Favorite albums of 2007 (honorable mentions)

These records are not “officially” part of my year end list. Rather, it is my list of honorable mentions for 2007. But I did sorta put this in the same format as the rest so f$#k it. Honorable mentions or not, these are some damn good records.

60. Ted Leo – Living With The Living (Touch & Go)
MP3 | La Costa Brava
Shimmering and visceral jangle-punk that sounds like rays of sunshine breaking through a cloudy sky just before a WWII-era fighter plane breaks through and drops a full payload on an unsuspecting city. Read full post here.

59. The Forms – The Forms (The Rebel Group)
MP3 | Knowledge In Hand
Thunderously ethereal and angular post-rock that twists and turns its grooves inside out. Read full post here.

58. May Or May Not – A Kaleidescope Of Egos (Self Released)
MP3 | Do The Disaster
Charming and ultra-catchy indie pop from Chicago that melts in your mouth and not in your hands.

57. The Shins – Wincing The Night Away (Sub Pop)
MP3 | Phantom Limb
More orchestrated than any of The Shins’ previous releases, strings and layers upon layers of melodies cascade into each other during tiny moments of pure brilliance. Read the full post here.

56. Coliseum – No Salvation (Relapse)
MP3 | Defeater
Badass metallic rock/hardcore from Louisville that sounds like Motorhead vs. Black Flag vs. Converge vs. Mastodon. Oh yeah.

55. Devin The Dude – Waitin To Inhale (Rap-A-Lot)
MP3 | What A Job (Ft. Snoop Dogg and Andre 3000)
The only hip-hop or rap album to make my list this year. Maybe that means something to you.

54. The Narrator – All That To The Wall (Flameshovel)
MP3 | Son Of The Son Of The Kiss Of Death
Chicago indie rock that combines the slacker-isms of Pavement with the disjointed post-rock flavors of the Tim Kinsella school of rock. Read the full post here.

53. Matzak – Life Beginnings (Boxer Recordings)
MP3 | Dadaughter
Warm, playful, and slightly glitchy minimal IDM electronica whose simple gliding melodies are invigorating and alive. Read the full post here.

52. The Copyrights – Make Sound (Red Scare)
MP3 | Kids Of The Blackhole
Ultra-catchy Weasel and Teen Idols influenced pop-punk full of buzzsaw guitars, bouncingly melodic bass, and saccharine vocal harmonies. Read the full post here.

51. Caribou – Andorra (Merge)
MP3 | Melody Day
Nebulous 60’s psychedelia densely layered with symphonic soundscapes that are full of a mesmerizing combination of polyrhythmic percussion, fluttering woodwind instruments, swirling synths, crashing cymbals, rock guitars, and falsetto vocals. Read the full post here.

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