7 Albums From 2007 That Rocked In 2008

Just because a year ends doesn't mean you have to stop listening to albums from the past year (right?). I wanted to give some props to the following albums from 2007 that had some real staying power, well, on my ipod at least. Check 'em (and if you like buy 'em).



7 Albums From 2007 That Rocked In 2008:


The Forms by The Forms
Comment: This whole album is awesome. Every single track. Do you realize how hard it was to choose one track to post?
Listen: "Bones" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.


Mosaic by Love Of Diagrams
Comment: I don't know why this track was not included on the original release. Hopefully, the demos that were on the internet this year will make for another great album in 2009.
Listen: "Big Chord Champion" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here (without bonus tracks).
eMusic page is here (with bonus tracks).


The National Anthem Of Nowhere by Apostle Of Hustle
Comment: Andrew Whiteman (of Broken Social Scene) does it again. He should get his own "Broken Social Scene Presents..." album next, yo.
Listen: "My Sword Hand's Anger" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.


Ragged Rubble by Double Dagger
Comment: While I (unfortunately) missed every opportunity to see Double Dagger live this year, I am certain this will be rectified in the coming year. Plus, they should have a new LP out soon on Thrill Jockey. I mean, come on... look at them, how can you not love this?

Listen: "The Psychic" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.


Security by Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Comment: This track really helped me get through the last year of the Bush regime.
Listen: "Filibuster XXX" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here (older material).


Weirdo Rippers of No Age
Comment: I had to listen to something while waiting and waiting for Nouns to leak, err, I mean get officially released by the nice people at Sub Pop.
Listen: "Boy Void" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.


You Are Beautiful At All Times by Yppah
Comment: Great music for walking around the city in a daze. Try it sometime.
Listen: "I'll Hit The Breaks" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.
NOTE: This album was originally released in 2006, but when I first came up with this post I did not know that. I have decided to include it anyway.

Consider CLICKing
- Three. Count 'em. Three new Le Loup tracks have been recorded and are available @ Daytrotter... here. Awesome.

- FYI: Frisk Frugt is Anders from Kirsten Ketsjer. Indie encoding phenom PUKEKOS recommends you take a listen... here.

- Social Registry BONUS: "Hibernation/Ditch (Live @ SXSW 2008)" By Blood On The Wall

- Best Of 2008: BIGSTEREO's big best of post... here.

- Best Of 2008: Not your usual best of list. Clouds In The Head has four end of year mixes... here.

- Best Of 2008: Transmissions From Wintermute' Years Best New (for me) Music... here.

- Best Of 2008: Wow, that's it no more. Here are the rest of the Pop Tart Suck Toasted best ofs (unless there is like a best PTST videos post or something like that in the works)... Albums #1-2 (here) #3-4 (here) #5-6 (here) and Singles #1-10 (here) #11-20 (here) #21-30 (here).

- Best Of 2008: Tullycraft's Top Ten Songs... #5 (here) #6 (here) #7 (here).

- Best Of 2008: Surviving The Golden Age's Top Songs Part 1... here.

The Love Of Diagrams Vidtacular

Ladies and Gentlemen... Love Of Diagrams!

"The Pyramid" (mata mp3)


"No Way Out" (mata mp3)


"Pace Or The Patience" (mata mp3)


Matador page is here.
Unstable Ape is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
eMusic page is here.

Time For Another Sidebar Update

Some more links for you + sidebar category consolidation...

the pop! stereo
largehearted boy
the music slut (redux)
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asyndeton tumblr

Zipped Up Downloadable: "Joyful Noise 2009 Digital Sampler" (joyful noise zip)

Random Repost: "In The Red" (box.net mp3) by Love Of Diagrams

October 2007 Mix

Holy crap, this is late. I put this together last month and then totally forgot to post it.

