The Best of 2007
The Top 100 LP's of 2007
100. Akala - Freedom Lasso ("Bit By Bit")
99. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour ("Tournament of Hearts")
98. Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance ("Clickety Clack")
97. Chinese Stars - Listen to Your Left Brain ("The Drowning")
96. Hella - There's No 666 in Outer Space ("The Things People Do When They Think No One's Looking")
95. The Allstar Project - Your Reward...A Bullet ("V5")
94. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War ("Bitches in Tokyo")
93. Rob Sonic - Sabotage Gigante ("Spy Hunter (f/Busdriver)")
92. The Fucking Champs - VI ("Earthen Sculptor")
91. Big D & the Kids Table - Strictly Rude ("Relocate the Beat")
90. Cloak/Dagger - We Are ("Quit Life")
89. Sundowner - Four One Five Two ("This War is Noise")
88. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb ("Thought Crime Spree")
87. Tunng - Good Arrows ("Arms")
86. Cobra Skulls - Sitting Army ("Don't Count Your Cobras Before They Hatch")
85. Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty ("We'rewolf")
84. Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth ("Puzzle")
83. The Arrivals - Marvels of Industry ("The Joke")
82. Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This ("Heart it Races")
81. Grails - Burning Off Impurities ("Silk Rd.")
80. Kanye West - Graduation ("Flashing Lights")
79. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? ("Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse")
78. Prefuse 73 - Preparations ("I Knew You Were Gonna Go")
77. Oh No - Dr. No's Oxperiment ("Cosmos")
76. Little Brother - Getback ("Good Clothes")
75. The Go! Team - Proof of Youth ("Titanic Vandalism")
74. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release ("It's the Beat")
73. Freeway - Free at Last ("Free at Last")
72. edIT - Certified Air Raid Material ("Artsy Remix (f/The Grouch)")
71. Devin the Dude - Waitin' to Inhale ("Broccoli & Cheese")
70. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank ("Spitting Venom")
69. Jesu - Conqueror ("Old Year")
68. Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian ("Bushels")
67. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin ("Cigarettes, Wedding Bands")
66. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil ("Cold Hands")
65. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black ("He Can Only Hold Her")
64. Amon Tobin - Foley Room ("Bloodstone")
63. Jay-Z - American Gangster ("Ignorant Shit (f/Beanie Sigel)")
62. Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings ("Wham City")
61. M.I.A. - Kala ("Paper Planes")
60. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog ("Flightless Bird, American Mouth")
59. Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust ("Executioner's Blues")
58. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha ("Dark Matter")
57. Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine ("California Burritos")
56. Justice - (Cross Symbol) ("Let There Be Light")
55. Attack in Black - Marriage ("Husbands")
54. Das Oath - Das Oath ("Tropical Malady")
53. The Fad - Kill Punk Rock Stars ("Leaving Cleveland")
52. High on Fire - Death is This Communion ("Rumors of War")
51. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool ("Gotta Eat")
50. Ween - La Cucaracha ("Your Party")
49. Modern Life is War - Midnight in America ("Night Shift at the Potato Factory")
48. J Church - The Horror of Life ("Vampire Girl Prefers Me Alive")
47. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead ("Run the Numbers (f/Aesop Rock)")
46. A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers ("The Falling Sun")
45. Between the Buried and Me - Colors ("Ants of the Sky")
44. Akron/Family - Love is Simple ("Lake Song/New Ceremonial Music for Moms")
43. Dalek - Abandoned Language ("Lynch")
42. Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World ("Rejoice")
41. Career Suicide - Attempted Suicide ("Play the Part")
40. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends ("Scotchgard the Credit Card")
39. Sandpeople - Honest Racket ("Group Home")
38. The Ergs! - Upstairs/Downstairs ("The Clocks, The Clocks")
37. Pissed Jeans - Hope for Men ("I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)")
36. Baroness - The Red Album ("O' Appalachia")
35. Lifetime - Lifetime ("Northbound Breakdown")
34. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup ("Cliquot")
33. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works ("82588")
32. Fake Problems - How Far Our Bodies Go ("To Repel Ghosts")
31. Liars - Liars ("Plaster Casts of Everything")
30. Dizzee Rascal - Maths & English ("Pussyole (Oldskool)")
29. Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying ("Headbanger Face Rip")
28. Pharoahe Monch - Desire ("Body Baby")
27. The World/Inferno Friendship Society - Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's 20th Century ("Thumb Cinema")
26. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover ("The Courtesan Has Sung")
25. Air - Pocket Symphony ("Mer du Japon")
24. !!! - Myth Takes ("Bend Over Beethoven")
23. Hot Cross - Risk Revival ("Rejoinder")
22. Panda Bear - Person Pitch ("Bros")
21. Streetlight Manifesto - Somewhere in the Between ("Down, Down, Down to Mephisto's Cafe")
20. UGK - Underground Kingz ("International Players Anthem (I Choose You) (f/OutKast)")
19. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible ("No Cars Go")
18. Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice ("Lotus")
17. Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab ("Walk Around")
