Best Songs 0f 2007 (Various Lists)

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Since music has subdivided into many subcultures, I think Song Lists are probably more useful to the average listener than album lists. With that in mind, I've put together a select list of music websites and bloggers, representing various genres--most which come with nice reviews, mp3s and videos. If yours wasn't listed, feel free to join in and post it.

To be practical about it, find a blogger whose tastes seem to match yours and take it from there--or if you want to explore another musical genre, there's plenty to choose from below.

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Where better to begin than with The Passion of Weiss - the best humorist and best hip-hop reviewer on the web.

Passion of Weiss' 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007

25. Chamillionaire ft. Slick Rick: “Hip Hop Police”

24. Consequence ft. Kanye West-”The Good, The Bad, The Ugly”

23. Clean Guns-”We Just Run Things” .

22. Freeway-”Roc-A-Fella Billionaires”

21. Little Brother-”Can’t Win For Losing”

20. Phat Kat-”Nasty Ain’t It”

19. Pete Rock ft. Styles P & Sheek Louch-”914″

18. Rich Boy-”Throw Some D’s Out On It Remix”

17. Lil Wayne-”Dipset”

16. Brother Ali-”Truth Is”

15. Percee P ft. Diamond D-”2 Brothers From The Gutter”

14. Redman-”Blow Treez”

13. Kanye West-”Everything I Am”

12. Marco Polo ft. Masta Ace-”Nostalgia”

11. Prodigy-”Stuck on You”

10. Klashnekoff-”The Revolution Will Not Be Televised On Channel U”

9. Hi-Tek Ft. Talib Kweli & Dion-”Time”

8. Bishop Lamont ft. Phat Kat and Elzhi-”Goat It”

7. Devin the Dude ft. Snoop Dogg, Andre 3000-”What a Job”

6. Aesop Rock-”No City”

5. Jay-Z ft. Nas-”Success”

4. Ghostface Killah ft. Method Man and Raekwon-”Yolanda’s House”

3. UGK ft. Outkast-”Int’l Players Anthem”

2. El-P-”Poisenville Kids No Wins/Reprise (This Must Be Our Time)

1. Outkast-”Da Art of Storytellin’ Pt. 4″

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I didn't even know that MTV covered music these days Well, I guess they do, and here are their choices for the 33 Best Songs Of The Year. An odd numerical choice - it might have made more sense to go with 33 1/3, 45 or 78... for those of you who remember the days when vinyl ruled. Anyway, here is their list:

MTVs Top 33 Songs Of 2007

33. The Go! Team, "Grip Like a Vice"

32. Nine Inch Nails, "The Great Destroyer"

31. Kate Nash, "Foundations"

30. The Shins, "Phantom Limb"

29. Eve, "Tambourine"

28. Battles, "Atlas"

27. Tegan and Sara, "Call It Off"

26. Snoop Dogg, "Sensual Seduction"

25. Junior Senior, "Itch U Can't Scratch

24. Radiohead, "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"

23. Modest Mouse, "Spitting Venom"

22. Notorious B.I.G., "Party and Bullsh--" (Ratatat remix)

21. Dan Deacon, "The Crystal Cat"

20. Fall Out Boy, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"

19. Jay-Z, "Blue Magic"

18. Panda Bear, "Comfy in Nautica"

17. Klaxons, "Golden Skans"

16. Lil Mama, "Lip Gloss"

15. Justice, "D.A.N.C.E."

14. Soulja Boy, "Crank That"

13. Black Kids, "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"

12. The National, "Fake Empire"

11. Menomena, "Wet and Rusting"

10. Deerhunter, "After Class"

9. M.I.A., "Paper Planes"

8. Rihanna, "Umbrella"

7. The White Stripes, "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)"

6. Kanye West, "Stronger"

5. Feist, "1234"

4. The Cribs, "Men's Needs"

3. Against Me!, "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart"

2. Ween, "Your Party"

1. LCD Soundsystem, "All My Friends"

Read More and sample at MTV

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Stylus Magazine has put together their top 50 songs of the year, complete with links to MySpace and online videos:

50. Weeping Willows - The Burden

49. Ciara - Like a Boy

48. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Down Boy

47. Pleasure ft. Brett Anderson - Back to You

46. Devin the Dude feat. Andre 3000 and Snoop Dogg - What a Job

45. Christophe Willem - Double Je

44. M.I.A. - Paper Planes

43. Dominik Eulberg - Die Alpenstrandläufer von Spiekeroog

42. My Teenage Stride - Chock's Rally

41. Janelle Monae - Violet Stars Happy Hunting!

40. Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts

39. Lil Mama - Lip Gloss

38. R. Kelly - I'm a Flirt (Remix)

37. Paramore - That's What You Get

36. Twilight Sad - Cold Days from the Birdhouse

35. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered

34. Rihanna - Umbrella

33. 50 Cent - I Get Money

32. Pink Reason - Down on Me

31. Kanye West feat. Dwele - Flashing Lights

30. The Field - Everyday

29. Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

28. Jason Aldean - Johnny Cash

27. Animal Collective - Peacebone

26. Miranda Lambert - Famous in a Small Town

25. Patrick Wolf - Accident & Emergency

24. Battles - Atlas

23. Linda Sundblad - Lose You

22. St. Vincent - Now Now

21. My Chemical Romance - Teenagers

20. Against Me! ft. Tegan Quin - Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart

19. Björk - Earth Intruders

18. Lil’ Wayne - Dying

17. Kathy Diamond - All Woman

16. Dan Deacon - The Crystal Cat

15. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life

14. Digitalism - Pogo

13. Kanye West - Can’t Tell Me Nothin’

12. Spoon - Yr Cherry Bomb

11. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend

10. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great

09. Lil' Wayne - Upgrade U

08. Grinderman - No Pussy Blues

07. The National - Fake Empire

06. Radiohead - House of Cards

05. M.I.A. - Jimmy

04. Justice - D.A.N.C.E.

03. Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!

02. UGK ft. OutKast - International Players’ Anthem

01. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

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Rate Your Music Top 100 Songs of 2007

1 Jeff Buckley

Hallelujah

2 Arcade Fire

No Cars Go / Surf City (Eastern Bloc)

3 LCD Soundsystem

All My Friends

4 Animal Collective

Peacebone

5 Porcupine Tree

Fear of a Blank Planet

6 The White Stripes

Icky Thump

7 Amy Winehouse

Back to Black

8 Arctic Monkeys

Fluorescent Adolescent

9 Patrick Wolf

The Magic Position

10 Arcade Fire

Keep the Car Running / Broken Window

11 Battles

Atlas

12 Arcade Fire

Black Mirror

13 The Killers

Read My Mind / Read My Mind (Steve Bays Remix)

14 Feist

1234

15 Amy Winehouse

You Know I'm No Good [CD 1]

16 Björk

Earth Intruders (Mark "Spike" Stent Extended Mix)

17 Klaxons

Golden Skans

18 PJ Harvey

When Under Ether

19 M.I.A.

Jimmy

20 Feist

My Moon My Man

21 The White Stripes

Rag and Bone

22 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Weapon of Choice

23 Caribou

Melody Day

24 The National

Mistaken for Strangers

25 LCD Soundsystem

Someone Great

26 Arctic Monkeys

Brianstorm

27 Dizzee Rascal

Sirens

28 Blonde Redhead

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29 Arcade Fire / Calexico

Intervention

30 Rufus Wainwright

Going to a Town

31 Modest Mouse

Dashboard

32 Róisín Murphy

Overpowered

33 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Berlin

34 Muse

Map of the Problematique

35 Patrick Wolf

Bluebells

36 Los Campesinos!

You! Me! Dancing!

