asides from that:

Amon Tobin - Foley Room

Pelican - City of Echoes (has noone else in this topic noticed it's been leaked for months now?)

Beneath The Massacre - Mechanics of Dysfunction

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Ghost Of A Thousand - This Is Where The Fight Begins

65daysofstatic - The Destruction Of Small Ideals

Do Make Say Think - You, You're A History In Rust

I've probably missed a few out, that's just my pick of what iTunes tells me is from 2007. Looking forward to releases from My Vitriol (finally), Bossk, Architects and Smashing Pumpkins this year.

[braid]

Pelican - City of Echoes (has noone else in this topic noticed it's been leaked for months now?)

:eek:

10 char

[braid]

omg

http://www.hydrahead.org/hh/pelican_site/

it kicks ass!

thanks double d

[Double D]

Not as good live as I'd hoped, guess they got bored of playing stuff off of their perhaps slightly more awesome 2nd album. They do seem to be playing Drought constantly at the moment, which is pretty damn sweet.

[Double D]

Haven't listened to them enough yet on account of being new releases, but the new Hopesfall and Circa Survive CDs are sounding pretty damn sexy to my ears right now.

[twistedtrees]

No one likes El-P?

El-P--"I'll Sleep When You're Dead"

Also I just heard about this Dan Deacon guy, anybody like him? He's supposed to be at Pitchfork this year. Not that that makes him cool or anything, just saying

[ludachris]

No one likes El-P?

El-P--"I'll Sleep When You're Dead"

Also I just heard about this Dan Deacon guy, anybody like him? He's supposed to be at Pitchfork this year. Not that that makes him cool or anything, just saying

Second on that. Good call.

-chris

[suremanok]

Haven't listened to them enough yet on account of being new releases, but the new Hopesfall and Circa Survive CDs are sounding pretty damn sexy to my ears right now.

Agreed with Circa. Great lyrics, great album.

[noble.]

Justice - † well it's not actually out yet, but for those of you who have it leaked, you gotta agree it's the tits, preorders for the special boxset including vinyl and tshirt go on arcade mode in 3 hours, limited to 400.

[Work the raw]

It has been a very good year so far for indie/hipster rock - maybe about as good as the year in hip-hop has been disappointing.

Arcade Fire "Neon Bible"

Modest Mouse "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank"

LCD Soundsystem "Sound of Silver"

White Stripes "Icky Thump"

Feist "The Reminder"

hip-hop-wise, it's all about

Lil Wayne "Da Drought 3"

his new song, "I feel like dying," streaming at Fader's blog, is amazingly bizarre, fyi...

Eeek...never have I found my tastes so well aligned with Pitchfork's!

[soma]

sage francis

yourcodenameis:milo

logh

modest mouse

rob crow

other men

the tough alliance

neurosis

circa survive

explosions in the sky

horse the band

[Double D]

I had no idea yourcodenameis:milo had a new CD out, haven't heard from them since 05.

[greentalks43]

Circa Survive "On Letting Go"

[Mr Fingers]

It took me months to fully get into it but I'd say A Ghost Is Born is on par with Being There and YHF (their best IMO). The new one was WAAAAAY too soft rock for me, but that could change in the next couple months, heh.

Naw, fuck that Sky Blue Sky shit. It's got a couple moments, but the more I listen to it the more I realize it's music for dads that are too cool for the Eagles. It's like a boring version of AM. Blah. Even the lyrics are forgettable. I've been a fan for almost ten years and the new stuff is NOT a good look.

You're saying shoegaze is overproduced? Have you not heard loveless? 250k and it sounds like a monkey mastered it.

What is this all supposed to mean? Mastering, production and an inflated budget due to Kevin Shields perfectionism are three completely separate things involving three different parties.

[Larry!]

Andrew Bird's Armchair Apocrypha

I'm listening to Neon Bible right now; it's quite good.

[Carl]

So far ive liked...

Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond

Ted Leo - Living With The Living

jesus, i guess its been slim pickins this year, or maybe im just not looking hard enough?

[broneck]

carl, if you haven't heard Patrick Wolf's Magic Position, you're missing out.

[Etz]

!!!'s Myth Takes and The Tough Alliance's new album

[thefunkytechnician]

DJ Vadim "The Soundcatcher"

please give this album a listen, Vadim's best work yet.

[cosmicflop]

Boxer - The National

Sky Blue Sky - Wilco

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Nashville - Solomon Burke (I think it was released this year)

[inter]

Unkle - War Stories

Every song is solid. I've been listening to it nonstop and still haven't gotten tired of it.

[Mr Fingers]

Boxer - The National

Been feeling this lately. Looking forward to seeing them in a couple weeks.

[polishmike]

uusitalo - tulenkantaja

porn sword tobacco - new exclusive olympic heights

pan sonic - katodivaihe

[Double D]

Martin Grech - March of the Lonely

Almost a polar opposite to the last album, the Trent ReznorxJ.S. Bach excesses replaced largely with a pair of acoustic guitars, but it's still utterly superlative singer/songwriting action that makes Matt Bellamy and Thom Yorke sound like rank amateurs at those high notes.

[snickersnicker]

Lifetime - Self-Titled

The One AM Radio - This Too Will Pass

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour (just leaked!)

Marduk - ROM 5:12

I'm sure once Darkthrone - FOAD comes out, it will blow all of those away, though.

[mike lowrey]

Mark Ronson - Version

Common - Finding Forever

Pharoahe Monch - Desire

Ghosts - The World is Outside

[VuONG]

agreed with above

add in

National

Arctic Monkeys

Feist

Cinematics

[pantheist]

blonde redhead

kevin drew

gaslight anthem

fake problems

weakerthans

aesop

el-p