16. American Steel - Destroy Their Future ("Or, Don't You Remember?")
15. Paul Baribeau - Grand Ledge ("Ten Things")
14. A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide ("Jaws 3, People 0")
13. The Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams ("Wolves (f/George Clnton)")
12. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living With the Living ("La Costa Brava")
11. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga ("The Underdog")
10. Interpol - Our Love to Admire ("Wrecking Ball")
9. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver ("Al My Friends")
8. The National - Boxer ("Slow Show")
7. Defiance, Ohio - The Fear, the Fear, the Fear ("The List")
6. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam ("Fireworks")
5. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass ("Coffee (f/John Darnielle)"
4. Bomb the Music Industry! - Get Warmer ("I Don't Love You Anymore")
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows ("Videotape")
2. Battles - Mirrored ("Atlas")
1. Okkervil River - The Stage Names ("John Allyn Smith Sails")
The Top 10 EP's/7 Inches of 2007
10. The Draft - The Draft EP ("Stop Wasting My Time")
9. Ween - The Friends EP ("Friends")
8. Envy - Abyssal EP ("Thousand Scars")
7. Polar Bear Club - The Redder, the Better EP ("Most Miserable Life")
6. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Mo'Living EP ("Living With the Living")
5. The Cool Kids - Totally Flossed Out EP ("I (Mikey) Rock")
4. Black Kids - Wizard of Ahhhs EP ("I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You")
3. Beirut - Lon Gisland EP ("Elephant Gun")
2. Government Warning - Arrested EP ("Arrested")
1. Fucked Up - Year of the Pig 7" ("Year of the Pig")
The Top 10 Compilation/Live/DJ/Split Records of 2007
10. Leftover Crack/Citizen Fish - Deadline (Leftover Crack - "...And Out Comes the N-Bomb")
9. Chuck Ragan - Los Feliz ("Congratulations Joe")
8. Bomb the Music Industry!/O Pioneers!!! - Split (Bomb the Music Industry! - "I'm Terrorfied")
7. Hot Chip - DJ Kicks: Hot Chip ("My Piano")
6. Alkaline Trio - Remains ("Old School Reasons")
5. James Murphy & Pat Mahoney - Fabric Live 36 (Chic - "I Feel Your Love Comin' On")
4. Ghostface Killah - Hidden Darts ("Paycheck (f/Trife Da God)")
3. Andrew Jackson Jihad/Ghost Mice - Split (Ghost Mice - "This Heart of Mine")
2. Sigur Ros - Hvarf/Heim ("Hljomalind")
1. Off With Their Heads - All Things Move Toward Their End ("The Beijing Cocktail")
The Top 25 Songs of 2007
25. Radiohead - "Videotape"
24. Devin the Dude - "Broccoli & Cheese"
23. Fake Problems - "Real Problems in SRQ"
22. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "La Costa Brava"
21. Dan Deacon - "Wham City"
20. Modest Mouse - "Spitting Venom"
19. Aesop Rock (f/John Darnielle) - "Coffee"
18. Lifetime - "Northbound Breakdown"
17. The World/Inferno Friendship Society - "Ich Errinere Mich An Die Weimarer Republik"
16. Justice (f/Spank Rock & Mos Def) - "D.A.N.C.E. (Benny Blanco Remix)"
15. Prodigy - "Mac 10 Handle"
14. Streetlight Manifesto - "Down, Down, Down to Mephisto's Cafe"
13. Defiance, Ohio - "The List"
12. Liars - "Plaster Casts of Everything"
11. The Wu-Tang Clan - "Watch Your Mouth"
10. LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"