37 Pickering Pick

The Ballad of Kevvy & Jenny

38 The Good, the Bad and the Queen

Green Fields

39 Grinderman

No Pussy Blues

40 Manic Street Preachers

Your Love Alone Is Not Enough

41 The Good, the Bad and the Queen

Kingdom of Doom

42 Beirut

Elephant Gun

43 Interpol

The Heinrich Maneuver

44 The Shins

Australia

45 iLiKETRAiNS

Spencer Perceval

46 LCD Soundsystem

North American Scum

47 Foo Fighters

The Pretender [CD1]

48 Kate Nash

Foundations

49 M.I.A.

Boyz

50 Muse

Invincible

51 Bright Eyes

Four Winds

52 Animal Collective

Fireworks

53 The Killers

For Reasons Unknown

54 My Chemical Romance

Famous Last Words [CD 1]

55 Rihanna

Umbrella

56 Bloc Party

The Prayer

57 Brand New

Jesus

58 Biffy Clyro

Living Is a Problem Because Everything Dies

59 Amy Winehouse

Tears Dry on Their Own

60 Guillemots

Annie, Let's Not Wait [CD1]

61 Iron & Wine

Boy With a Coin

62 Kamelot

Ghost Opera

63 Reverend Bizarre

Teutonic Witch

64 Riverside

02 Panic Room

65 Smashing Pumpkins

Tarantula

66 Super Furry Animals

Run-Away

67 Cold War Kids

Hang Me Up to Dry

68 Kings of Leon

On Call

69 Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip

Thou Shalt Always Kill

70 Timbaland

Give It To Me (feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake)

71 Kanye West

Stronger

72 Panda Bear

Take Pills / Bonfire of the Vanities

73 The Go! Team

Grip Like a Vice

74 Tori Amos

Bouncing off Clouds

75 Interpol

Mammoth

76 Manic Street Preachers

Autumnsong

77 Nas

Can't Forget About You

78 Grizzly Bear

Knife

79 Cut Copy

Hearts On Fire

80 Brett Anderson

Love Is Dead

81 Kylie Minogue

2 Hearts

82 Camera Obscura

If Looks Could Kill

83 Digitalism

Pogo

84 !!!

Heart of Hearts

85 Silverchair

Straight Lines

86 Björk

Innocence

87 Los Planetas

Alegrías del incendio

88 The Hold Steady

Stuck Between Stations

89 Serj Tankian

Empty Walls

90 Queens of the Stone Age

Sick, Sick, Sick

91 Bloc Party

Hunting for Witches

92 Modest Mouse

Dashboard / Education / Little Motel

93 Rush

Far Cry

94 Evanescence

Lithium

95 Fucked Up

Year of the Pig / The Black Hats

96 Super Furry Animals

Show Your Hand

97 Los Campesinos!

We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives

98 The Cribs

Men's Needs

99 Bloc Party

I Still Remember

100 Maxïmo Park

Our Velocity

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The VH1 Blog has begun posting their Top 20 Singles of the Year, complete with videos. Here is the first 5 - they will post the remainder every Tuesday.

Eve, “Tambourine,” from Here I Am (GEFFEN)

Bright Eyes, “Four Winds” from Cassadaga (SADDLE CREEK)

Editors, “Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors,” from An End Has a Start (FADER)

Wilco, “Impossible Germany,” from Sky Blue Sky (NONESUCH)

Lil’ Mama, “Lip Gloss,” from Voice of the Young People (BMG)

Watch the videos here

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17 Seconds Music Blog's Festive 50

1. Emma Pollock -‘Adrenaline.’

2. Battles -‘Atlas.’

3. Justice -‘D.A.N.C.E.’

4. Ringo Death Starr - ‘Some Kind Of Sad.’

5. Malcolm Middleton - ‘A Brighter Beat.’

6. Penny Century - ‘Nothing Burns Like Bridges.’

7. Rihanna - ‘Umbrella’

8. Bloc Party - ‘Flux’

9. Camera Obscura - ‘Super Trouper’

10. Sons and Daughters ‘Gilt Complex’

11. Idlewild - ‘No Emotion’

12. Emma Pollock - ‘Acid Test’

13. Kate Nash -‘Caroline’s A Victim.’

14. Dizzee Rascal feat. Lily Allen -’Wanna Be.’

15. Wiley -’Bow E3.’

16. Malcolm Middleton - ‘We’re All Going To Die.’

17. Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake- ‘Give It To Me.’

18. Kate Nash -’Foundations.’

19. Wiley -’50/50.’

20. Sister Vanilla -‘Can’t Stop The Rock.'

21. Editors - ‘ Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors.’

22. Arctic Monkeys -‘Brianstorm.’

23. Dizzee Rascal - ‘Flex.’

24. Klaxons -‘Golden Skans.’

25. Bloc Party - ‘The Prayer.’

26. Electrelane -‘To The East’

27. Black Kids -‘I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance with You.’

28. Paul Hartnoll featuring Robert Smith-‘Please.’

29. Futureheads -‘Broke Up The Time.’

30. Charlatans -’You Cross My Path.’

31. Scottish Enlightenment -‘Eyes.’

32. Emma Pollock - ‘Paper and Glue.’

33. Burial -’Archangel.’

34. Cooper Temple Clause -’Waiting Game.’

35. Siouxsie - ‘Here Comes That Day.’

36.Timbaland, D.O.E. & Keri Hilson -‘The Way I Are

37. White Stripes - ‘Icky Thump.’

38.Maximo Park -’Our Velocity.’

39. M.I.A. ‘Bamboo Banger.’

40. Tiny Dancers -‘I Will Wait For You.’

41. Emma Pollock -’Limbs’

42. Arctic Monkeys -’Fluorescent Adolescent.’

43. Jack Penate -’Second, Minute Or Hour’

44. New Young Pony Club - ‘ Ice Cream.’

45. Manic Street Preachers - ‘Your Love Alone Is Not Enough.’

46. Wilco -’Impossible Germany’

47. Wu-Tang Clan - The Heart Gently Weeps

48. Snow Patrol - ‘Signal Fire.’

49. Fall Out Boy -’This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race.’

50. Kanye West - ‘Stronger.’

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Bob Boilen talks with reviewers Carrie Brownstein, Will Hermes, Tom Moon and Meredith Ochs about the year's biggest surprises and letdowns in music on NPRs 'All Things Considered.'

NPRs 'All Things Considered Best Songs Of The Year

The Girl I Left Behind Artist: Levon Helm

Album: Dirt Farmer

Biggest Surprise

Keyla Artist: Tabu Ley Rochereau

Album: The Voice of Lightness

Biggest Surprise

The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room Artist: Flight of the Conchords

Album: The Distant Future

Biggest Surprise

Please Read the Letter Artist: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Album: Raising Sand

Biggest Surprise

Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car Artist: Iron and Wine

Album: The Shepherd's Dog

Biggest Surprise

Hate it Here Artist: Wilco

Album: Sky Blue Sky

Biggest Letdown

Icky Thump Artist: The White Stripes

Album: Icky Thump

Biggest Letdown

This Place Artist: Joni Mitchell

Album: Shine

Biggest Letdown

Silence Artist: PJ Harvey

Album: White Chalk

Biggest Letdown

Nude Artist: Radiohead

Album: In Rainbows

Biggest Letdown

Paper Planes Artist: M.I.A.

