THE ABSOLUTE BEST MUSIC OF 2007
10. WIDOW CITY- THE FIERY FURNACES
*My Egyptian Grammar
9. SOUND OF SILVER- LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
*North American Scum
8. THE REMINDER- FEIST
*My Moon, My Man
7. THE STAGE NAMES- OKKERVIL RIVER
*John Allyn Smith Sails
6. NIGHT FALLS OVER KORTEDALA- JENS LEKMAN
*Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo
5. WRITER'S BLOCK- PETER BJORN & JOHN
*Let's Call It Off
4. TRANSPARENT THINGS- FUJIYA & MIYAGI
*Collarbone
3. NEON BIBLE- ARCADE FIRE
*Black Mirror
2. HISSING FAUNA, ARE YOU THE DESTROYER?- OF MONTREAL
*Bunny Ain't No Kind Of Rider
1. GA GA GA GA GA- SPOON
*Don't You Evah
*- Choice Track, Bitches.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
SPIDERMAN OF THE RINGS- DAN DEACON, BOXER- THE NATIONAL, MIRRORED- BATTLES, STRAWBERRY JAM- ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, PERSON PITCH- PANDA BEAR, GOD SAVE THE CLIENTELE – THE CLIENTELE, DRUMS AND GUNS- LOW, CHALLENGERS- THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, ARMCHAIR APOCRYPHA- ANDREW BIRD, YOU FOLLOW ME- NINA NASTASIA & JIM WHITE, MARRY ME- ST. VINCENT,
WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY- THE SHINS, THE MAGIC POSITION- PATRICK WOLF, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT DOES JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL- RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, VOXTROT- VOXTROT,
SOME LOUD THUNDER- CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH, PLACES LIKE THIS- ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI, EMOTIONALISM- THE AVETT BROTHERS,WE ALL BELONG- DR. DOG, EMERALD CITY- JOHN VANDERSLICE, LOVE IS SIMPLE- AKRON/FAMILY, WHITE CHALK- PJ HARVEY, PRIDE- PHOSPHORESCENT, IN OUR NATURE- JOSE GONZALEZ, VAMIRE WEEKEND- VAMPIRE WEEKEND,
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE PRESENTS: KEVIN DREW- KEVIN DREW,
THE HOME RECORDINGS OF RIVERS CUOMO- RIVERS CUOMO,
FUR AND GOLD- BAT FOR LASHES, ASH WEDNESDAY- ELVIS PERKINS, FRIEND OPPURTUNITY- DEERHOOF, ALRIGHT, STILL- LILY ALLEN, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER- FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, THE MEANING OF 8- CLOUD CULT, RELEASE THE STARS- RUFUS WAINWRIGHT,MATHS AND ENGLISH- DIZZEE RASCAL, SUPER TARANTA!- GOGOL BORDELLO, IS IS- YEAH YEAH YEAHS, HEY VENUS!- SUPER FURRY ANIMALS, THE SHEPARD'S DOG- IRON & WINE, IN OUR BEDROOM AFTER THE WAR- STARS, 8 DIAGRAMS- WU-TANG CLAN
DISAPPOINTMENTS
SKY BLUE SKY- WILCO
OBLIGATORY VILLAGERS- NELLIE MCKAY
OUR LOVE TO ADMIRE- INTERPOL
IN DREAMS- RADIOHEAD (£2)
THE CON- TEGAN AND SARA
POCKET SYMPHONY- AIR
MEMORY ALMOST FULL- PAUL McCARTNEY
ICKY THUMP- THE WHITE STRIPES
UNDER THE BLACKLIGHT- RILO KILEY
THE FLYING CLUB CUP- BEIRUT
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN- THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN
A WEEKEND IN THE CITY- BLOC PARTY
JUST PLAIN FUCKING AWFUL
ZEITGEIST- THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
BEST SOUNDTRACKS
ONCE- GLEN HANSARD & MARKETA IRGLOVA
I'M NOT THERE- VARIOUS ARTISTS
THERE WILL BE BLOOD- JONNY GREENWOOD
BEST TRACKS
TIMEBOMB- BECK
PIG- RIVERS CUOMO
FAVORITE NEW ARTIST
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
BEST LIVE BAND I SAW THIS YEAR
THE HOLD STEADY