Welcome to 2007
Alright, so my list was a wee bit off. Come January 31, 2006, I probably was listening to that TV on the Radio album than anything else, so I dunno...but....forget 2006.
CUZ 2007 IS ALREADY WHIPPING ITS SORRY ASS.
Look what we've got:
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? - Their best album and it beats anything that came out last year.
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away - Not the masterpiece I was expecting, but still a collection of some great songs.
Menomena - Friend and Foe - Best artwork of the decade, says Pitchfork? I say, Best artwork ever. Also...I hope it gets really big so I can write a book called The Menomena Phenomenon.
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity - Alright, a little disappointing, but it is still one good spaz-prog-rock album.
Captain Shafts - Her Versus The Sad Cold Eventually - Not heard it yet, but Lou is pimping it like crazy, so it has got to be an awesome album.
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And that which hasn't been released:
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible - What comes after a Funeral? And, more importantly...what comes after a 9.7 Pitchfork review?!?!? I trust Win knows what to do...judging by 'Black Mirror' and 'Intervention,' expect all sorts of reviewers saying stuff about how they 'avoided the sophomore slump' and whatnot.
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha - Seems harder and rougher than Mysterious Production of Eggs...probably a good thing...and a little "Bird" told me that this baby is up on Oink. ( ;
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky - Ties with the new Bon Jovi for "Most Alt. Country Title of the Year" award. However, unlike Bon Jovi's Lost Highways, this won't be the worst thing ever.
Sufjan - The Bird Album - Sufjan + Birds > Sufjan + Any State in America
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - Hopefully this
title isn't a metaphor for how bad the album will be after "Float On"
was on Kidz Bop. And just in case it is, Johnny Marr is there to save
the day! I call them: Marrdest Mouse. Hehe.
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GET PUMPED!
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