Album: Kala

Most Innovative

Comfy in Nautica Artist: Panda Bear

Album: Person Pitch

Most Innovative

A Punk Artist: Vampire Weekend

Album: Vampire Weekend EP

Most Innovative

Wild Mountain Nation Artist: Blitzen Trapper

Album: Wild Mountain Nation

Most Innovative

Kites Artist: Lucinda Blackbear

Album: Capo My Heart and Other Bear Songs

Most Innovative

Floratone Artist: Floratone

Album: Floratone

Most Innovative

North American Scum Artist: LCD Soundsystem

Album: Sound of Silver

Song of the Year

Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse Artist: Of Montreal

Album: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

Song of the Year

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PopMatter's Best Electronic Songs of 2007

The Field

From Here We Go Sublime

(KOMPAKT)

AMAZON

1

Video: The Field - The Little Heart Beats So Fast (Live at Monterey)

Justice

Cross

(VICE/BECAUSE)

AMAZON

2

Justice - D.A.N.C.E.

LCD Soundsystem

Sound of Silver

(CAPITOL)

AMAZON

3

Video: LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

Dan Deacon

Spiderman of the Rings

(CARPARK)

AMAZON

4

Video: Dan Deacon - Crystal Cat

M.I.A.

Kala

(INTERSCOPE)

AMAZON

5

Video: M.I.A.: Jimmy

Various Artists

After Dark

(ITALIANS DO BETTER)

AMAZON

6

Amon Tobin

Foley Room

(NINJA TUNE)

AMAZON

7

Video: Amon Tobin - Foley Room Trailer #1

Burial

Untrue

(HYPERDUB)

AMAZON

8

New Young Pony Club

Fantastic Playroom

(MODULAR)

AMAZON

9

Video: New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream

Gui Boratto

Chromophobia

(KOMPAKT)

AMAZON

10

Video: Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life

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a new low for Rolling Stone mag

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a new low for Rolling Stone mag

yeah, holy shit.

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The Sound Of Marching Feet

SOMF is a blogger out of Austin, Texas. I am noting his selections because I liked his choice of songs, and the fact that he posted mp3s and sample lyrics with them. You should check out his website for his top 25 albums as well - he has good taste in music.

The National - Mistaken For Strangers

Make up something to believe in your heart of hearts

so you have something to wear on your sleeve of sleeves

so you swear you just saw a feathery woman

carry a blindfolded man through the trees

Andrew Bird - Dark Matter

When I was just a little boy

I threw away all of my action toys

When I became obsessed with operation

Okkervil River - Unless It's Kicks

What a dream in the dark

About working so hard

About growing so stoned

Trying not to turn up

Trying not to believe in the light

On your own

Songs of Green Pheasant - Boats

This song is so beautiful and Duncan mumbles a bit so just listen.

Radiohead - All I Need

It's all wrong

It's all right

It's all wrong

It's all right

Low - Murderer

Don't act so innocent

I've seen you pound your fist into the earth

And I've read your book

It seems that you could use another fool

Well I'm cruel

And I look right through

Animal Collective - Fireworks

Attractive day in the rubble of the night from before.

I can't walk in a vacuum, I feel ugly, feel my pores.

It's the trees of this day that I do battle with for the light.

Then I start to feel tragic, people greet me, I'm polite.

LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan,

and the next five years trying to be with your friends again.

LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great

The worst is all the lovely weather,

I'm sad, it's not raining.

The coffee isn't even bitter,

Because, what's the difference?

Bright Eyes - Coat Check Dream Song

I slept with that dealer all summer

The ecstasy is still in my spine

Coat Check I couldn't remember

Walked into the winter, came out on the other side

Beirut - Cliquot

Set fire to foundation and burn out the station

You'll never get nothing of mine

The pane of my window will flicker and billow

I won't leave a stitching behind

Jose Gonzalez - Cycling Trivialities

Don't know which way to turn.

Every trifle becoming big concerns.

All this time you were chasing dreams,

without knowing what you wanted them to mean.

Kevin Drew - Tbtf

slice my eyes took me through

another night that goes all night through

tries to seize what their hearts have lost

my best friend took me in

laid me down beside my own sins

and I said "can you please forgive the love?"

Deerhunter - Cryptograms

My greatest fear

I fantasized

The days were long

The weeks blew by

Before I knew

I was awake

My days were through

It was too late

Sigur Ros - I Gaer

I don't speak Icelandic

Spoon - Finer Feelings

I was part-time at the Tasty Prawn

That and moving furniture and cutting lawns

Covered in newsprint, staying up real late

Just holding out for some fate

The Twilight Sad - That Summer, At Home I Became The Invisible Boy

and fourteen and you know

that I'm looking the wrong way

and is the past outside

or in this lovely home

Kings of Leon - Knocked Up

I don't care what nobody says, no

I'm going to be her lover

Always mad and usually drunk

But I love her like no other

Menomena - Muscle n' Flo

There's so much more left to do

Well I'm not young

But I'm not through

Menomena - Wet and Rusting

I made you a present, you’ll never expect it

And when you unravel the secret will travel, oh

It's hard to take risks, with a pessimist

The Weakerthans - Virtute The Cat Explains Her Departure

For a while, I heard you missing steps in the street

And your anger pleading in an uncertain key

Singing the sound of you that you found for me

Dan Deacon - Wham City

I hope in my heart

that we on a whole will die

and the earth be left alone

just beast and bee and fish and tree

this hope I wish will someday be

Panda Bear - Bros.

i know myself and i know what i want to do

im doing my best and i want to know is it good for you?

you give me trouble

you give me everything that you've got

ill show you that whats right for me aint for you

Caribou - She's The One

time and time I hear things that can't be true

and it's only talk cause she'll never be so cruel

every night there's a new name on her arm that I don't think I recognize and it's never strange just how long she stays away

I guess I'll have to compromise

John Vanderslice - Kookaburra

Lightning shot from the sky

It breathed life into every, every living thing

It made you, it made me

It gave us the Kookaburra

It gave us Frangipani tree

St. Vincent - Paris Is Burning

Enclosed in this letter there's a picture

Black and white for your refrigerator

Sticks and stones have made me smarter

It's words that cut me under my armor

Explosions In The Sky - The Birth and Death of The Day

No lyrics here, and none needed.

Caspian - Asa

ditto.

All those that know me, know that I find humor in many things. Well, this year (and many of the last few years) the thing that I found funniest was R Kelly. So to end the list making season with a bang, I present to you the most hilarious song of the year.

R. Kelly - Sex Planet

Girl now that you're next to me

We'll be just like satelites

Watching over the Earth

We'll make space our paradise

Girl I promise this will be painless(painless)

We'll take a trip to planet Uranus

Uh just put your trust in me

And girl i promise destination

will be a trip that you will never forget

I'm gonna take you out of this world

So hold on tight my dear

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IMeem's 'The Year End Playlist Extravaganza' (Playlists from select bloggers)

