venus' BEST MUSIC OF 2007 in alpha order
- !!!: Myth Takes - Warp ~ MAN i wish i would've seen these guys live!
Arrested Development: Since the Last Time - Vagabond ~ SOOOO glad Speech and co. are back! Band of Horses: Cease to Exist - Subpop ~ music that automatically makes me feel like it's a sunny day, even when they're singing about love and loss. Battles: Mirrored - Warp ~ brilliant. almost about as close as seeing the Bays live, i think. The Budos Band: II - Daptone ~ funky as hell, fantastic, and all live, baby. Clutchy Hopkins: The Life of Clutchy Hopkins - Ubiquity ~ shawn lee's genius alter ego, and dare i say, even more brilliant. Fujiya and Miyagi: Transparent Things - Deaf Dumb & Blind ~ three guys on db's (of Breakbeat Science fame) label. electronic and original. Grand National: A Drink & A Quick Decision - Recall ~ oh sh&* these guys are fantastic.Karizma: A Mind of Its Own - !K7 ~ just when i thought i had lost hope in dance music... Kenna: Make Sure They See My Face - Interscope/Star Trax ~ made this jaded music lover believe again. hell, it made me LOVE AGAIN. Long Range: Madness and Me - Beat ~ a little bit o' ORBITAL brilliance. love it. Mark Ronson: Versions - RCA~ he's talented, young, and has a helluva band.Meat Puppets: Rise to Your Knees - Anodyne ~ welcome baaaaaaaaaack! Motor: Unhuman - Mute ~ oh, SHIT. Paul Hartnoll: The Ideal Condition - ACP ~ absolutely lovely. now, how about a license agreement for virgin america? Soulsavers: It's Not How Far You Fall, It's How You Land - Columbia ~ i swear to g.d it's MARK LANEGAN of screaming trees and oh my g.d it's good! Tom Middleton: Lifetracks - Six Degrees ~ the brains of inland knights with an album that is close to perfection. Ungdomskulen: Cry-Baby - Ever ~ hands down, the BEST CMJ SHOW this year. you could hear everyone concur outside the venue after the show. Various Artists: Waveform Transmissions Vol. 1 - Waveform ~ welcome back, forest and WAVEFORM! g.d i missed you! VHS or Beta: Bring on the Comets - Astralwerks ~ just cos they're at the end of the alphabet doesn't mean they are any less good.
VERY HONOURABLE mentions go out to two dance music veterans who i am SO glad still put out new records: Chemical Brothers: We Are The Night - Astralwerks Underworld: Oblivion with Bells - ATO
Music i wish i had heard before 2007 Dirt Nap: Love Songs for Short Term Friends - Anodyne Elliott Smith: New Moon - Kill Rock Stars
Yeah man, Clutchy Hopkins makes some DOPE music. His backstory is too crazy...living in a cave in the California desert? There's gotta be something behind all this. I started a blog to keep track of all the info about Clutchy and try to dig up the truth. If you have any clues, hit me up at clutchyhopkins.blogspot.com. Word.
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