Without further ado... "The October 2007 Mix" (box.net zip)

The tracklisting:
"Heaven (Pink Skulls Remix)" (box.net mp3) by Health
"Hello Fuji Boy" (fanatic mp3) by Oh Astro
"The Afternoon Turns Pink" (fanatic mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow
"Sagadraga" (fanatic mp3) by Power Pill Fist
"Truck" (fanatic mp3) by The Octopus Project
"Veni Vedi Veci (Diplo Remix)" by Black Lips
"The Pyramid" (matador mp3) by Love Of Diagrams
"Too Cute To Puke" (box.net mp3) by Mika Miko
"Secret City" (box.net mp3) by Abe Vigoda
"The Catch" (mp3) by Forget Cassettes
"Need Your Needs" (saddle creek mp3) by Georgie James
"Fri/End" (box.net mp3) by Thurston Moore
"Easy Chairs" (box.net mp3) by Suckers
"Converging In The Quiet" (box.net mp3) by Crystal Stilts
"Takes Slowly Over" (box.net mp3) by Cut Off Your Hands
"Nous Les Plus Que Respectons" (mp3) by Clara Clara
"1209 Seminary" (aol mp3) by The Ponys
"Daemon Meeting" (fanatic mp3) by Old Time Relijun
"Just As The Day Was Dawning" (box.net mp3) by Big Business
"Hatredy" (box.net mp3) by Dethklok

Consider CLICKing
- G vs. B points out this Ghost Ramp blog post with a new Wavves song. Download: "Weed Demon" (box.net mp3)

- There's also a new (old) remix Thom Yorke of "Harrowdown Hill" floating around the internets... "harrowdown logic jump rmx" (box.net mp3)

I'll Hit The Breaks By Yppah

If you like the instrumental goodness of Low Scores, you might like this post.

Joe Corrales is Yppah, and Yppah is from Houston, TX. He mixes guitars + keyboards + loops (sampled from real drums) to create mid to downtempo jazz/electronic/indie soundscapes. Way back in 2006, he put out You Are Beautiful At All Times.

Yppah says: "with you are beautiful at all times i was trying to combine all my influences plus the mood i had been in that past year i was writing it."

Take a listen...

Downloadable: "I'll Hit The Breaks" (box.net mp3)
Streamable: "Good Like That" (youtube)

Ninjatune is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
Imeem page is here.
Day Of The Woman myspace page is here.
FYI: Day Of The Woman is Yppah + Low Scores + Stenographer
eMusic page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- PUKEKOS posts the We Got Communication EP by Aussie indie rockers Love Of Diagrams... here.

- Increase Your Weirdness posts some "old stuff"... here.

- Northwestern blog, lamestain posts a Nirvana boot... here.

- Sons And Daughters give a spirited yet muted performance of three songs @ daytrotter... here.

- 20 Jazz Funk Greats posts US Girls + Arch M + El Guincho... here.

- The Forkcast has New New New Tobacco of BMSR (here) + New New New Shaky Hands (here).

- The Octopus Project's new single "Wet Gold" is up @ Side One Track One... here.

- Vids Vids Vids... "Orphans" by Beck (here) and "Highways Of Gold" by Jaguar Love (here) + an mp3... "Highways Of Gold" (matador mp3)

- NEVVER has "The Sound Of Summer" (a la Art Brut) posted just for you... here.

- Finally, closing out this consider clicking is The Smudge Of Ashen Fluff who ripped The Go! Team's recent performance on The Current... here.

Magnify (Demo) By Love Of Diagrams

Aussie postpunk outfit, Love Of Diagrams have a couple of new demos up on their myspace page. They are recording with one Jack Farley, who as far as I can tell has been on the Two To The Valley show on 3CR (but it may just be a different Jack Farley). LoD reportedly will record a new album with Don Fleming sometime later this year.

Listen to this SLO-jam: "Magnify (Demo)" (box.net mp3)

Watch an old-ish vid: "No Way Out" (youtube)

Old official site page is here.
Matador page is here.
Unstable Ape is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
Emusic page is here.



Consider Clicking
- eMusic subcriber peoples, have you had A Taste Of Free Gold from Indian Jewelry?... here.

- On June 7th, East River Music Project starts up again. Deets are here and here. Watch some vid of last years' ptw-curated show featuring These Are Powers and Clockcleaner... here.

- Marathonpacks has part 1 of mid-term 2008 mix (single mp3)... here.

- Watch Blood On The Wall rock out in Juan's Basement @ p'fork tv... here.

April 2007 Mix

It's time to look back and reflect again... Let's look back one year to April 2007.