9. Animal Collective - "Fireworks"
8. Okkervil River - "John Allyn Smith Sails"
7. Ghostface Killah (f/Trife Da God) - "Paycheck"
6. Ween - "Friends (EP Version)"
5. Bomb the Music Industry! - "I Don't Love You Anymore"
4. Against Me! - "Thrash Unreal"
3. UGK (f/OutKast) - "International Players Anthem (I Choose You)"
2. Fucked Up - "Year of the Pig"
1. Battles - "Atlas"
The 5 Best Shows I Saw in 2007
5. Okkervil River w/ Damien Jurado & Jonathan Meiburg @ Webster Hall, NYC
4. The Lawrence Arms w/ American Steel & The Falcon @ A Boat, NYC
3. Against Me! w/ The Riverboat Gamblers & Fake Problems @ Starland Ballroom, New Jersey
2. Rakim & Ghostface Killah w/ Brother Ali & The Rhythm Roots All-Stars @ Nokia Theater, NYC
1. Bomb the Music Industry! w/ The Fad @ Sealab 187, Brooklyn
The Most Overrated Records of 2007
Justice - (Cross Symbol)
The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
Burial - Untrue
The Most Underrated Records of 2007
Prefuse 73 - Preparations
Air - Pocket Symphony
The Biggest Disappointments of 2007
Against Me! - New Wave
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Common - Finding Forever
Pelican - City of Echoes
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone
Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
Smoke or Fire - This Sinking Ship
The Biggest Surprises of 2007
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Paul Baribeau - Grand Ledge
Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
Most Anticipated Releases of 2008
Dillinger Four - The Civil War (I'm still holding out)
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, Paint That Shit Gold
Paint it Black - New Lexicon
Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device
The Roots - Rising Down
Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
The Loved Ones - Build & Burn
And probably new records from: The Lawrence Arms, The Hold Steady, Converge, Bomb the Music Industry!, Dead to Me, and Lucero
100. Akala - Freedom Lasso ("Bit By Bit")
99. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour ("Tournament of Hearts")
98. Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance ("Clickety Clack")
97. Chinese Stars - Listen to Your Left Brain ("The Drowning")
96. Hella - There's No 666 in Outer Space ("The Things People Do When They Think No One's Looking")
95. The Allstar Project - Your Reward...A Bullet ("V5")
94. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War ("Bitches in Tokyo")
93. Rob Sonic - Sabotage Gigante ("Spy Hunter (f/Busdriver)")
92. The Fucking Champs - VI ("Earthen Sculptor")
91. Big D & the Kids Table - Strictly Rude ("Relocate the Beat")
90. Cloak/Dagger - We Are ("Quit Life")
89. Sundowner - Four One Five Two ("This War is Noise")
88. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb ("Thought Crime Spree")
87. Tunng - Good Arrows ("Arms")
86. Cobra Skulls - Sitting Army ("Don't Count Your Cobras Before They Hatch")
85. Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty ("We'rewolf")
84. Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth ("Puzzle")
83. The Arrivals - Marvels of Industry ("The Joke")
82. Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This ("Heart it Races")
