My Top Ten for the second half of 2007
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Album:Disappear
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Track:You Never Stay
I know, I know, it's not done yet, but this is what I've been enjoying the most , that has been released in the past six months.Ceremony - Disappear (Safranin Sound)
Yes, I know I've talked this one up a bunch. I'm gonna keep doing so. This record couldn't work better for me if musicologists had spent the last six months in a lab, cooking all my favorite sounds into a heady sonic stew. It's like Kevin Shields, Peter Hook, Juan Atkins, and Doctor Avalanche all got together and went nuts in the studio.New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom (Universal)
Maybe not earth-shattering breakthrough challenging stuff, but fun, high-energy dance music with loads of sass. There were days where "The Bomb" would go on endless loop.Emma Pollock - Watch The Fireworks (4AD)
Relatively quiet and peaceful (compared to the above, for sure), filled with hope, this is the album I reach for when the world wants to drag me down.A Place To Bury Strangers (Killer Pimp)
James Lavelle continues his winning streak of high-quality productions and impeccable guests with this album. This time, rock gets center stage. He even manages to tone down Ian Astbury's bombast, which should be worth a medal.Film School - Hideout (Beggars Banquet)
A good place-holder until Silversun Pickups release another album. That's not completely fair, but it is actually praise. Satisfyingly thick, brooding pop songs with a layer of buzz on top.Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (Warner Brothers)
I'm still confounded on why I like this album; country and Fleetwood Mac usually send me running for the hills, and this album stinks of both. But there's something so winning about Jenny Lewis's vocals and the guitar play that draws me in, like a warm blanket. Why fight it?She Wants Revenge - This Is Forever (Geffen)
Shamelessly derivative, and all the better for it. Despite that, there's some real growth happening here, they're starting to come into their own.Burial - Untrue (Hyperdub)
This hasn't had enough time to sink in, but I think it might climb up these charts in due time. It reminds me strongly of Massive Attack, The Next Generation. Dubstep Schmubstep, this is moody urban music with brains.Nine Black Alps - Love/Hate (Island)
The British riff-masters added a bit of sunshine to their massive rawk without suffering for it.And ten other songs that have well charmed me these six months:Jens Lekman - The Opposite of Hallelujah (Secretly Canadian)Interpol - Pioneer To The Falls (Capitol)Editors - The Racing Rats (Kitchenware)Shocking Pinks - End Of The World (DFA)Shy Child - Drop The Phone (Pias)The Duke Spirit - LassooJustice - One Minute To MidnightPuressence - MoonbeamThe Raveonettes - Hallucinations (Vice) technically a 2008 release, not yet out in the StatesUnderworld - Crocodile
Yes, I know I've talked this one up a bunch. I'm gonna keep doing so. This record couldn't work better for me if musicologists had spent the last six months in a lab, cooking all my favorite sounds into a heady sonic stew. It's like Kevin Shields, Peter Hook, Juan Atkins, and Doctor Avalanche all got together and went nuts in the studio.New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom (Universal)Maybe not earth-shattering breakthrough challenging stuff, but fun, high-energy dance music with loads of sass. There were days where "The Bomb" would go on endless loop.Emma Pollock - Watch The Fireworks (4AD)Relatively quiet and peaceful (compared to the above, for sure), filled with hope, this is the album I reach for when the world wants to drag me down.A Place To Bury Strangers (Killer Pimp)James Lavelle continues his winning streak of high-quality productions and impeccable guests with this album. This time, rock gets center stage. He even manages to tone down Ian Astbury's bombast, which should be worth a medal.Film School - Hideout (Beggars Banquet)A good place-holder until Silversun Pickups release another album. That's not completely fair, but it is actually praise. Satisfyingly thick, brooding pop songs with a layer of buzz on top.Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (Warner Brothers)I'm still confounded on why I like this album; country and Fleetwood Mac usually send me running for the hills, and this album stinks of both. But there's something so winning about Jenny Lewis's vocals and the guitar play that draws me in, like a warm blanket. Why fight it?She Wants Revenge - This Is Forever (Geffen)Shamelessly derivative, and all the better for it. Despite that, there's some real growth happening here, they're starting to come into their own.Burial - Untrue (Hyperdub)This hasn't had enough time to sink in, but I think it might climb up these charts in due time. It reminds me strongly of Massive Attack, The Next Generation. Dubstep Schmubstep, this is moody urban music with brains.Nine Black Alps - Love/Hate (Island)The British riff-masters added a bit of sunshine to their massive rawk without suffering for it.And ten other songs that have well charmed me these six months:Jens Lekman - The Opposite of Hallelujah (Secretly Canadian)Interpol - Pioneer To The Falls (Capitol)Editors - The Racing Rats (Kitchenware)Shocking Pinks - End Of The World (DFA)Shy Child - Drop The Phone (Pias)The Duke Spirit - LassooJustice - One Minute To MidnightPuressence - MoonbeamThe Raveonettes - Hallucinations (Vice) technically a 2008 release, not yet out in the StatesUnderworld - Crocodile
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