The Downloadable: "April 2007 Mix" (box.net zip) (mirror: sendspace)

Artists Featured:
Aa (a/k/a BIG A little a)
The Big Sleep
Black Lips
Cadence Weapon
Dead Kennedys
DeVotchKa
Hot Gossip
Love Of Diagrams
Low Scores
The Muggabears
Peel
The Ponys
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Pterodactyl
Sleater-Kinney
Slint

The Playlist:


Consider Clicking
- Straight outta Lawrence, Kansas, it's Boo And Boo Too @ I Rock Cleveland... here.

- 20 Jazz Funk Greats was very disturbed by Gary Numan's Newport Folk Festival moment... here.

- Algebra Of Need gets Built On A Weak Spot... here.

- Pyschpop it up with The Young Sinclairs and their new mp3... "Canceled Flight" (mp3)

- Teh Songs Of Teh Day @ My Music it has a flavor are by Cut Copy... here.

The Forms On WOXY

So, The Forms were in The Lounge the other day.

Downloadable:
"The Forms on WOXY" (mp3)

The Deets:
"Knowledge In Hand" (threespheres mp3)
"Red Gun"
- interview -
"Bones" (threespheres mp3)
"Focus"

WOXY notes: "The band also performed a cover of Nirvana's "All Apologies" in the Lounge which we cannot include in this podcast. We're hoping to live our entire lives without any communication from Courtney Love!"

I gots to say that makes A LOT of sense, and it makes me kinda regret this post.

Myspace page is here.
Three Spheres are here.
Flickr page is here.

Consider Clicking
- You know I loves me some Public Broadcasting. Well, CMJ reports there is a new NPR music site. Check it out here. PRI, I love you, too. Especially for this.
- Matablog says LoD has a neat merchandising idea... here. Design-Your-Own Tees. Like a Choose Your Own Adventure, only it's a shirt... here.
- The Sound Of Indie has posted a live version of The Feelies' playing "Paint It Black"... here.
- SUCKAPANTS has... ummm... uhh... Dude-Doo, and Saul Williams doing U2... here.

Crank That (Soulja Boy)(Low Scores Remix) By Soulja Boy

Gots to admit... Don't know the original. I imagine it samples "Superman" (youtube vid) by R.E.M., am I right? Prolly not. This song is by the receiver of extremely poor reviews, Soulja Boy. Here's "Crank That" as remixed by Low Scores.

Downloadable:
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)(Low Scores Remix)" (mp3)

Consider Clicking: Video Edition

The Pyramid by Love Of Diagrams


Comfy In Nautica by Panda Bear


Evil Son by Willowz


Me trudge to Kitting Factory? Yep.

The Pyramid By Love Of Diagrams

Kickass Australian postpunk outfit, Love Of Diagrams have a new(ish) mp3 on their music page at casa de la Matador. Take a listen.

Downloadable: "The Pyramid" (mp3)



They are on tour with the good folks of Enon. And Enon sound like this:

Downloadable: "Natural Disasters" (mp3) (if this link gives you a hard time click here)

More tour dates and what-not... here. Much thanks to the Matablog of the internets.

Myspace page is here.
Matador page is here.
Unstable Ape is here.
The Passport Label page is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
Emusic page is here.

Consider Clicking
- OFF THE RECORD has posted three tracks from the cymbal-free postpunksurf NYCers Crystal Stilts... here.
- The f'cast has an acoustic version of "Delivery" by Babyshambles just for you... here. Listen: "Delivery (Acoustic Version)" (mp3)
- The internet blog CYSTSFTS? delves into the world of metallic tinged hardcore punk in a post about Fight Pretty... here.

A Lyric Diagram For A Different Song

Sharpshooter By The Mary Timony Band

Maybe you grabbed it back in April? From here? Maybe? Anyway, I can't stop listening to...

Download: "Sharpshooter" (mp3) by The Mary Timony Band

Watch The Rather Colorful Vid: "Sharpshooter" (mov)

Myspace page is here.
Kill Rock Stars page is here.
Emusic page is here.

Helium BONUS:
"Superball" (mp3)
"Pat's Trick" (mp3)

Consider Clicking
- The internet blog shoes are for work has posted some electro-licous Somnambulants (that there is fancy talk for sleepwalkin')... here.
Me too...
"Beat Down" (mp3)
"Take It On" (mp3)
- Hotlinkin' Matador... Will it work? "Pace Or The Patience" (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams.
- Want Mono In VCF? Go to goodnight and go...here.
- Myspace? Shit Robot!
- BIGSTEREO has some Moving Units for you... here.

