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2007 Year End - Year's Best - Music

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Top Albums 2007
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver 
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters 
Peter Bjorn And John - Writer's Block 
Deerhunter - Crytograms 
Film School - Hideout
Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
Field Music - Tones of Town     
Bonde Do Role - With Lasers
The Clientele -- God Save the Clientele
Justice - Cross
Radiohead - In Rainbows
M.I.A. -  Kala
The National  - Boxer


Favourite Songs of 2007
LCD Soundsytem - 'All My Friends'
The Black Lips - 'Katrina'
Amy Winehouse - 'You Know I'm No Good'
Panda Bear - 'Bros'
Paper Street - 'Battle'
Rouge Wave - 'Lake Michigan'
New Young Pony Club - 'Ice Cream'
The Twilight Sad - 'And She Would Darken The Memory of You'
Rosin Murphy - 'Overpowered'
Fujiya & Miyagi - 'Transparent Things'
LCD Soundsystem - 'North American Scum'  
White Rabbits - 'Kid On My Shoulders (Say Hey)'
Sigur Ros - 'Hvarf/Heim'
Vampire Weekend - 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa'
The Arcade Fire - 'Antichrist Television Blues'
Peter, Bjorn & John - 'Up Against The Wall'
The Pipettes - 'We Are The Pipettes'
Deerhunter  - 'After Class'
Bat For Lashes- 'What's a Girl to Do?'
Grinderman -' No Pussy Blues'
M.I.A.. - 'Bird Flu'
The National - 'Fake Empire'
Radiohead - 'Reckoner'
Mates of State - 'Like You Crazy'


EP's 2007
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - IS IS
Grizzly Bear - Friend 
Bonde Do Role - Marina Gasolina 
New Young Pony Club EP 
CSS - Knife
Vampire Weekend (self released)



Nice... (overlooked/under mentioned LP's)
The Veils - Nux Vomica 
Prinzhorn Dance School - Prinzhorn Dance School                
White Rabbits - Fort Nightly
Sea Wolf - Leaves In The River
Rogue Wave - Asleep at Heaven's Gate
Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
Menomena - Friend and Foe
ST VINCENT - Marry Me
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime  
Grinderman - Grinderman
Liars - Liars


Cover Songs
Radiohead - Unravel (bjork)
Foo Fighters - Band On The Run (wings)
Raconteurs - Teenage Kicks (undertones)
Belle & Sebastion - Here Comes The Sun (beatles)
Colin Meloy - Every Day is Like Sunday (morrisey)
Elk City - Everybody Hurts  (rem)
The Frames - Where is My Mind (pixies)


12"Remix
Feist - My Moon My Man - (Boyz Noize classic mix) 
Rework - Love Love Love Yeah
Lost Valentinos - KAFKA! 

Albums: All Aboard The Fail Boat
 
(dissapointments or just FAIL) 

The Horrors, Strange House.
Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist 
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Editors - An End Has A Start
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah - Some Thunder
Hard-Fi -  Once Upon a Time in the West 
The Bravery- The Sun and The Moon
The Chemical Brothers- We Are the Night



Top B-Sides 2007
National - Blank Slate
Athlete - 09/06 Speyside
PJ Harvey - Wait
M.I.A. - Hit That 
Beatie Boys - Suco De Tangerina


Top Live Performances 2007
PJ Harvey - Beacon Theatere 
Band of Horses - Hiro Ballroom
LCD Soundsystem - El Rey 
Amy Winehouse - Joes Pub
Fratellis - Mercury Lounge 
Deerhunter - Bowery BallroomS
The Decemberists - Summerstage Central Park 
Bonde Do Role - Fader House SXSW
ST Vincent @ Other Music 
Bjork - Coachella / RCMH
JMC - Coachella 
Interpol - Coachella
Arcade Fire - Judson Memorial Church / RCMH
Peter, Bjorn and John - Bowery Ballroom
Justice - Coachella 

Live (Honorable Mention)
Pipettes - Luna Lounge
White Rabbits/Blood Red Shoes - Highline Ballroom


and then there was this.. that made me rememember.


Notes/errata:  mostly final.  Most lists are top down (except for fav shows which is not in order.) 
This is the first year without a musicvideo "top clips" list. Will add blog, book list shortly
This list is notable for what is not listed as much as for what is...

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