Now that we're 1/4 of the way through the year, list all the 2007 releases worth listening to so far:

man, I've a) not been paying any attention to new stuff, b) got a one-track mind for cosmic mixes and compilations, so all I'm about has been like the Lindstrom LateNightTales, the Dirty Space Disco comp, Joakim's mix on disc 2 of Colette No. 8, Computer Incarnations for World Peace (that was this year, right?), the (surprisingly hella cosmic) Royksopp Back to Mine, Studio - Yearbook 1 (finally, some new music!), the Sally Shapiro album (12/06, but who's counting). I also like M.I.A. and LCD Soundsystem.

In no order

Studio—West Coast
Working For A Nuclear Free City—s/t
Six Organs of Admittance—Shelter from the Ash
Wooden Shjips—s/t
Von Südenfed—Tromatic Reflexxions
Tuxedomoon—Vapour Trails
Robert Wyatt—Comic Opera

why can I not find this Studio album anywhere...?

yuh the new Six Organs album is fukking brillll.

Kanye West's Graduation is the only good record I've heard this year.

the new Bad Religion and Immolation albums

"why can I not find this Studio album anywhere...?"

I contacted them through their MySpace after seeing raves here. They promised that they'd sent a promo, I didn't get it. They promised again that they'd sent a promo, I didn't get it. I searched slsk for it and found it pretty quickly. I still haven't gotten the promo, but the album's pretty sweet.

why can I not find this Studio album anywhere...?

FWIW, Studio's "West Coast" EP (which duplicates a lot of Studio's debut full-length disc) is available on eMusic.

The Flower Kings deserve a mention. Their rather recent album is their best ever.

I would list my favorites but it would take all day and I know that none of you all will listen to any of them anyway. I have about 50 records that I'd put in this category.

Plllllease, tell us some of 'em Matt. Although I can try to guess.

That would be kind of funny, because everyone would say Café Tacvba and I'd be like I AINT EVEN HEARD IT YET and you wouldnt believe me and yeah.

My list (compiled from all my damn lists all over the place) would include: Fefe Dobson, UGK, Vusi Mahlasela, Helene Corrini & Beatrice Graf, Juanes, DHG, Ike Reilly Assassination, Tibebu Workye, Chingo Bling, Every Time I Die, two different Indian soundtrack albums (<i>Namastey London</i> and <i>Om Shanti Om</i>), Jenni Rivera, Macy Gray, October File, Budos Band, Cortney Tidwell, Traband, Kenna, Gary Allan, Between the Buried and Me, Sean Noonan Brewed by Noon, Los Tigres del Norte, Of Montreal, Aleks Syntek, Alan Pasqua, Habib Koité, Lafayette Gilchrist, Mario Adnet, Muiza Adnet, Kelly Clarkson, M.I.A., autorickshaw, Indian pop comp <i>Everybody on Dance Floor 4.0</i>, Marnie Stern, two albums by Misha Piatigorsky, Over the Rhine, Radůza, Saul Williams, Kat DeLuna, Eileen Jewell, Shantel, Trio M, Wisin & Yandel.

I'm forgetting some.

hey Shakey, Forced Exposure carries that Studio album.

I have really been digging the two Richard Bishop albums from this year.

the anemones album is wonderful, if you like the garagey spacemen 3 to the gospely spacemen 3

prefer

Kelly Clarkson

I knew I forgot something!

My faves so far:

The Fall - Reformation Post TLC
MIA - Kala
Liars - Liars
Fennesz/Sakamoto - Cendre
Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions

The Fall - Reformation Post TLC

really??

Calle 13 (flaws and all)

i need to hear that liars album

I'm forgetting some.

-- Dimension 5ive, Monday, November 12, 2007 9:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

you're definitely forgetting Eleni Mandell, which I bought because of your review.

other releases I've heard this year that haven't been mentioned on this thread yet, in roughly descending order of preference:

Prodigy - Return Of The Mac
Ted Leo - Living With The Living
T-Pain - Epiphany
Travis Morrison - All Y’All
Cassidy - B.A.R.S.: Barry Adrian Reese Story
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy
Talib Kweli & Madlib - Liberation
Swizz Beatz - One Man Band Man
Keyshia Cole - Just Like You
Playaz Circle - Supply & Demand
The Nels Cline Singers - Draw Breath
Eddie Vedder - Music For The Motion Picture Into The Wild
Hurricane Chris - 51/50 Ratchet
Consequence - Don’t Quit Your Day Job
Enon - Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds
T.I. - T.I. Vs. T.I.P.
Twista - Adrenaline Rush 2007
Rasputina - Oh Perilous World
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Redman - Red Gone Wild: Thee Album
R. Kelly - Double Up
Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars
Trill Entertainment presents - Survival Of The Fittest
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Money Mark - Brand New By Tomorrow
Gorilla Zoe - Welcome To The Zoo
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Grand Buffet - The Haunted Fucking Gazebo EP
Talib Kweli - Eardrum
Fabolous - From Nothin' To Somethin'
They Might Be Giants - The Else
Kelly Rowland - Ms. Kelly
Havoc - The Kush
Meat Puppets - Rise To Your Knees
DJ Khaled - We The Best
Nels Cline/Andrea Parkins/Tom Rainey - Downpour