81. Grails - Burning Off Impurities ("Silk Rd.")
80. Kanye West - Graduation ("Flashing Lights")
79. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? ("Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse")
78. Prefuse 73 - Preparations ("I Knew You Were Gonna Go")
77. Oh No - Dr. No's Oxperiment ("Cosmos")
76. Little Brother - Getback ("Good Clothes")
75. The Go! Team - Proof of Youth ("Titanic Vandalism")
74. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release ("It's the Beat")
73. Freeway - Free at Last ("Free at Last")
72. edIT - Certified Air Raid Material ("Artsy Remix (f/The Grouch)")
71. Devin the Dude - Waitin' to Inhale ("Broccoli & Cheese")
70. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank ("Spitting Venom")
69. Jesu - Conqueror ("Old Year")
68. Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian ("Bushels")
67. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin ("Cigarettes, Wedding Bands")
66. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil ("Cold Hands")
65. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black ("He Can Only Hold Her")
64. Amon Tobin - Foley Room ("Bloodstone")
63. Jay-Z - American Gangster ("Ignorant Shit (f/Beanie Sigel)")
62. Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings ("Wham City")
61. M.I.A. - Kala ("Paper Planes")
60. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog ("Flightless Bird, American Mouth")
59. Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust ("Executioner's Blues")
58. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha ("Dark Matter")
57. Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine ("California Burritos")
56. Justice - (Cross Symbol) ("Let There Be Light")
55. Attack in Black - Marriage ("Husbands")
54. Das Oath - Das Oath ("Tropical Malady")
53. The Fad - Kill Punk Rock Stars ("Leaving Cleveland")
52. High on Fire - Death is This Communion ("Rumors of War")
51. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool ("Gotta Eat")
50. Ween - La Cucaracha ("Your Party")
49. Modern Life is War - Midnight in America ("Night Shift at the Potato Factory")
48. J Church - The Horror of Life ("Vampire Girl Prefers Me Alive")
47. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead ("Run the Numbers (f/Aesop Rock)")
46. A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers ("The Falling Sun")
45. Between the Buried and Me - Colors ("Ants of the Sky")
44. Akron/Family - Love is Simple ("Lake Song/New Ceremonial Music for Moms")
43. Dalek - Abandoned Language ("Lynch")
42. Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World ("Rejoice")
41. Career Suicide - Attempted Suicide ("Play the Part")
40. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends ("Scotchgard the Credit Card")
39. Sandpeople - Honest Racket ("Group Home")
38. The Ergs! - Upstairs/Downstairs ("The Clocks, The Clocks")
37. Pissed Jeans - Hope for Men ("I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)")
36. Baroness - The Red Album ("O' Appalachia")
35. Lifetime - Lifetime ("Northbound Breakdown")
34. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup ("Cliquot")
33. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works ("82588")
32. Fake Problems - How Far Our Bodies Go ("To Repel Ghosts")
31. Liars - Liars ("Plaster Casts of Everything")
30. Dizzee Rascal - Maths & English ("Pussyole (Oldskool)")
29. Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying ("Headbanger Face Rip")
28. Pharoahe Monch - Desire ("Body Baby")
27. The World/Inferno Friendship Society - Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's 20th Century ("Thumb Cinema")
26. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover ("The Courtesan Has Sung")
25. Air - Pocket Symphony ("Mer du Japon")
24. !!! - Myth Takes ("Bend Over Beethoven")
23. Hot Cross - Risk Revival ("Rejoinder")
22. Panda Bear - Person Pitch ("Bros")
21. Streetlight Manifesto - Somewhere in the Between ("Down, Down, Down to Mephisto's Cafe")
20. UGK - Underground Kingz ("International Players Anthem (I Choose You) (f/OutKast)")
19. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible ("No Cars Go")
18. Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice ("Lotus")
17. Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab ("Walk Around")
