So, these would be CDs that came out in 2007? Interesting.

I thought they stopped making new music in 1996.

I'm not ready to make a top 10 for the year yet, but three that have really stood out for me are Vandaveer's Grace & Speed, Basia Bulat's Oh, My Darling and The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter.

Not prepared. But I thought 2007 was a disappointing year when it seemingly had so much to offer. The Shins, Andrew Bird, Feist, and Wilco disappointed me a bit. Not to mention that TERRIBLE Rilo Kiley album.

However...Midlake "the trials of von occupanther" and Arizona "Welcome back dear children" and a slew of great reissues helped me cope.

A couple to add:

Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 - "Ole Tarantula"

Robert Plant and Allison Krauss - "Raising Sand"

New Pornographers - "Challengers"

I wanna play ...

Have not had a chance to buy all of these albums, but most grace my iTunes so far this year:
Matt Pond PA - Last Light
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Fionn Regan - The End of History [ok so it came out in 2006]
Will Stratton - What The Night Said
Say Hi (to your mom) - The Wishes and the Glitch

I was just having a chat yesterday about "I wonder what my winter music will be?" I can't wait to read what other have to say .. I'm the kind of person who's like .. oh you say it's good? I'll buy it today.

Too bad I work across the street from the Fetus .. bahbye paycheck

Oh, I have a couple... not quite ten yet. Have yet to hear the new Fiery Furnaces and Robert Wyatt albums, so they may need to be appended here!

Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
Simone White - I am the Man
John Cale - Paris 1919 (not new by a long shot, but reissued on vinyl anyway...)
Shannon Wright - Let in the Light
Paula Frazer & Tarnation - Now it's Time

Joe Henry - Civilians

The Tiger Lillies - Love and War

Low - Drums and Guns

LCD Soundsystem - Sounds of Silver

Suzanne Vega - Beauty and Crime

and thats about it, although there are a handful of albums (from !!!, M.I.A and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) I plan on getting soon that I have high expectations for

Anyone heard Japanther's "Skuffed up my Huffy"? I listen to it every day. . .

Im with edgeways on LCD.
But, this band takes first in my neon book.

http://www.beonlineb.com/click_around.html

....dude.

Ever since Modern Talking broke up(again), I don't bother with stuff like this.

John Vanderslice - Emerald City
Iron & Wine - The Shepards Dog
Block Party - A Weekend in the City
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Just a few of my favorite releases from 2007 that I have on vinyl.

John Vanderslice - Emerald City
Iron & Wine - The Shepards Dog
Block Party - A Weekend in the City
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Just a few of my favorite releases from 2007 that I have on vinyl.

I didn't buy many albums in 2007 but all of the albums I bought in 2007 I would highly recommend, even if they weren't MADE in 2007:

1) Bruce Springsteen: "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions."

2) The Traveling Wilburys Collection

3) Fairport Convention: "Over the Next Hill"

4) Low: "Drums & Guns"

5) Bob Dylan: "Modern Times"

6) Sandy Denny: "Live at the BBC"

7) Jerree Small: "mobius" (Hazel loves to fall asleep to this one)

8) Robert Plant: "Nine Lives"

9) The Wiggles: "Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car"

10) this is left intentionally blank.

I am going to purchase the new Robert Plant with Alison Krauss sometime this week and I'm pretty sure it'll rank.

I forgot, Elani Mandell had an album out this past year as well, pretty good.

Nick Lowe - At My Age. (cannot get it out of my head!)

Floratone (Bill Frisell and others - instrumental jazz)

Jens Lekman, Feist, Radiohead...

John Prine & Mac Wiseman - Standard Songs for Average People

Erin McKeown - Sing you Sinners!

In no particular order...
-Wilco/Sky Blue Sky
-Low/Drums and Guns
-The Long Blondes/Someone to Drive You Home
-Voxtrot/epon.
-The Shins/Wincing The Night Away
-Sloan/Never Hear The End of It
-Young Galaxy/epon.
-Ted Leo & The Pharmacists/Living With The Living
-Radiohead/In Rainbows

-the new Cars&Trucks album (oh wait, that still hasn't been released, has it?)

1) Grizzly Bear - Friend EP
2) Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3) Robert Plant & Alsion Krauss - Raising Sand
4) Feist - The Reminder
5) Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga
6) Panda Bear - Person Pitch

Just wanted to pop in and say the M.I.A album is quite fun, takes you by surprise but after a second listen I am hooked.
And the Yeah yeah yeahs EP is of older (unreleased) stuff so is of the era of theirs that I enjoy the most.