the good the bad and the queen
ted leo and the pharmacists
a place to bury strangers
queens of the stone age
the new pornographers
the angels of light
lcd soundsystem
the young gods
blonde redhead
the arcade fire
stars of the lid
nine inch nails
the national
grinderman
les savy fav
deerhunter
dinosaur jr
electrelane
radiohead
the ponys
pj harvey
mekons
eluvium
dungen
caribou
shellac
battles
spoon
bjork
m83
liars
low

Are those in order of preference?

Haha Eleni Mandell is awesome, you are right Al

Also, High on Fire, Winterpills, Black Dahlia Murder, Chris Gestrin, Jerry Granelli V16, Michael Blake Sextet, Taraf de Haikouks, Konono No. 1, Bronco, Noisettes, James Carney Group, Bobby Sanabria, La No. 1 Banda de Jerez, Yolanda Perez, Loudon Wainwright III, Baja, Lura, The Photo Atlas, Anat Fort, Anat Cohen, Moros Eros, & Anoushka Shankar/Karsh Kale.

Are those in order of preference?

pshhh.

actually, the Low is my #1 album of the year. so they could be in reverse order of preference, starting with Low and ending, uh, after Low because there's no order after that. if that makes any sense.

OMG, that list is hypnotic. I keep scrolling up and down admiring its spread.

neither the low nor blonde redhead albums stayed with me.. both are *nice*.. but ultimately unsatisfying. maybe something is wrong with my ears.

fiery furnaces 'widow city' = album of da sizz-entury, you guyz

hey folks I listened to that new Mekons album for the first time last night and I think it's their best one since Curse... - not that that would be too difficult. Anyone else liking it that much?

Youssou N'Dour-Rokku Mi Rokka
Bettye Lavette
Motel Lovers-Southern Soul from the Chitlin Circuit

I think I need to spend some more time with the latest Bettye record myself; the one time I played it thus far didn't leave me feeling all that impressed. Those other two records you mention are absolutely ace, though.

The Fall - Reformation Post TLC

really??

-- 69, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 03:32 (1 week ago) Link

I would add the Roisin Murphy album to my list now, and I guess LCD Soundsystem though it seems redundant.

ctrl+f kanye west found!

Christopher DeLaurenti - Favorite Intermissions

This sounds like it would be great. Just got around to reading a description.

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba-Segu Blue more awesome stuff from Mali

Denise Lasalle-Pay Before You Pump Chitlin circuit soul singer still at it

Melchior Productions- No Disco Future
Onur Ozer- Kasmir
Various Artists- Grand Cru 2007
Efdemin- Efdemin
Martin Eyerer & Oliver Klein- Movement
Agnes- Dumbles Debuts
Various Artists- Speicher CD 3

Ooh I want that Onur Ozer album.

It's excellent! Reminds me a little of Villalobos' Thé Au Harem D'Archimède but, other than that, he's got his own thing going on.

The samples I've heard sound a bit more dynamic than Thé Au Harem D'Archimède. But then I guess they are just samples.

I think it's fair to say that it's more dynamic than Harem. The connection for me is only in the way bass and percussion is used in both albums.

Err, is = are

Oh yeah I can definitely hear the sonic resemblance.

animal collective - strawberry jam
miranda lambert - crazy ex-girlfriend
throbbing gristle - part two: the endless not
lil' wayne - da drought 3
the fiery furnaces - widow city
petre inspirescu - tips
m.i.a. - kala
patrick pulsinger - dogmatic sequences: the series
soft circle - full bloom
rihanna - good girl gone bad

Glass Candy - B/E/A/T/B/O/X

Only a couple of changes since my Nov. 12 post: add Kala at the top, and the I'm Not There soundtrack near the bottom.

Now that the year is over I think that my favourites were:

Kala
Blackout
Health
Weirdo Rippers
Spiderman of the Rings
Sound of Silver
Overpowered
Friend opportunity
Load Blown
Hermaphrodite
No Shouts No Calls
Yearbook1

Now that we're 1/365 of the way through the year, list all the 2008 releases worth listening to so far:

Oh, and in advance of the broken arm
I'm pretty sure I'd like the stars of the lid album and I kinda liked the Low album, but breaker was such a good single it raised my expectations way too high.

What else do you think I would like.

Last fm never gets it right.

Now that we're 1/365 of the way through the year, list all the 2008 releases worth listening to so far:

Radiohead - In Rainbows (out today on CD/vinyl!)