Friday, December 28, 2007

best new music 2007

thanks to my friends and to emusic and pandora i listened to more new (to me) music in 2007 than for ages ... here's my assortment of music which was actually new in (late 2006 or) 2007 which transformed my days and drives and dreams ...

First, my major discoveries of the year!
Yellow Fever, 'Joe Brown', from double-A side single
Maryrose Crook with the Renderers, 'Under the Sea', from Ghosts of our Vegas Lives
HollAnd, 'Boolean Misery Index', from The Paris Hilton Mujahideen

Next, other great stuff that was new to me!
The Ballet, In My Head, from Gay Secret

The Good, the Bad, and the Queen, Herculean, from The Good, the Bad, and the Queen
Imogen Heap, Glittering Clouds (Locusts), from Plague Songs
Kingsbury, The Great Compromise, from The Great Compromise
Klaxons, Two Receivers, from Myths of Near Future
Late of the Pier, Space and the Woods
Of Montreal, The Past is a Grotesque Animal, from Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Kutiman, No Groove Where I Come From, from Kutiman

And last! brilliant new work by the greatest musicians of our time:
Chris Matthews and the Robot Monkey Orchestra, In My Craft and Sullen Art, from The Map of Love
Kristin Hersh, Day Glow, from Learn to Sing Like a Star
Patti Smith, Changing of the Guards (Dylan), from Twelve
Emma Pollock, Adrenaline, from Watch the Fireworks
Radiohead, Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi, from In Rainbows
PJ Harvey, The Devil, from White Chalk
Blonde Redhead, 23, from 23