Top 10 Albums of 2007!!

These are my Top 10 new releases of 2007. No compilations or re-issues, although there might be a top ten list there alone. I should be posting on each of them, and will add in the links to posts, etc... as we go.

[All album names are now linked to full post on the record.
Song titles link to the sample video.]


#10 Person Pitch - Panda Bear


"Take Pills" from Person Pitch (2007)

Genre - Gospel Noise Pop
Official/Myspace - myspace.com/rippityrippity
Location - Lisbon, Portugal

Review - Pitchfork (ended up as their #1 of the year)
iTunes - Panda Bear
Lala - Person Pitch
Purchase - Amazon


#9 Indricothere - Indricothere


"II" from Indricothere (2007)

Genre - Pummeling Technical Blackened Death
Official/Myspace - myspace.com/indricothere
Location - NYC, NY

Review - Metal Underground
iTunes - Indricothere
Lala - Indricothere
Purchase - Gilead Media


#8 Athlantis - Eyvind Kang


"Andegavenses" from Athlantis (2007)

Genre - Noir-Jazz Opera-Chant Neo-Classical
Official/Myspace - myspace.com/eyvindkangeyvind
Location - Seattle, WA

Review - Tiny Mixtapes
iTunes - Eyvind Kang
Lala - The Yelm Sessions
Purchase - Amazon


#7 Two Hunters - Wolves in the Throne Room


"The Cleansing" from Two Hunters (2007)

Genre - Transformative Black Metal
Official - wittr.com/
Myspace - myspace.com/wolvesinthethroneroom
Location - Olympia, WA

Review - Prefix Mag
iTunes - Wolves in the Throne Room
Lala - Two Hunters
Purchase - All That Is Heavy


#6 Rainbow - Boris (with Michio Kurihara)


"Starship Narrator" from Rainbow (2007)

Genre - Epic Shoegaze Experi-Metal
Official - inoxia-rec.com/boris/
Myspace - myspace.com/borisdronevil
Location - Japan

Review - Pitchfork
iTunes - Boris
Lala - Pink
Purchase - All That Is Heavy


#5 Os Haxixins - Os Haxixins


"Onde Meditar" from Os Haxixins (2007)

Genre - Brazilian '60s Fuzz Garage
Official/Myspace - myspace.com/oshaxixins
Location - Brazil

Review - Alborde
iTunes/Lala - Not yet...
Purchase - Bomp Store [LP]


#4 Andorra - Caribou


"Melody Day" from Andorra (2007)

Genre - Electronic Psych Pop
Official/Myspace - myspace.com/cariboumanitoba
Location - Dundas, ON, Canada

Review - Stylus Magazine
iTunes - Caribou
Lala - Up In Flames
Purchase - Merge Records


#3 All Things Are Light (+ "Hawg!") - Linus Pauling Quartet


"Alien Abduction" from All Things Are Light (2007)

Genre - Heavy-Duty Space-Psych
Official - worshipguitars.org/LP4/
Myspace - myspace.com/linuspaulingquartet
Location - Houston, TX

Review - Aural Innovations
iTunes - All Things Are Light
Lala - All Things Are Light
Purchase - Saki Store


#2 Inventions for the New Season - Maserati


"Inventions" from Inventions for the New Season (2007)

Genre - Motorik Delay-Action Post-Rock
Official - ihaveadagger.net
Myspace - myspace.com/maseratirocks
Location - Athens, GA

Reviews - Prog Archives
iTunes - Maserati
Lala - Inventions for the New Season
Purchase - Temporary Residence


#1 Red Album - Baroness


"Wanderlust" from Red Album (2007)

Genre - New Wave of Southern Boogie Stoner Prog Metal
Official/Myspace - myspace.com/yourbaroness
Location - Savannah, GA

Review - Treble Zine
iTunes - Baroness
Lala - Red Album
Purchase - Relapse Records




And since I've had a little more time, here's an extra ten!

#11 U.F.O.'s At The Zoo... [live] - The Flaming Lips
#12 The Henge - Steve Moore
#13 Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
#14 Live from Dunwich, Violent Professionals - Giallos Flame
#15 La Cucaracha - Ween
#16 Deleted Scenes/Forgotten Dreams - The Caretaker
#17 Healing Through Fire - Orange Goblin
#18 Hits the Hits - Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
#19 Depressive Rebellion - Aras
#20 Cease to Begin - Band of Horses



Finally, 2007 records from 2008's Top 10 artists:
[Excluded from consideration for this list, but see more here.]

George & West (OOP EP's) - Beyond the Wizards Sleeve [#1]
2000 Micrograms from Home - Dragontears [#2]
Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky - Earthless [#3]
Buzz for Aldrin & Monclovia - The Pillbugs [#4]
Tio Batar - Dungen [#5]
Burning Off Impurities - Grails [#6]
Into The Sun: Live At Burg Herzberg - Space Debris [#7]
A Rather Solemn Promise - Tom Carter & Christian Kiefer [#8]