MOKB's Best of 2007 Round One by My Old Kentucky Blog.com

jambonies by dj never forget

best of 2007 by indiediot

Ashley Tisdale's Top 10 Songs of 2007 by Ashley Tisdale

Sit Down Stand Up's Favorite Hip Hop/Rap Albums of 2007

HipHopDX's Best of 2007 by HipHopDX .com

mgrooves' best of 2007 by Matt Graves

Killer07 by Creative Commons

Paul Koehler's Best of 2007 by Silverstein

CraveOnline's best songs of 2007 by CRAVEONLINE

gorilla vs. bear 2007 by gorilla bear

Terrorbird's BEST OF 2007 by TERRORBIRD MEDIA

Neil Boshart's Best of 2007 by Silverstein

DJ Skee's Best Of 2007 by DJ Skee

Rap-Up's Favorite Songs of 2007 by Rap-Up magazine

Defsounds.com Hits Of The Year! by Defsounds.com: It's Hip Hop

Happy New Year 2008 by Amplive of Zion I

The Music Slut's Best of 2007 by The Music Slut

The Most Ridonk Playlist of 2007 by Hipster Runoff

Sit Down Stand Up's Best Rock/Folk Albums of 2007

PAPER's 2007 mix-a-rama by PAPER Magazine

Giant Step End of Year Playlist by Giant Step

Rock Insider's Best of 2007: Best Los Angeles Albums

TOP SONGS OF 2007 by Tegan and Sara

XLR8R's Best of 2007 by XLR8R Magazine

Cokemachineglow by Cokemachine Glow

Elitaste by Wale

Patton Oswalt's Best of 2007 by Patton Oswalt

Aquarium Drunkard's Best of 2007

Vicarious Music 2007 Year in Music

The Spill Canvas' Best of 2007 by The Spill Canvas

Clicky Clicky Music Blog's Best Songs Of 2007 by : clicky clicky :

Shane Told's Best of 2007 by Silverstein

Aesop Rock Best of 2007 by Aesop Rock

Best Albums of 2007 by Hate Something Beautiful

Spoon's Best of 2007 by Spoon

vosotros presents: the lazy susan by vosotros

Bill Hamilton's Best of 2007 by Silverstein

Girlie Action Best of 07 by Girlie Action

Best of 2007 by ioda promonet

MOKB's Best Of 2007 Round Two by My Old Kentucky Blog.com

Insound 2007 Year End by Insound Insound

Favorite tracks for 2007 by Lost At E Minor

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The New York Times

Jon Pareles

M.I.A. “Paper Planes” (XL)

SHAKIRA "Hay Amores" (New Line)

JONI MITCHELL “Hana” (Hear Music)

KANYE WEST “Stronger” (Roc-A-Fella)

NEIL YOUNG “No Hidden Path” (Reprise)

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KELEFA SANNEH

RIHANNA “Umbrella” (Def Jam)

R. KELLY FEATURING T.I. AND T-PAIN “I’m a Flirt (Remix)” (Jive/Zomba)

MARTINA MCBRIDE “Anyway” (RCA/Sony BMG Nashville)

SOULJA BOY TELLEM “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” (ColliPark/Interscope)

LINDA SUNDBLAD “Lose You” (Monza/Bonnier Amigo)

Ben Ratlif

RIHANNA “Umbrella” (Def Jam)

VON SüDENFED “The Rhinohead” (Domino)

SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA “Sácala Bailar” (Six Degrees)

CAFé TACUBA “Volver a Comenzar” (Universal Latino)

JESU “Conqueror” (Hydra Head)

Source: NY Times

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NY Post - 2007 Songs To Download (Compiled by Mary Huhn)

1. “Rehab," Amy Winehouse

The song wasn't ironic at first, but the Brit soul singer lived up to her art - and it turned into a Britney and Lindsay singalong.

2. "I'm Not Going to Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You," Black Kids

Poppy Jacksonville, Fla., "kids" song makes you feel like being 15 again - without all that pesky angst.

3. "We Used To Vacation," Cold War Kids

Choppy piano, art-punk/blues vocals and desperate lyrics.

4. "Drivin' Me Wild," Common featuring Lily Allen

Triple threat: This Common and Allen track was produced by Kanye.

5. "I Wanna Have Your Babies," Natasha Bedingfield

Hyper, silly, contagious ode to what women are really thinking. Pregalicious fun.

6. "Fluorescent Adolescent," Arctic Monkeys

"You used to get it in your fishnets, now you only get it in your nightdress" - the best first line, ever.

7. "Gimme More," Britney Spears

Art in the form of a miracle production team. It's not Britney, bitch.

8. "Watch Me Fall Apart," Hi-Fi

Staccato strings add drama to this pitiful pop tale.

9. "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time," Jarvis Cocker

Pulp frontman goes retro, retreats to the '60s.

10. "Ludlow Street," Suzanne Vega

Strings and sadness.

11. "What Would Jay-Z Do?," Ben Lee

Thank God for skinny white indie rockers.

12. "Charmer," Kings of Leon

High-impact, with minimal lyrics, punk guitar and howls.

13. "15 Step," Radiohead

Closest thing to a single from a band that obviously doesn't care about singles.

14. "Thou Shalt Always Kill," Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip

Lo-fi dance track with "Just a band" lyrics. Assaults rock idols; rants against stupidity.

15. "Hljomalind," Sigur Ros

More moodiness from the Icelandic masters of the sonic landscape. Sigur Rad.

16. "Closer," Travis

Melancholy-but-catchy tune.

17. "Fake Empire," the National

8. "This Is a Song," the Magic Numbers

Sweet throwback full of harmonies from a brother-sister rock duo.

19. "Rest My Chemistry," Interpol

Dark rockers deliver dynamic guitar riffs. Like a really good one-night stand.

20. "Feel Good Inc. (Stanton Warriors Remix)," Gorillaz

A thumping seven-minute-plus redo of the animated group's biggest hit.

21. "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors," Editors

Dark, melodic rock with one of the year's better drumbeats. Light it up.

22. "Falling Slowly," Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglov

Heartfelt Irish ballad from the movie "Once." Gushy goodness.

23. "Mary, Mary," Velvet Revolver

Ex-Gunner Slash's guitar riffs are among his best. Axl who?

24. "Stronger," Kanye West

Boasting over a Daft Punk song never sounded so cool. Almost justifies Kanye's ego.

25. "Northern Whale," the Good, the Bad & the Queen

Catchy piano-anchored song

courtesy of ex Blur frontman Damon Albarn's supergroup.

26. "Is There a Ghost," Band of Horses

Melodic, guitar-driven rock with three lyrical lines.

27. "It's Not Your Fault," Athlete

Coldplay-esque earnest Britpop kicked up a notch.

28. "Welcome Ghosts," Explosions in the Sky

Another epic instrumental from the Texas guys behind the "Friday Night Lights" soundtrack.

29. "Be Good or Be Gone," Fionn Regan

Irish indie genius meets the challenge.

30. "Taken Man," Andy Friedman

Devastatingly honest, brilliantly written. Every married man alive will relate.

31. "Spare-Ohs," Andrew Bird

Tortured, catchy and way too clever. Just the way we like it.

32. "Holiday," Albert Hammond Jr.

Yes, it's that Strokes guy. Chill out and swoon.

33. "Not Half Right," Elliott Smith

Perfectly sad acoustic gem.

34. "Watch Us Work It," Devo

The past seven years prove that de-evolution is real.

35. "Are You Sensation," Tigercity

Like dancing all night and developing a designer drug habit, but cheaper.

36. "Someone To Love," Fountains of Wayne

Vignette of lonely would-be lovers and a fateful NYC taxi.

37. "Apologize," Timbaland featuring OneRepublic

The hip-hop producer's beats give the (mildly cheesy) song a whole new spark.

38. "Lights On," the Pierces

Southern sisters don't want to do it in the dark.

39. "Energy," Apples in Stereo

Sunny Oasis-ish pop from Stephen Colbert's faves. Like Pop-Tarts covered in honey.

40. "Tears Dry on Their Own," Amy Winehouse

A Motown-fab ode to a sleazy affair.

41. "Father Forgive Me," Ja Rule

Update to a Fab Four track - by sampling strings, rhyming "Eleanor Rigby" and "Father Forgive Me."

