my top albums of 2007 #40-31

40

Art Brut - It's A Bit Complicated
Great sophomore effort from these guys. Witty, tongue-in-cheek humor, hooray!
TLOBF review

39

David Dondero - Simple Love
I still can't believe I'd never heard of this guy before this year. For lovers of the sensitive singer-songwriter type with a keen sense of humor.
TLOBF review

38

Handsome Furs - Plague Park
I'd almost forgotten about this one until I was revisiting some 2007 albums last month. Consistently very very good.

37

Dr. Dog - We All Belong
Sure, the album is great, but all the cool kids know that live is the only way to experience Dr. Dog...

36

Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
Excellent debut album. Unique mix of lots of different genres. Fun!
TLOBF review

35

Emma Pollock - Watch The Fireworks
I fully admit this one is a recent "discovery" for me. But oh, how I fell in love with Emma's voice and songwriting.
TLOBF review

34

1990s - Cookies
My cult status keeps me fucking your wife. Good god I love this album.

33

Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
This one didn't quite live up to the lofty expectations set by last year's Everything All The Time, but a solid album nonetheless.
TLOBF review

32

Pela - Anytown Graffiti
Nothing more than a lot of straight-forward rock n' roll!!

31

Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
Swedish pop is so great.

Stay tuned for more tomorrow...

a realization

I was born and raised in Colorado, but I'm pretty sure my soul is Canadian.

I've been working a lot lately on my "Top Albums Of 2007" list and it dawned on me that two Canadian bands, and their respective offshoots, have comprised much of my listening pleasure over the past couple of years.

Take Broken Social Scene, for one. Kevin Drew's album is almost certainly going to end up in the top 10 this year. Amy Millan figured high on the list last year. Emily Haines, Feist, Do Make Say Think, Apostle Of Hustle... all have released very solid albums in '06-'07, though this year's veritable avalanche of great music will unfortunately keep some of them off my best of list for this year.

Next up, Frog Eyes. I love Spencer Krug, no doubt about it. Sunset Rubdown featured high last year and will without a doubt do so again in 2007. I like the new Frog Eyes as well, though I don't think it has quite enouh muscle to make my top 50. Handsome Furs, though? Probably. And Johnny And The Moon and Swan Lake both released exceptional albums last year. Wolf Parade just fucking kills.

So, rambling? Probably. I like the New Pornographers and Kids In The Hall too.