favorites of the year
DJ Fundi's Favorite Music of 2010
Dec/12/2010 *
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Top 5
Tipper "Broken Soul Jamboree"
Bonobo "Black Sands"
Black Keys "Brothers"
The Tallest Man on Earth "The Wild Hunt/Sometimes the Blues…"
Beats Antique "Blind Threshold"
The Next 5
Janelle Monae "The ArchAndroid"
Sufjan Stevens "All Delighted People/The Age of Adz"
The Roots "How I Got Over"
Four Tet "There Is Love In You"
Spoon "Transference"
The next 10 -- honorable mentions
Josh Ritter "So Runs the World Away"
Bassekuo Kouyate "I Speak Fula"
Easy Star All-Stars "Dubber Side of the Moon"
Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs "God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise"
Erykah Badu "New Amerykah Part 2"
Quantic "Dog With a Rope"
Cowboy Junkies "Renmin Park"
The Broken Bells self-titled
Big Boi "Sir Luscious Left Foot"
Neil Young "Le Noise"
Awesomest songs of the year
Cee-Lo Green's "Fuck You"
The Tallest Man on Earth's "The Dreamer"
Janelle Monae's "Tightrope"
Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs "God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise"
Sade's "Soldier of Love"
Big Boi's "Shutterbug"
Awesomest videos of the year
Erykah Badu's "Jump Up in the Air & Stay There"
Flying Lotus' "MmmmmmmHmmmmmmm"
and here's all the videos in one long playlist where you can listem to them all in one long sesh without ever getting off the couch:
or: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=03D753364123F5BE
Tipper "Broken Soul Jamboree"
Bonobo "Black Sands"
Black Keys "Brothers"
The Tallest Man on Earth "The Wild Hunt/Sometimes the Blues…"
Beats Antique "Blind Threshold"
The Next 5
Janelle Monae "The ArchAndroid"
Sufjan Stevens "All Delighted People/The Age of Adz"
The Roots "How I Got Over"
Four Tet "There Is Love In You"
Spoon "Transference"
The next 10 -- honorable mentions
Josh Ritter "So Runs the World Away"
Bassekuo Kouyate "I Speak Fula"
Easy Star All-Stars "Dubber Side of the Moon"
Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs "God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise"
Erykah Badu "New Amerykah Part 2"
Quantic "Dog With a Rope"
Cowboy Junkies "Renmin Park"
The Broken Bells self-titled
Big Boi "Sir Luscious Left Foot"
Neil Young "Le Noise"
Awesomest songs of the year
Cee-Lo Green's "Fuck You"
The Tallest Man on Earth's "The Dreamer"
Janelle Monae's "Tightrope"
Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs "God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise"
Sade's "Soldier of Love"
Big Boi's "Shutterbug"
Awesomest videos of the year
Erykah Badu's "Jump Up in the Air & Stay There"
Flying Lotus' "MmmmmmmHmmmmmmm"
and here's all the videos in one long playlist where you can listem to them all in one long sesh without ever getting off the couch:
or: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=03D753364123F5BE
The Podcast Cafe's Favorite Music of 2009
Dec/12/2009 *
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10 Favorite Albums of 2009
The xx, Phoenix, Iron & Wine, Miike Smith, Neko Case & the Japandroids receive valuable multiple vote-points in annual renowned world-famous poll of the SBWS tastemakers -- Nirvana roars back, P. Jam snoozes and Big Debate over Wilco (The Album)
DJ Fundi:
Fever Ray's "Fever Ray"
Welder's "Vines and Streams"
The xx's "xx"
Heyoka's "Gate Code"
Cymbals Eat Guitars' "Why There Are Mountains"
The Cave Singers' "Welcome Joy"
Built to Spill's "There is No Enemy"
Dirty Projectors' "Bitte Orca"
Tinariwen's "Imidiwan"
ill.gates' "Autopirate"
A mix of genres served in good proportion: electronica/whomp/dub (4), guitar rock (2), weird folk (1), avant-garde pop (2) and African (1). Very pleased with each one of these and expect to listen to them for the ages. Most of the artists are brand new to me, so maybe I'm still in the honeymoon phase? Built to Spill is the only oldie but goodie to me, and I was stoked to hear Doug & Co. roar back with a solid album full of beauty, heartache and soaring guitar solos.