42. "Rich Woman," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

On this odd-couple duet the pair are slitheringly sexy.

43. "Slow Train," Shooter Jennings

Oak Ridge Boys harmonize behind Shooter's vocals.

44. "Magnolia Soul," Ozomatli

1975-vintage Earth Wind & Fire garnished with a touch of hip-hop. Essential.

45. "Holy Diver," Killswitch Engage

A most excellent screamo cover of the overly dramatic Dio classic.

46. "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town," the Killers

New life for wounded-vet/cheating wife tale.

47. "Stop Me," Mark Ronson featuring Daniel Merriweather

Smiths classic overlayed with the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On." Better than sex and chocolate.

48. "Gimme Shelter," Patti Smith

Patti swaggers like Mick in a bra.

49. "I Want To Walk You Home," Paul McCartney featuring Allen Toussaint

The ex-Beatle sings "I want to hold your hand" again in this Fats Domino tribute.

50. "Hey Lupe," Los Straitjackets

South of the border version of rock 'n' roll oldie "Hang On Sloopy" makes you want to pick up a guitar - and learn Spanish.

Read the full list HERE

[DudeAsInCool]

UK Times Online Songs of the year

Folk Roots/Ballads

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Please Read the Letter

Amerie Crush Talk

Phil Campbell Maps One

Marissa Nadler Diamond Heart

King Creosote You’ve No Clue, Do You We knew the King

Chungking Maybe It’s Over Jessie Banks

AdeleHometown Glory Garlanded

Ann Lay Your Head Down

Ruarri Joseph Patience

Loney, Dear Sinister in a State of Hope

The Envy Corps Rooftop

Iron and Wine The Devil Never Sleeps

Au Revoir Simone Violent Yet Flammable World

POP

Feist1234

Just Jack Starz in Their Eyes One

Ghosts Stay the Night

Gruff Rhys Candylion

Glasvegas Flowers and Football Tops Welding

Sarabeth Tucek Nobody Cares

Hello Saferide I Was Definitely Made for These Times

Steven Lindsay Monkey Gone to Heaven

Miracle Mile Lights of Home Trevor Jones

Apartment Fall into Place

Ida Maria Oh My God

ROCK AND ALT-ROCK

Wilco Hate It Here

St Vincent Your Lips Are Red

Neil Young Ordinary People H

Tacks, the Boy Disaster Forget-Me-Not

Vampire Weekend Mansard Roof

The AliensThe Happy Song

DANCE, R&B AND TECHNO

LCD Soundsystem Someone Great

Rihanna Umbrella I

Dizzee Rascal U Cant Tell Me Nuffin’

Sugababes About You Now

Robyn With Every Heartbeat

Paul Hartnoll Aggro

Bloc Party Flux

Santogold Creator vs FreQNasty and Switch

Beverley Knight Black Butta

Justice D.A.N.C.E.

Read the full review here

[DudeAsInCool]

Idolator's Top 40 List of Awesomeness

40. Ne-Yo, "Addicted"

39. Melt Banana, "Blank Page Of The Blind"

38. Spoon, "The Underdog"

37. Lloyd, "Get It Shawty"

36. Sugababes, "About You Now"

35. Big Business, "Just As The Day Was Dawning"

34. Kylie Minogue, "2 Hearts"

33. Eve, "Tambourine"

32. Tiffany Evans, "Girl Gone Wild"

31. Kanye West, "Flashing Lights"

30. YACHT, "See A Penny (Pick It Up)"

29. Marnie Stern, "Every Single Line Means Something"

28. Bat For Lashes, "What's A Girl To Do?"

27. Charlotte Hatherley, "Very Young"

26. Tegan and Sara, "Back In Your Head"

25. T.I., "You Know What It Is"

24. Carrie Underwood, "Before He Cheats"

23. LCD Soundsystem, "Us V. Them"

22. Amerie, "Gotta Work"

21. Swizz Beatz, "It's Me Bitches"

20. Rihanna, "Umbrella"

19. Battles, "Atlas"

18. Tracey Thorn, "Raise The Roof"

17. Lil Wayne, "I Feel Like Dying"

16. Nelly Furtado, "Say It Right"

15. T-Pain, "Calm The Fuck Down"

14. M.I.A., "Paper Planes"

13. Bobby Valentino, "Anonymous"

12. Wye Oak, "Warning"

11. Rihanna and Ne-Yo, "Hate That I Love You"

10. Lloyd, "You"

09. Lil Mama, "Lip Gloss"

08. Sissy Wish, "Float"

07. Rich Boy feat. Polow Da Don, "Throw Some D's"

06. Siobhan Donaghy, "Don't Give It Up"

05. UGK featuring OutKast, "International Players' Anthem"

04. Fall Out Boy, ""The Take Over, The Break's Over""

03. R. Kelly featuring T.I. and T-Pain - "I'm A Flirt (Remix)"

01b. Grinderman, "No Pussy Blues"

01a. Violet Vector And The Lovely Lovelies, "Can You Dig It"

[DudeAsInCool]

Asleep On The Compost's Top 15 Songs of 2007

15: Sunset Rubdown: The taming of the hands that came back to life

14: Modest Mouse: Spitting Venom

13: Deerhoof +81

12: Justice: D.A.N.C.E

11: Amy Winehouse: Valerie

10: LCD Soundsystem Someone Great

9: The Twilight Sad: Walking for two hours

8: Dan Deacon: Wham City

7: Fight Like Apes: Jake Summers

6: Gui Boratto: Beautiful life

5: Panda Bear: Bros

4: Stars of The Lid: Humectez La Mouture

3: Deerhunter: Strange lights

2: The Field: Everyday

1: Animal Collective: Fireworkd

[DudeAsInCool]

(DJ) D3 PowerHouse's Top 60 Songs of 2007 (Mixtape to be posted)

60. A Place to Bury Strangers - "To Fix the Gash in Your Head"

Violent, glorious fuzz-rock. Commercial for Death by Audio pedals.

59. Telepathe - "Chromes On It"

Brooklyn girls listen to Three Six beats. Great fun ensues.

58. Fuck Buttons - "Bright Tomorrow"

Repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition. Eventually, distortion and yelling come in.

57. Soulja Boy - "Crank Dat (Souja Boy)"

Best loud with people who pretend to know the dance.

56. Frightened Rabbit - "the Greys"

The most insistent vocals and cymbals in indie all year.

55. John C. Reilly - "Royal Jelly"

Cox's Dylan period, absolutely on the money. "...rimjob fairy teapots..."

54. Ulrich Schnauss - "Stars"

The usual shoegaze adjectives. Drives hard towards a freakout, though.

53. Glass Candy - "Beatific"

Bassline sounds pixelated. Ida No's vocals are whispered just right.

52. Girls Aloud - "Black Jacks"

Album sorta disappointed. Typically wonderful energetic pop on this, though.

51. Prinzhorn Dance School - "Up! Up! Up!"

Non sequiturs, minimalist as hell, sounds made for me, no?

50. The Hives - "Tick Tick Boom"

Hives by numbers. But, as usual, that means it's awesome.

49. Dude N' Nem - "Watch My Feet"

Shows the power of a good tempo change and dance.

48. Ame - "Balandine"

Versatile dance floor murderer. Goes hard for over eleven minutes.

47. Dave Aju & Invisible Art Trio - "Be Like the Sun"

Somewhat disorienting techno. Vocals are cool, though, as are horns.

46. Project Pat - "Don't Call Me No More"

Beat is huge, and it switches up to great effect.

45. Black Moth Super Rainbow - "When the Sun Grows on Your Tongue"

Sounds exactly like its title. Most summery song of 2007.