16. American Steel - Destroy Their Future ("Or, Don't You Remember?")
15. Paul Baribeau - Grand Ledge ("Ten Things")
14. A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide ("Jaws 3, People 0")
13. The Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams ("Wolves (f/George Clnton)")
12. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living With the Living ("La Costa Brava")
11. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga ("The Underdog")
10. Interpol - Our Love to Admire ("Wrecking Ball")
9. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver ("Al My Friends")
8. The National - Boxer ("Slow Show")
7. Defiance, Ohio - The Fear, the Fear, the Fear ("The List")
6. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam ("Fireworks")
5. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass ("Coffee (f/John Darnielle)"
4. Bomb the Music Industry! - Get Warmer ("I Don't Love You Anymore")
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows ("Videotape")
2. Battles - Mirrored ("Atlas")
1. Okkervil River - The Stage Names ("John Allyn Smith Sails")
The Top 10 EP's/7 Inches of 2007
10. The Draft - The Draft EP ("Stop Wasting My Time")
9. Ween - The Friends EP ("Friends")
8. Envy - Abyssal EP ("Thousand Scars")
7. Polar Bear Club - The Redder, the Better EP ("Most Miserable Life")
6. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Mo'Living EP ("Living With the Living")
5. The Cool Kids - Totally Flossed Out EP ("I (Mikey) Rock")
4. Black Kids - Wizard of Ahhhs EP ("I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You")
3. Beirut - Lon Gisland EP ("Elephant Gun")
2. Government Warning - Arrested EP ("Arrested")
1. Fucked Up - Year of the Pig 7" ("Year of the Pig")
The Top 10 Compilation/Live/DJ/Split Records of 2007
10. Leftover Crack/Citizen Fish - Deadline (Leftover Crack - "...And Out Comes the N-Bomb")
9. Chuck Ragan - Los Feliz ("Congratulations Joe")
8. Bomb the Music Industry!/O Pioneers!!! - Split (Bomb the Music Industry! - "I'm Terrorfied")
7. Hot Chip - DJ Kicks: Hot Chip ("My Piano")
6. Alkaline Trio - Remains ("Old School Reasons")
5. James Murphy & Pat Mahoney - Fabric Live 36 (Chic - "I Feel Your Love Comin' On")
4. Ghostface Killah - Hidden Darts ("Paycheck (f/Trife Da God)")
3. Andrew Jackson Jihad/Ghost Mice - Split (Ghost Mice - "This Heart of Mine")
2. Sigur Ros - Hvarf/Heim ("Hljomalind")
1. Off With Their Heads - All Things Move Toward Their End ("The Beijing Cocktail")
The Top 25 Songs of 2007
25. Radiohead - "Videotape"
24. Devin the Dude - "Broccoli & Cheese"
23. Fake Problems - "Real Problems in SRQ"
22. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "La Costa Brava"
21. Dan Deacon - "Wham City"
20. Modest Mouse - "Spitting Venom"
19. Aesop Rock (f/John Darnielle) - "Coffee"
18. Lifetime - "Northbound Breakdown"
17. The World/Inferno Friendship Society - "Ich Errinere Mich An Die Weimarer Republik"
16. Justice (f/Spank Rock & Mos Def) - "D.A.N.C.E. (Benny Blanco Remix)"
15. Prodigy - "Mac 10 Handle"
14. Streetlight Manifesto - "Down, Down, Down to Mephisto's Cafe"
13. Defiance, Ohio - "The List"
12. Liars - "Plaster Casts of Everything"
11. The Wu-Tang Clan - "Watch Your Mouth"
10. LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"
9. Animal Collective - "Fireworks"
8. Okkervil River - "John Allyn Smith Sails"
7. Ghostface Killah (f/Trife Da God) - "Paycheck"
6. Ween - "Friends (EP Version)"
5. Bomb the Music Industry! - "I Don't Love You Anymore"
4. Against Me! - "Thrash Unreal"
3. UGK (f/OutKast) - "International Players Anthem (I Choose You)"
2. Fucked Up - "Year of the Pig"
1. Battles - "Atlas"
The 5 Best Shows I Saw in 2007
5. Okkervil River w/ Damien Jurado & Jonathan Meiburg @ Webster Hall, NYC
4. The Lawrence Arms w/ American Steel & The Falcon @ A Boat, NYC
3. Against Me! w/ The Riverboat Gamblers & Fake Problems @ Starland Ballroom, New Jersey
2. Rakim & Ghostface Killah w/ Brother Ali & The Rhythm Roots All-Stars @ Nokia Theater, NYC
1. Bomb the Music Industry! w/ The Fad @ Sealab 187, Brooklyn
The Most Overrated Records of 2007
Justice - (Cross Symbol)
The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
Burial - Untrue
The Most Underrated Records of 2007
Prefuse 73 - Preparations
Air - Pocket Symphony
The Biggest Disappointments of 2007
Against Me! - New Wave
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Common - Finding Forever
Pelican - City of Echoes
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone
Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
Smoke or Fire - This Sinking Ship
The Biggest Surprises of 2007
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Paul Baribeau - Grand Ledge
Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
Most Anticipated Releases of 2008
Dillinger Four - The Civil War (I'm still holding out)
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, Paint That Shit Gold
Paint it Black - New Lexicon
Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device
The Roots - Rising Down
Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
The Loved Ones - Build & Burn
And probably new records from: The Lawrence Arms, The Hold Steady, Converge, Bomb the Music Industry!, Dead to Me, and Lucero