Honorable mentions:
Sonic Youth's "The Eternal"
"5: 5 Years of Hyperdub" compilation
Andras Schiff's "Bach: Six Partitas"
Neko Case's "Middle Cyclone"
DJ/Rupture's "Solar Life Raft"
Nosaj Thing's "Drift"
The Mountain Goats' "The Life of the World to Come"
Iron & Wine's "Around the Well"
Yim Yames "Tribute To George Harrison"
Bon Iver "Blood Bank"
"Dark was the Night" compilation
Most Disappointing:
Pearl Jam's "Backspacer"
To my ears, the blandest and most predictable album they've ever made -- I tried very hard to like it. Still love the boys but most of this this just sounds limp and plodding and too predictable. Instead of Backspacer, check out the band playing ferociously in peak form in 1994 at Wolfgang's Vault -- one of the best, most energetic and passionate rock performances ever, methinks.
Wilco's "Wilco (The Album)"
Not a bad album per se, only that Wilco has set the bar so damn high for themselves and I was over this one after 2 or 3 listens.
Bob Dylan "Together Through Life"
Ditto Dylan -- the first average album after a decade of amazing late-period releases.
Listen to a free podcast featuring much of the music listed above on the main Podcast Cafe episodes page.
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Dub Marcus "K-Pop" Keeney:
Top 15 in somewhat order -- (parenthese is a good track to check out)
The xx - The xx - (crystalized)
Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young (Out of the blue)
Japandroids - Post-Nothing (The boys are leaving town)
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Lisztomania)
Bombay Bicycle Club - I had the blues but shook them loose (What If)
St. Vincent - Actor - (marrow)
Wilco - Wilco (wilco - the song)
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood -(alligator)
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You- (I and Love and You)
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (this tornado loves you)
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love (The Hazards of Love Pt1)
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - (My Girls)
Miike Snow - Miike Snow (animal)
U2 - No Line on the Horizon (Magnificent)
Vieux Farka Toure - Fondo (sarama)
Honorable mention
The Big Pink, Atlas Sound, Amadou & Mariam, brakesbrakesbrakes, Robyn Hitchcock (Live in NY I often dream of trains)
Couple comments
Japandroids is just pure post-punk, there is just something about this album that makes we want to grab a smashing stick and go to work, but not with anger, rather pure joy and a smile on my face.
The Decemberists album deserves the full listen with headphones, not single tracks, for it is what I would dub Storybook Folk at its best.
Animal Collective is somewhere between ...And you will know us by the trail of the dead...and pink floyd. So many layers in their songs I get lost and love it.
The Avett Brothers - Many of you know my long standing obstinance to country (and hesh too but that is a different story) but this album is just great song writing, plus I am a sucker for a banjo (The January Wedding.)
Neko Case has now entered my pantheon of female singers that make me swoon. She is a mix of Tracy Thorn and Margo Timmins.
Phoenix - admitedly I am a little tired of this album nowadays, but I couldn't get enough when this first came out early in the year. Great pop that makes my bouncing leg step it up a notch.
Bombay Bicycle Club - ditto - these guys have to be fantastic live.
Miike Snow - where they hell did they come from? Some Nordic country that Dille will have to affirm but do give them a listen, I promise you will want to stand up and march.
U2 - I know Bono's crooning can be a bit much but there are a number of tracks on this album that harken back to the glory days (Joshua Tree) mostly due to the Edge. Definitely my guilty pleasure of the year.
Vieux Farka Toure - just like his father, this reverb fender hypnotizes me and is pure brilliance in my opinion.