44. Les Savy Fav - "Patty Lee"

They still run this NY dance rock shit. This jumps.

43. !!! - "Heart of Hearts"

Makes me sweat just listening to it. Sweat sweat sweat?

42. Vampire Weekend - "Mansard Roof"

Ivy leaguers steal African beats, mostly live up to hype.

41. Feist - "1, 2, 3, 4"

Indie chicks and dude-bros alike sing along, so damn pretty.

40. Jay-Z - "Ignorant Shit (ft. Beanie Sigel)"

Black Album outtake still glorious, Blaze's beat and Jay's chorus kill.

39. Thomas Mayer - "Ueber Wiesen"

Happy Kompakt. The wet synths midway put it over the top.

38. Future of the Left - "Manchasm"

Andy Falkous writing lyrics again makes me really, really happy.

37. Kanye West - "Good Life (ft. T-Pain)"

The beat is summer Chicago and the Fiddy bite seals it.

36. Arcade Fire - "Keep the Car Running"

God, they're so melodramatic. Also, so good at being melodramatic.

35. Shellac - "The End of Radio"

Dirgy epic with Albini rambling. As awesome as that sounds.

34. Burial - "Archangel"

The most dramatic of Burial's ghostly, gauzy, barely danceable dubstep.

33. Roisin Murphy - "Overpowered (Kris Menace Remix)"

Is Kris Menace not actually French?!! Great song made better.

32. Hot Chip - "Shake A Fist"

Best thing they've done. Completely freaks out mid way through.

31. Chromatics - "Running Up That Hill"

Kate Bush cover yaaaay. This is so cold and gorgeous.

30. Radiohead - "Reckoner"

A Radiohead song with percussion this cool? Yeah, I'm down.

29. Caribou - "Melody Day"

Upbeat, rollicking (can I say rollicking?) psych single that soars.

28. Dizzee Rascal - "Where's Da G's (ft. UGK)"

The beat is sinister as hell, and Bun-B slays it.

27. Deerhunter - "Spring Hall Convert"

Rolls along and rolls along and I get completely lost.

26. White Williams - "New Violence"

A perfect new-wave song, I think. Interesting textures and rhythms.

25. Cut Copy - "Hears on Fire"

Huge, emotional 80s track I'm always happy to hear out.

24. Britney Spears - "Hot as Ice"

T-Pain's vocal arrangements on the chorus are pure pop gold.

23. Lil' Wayne - "Upgrade"

The connections that Weezy's brain makes are beyond mere mortals.

22. Partial Arts - "Trauermusik"

Usher and Pearson win Total 8 with totally engrossing techno track.

21. Ricardo Villalobos - "Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano"

Villalobos rules at repetition and rhythm. Plus, a sweet chant.

20. 50 Cent - "I Get Money"

Fiddy stomps on anything in his path and destroys cities.

19. DJ Khaled ft. Akon, T.I., Fat Joe, Birdman and Lil Wayne - "We Takin' Over"

Wayne's verse is the best of the year. Beat's hot too.

18. Liars - "Freak Out"

Liars do Jesus and Mary Chain, succeed pretty much completely.

17. Muscles - "Sweaty"

Over-earnest and excited Australian dances. "Peace, love, ecstasy, unity, respect."

16. R. Kelly - "I'm a Flirt (Remix ft. T.I. and T-Pain)"

Another Kells remix classic. His last verse is especially fun.

15. Times New Viking - "Teenage Lust!"

Super lo-fi garage conveys excitement like only lo-fi garage can.

14. Lil' Mama - "Lip Gloss"

"Novelty hit" tag is irrelevant. This is pure, glorious fun.

13. The Field - "The Little Heart Beats so Fast"

Dance floor or headphones, feel yourself totally enveloped by it.

12. Solomun & Stimming - "Feuervogel"

Long build, sweet strings, surprising brass, awesome, really dramatic techno.

11. Orillia Opry - "I Lied"

Our of nowhere sad, quiet indie that really got me.

10. Amerie - "Take Control"

"You got my soul on fire" at 2:46. So thrilling.

09. M.I.A. - "Paper Planes"

Chorus makes it the most fun party song of 2008.

08. Los Campesinos - "You! Me! Dancing!"

Guitar intro, then flailing, jumping, and other good clean fun.

07. Studio - "Out There"

Sprawling post-punk epic, kraut to dub midway through. Maciej overjoyed.

06. Grinderman - "No Pussy Blues"

Nick Cave can't get laid. Rocks the fuck out instead.

05. Rihanna - "Umbrella"

Blasting from every single car this summer. Eh eh eh.

04. UGK - "Int'l Players Anthem (ft. Outkast)"

Perfect themed posse cut with the perfect, surprisingly versatile, beat.

03. Gui Boratto - "Beautiful Life"

Made me ecstatic as a DJ this year. So happy.

02. Beyonce - "Get Me Bodied (Extended Version)"

"Do the scissor leg, touch your heel, touch your toes."

01. LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"

Dancing at Randall's Island. With (a lot of) my friends.

[DudeAsInCool]

Filter 27s 'Best Singles of 2007

A Night With Dick - The Dick Dickler EP // Max Trax

Art Of Tones - Praise // 20:20 Vision

Bloc Party - Where Is Home? (Burial Remix) // Wichita

Chymera - Wish EP // NRK

D-Pulse - Euphoria EP // Pro-tez

DeepChord - Vantage Isle // Echospace [Detroit]

DJ Koze - All The Time // Philpot

Henrik Schwarz - Walk Music // Mood Music

Jens Zimmermann - Tranquillite // K2

Jichael Mackson - ...Wasn't Me EP // Musique Risquee

Junior Boys - Dead Horse EP // Domino

Matthew Dear - Deserter // Ghostly International

Mudd - Spielplatz (Quiet Village Deep Space Remix) // Rong Music

Ovatow - X - Dub // SD Records

Partial Arts - Trauermusik // Kompakt

Randolph - Believer (Jazzanova Remixes) // Still Music

Pedro Madeira - Long Shadows // Buzzin' Fly

Quantec - Subsurface Structure EP // Echocord

Sasha - Coma // emFire

Serafin & Roman Bruderer - Mountain004 // Mountain People

Solomun & Stimming - Feuer & Eis EP // Diynamic

Substance & Vainqueur - Reverberation / Reverberate // Scion Versions

Sven Weisemann - Shade EP // Meanwhile

Underwold - Crocodile // Underworldlive/Different

[DudeAsInCool]

The Hardest Button To Button's "Top 100 Songs of 2007

100. ‘The Chills’ (Peter, Bjorn & John)

99. ‘Esmeralda’ (Speech)

98. ‘Sugar Mama’ (Beyonce)

97. ‘Atlas’ (Battles)

96. ‘Debbie’ (Architects in Helsinki)

95. ‘Dumb Animal’ (TV on the Radio)

94. ‘Innocence’ (Bjork)

93. ‘St. John’ (Cold War Kids)

92. ’Bound’ (Suzanne Vega)

91. ‘Crystal Cat’ (Dan Deacon)

90. ‘Minaret’ (John Vanderslice)

89. ‘Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)’ (Estelle)

88. ‘Rock Number One’ (Cassius)

87. ‘Electrik Boogie’ (Ursula 1000)

86. ‘Stronger’ (Kanye West)

85. ‘Plaster Casts of Everything’ (Liars):

84. ‘North American Scum’ (LCD Soundsystem)

83. ‘Take My Time’ (Junior Senior):

82. ‘Don’t You Evah’ (Spoon)

