Music | November 28, 2007 | 6 comments

Best Music of 2007

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It's that time of year again, people, when every last media outlet on the planet puts out an inane "best of" list for everything and anything imaginable.

But why should they have all the fun and who cares what they think anyway? I want to know what the tastemakers on current dot com were bumping in '07. So what are your favorite albums of 2007? Here's my linked-up top 20 of the year that was:

1. Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust (Constellation)
http://current.com/items/86552841_do_make_say_think_plays_in_the_woods

2. Pharoahe Monch - Desire (UMG)
http://current.com/items/76971492_pharoahe_monch

3. Burial - Untrue (hyperDub)
http://www.myspace.com/burialuk

4. Amon Tobin - Foley Room (NinjaTune)
http://current.com/items/77206132_amon_tobin
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=65025951&...

5. Caribou - Andorra (Domino)
http://current.com/items/76115152_%3Cem%3Ecaribou%3C/em%3E_jacknuggeted_video

6. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone)
http://current.com/items/87939531_sharon_jones_and_the_dap_kings_go_back_in_time

7. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (Def Jux)
http://current.com/items/87939661_aesop_rock_none_shall_pass

8. MIA - Kala (Interscope)
http://current.com/items/76817262_m_i_a_kipedia

9. Pole - Steingarten (~scape)
http://www.myspace.com/poleartist

10. Panda Bear - Person Pitch (paw tracks)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GQCVOLbRU8

11. Boxcutter - Glyphic
12. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
13. Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog
14. Radiohead - In Rainbows
15. The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
16. Akron/Family - Love is Simple
17. Flying Lotus - Reset [EP]
18. Deadbeat - Journeyman's Annual
19. the Budos Band - II
20. Ween - La Cucaracha

Top 5 live shows of '07 (all Bay Area)
1. Ween (@ the Warfield)
2. Do Make Say Think (@ Mezzanine)
3. Arcade Fire (@ the Greek)
4. M.I.A. (on Treasure Island)
5. Amon Tobin (@ Mezzanine)

And finally, my special award for most overrated album of 2007:
LCD Soundsystem - The Sound of Silver

But hey, don't just stop with music... What were your fave movies, books and TV shows?
(No Country for Old Men, The Raw Shark Texts and The Colbert Report).

And last, but not least: favorite new website.
Current.com, of course.
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6 comments // Best Music of 2007

  • puddinp0p
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      puddinp0p  

    • Grizzly Bear - Friend EP
      El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
      Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
      Feist - The Reminder
      MIA - Kala
      Panda Bear - Person Pitch
      Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
      Menomena - Friend And Foe
      Mad-lib - Yesterday's Universe
      !!! - Myth Takes
      Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

      I got to see a lot of these bands when I flew out to Chicago for the Pitchfork music festival in July, which was pretty awesome.

      As far as books go:
      Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris
      I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert

      but I really want to read The Raw Sharks Text. I think that'll be my next read. Any other suggestions?

    • 4 years ago
  • Scott_Logan
  • MattCampbell
  • richjm
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      richjm  
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    • Here's The Guardian's list.

      Off the top of my head, my own list would be something like:
      1. Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
      2. In Rainbows by Radiohead
      3. Because of the Times by Kings Of Leon
      4. Spiderman Of The Rings by Dan Deacon
      5. Graduation by Kanye West
      6. Wincing The Night Away - The Shins
      7. Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
      8. Version by Mark Ronson
      9. Hvarf - Heim by Sigur Ros
      10. The Reminder by Feist

    • 4 years ago
  • joebrilliant
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      joebrilliant  

    • This is #1 my Top Lists List! Nice on Dan!

      Totally agree about LCD's SOS album. Fools be swingin from James Murphy's disco balls like Tarzan

      The LCD Nike + album is a classic though, and Burial is something dark and incredible. Macabre 2-Step, you cant make this stuff up.

    • 4 years ago
  • shirin88
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      shirin88  

    • #1 Album of the Year:
      Radiohead "In Rainbows"

      Favorite Shows of the Year:
      1. Treasure Island Festival (Gotan Project especially!)
      2. SIA at the Filmore

      Favorite Movies (in no order)
      Paris Je T'aime
      Superbad
      Black Snake Moan
      The Simpsons Movie
      Pan's Labyrinth
      Talk to Me

    • 4 years ago
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