Don't take my word on any of this, listen for yourself: http://www.rhapsody.com/myrhapsody/playlists?playlistid=mp.139569964
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The Internationally Renowned Boaster:
This has been a tricky year to come up with a top 10. There are tons of really good new releases but none that I felt were far and away better than the rest. The most epic of all was the Nirvana live album. Even some that are in my top 10 I don't see being on my regular rotation like so many top 10's in the past. As evidence to this point, in the KEXP top 90.3 albums of the decade only two were from 2009. Some of my favorite '09 releases do not even qualify as new albums (one live, two b-side comps and one EP). I even went back through many of the "consensus" top albums to make sure I wasn't just in some strange socialistic music rut where everything is equal. I still don't get the fascination with Merriweather post pavilion. Very few releases were completely solid from the first song to the last. Too many had what I would call filler. Another example, Mos Def's "Ecstatic" has some great songs but also has some pure cheese. Anyway, before you call bullshit on my entire "2009 -the year of parody" theory, have a gander at what wheat I have separated from the chaff, in no specific order:
Japandroids - post nothing (I new it was special when 80% of the people I turned on to it hated it.)
Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti is....Skyscraper
The xx-xx
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Its Blitz
Nirvana - Live at Redding (this I will be listening to for the rest of my life)
Iron and Wine - Around the Well
Shabazz Palaces - Of Light
Staff Bebda Bilili - Tres Tres fort
Amadou and Miriam - Welcome to Mali
Miike Snow -Miike Snow
Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Last
I am not going to give any honorable mentions as that could include countless credible albums. I will say that I do agree with K-Pop that the Decemberists latest is worthy, specifically the "Wanting Comes In Waves" track.
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UPDATE: late entry by Mr. Kevin Koga
Steinski-What Does it All Mean
James Pants-Welcome
El Michels Affair-Enter the 37th Chamber
Major Lazer- Guns Don’t Kill People Lazers Do
Ben Sollee- Learning to Bend
K’Naan- album
Diplo- Decent Work for Decent Pay
Raphael Saadiq- The Way I See It
Common- Universal Mind Control
Tom Waits- Glitter and Doom
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Did we miss anything? Leave your favorite albums of 2009 in the comments. Peace.
The xx, Phoenix, Iron & Wine, Miike Smith, Neko Case & the Japandroids receive valuable multiple vote-points in annual renowned world-famous poll of the SBWS tastemakers -- Nirvana roars back, P. Jam snoozes and Big Debate over Wilco (The Album)
DJ Fundi:
Fever Ray's "Fever Ray"
Welder's "Vines and Streams"
The xx's "xx"
Heyoka's "Gate Code"
Cymbals Eat Guitars' "Why There Are Mountains"
The Cave Singers' "Welcome Joy"
Built to Spill's "There is No Enemy"
Dirty Projectors' "Bitte Orca"
Tinariwen's "Imidiwan"
ill.gates' "Autopirate"
A mix of genres served in good proportion: electronica/whomp/dub (4), guitar rock (2), weird folk (1), avant-garde pop (2) and African (1). Very pleased with each one of these and expect to listen to them for the ages. Most of the artists are brand new to me, so maybe I'm still in the honeymoon phase? Built to Spill is the only oldie but goodie to me, and I was stoked to hear Doug & Co. roar back with a solid album full of beauty, heartache and soaring guitar solos.
Honorable mentions:
Sonic Youth's "The Eternal"
"5: 5 Years of Hyperdub" compilation
Andras Schiff's "Bach: Six Partitas"
Neko Case's "Middle Cyclone"
DJ/Rupture's "Solar Life Raft"
Nosaj Thing's "Drift"
The Mountain Goats' "The Life of the World to Come"
Iron & Wine's "Around the Well"
Yim Yames "Tribute To George Harrison"
Bon Iver "Blood Bank"
"Dark was the Night" compilation
Most Disappointing:
Pearl Jam's "Backspacer"
To my ears, the blandest and most predictable album they've ever made -- I tried very hard to like it. Still love the boys but most of this this just sounds limp and plodding and too predictable. Instead of Backspacer, check out the band playing ferociously in peak form in 1994 at Wolfgang's Vault -- one of the best, most energetic and passionate rock performances ever, methinks.