81. ‘Art of Story Telling Pt. 4’ (Outkast feat. Floetry)

80. ‘Yummy’ (Gwen Stefani)

79. ‘Listening Man’ (The Bees)

78. ‘How Come You Don’t Hold Me No More’ (Hot Puppies)

77. ‘Candyman’ (Christina Aguilera)

76. ‘Road to Recovery’ (Midnight Juggernauts)

75. ‘Barracuda’ (Miho Hatori)

74. ‘Earth Intruders’ (Bjork)

73. 'Not Yet’ (The Veils)

72. ‘Bluebells’ (Patrick Wolf)

71. ‘Publisher’ (Blonde Redhead)

70. ‘O Katrina’ (Black Lips)

69. ‘Behave’ (Charlotte Hatherley)

68. ‘Evergreen’ (Celebration)

67. ‘Dancing on Our Graves’ (The Cave Singers)

66. ‘Satan Said Dance’ (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)

65. ‘Catch You’ (Sophie Ellis Bextor)

64. ‘The Coolest’ (Lupe Fiasco)

63. ‘To the Dogs or Whoever’ (Josh Ritter)

62. ‘Patty Lee’ (Les Savy Lee)

61. ‘Not The Way That I Do’/ ‘Baby Makin’ Hips’ (Fantasia)

60.‘Paris is Burning’ (St. Vincent)

59. ‘Goody’ (Cecile): kitty kat perfection.

58. ‘Antichrist Television Blues’ (Arcade Fire)

57. ‘Flightless Bird, American Mouth’ (Iron & Wine)

56. ‘1234’ (Feist)

55. ‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’ (Radiohead)

54. ‘World Town’ (M.I.A)

53. ‘Melody Day’ (Caribou)

52.‘Flex’ (Dizzee Rascal)

51.‘Rehab’ (Amy Winehouse)

50. ‘None Shall Pass’ (Aesop Rock)

49.‘Never Seen Your Face’ (Bishi)

48. ‘Four Horsemen of 2012’ (Klaxons)

47. ‘Diss’ (Cat Call)

46.‘Handle Me’ (Robyn)

45. ‘Kiss Kiss Kiss’ (Yoko Ono)

44. ‘She’s A Rejecter’ (Of Montreal)

43. ‘The Equestrian’ (Les Savy Fav)

42.‘Beautiful Girls’ (Sean Kingston)

41. ‘Tame the Savage’ (Celebration): spins so gorgeously out of

40. ‘I Need You’ (Alicia Keys)

39. ‘Indestructible Life’ (Old Time Religion)

38. ’Yankee Go Home’ (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)

37. ‘I’d like To’ (Corrine Bailey Rae)

36. ‘Roc Boys (And the Winner Is…)’ (Jay Z)

35.‘The Fragile Army’ (Polyphonic Spree)

34. ‘Gronlandic Edit’ (Of Montreal)

33. ‘Violet Stars Happy Hunting’ (Janelle Monae)

32. ‘Wild Mountain Nation’ (Blitzen Trapper)

31.Map of the Problematique’ (Muse)

30.‘Hot Wuk’ (Mr. Vegas & Opal)

29. ‘Delirium’ (Rahsaan Patterson)

28. ‘Art Bitch’ (Cansei de ser sexy)

27. ‘Cobra style’ (Robyn)

26.‘Faberge Falls for Shuggie’ (Of Montreal)

25.‘Relax, Take It Easy’ (Mika)

24. ‘Skip Ghetto’ (Pop Levi)

23. ‘A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger’ (Of Montreal):

22. ‘D.A.N.C.E.’ (Justice):

21. ‘Kidz Are So Small’ (Deerhoof)

More to come...

[DudeAsInCool]

Fits & Starts Favorite 25 Songs of 2007

25) Death Love Depression Love Death - Malcolm Middleton

24) Annunciation Day/Born on Christmas Day - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

23) Neil Armstrong - The Dexateens

22) I Won't Lie to You - Let's Wrestle

21) Won't You Come Around - Polytechnic

20) Don't Let Me Down Again - Airport Girl

19) New Dark Ages - Bad Religion

18) No One's Gonna Love You - Band of Horses

17) Leaps - The Broken Family Band

16) We're Not Alone - Dinosaur Jr.

15) The Lesson of the Smiths - MJ Hibbett and the Validators

14) Cumberland Sound - Wrinkle Neck Mules

13) Show Your Hand - Super Furry Animals

12) Give Me Wine or Money - The Mekons

11) Capsized - Richmond Fontaine

10) Cigarettes and Apricots - Cloud Atlas

9) International Tweexcore Underground - Los Campesinos!

8) Our Velocity - Maximo Park

7) A Little More Time - John Doe

6) London Sky Tonight - The Bridge Gang

5) Fri./End - Thurston Moore

4) Falling In - Ha Ha Tonka

3) Posh Boys - The View

2) I Wish I Was in Husker Du - Let's Wrestle

1) Methamphetamine - Son Volt

[DudeAsInCool]

Independent Weekly's Top 35 Songs Of The Year (This is indie country - I sampled a few songs and was pleasantly surprised.)

Alina Simone, "Country of Two" Download now.

(54º40' or Fight!)

Birds of Avalon, "A Horse Called Dust" Download now.

(Volcom Entertainment)

Bowerbirds, "Dark Horse" Download now.

(Burly Time)

Bull City, "Game" Download now.

(Urban Myth)

Carolina Chocolate Drops, "Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind" Download now.

(Music Maker Relief Foundation)

The Cartridge Family, "American West" Download now.

(Doublenaught)

Dan Bryk, "Discount Store" Download now.

(Urban Myth)

DATAHATA, "Cartesian Vortices" Download now.

(FrequeNC Records)

David Karsten Daniels, "The Dream Before the Ring that Woke Me" Download now.

(Fat Cat)

Day Action Band, "Back of Your Car" Download now.

(Captain Cape)

Des Ark, "Lord of the Rings and His Fascist Timekeepers" Download now.

(Lovitt Records)

Double Negative, "Retro Abortion" Download now.

(No Way)

Feltbattery, "A House Finch" Download now.

(Migration Media)

Filthybird, "The Gospel of Truth (As Judas Told it to Me)" Download now.

(Red String Records)

The Future Kings of Nowhere, "I'm Still Waiting" Download now.

(307 Knox Records)

Hammer No More the Fingers, "O.R.G.Y." Download now.

(Power Team Records)

Hazerai, "This Night" Download now.

(Cape & Chalice)

Horseback, "Blood Fountain" Download now.

(Burly Time Records)

I Was Totally Destroying It, "Summer State" Download now.

(self-released)

Jeff Crawford, "Never Set in Stone" Download now.

(self-released)

Little Brother, "Good Clothes" Download now.

(ABB Records)

Megafaun, "Lazy Suicide" Download now.

(self-released, 2007; Table of the Elements/Radium, 2008)

Midtown Dickens, "A.M. Dial" Download now.

(307 Knox Records)

The Moaners, "When We're Dead and Gone" Download now.

(Yep Roc Records)

Nathan Oliver, "State Lines Pt.1" Download now.

(Pox World Empire)

The Nein, "Attitude and Mirrors" Download now.

(Sonic Unyon)

Patty Hurst Shifter, "Mr. Soul" Download now.

(Pants on Fire)

Red Collar, "Used Guitars" Download now.

(307 Knox/Power Team)

The Rosebuds, "Silja Line" Download now.

(Merge Records)

Schooner, "Carrboro" Download now.

(54º40' or Fight!)

Snatches of Pink, "Opposite of Horse" Download now.