Tryplmeade Gorsmatch By Bumps

I like Bumps. Do you like Bumps?

FYI: Bumps is "Beats, Breaks, Drums by Bitney, Herndon & McEntire of Tortoise".

If you responded "Tortoise? Those Wankers?" Perhaps you should skip down to the Madlib mp3.

Downloadable: "Tryplmeade Gorsmatch" (mp3)



Also from Stones Throw (a wee mp3)... "Masala" (mp3) by Madlib the Beat Konducta

Madlib's myspace page is here.
Madlib's emusic page is here.



Elsewhere:
- New Jracula on G vs. B... here.
- An Aquarium Drunkard has a little piece about the reissue of Daydream Nation... here.
- SiLT has posted a podcast of covers. I loves me some covers... here.
- The Sound Of Indie posted a boot version of Trouble by Love Of Diagrams... here. More LoD mp3s... here and here.
- Off The Record has posted four tracks from the new Interpol... here.
- One more new BOAT song is over at Said The Gramaphone... here.
- And now the best thing to happen to Bloc Party covers since DFA 1979 reconfigured "Luno" (a savefile mp3 found by typing "dfa luno" into google)... Smoosh covers "This Modern Love" (mp3)... here.
- Finally here's some Tomato Therapy:

Pace Or The Patience By Love Of Diagrams AND The Best Of 07 (So Far)

Last weeks' Contrast Podcast got me thinkin'...

Why not start looking back on the year?

The 16 Best Downloadables of 2007 (so far):

1. "Pace Or The Patience" (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams

2. "Now I've Got A Sword" (box.net mp3) by The Muggabears

3. "Screendoor" (mp3) by Illinois

4. "Bomb.Repeat.Bomb." (box.net mp3) (source: insound) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

5. "Rafaga!" (mp3) by Apostle Of Hustle

6. "Nobody" (mp3) by The Willowz

7. "Not A Problem (Live)" (mp3) by The Black Lips

8. "Run To Your Grave" (mp3) by The Mae Shi

9. "Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse" (mp3) by Of Montreal

10. "Black Mirror" (mp3) by Arcade Fire

11. "Draw A Map" (mp3) by Takka Takka

12. "Babies" (mp3) by Jana Hunter

13. "See A Penny (Pick It Up)" (mp3) by YACHT

14. "Stab City" (mp3) by Hot Gossip

15. "North American Scum (Dunproofin's Not From England Either Mix)" (mp3) by LCD Soundsystem, remixed at lcdremixed dot com

16. "Underwater (You And Me)" (mp3) by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Unrelated BONUS links:
- New (Old really) Nick Drake on Pitchfork... here.
- Early Arcade Fire recordings are up at Shameless Complacency... here.
- See what you missed at GvsB? White Demin... here.
- New Wilco B-Side on BBTRiver... here.
Old Old The Octopus Project at The Smudge Of Ashen Fluff... here. Here's a taste (with GT favs Black Moth Super Rainbow): "Lollipopsichord" (mp3)
- Down Is The New Up.

Rome By Les Savy Fav

And Now... Les Savy Fav!

Download: "Rome" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Southern page is here.
French Kiss page is here.
Emusic page is here.

links links links:
- Check out The Very Knees at I Rock Cleveland... here.
- Pfork has the link to that new Radiohead promo... here.
- Grizzly Bear solo project time over at Gorilla Vs. Bear... here.
- A whole lotta Bjork (including that new track) is posted over at Shameless Complacency... here and here.
- Pop Tarts Suck Toasted recommends Love Of Diagrams... here.
- Mr. Bungle's first release, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny, is available over at Beware Of The Blog... here (with thanks to thepunkguy).
- Finally, DAMN YOU... Instrumental Analysis got to posting some new Saturna before me... click here at gaze at yr shoes.

Pace Or The Patience By Love Of Diagrams (Repost)

Reposted Due To Podcasting Issues.

Q: More Love Of Diagrams??
A: Yes, Please!

Download: "Pace Or The Patience" (mp3) (source: matador)

Myspace page is here.
Matador page is here.
Unstable Ape is here.
The Passport Label page is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.

Non-podcast BONUS: "In The Red" (mp3) (source: unstable ape/shoot the variable)