2007 Has been made up of these Records.. Part 1

It's that time of year folks- List's for as far as the eye can see: Records of the year, Movies of the year, Condiments of the year etc etc. Here are the records that have given me a top buzz in '07 (Not in any particular order apart from Panda Bear which is fast becoming my favorite album of the decade)

Animal Collective- Strawberry Jam

Arcade Fire- Neon Bible

Arthur & Yu- In Camera

Battles- Mirrored

Burial- Untrue

Dan Deacon- Spiderman of the Rings

Deerhunter- Cryptograms

Deerhoof- Friend Opportunity

Holy Fuck- LP

Jeffery Lewis- 12 Crass Songs

Joakim- Monsters & Silly Songs

LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver

Liars- Liars

Modeselektor- Happy Birthday!

Panda Bear- Person Pitch

Radiohead- In Rainbows

Thurston Moore- Trees outside the Academy

Neil Young- Live at Massey Hall (Re-issue)

Just a thought.. 13 of the 18 records on this list have come from U.S/Canadian artists. 'Indie' music is in good order across the pond just now. From the skewed pop of Animal Collective and Deerhoof to the thumping rhythms of Battles & LCD Soundsystem to the stadium filling Arcade fire.
UK 'Indie' seems to be heading in just the opposite direction with a raft of Scenesters spitting tired, cliched trite up and down the land. Not that the NME or any other music publication in England would tell you this, but then the art of music journalism has been a dying art for years now...

A few tracks from the above list: If Deerhoof put some seasonal bells on 'Whither the Invisible' they'd have a festive hit on their hands.

Deerhoof- Whither the Invisible (Z Share) (YSI)

Deerhunter- Hazel St (Z Share) (YSI)

Joakim's record has been a dear addition to the record collection- A very consistent long player:

Joakim- The Devil with no Tail (Z Share) (YSI)

LCD have enjoyed a great year- Some fine remixes came from 'Sound of Silver' including this DJ Harvey remix of 'All My Friends'. Sounds nothing like the original, but will get your Balearic Xmas disco started in no time.

LCD Soundsystem- All my Friends (Harvey remix) (Z Share) (YSI)

Modeselektor rumbled on through 2007- 'Happy Birthday!' is all about bass in it's many different guises. Great live show too.

Modeselektor- Godspeed (Z Share) (YSI)

Have a Splendid weekend.