Wilco's "Wilco (The Album)"
Not a bad album per se, only that Wilco has set the bar so damn high for themselves and I was over this one after 2 or 3 listens.
Bob Dylan "Together Through Life"
Ditto Dylan -- the first average album after a decade of amazing late-period releases.
Listen to a free podcast featuring much of the music listed above on the main Podcast Cafe episodes page.
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Dub Marcus "K-Pop" Keeney:
Top 15 in somewhat order -- (parenthese is a good track to check out)
The xx - The xx - (crystalized)
Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young (Out of the blue)
Japandroids - Post-Nothing (The boys are leaving town)
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Lisztomania)
Bombay Bicycle Club - I had the blues but shook them loose (What If)
St. Vincent - Actor - (marrow)
Wilco - Wilco (wilco - the song)
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood -(alligator)
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You- (I and Love and You)
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (this tornado loves you)
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love (The Hazards of Love Pt1)
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - (My Girls)
Miike Snow - Miike Snow (animal)
U2 - No Line on the Horizon (Magnificent)
Vieux Farka Toure - Fondo (sarama)
Honorable mention
The Big Pink, Atlas Sound, Amadou & Mariam, brakesbrakesbrakes, Robyn Hitchcock (Live in NY I often dream of trains)
Couple comments
Japandroids is just pure post-punk, there is just something about this album that makes we want to grab a smashing stick and go to work, but not with anger, rather pure joy and a smile on my face.
The Decemberists album deserves the full listen with headphones, not single tracks, for it is what I would dub Storybook Folk at its best.
Animal Collective is somewhere between ...And you will know us by the trail of the dead...and pink floyd. So many layers in their songs I get lost and love it.
The Avett Brothers - Many of you know my long standing obstinance to country (and hesh too but that is a different story) but this album is just great song writing, plus I am a sucker for a banjo (The January Wedding.)
Neko Case has now entered my pantheon of female singers that make me swoon. She is a mix of Tracy Thorn and Margo Timmins.
Phoenix - admitedly I am a little tired of this album nowadays, but I couldn't get enough when this first came out early in the year. Great pop that makes my bouncing leg step it up a notch.
Bombay Bicycle Club - ditto - these guys have to be fantastic live.
Miike Snow - where they hell did they come from? Some Nordic country that Dille will have to affirm but do give them a listen, I promise you will want to stand up and march.
U2 - I know Bono's crooning can be a bit much but there are a number of tracks on this album that harken back to the glory days (Joshua Tree) mostly due to the Edge. Definitely my guilty pleasure of the year.
Vieux Farka Toure - just like his father, this reverb fender hypnotizes me and is pure brilliance in my opinion.
Don't take my word on any of this, listen for yourself: http://www.rhapsody.com/myrhapsody/playlists?playlistid=mp.139569964
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The Internationally Renowned Boaster:
This has been a tricky year to come up with a top 10. There are tons of really good new releases but none that I felt were far and away better than the rest. The most epic of all was the Nirvana live album. Even some that are in my top 10 I don't see being on my regular rotation like so many top 10's in the past. As evidence to this point, in the KEXP top 90.3 albums of the decade only two were from 2009. Some of my favorite '09 releases do not even qualify as new albums (one live, two b-side comps and one EP). I even went back through many of the "consensus" top albums to make sure I wasn't just in some strange socialistic music rut where everything is equal. I still don't get the fascination with Merriweather post pavilion. Very few releases were completely solid from the first song to the last. Too many had what I would call filler. Another example, Mos Def's "Ecstatic" has some great songs but also has some pure cheese. Anyway, before you call bullshit on my entire "2009 -the year of parody" theory, have a gander at what wheat I have separated from the chaff, in no specific order:
Japandroids - post nothing (I new it was special when 80% of the people I turned on to it hated it.)
Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti is....Skyscraper
The xx-xx
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Its Blitz
Nirvana - Live at Redding (this I will be listening to for the rest of my life)
Iron and Wine - Around the Well
Shabazz Palaces - Of Light
Staff Bebda Bilili - Tres Tres fort
Amadou and Miriam - Welcome to Mali
Miike Snow -Miike Snow
Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Last
I am not going to give any honorable mentions as that could include countless credible albums. I will say that I do agree with K-Pop that the Decemberists latest is worthy, specifically the "Wanting Comes In Waves" track.
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UPDATE: late entry by Mr. Kevin Koga
Steinski-What Does it All Mean
James Pants-Welcome
El Michels Affair-Enter the 37th Chamber
Major Lazer- Guns Don’t Kill People Lazers Do
Ben Sollee- Learning to Bend
K’Naan- album
Diplo- Decent Work for Decent Pay
Raphael Saadiq- The Way I See It
Common- Universal Mind Control
Tom Waits- Glitter and Doom
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Did we miss anything? Leave your favorite albums of 2009 in the comments. Peace.
Favorite albums of 2007
Dec/12/2007 *
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what did the SBWS pod consider to be the very best, most fresh music of the year?
click on to find out...
Bassnectar art by Android Jones.
DJ
FUNDI'S PICKS
MY VERY FAVORITES OF 2007
iron & wine "the shepard's dog
wilco "sky blue sky"
radiohead "in rainbows"
bassnectar "underground communication"
floratone (bill frisell + Critters Buggin drummer Matt Chamberlain) eponymous
OTHER FAVORITES
charlie hunter trio "mistico"
tom waits "orphans" (released at end of 06, didn't hear it until 07!)
joshua redman "back east"
edIT "Certified air raid material"
manu chao "la radiolina"
tord gustavson trio "being there"
bob marley "Roots Rock Remix"
yo-yo ma "apassionato"
the beatles "love"
tinariwen
VERY GOOD NOT GREAT
cowboy junkies "at the end of paths taken"
beastie boys "the mix-up"
modest mouse "we were dead before...."
robert plant & allison krauss "raising sand"
neil young "chrome dreams II"
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Subject: RE: Best of 2007 Balloting
FROM: irb, by way of The Boaster
Here is the official ranking coming out of the irb global listening outpost. The latest communication from the outpost offered no explanation or disclaimers. There was only some cryptic remarks about “full stiebers”and “all will be compelled”. It was at that point that the transmission transitioned to the a continuous loop of the Benny Hill theme song.
• Black Francis - Bluefinger
• Tegan and Sarah – The Con
• Beirut – Flying Club Cub
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club –Baby 81
• Elliot Smith – New Moon
• Peter Bjorn and John –Writers Block
• The Fratellis – Costello Music
• White Stripes –Icky Thump
• Wilco –Sky Blue Sky
• MIA – Kala
• Fujiya and Miyagi – transparent things
• Devandra Banhart –Smokey rolls down thunder canyon
• Gotan Project - Lunatico
• North Twin –falling apart
• Iron and Wine –Shepperd’s dog
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Eloheim the Shaman's Favorites of 2007:
Eloheim works for Rhapsody and seems to know about every new album released in the year, along with having time to actually listen to most of them!
Artist: Iron and Wine
Album: The Shepherd's Dog
Single worth checking out: Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car
The Shins
Wincing the Night Away
Sea Legs
The White Stripes
Icky Thump
Icky Thump
Wilco
Sky Blue Sky
Impossible Germany
Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Fluourescent Adolescent
Blonde Redhead
23
23
Blue Scholars
Bayani
Joe Metro
Peter, Bjorn, & John
Writer's Block
Young Folks
Lily Allen
Alright, Still
LDN
Radiohead
In Rainbows
Body Snatchers
Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Finer Feelings
The Budos Band
Budos Band II
Chicago Falcon
Kings of Leon
Because of the Times
Kocked Up
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
100 Days, 100 Nights
100 Days, 100 Nights
The Good, The Bad and The Queen
The Good, The Bad and The Queen
Kingdom of Doom
Honorable Mention:
Guster
Satellite (E.P.)
