TOP 10 MODERN ROCK RELEASES OF 2007

1. Hood Internet – The Mixtape (Vols. 1 and 2)

Only available HERE.

2.

LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver

3.
MIA – Kala

4.
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends

5.
New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom

6.
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

7.
Lily Allen – Alright, Still

8.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81

9.
White Stripes – Icky Thump

10. (tie)


Okkervil River – The Stage Names



Radiohead – In Rainbows

Honorables: Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare, Feist - Reminder, Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Bottom line - 2007 was a decent year for music, but with the exception of my #1, a lot of this felt a little bit like last year's news. The best music these days is found "free" and online, beyond iTunes: mashups, "bloghouse" remixes. The MySpace track window is the 21st century indie 45, and just like in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, a band has often run out of ideas by the time it outgrows that level.

December 11, 2007

**Hour One
Translator – Sleeping Snakes
Damned – There Ain’t No Sanity Clause
Hives – You Dress Up For Armageddon
Clash – London Calling
Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
Architecture In Helsinki – Debbie
MIA – Paper Planes
Okkervil River – Unless It’s Kicks
Eddie & The Hot Rods – Do Anything You Wanna Do
Black Lips – Veni Vidi Vici
Band Of Horses – Islands On The Coast
Alternative TV – How Much Longer
Les Savy Fav – Kiss Kiss Is Getting Old
New Young Pony Club – Get Lucky
Simian Mobile Disco – It’s The Beat
Joy Division – Disorder

**Hour Two
Frank Ferdinand – Matinee (Headman Vocal Mix)
Miss Odd Kidd – Weed Wine & Wankers (Sluttt Mix)
Soho Dolls – Stripper
Totom – The Martyr I Are
Spoon – Black Like Me
Pinback – From Nothing To Nowhere
Fast – Kids Just Wanna Dance
Ween – Your Party
Mark Ronson Feat. Robbie Williams – The Only One I Know
Animal Collective – Fireworks
Brunettes – Her Hairigami Set
Rumble Strips – Girls & Boys In Love
Coral – Who’s Gonna Find Me
Diplo – Youngest Folks

**Hour Three
DJ Moule – Can’t Stand Dance
New Wave City – November 2007 (Excerpt)
Madness – Tomorrow’s Just Another Day
Specials – Friday Night, Saturday Morning

December 4, 2007

**Hour One
Ultra Vivid Scene – Mercy Seat
Bauhaus – Spirit
Spoon – Don’t Make Me A Target
Of Montreal – Gronlandic Edit
LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum
Agent Orange – Bloodstains
She Wants Revenge – Don’t Want To Fall In Love
Black Kids – Hit The Heartbrakes
Killers – Under The Gun
My Bloody Valentine – Drive It All Over Me
A Place To Bury Strangers – To Fix The Gash In Your Head
Raveonettes – Dead Sound
Of Montreal – She’s A Rejecter
Dragonette – Black Limousine
Blondie – The Hardest Part

**Hour Two
Ween – Your Party
Howard Jones – Pearl In The Shell
Of Montreal – Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
Tullycraft – Fangs On Bats
Partyben – Tender Umbrella
Beck – Timebomb
Digitalism – Zdarlight (Joachim Grraud Private Bootleg)
New Young Pony Club – Get Lucky (MSTRKRFT Mix)
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult – Kooler Than Jesus
Black Lips – Veni Vidi Vici
Okkervil River – Unless It’s Kicks
Of Montreal – Labyrinthian Pomp
Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
Klaxons – No Diggity
Babyshambles – Carry On Up The Morning
Damned – White Rabbit

**Hour Three
The Hood Internet – Mixtape Vol. 2 (Excerpt)
DJ Paul V – Neon Noise (Sept. 2, 2007)
New Order –Everything’s Gone Green
Telepopmusik – Breathe (Juri Hulkkonen Mix)
Tom Vek – If You Want (Playgroup Mix)
Devandra Banhart – Shabop Shalom
Feist – Sealion
Feist – Gatekeeper