(8th House Records)

Spider Bags, "Waking Up Drunk" Download now.

(Birdman)

Sweater Weather, "The Pains of Relocation" Download now.

(self-released)

Tooth, "Dogs of the Fight" Download now.

(Churchkey Records)

Two Dollar Pistols, "Nothing Left of Me" Download now.

(8th House Records)

[DudeAsInCool]

Just Give Me Indie Rock's Top 100 Songs of 2007

01) Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance Wth You

02) Art Brut - Direct Hit

03) Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee

04) Virgins - Rich Girls

05) Gruff Rhys - Gyrru, Gyrru, Gyrru

06) Future Of The Left - Small Bones Small Bodies

07) Field Music - Closer At Hand

08) Japanther - River Phoenix

09) Jens Lekman - The Opposite Of Hallelujah

10) Wombats - Backfire At The Disco

11) Von Sudenfed - The Rhinohead

12) Super Furry Animals - Neo Consumer

13) Lionheart Brothers - Hero Anthem

14) Pterodactyl - Astros

15) Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - If This Ain’t Love

16) Animal Collective - Winter Wonder Land

17) Battles - Ddiamondd

18) The Go Team - Doing It Right

19) Digitalism - Pogo

20) Dizzee Rascal – Pussyhole

21) 1990s - You're Supposed To Be My Friend

22) A Place to Bury Strangers - To Fix the Gash In Your Head

23) Aesop Rock - Bring Back Pluto

24) Andrew Bird - Heretics

25) Antelope - Wandering Ghost

26) Apostle Of Hustle - National Anthem Of Nowhere

27) Architecture In Helsinki - Heart It Races

28) Band Of Horses - Is There a Ghost

29) Big Face - Drink Juice Like

30) Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire - Joe Strummers Grave

31) Bishop Allen - Rain

32) Bjork - Declare Independence

33) Black Lips - Cold Hands

34) Black Moth Super Rainbow - They Live In The Meadow

35) Blood Red Shoes - It's Getting Boring By The Sea

36) Bombay Bicycle Club - The Hill

37) Bright Eyes - Four Winds

38) Clone Quartet - Carousel

39) Connan and the Moccasins - Sneaky Dog Friend

40) Cribs - Mens Needs

41) Cut Copy - So Haunted

42) Deerhoof - 81

43) Detroit Cobras - Leave My Kitten alone

44) Devendra Banhart - Tonada Yanomaminista

45) Dr.Dog - Worst Trip

46) Elle S'apple - Little Flame

47) Enon - Peace Of Mind

48) Envelopes - I Like To C U

49) Euros Childs - Bore Da

50) The Fall - Reformation

51) Figurines - Bee Dee

52) Film School - Letric

53) Foals - Hummer

54) Four or Five Magicians - Forever on the Edge

55) Fujiya & Miyagi - Uh

56) The Futureheads - Broke Up The Time

57) Grinderman - Honey Bee

58) Hot Chip - Shake A Fist

59) Infesticons - God Bless The Infesticons

60) Justice - Dance

61) King Khan & His Shrines - No Regrets

62) Lcd Soundsystem - Time To Get Away

63) Liars - Plaster Casts Of Everything

64) Love Like Fire - Unlighted Shadow

65) The Loyal Trooper - Nothing To Say

66) Mat and Kim - Yeah Yeah Yeah

67) Mistys Big Adventure - I Can't Bring The Time Back

68) Modest Mouse - Florida

69) MSTRKRFT - Work On You

70) No Age - Everybody’s Down

71) Office - The Big Bang Jump

72) Wry - Sister

73) Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - This Love Is Fucking Right

74) Parts and Labor - Fractured Sky’s

75) Pinback - From Nothing to Nowhere

76) Plugs - That Number

77) Popular Workshop - Channels

78) Pre - Drool

79) Prefuse 73 - Smoking Red Featuring: John Stanier

80) Radiohead - Bodysnatchers

81) The Raveonettes - Aly Walk With Me

82) Relay - Driver

83) The Shins - Split Needles

84) Sky Larkin - Summit

85) Spotlight Kid - Million Ways

86) Stop Starts - Dimondless

87) Stranger Son Of Wb - Hot Bannana Wave

88) Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - A Bottle Of Buckie

89) These New Puritans - C16

90) They Might Be Giants - Take Out The Trash

91) Tiny Master Of Today - Hologram World

92) Vampire Weekend - Cape God Kwassa Kwassa

93) Voxtrot - Kid Gloves

94) We Are Wolves - Fight & Kiss

95) White Denim - Darksided Computer Mouth

96) White Rabbits - Kid on My Shoulders

97) White Williams - New Violence

98) Yacht - It’s Coming To Get You

99) Yeasayer - Sunrise

100) The Young Knives - Terra Firma

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Ka-Blam!s Top 50 Songs of 2007

1. LCD Soundsystem – All my friends

2 Panda Bear – Bros

3 Justice – Waters of Nazareth

4 Bon Iver - Stacks

5 Alberta Cross – Low Man

6 Sunset Rubdown – The taming of the hands that came back to life

7 Great Lake Swimmers - Your Rocky Spine

8 Man Man - I'd Rather Go Blind

9 Timbaland – The Way I Are

10 Lavender Diamond – Imagine Our Love

11 James Blackshaw – Running to the Ghost

12 New Young Pony Club - The Get Go

13 Kanye West – Stronger

14 Animal Collective – Fireworks

15 Feist – 1234

16 Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance

17 Ratatat – Party N’ Bullshit

18 Bikeride - And We Will Come Back As Dogs

19 Of Montreal – She’s a Rejecter

20 Tickley Feather – Natural

21 Glass Candy – Rolling down the hills

22 Radiohead – All I need

23 Cocorosie - werewolf

24 Spoon – Cherry Bomb

25 Night Canopy – Boom It’s Spring

26 The Hours – Ali In the Jungle

27 Pelican – Winds with Hands

28 Black Moth Superainbow – Forever heavy

29 Explosions in the Sky - Welcome Ghosts

30 Blitzen Trapper – Wild Mountain Nation

31 Iron and Wine – Lovesong of the Buzzard

32 Kings of Leon – Ragoo

33 Tobias Cummings – Sunny disposition

34 Black Nasty - HiV

35 Handsome Furs – What We Had

36 The Rosebuds – Cemetary Lawns

37 liars - Sailing to Byzantium

38 Jim James – Going to Acapulco

39 Interpol – Pace is the trick

40 Jose Gonzalez - Cycling Trivialities

41 Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running

42 New Buffalo - You've Gone My Friend

43 Electrelane - To the East

44 The National - Fake Empire

45 Deer Tick - Art is not Real

46 Camera Obscura - Alaska

47 Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

48 Cheeseburger – Tiger

49 Wilco – Impossible Germany

50 Bikeride - Destinitus

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PlayLouder's Top 15 Singles of 2007

1. The Bird and The Bee "Fucking Boyfriend"

2. Modernaire "Velvet Never Dries"

3. Sophie Ellis-Bextor "Catch You"

4. Timbaland "The Way I Are"

5. Voxtrot "Firecracker"

6. Girls Aloud "Sexy No No No"

7. Simian Mobile Disco "Hustler"

8. Mika "Grace Kelly"

9. Johnny Trunk & Wisbey "Ladies Bras"

10. Klaxons "Golden Skans"

11. Maximo Park "Our Velocity"

12. Dizzee Rascal "Sirens"

13. The Black Ghosts "Any Way You Choose To Give It"

14. Bjork "Earth Intruders"

15. Soulsavers "Revival"