Satellite
The Maccabees
Colour It In
Precious Time
Ron Carter
Dear Miles
Bag's Groove
Pela
Anytown Graffiti
The Trouble with River Cities
The National
Boxer
Fake Empire
The New Pornographers
Challengers
Challengers
Band of Horses
Cease to Begin
Is There a Ghost
Explosions in the Sky
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
It's Natural to Be Afraid
Matthew Dear
Asa Breed
Death to Feelers
Feist
The Reminder
Honey Honey
Tinariwen
Aman Iman: Water Is Life
Cler Achel
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what were your favorite albums of 2007?
email lists to djfundi@podcastcafe.org
MY VERY FAVORITES OF 2007
iron & wine "the shepard's dog
wilco "sky blue sky"
radiohead "in rainbows"
bassnectar "underground communication"
floratone (bill frisell + Critters Buggin drummer Matt Chamberlain) eponymous
OTHER FAVORITES
charlie hunter trio "mistico"
tom waits "orphans" (released at end of 06, didn't hear it until 07!)
joshua redman "back east"
edIT "Certified air raid material"
manu chao "la radiolina"
tord gustavson trio "being there"
bob marley "Roots Rock Remix"
yo-yo ma "apassionato"
the beatles "love"
tinariwen
VERY GOOD NOT GREAT
cowboy junkies "at the end of paths taken"
beastie boys "the mix-up"
modest mouse "we were dead before...."
robert plant & allison krauss "raising sand"
neil young "chrome dreams II"
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Subject: RE: Best of 2007 Balloting
FROM: irb, by way of The Boaster
Here is the official ranking coming out of the irb global listening outpost. The latest communication from the outpost offered no explanation or disclaimers. There was only some cryptic remarks about “full stiebers”and “all will be compelled”. It was at that point that the transmission transitioned to the a continuous loop of the Benny Hill theme song.
• Black Francis - Bluefinger
• Tegan and Sarah – The Con
• Beirut – Flying Club Cub
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club –Baby 81
• Elliot Smith – New Moon
• Peter Bjorn and John –Writers Block
• The Fratellis – Costello Music
• White Stripes –Icky Thump
• Wilco –Sky Blue Sky
• MIA – Kala
• Fujiya and Miyagi – transparent things
• Devandra Banhart –Smokey rolls down thunder canyon
• Gotan Project - Lunatico
• North Twin –falling apart
• Iron and Wine –Shepperd’s dog
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Eloheim the Shaman's Favorites of 2007:
Eloheim works for Rhapsody and seems to know about every new album released in the year, along with having time to actually listen to most of them!
Artist: Iron and Wine
Album: The Shepherd's Dog
Single worth checking out: Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car
The Shins
Wincing the Night Away
Sea Legs
The White Stripes
Icky Thump
Icky Thump
Wilco
Sky Blue Sky
Impossible Germany
Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Fluourescent Adolescent
Blonde Redhead
23
23
Blue Scholars
Bayani
Joe Metro
Peter, Bjorn, & John
Writer's Block
Young Folks
Lily Allen
Alright, Still
LDN
Radiohead
In Rainbows
Body Snatchers
Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Finer Feelings
The Budos Band
Budos Band II
Chicago Falcon
Kings of Leon
Because of the Times
Kocked Up
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
100 Days, 100 Nights
100 Days, 100 Nights
The Good, The Bad and The Queen
The Good, The Bad and The Queen
Kingdom of Doom
Honorable Mention:
Guster
Satellite (E.P.)
Satellite
The Maccabees
Colour It In
Precious Time
Ron Carter
Dear Miles
Bag's Groove
Pela
Anytown Graffiti
The Trouble with River Cities
The National
Boxer
Fake Empire
The New Pornographers
Challengers
Challengers
Band of Horses
Cease to Begin
Is There a Ghost
Explosions in the Sky
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
It's Natural to Be Afraid
Matthew Dear
Asa Breed
Death to Feelers
Feist
The Reminder
Honey Honey
Tinariwen
Aman Iman: Water Is Life
Cler Achel
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what were your favorite albums of 2007?
email lists to djfundi@podcastcafe.org