Announcers' Fave Music 2007
| Rock |
ROCK
| Anthony Gallo You! Me! Dancing! (Mondays 0100-0300) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| 10.justice | cross | ed banger | |
| 9.broken social scene presents kevin drew | spirit if... | arts & crafts | |
| 8.jens lekman | night falls over kortedala | secretly canadian | |
| 7.the besnard lakes | the besnard lakes are the dark horse | jagjaguwar | |
| 6.wilco | sky blue sky | nonesuch | |
| 5.lcd soundsystem | sound of silver | DFA | |
| 4.the national | boxer | beggar's banquet | |
| 3. spoon | ga ga ga ga ga | merge | |
| 2.animal collective | strawberry jam | domino | |
| 1.okkervil river | the stage names | jagjaguwar | |
| James Fishwick Rock Sub (Mondays 0100-0300) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| 1. Daft Punk | Alive 2007 | Virgin | |
| 2. The Field: | From Here We Go Sublime | Kompact | |
| 3. Dirty Projectors | Rise Above | Dead Oceans | |
| 4. A Place To Bury Strangers | S/T | Killer Pimp | |
| 5. Chromatics | Night Drive | Italians Do It Better | |
| 6. Gui Barratto | Chromophobia | Kompact | |
| 7. Robert Wyatt | Comic Opera | Comicopera | |
| 8. Starts of the Lid | And Their Refinement of the Decline | Kranky | |
| 9. Of Montreal | Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? | Polyvinyl | |
| 10. Matthew Dear | Asa Breed | Ghostly International | |
| 11. MIA | Kala | XL | |
| 12. Kanye West | Graduation | Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam | |
| Sarah D'Adamo/ DJ Danger Dimples Concentric Squares (Mondays 1400-1600) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| Bill callahan | woke on a whaleheart | Drag city | |
| Lcd soundsystem | sound of silver | Dfa | |
| Amy winehouse | back to black | republic | |
| panda bear | person pitch | paw tracks | |
| spoon | ga ga ga ga ga | merge | |
| odd nosdam | level live wires | anticon | |
| jens lekman | night falls over kortedala | secretly canadian | |
| do make say think | you, you're a history in rust | constellation | |
| gonzales | solo piano (reissue) | no format! | |
| dirty projectors | rise above | dead oceans | |
| John Ruscher/DJ Lincoln Doolittle Concentric Squares (Mondays 1400-1600) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| Au Revoir Simone | The Bird of Music | Our Secret | 10 |
| Various Artists | Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration | Stax | 9 |
| Meg Baird | Dear Companion | Drag City | 8 |
| Jens Lekman | Night Falls Over Kortedala | Secretly Canadian | 7 |
| Marnie Stern | In Advance of the Broken Arm | Kill Rock Stars | 6 |
| Of Montreal | Hissing Fauna, are you the Destroyer? | Polyvinyl | 5 |
| Menomena | Friend & Foe | Barsuk | 4 |
| Panda Bear | Person Pitch | Paw Tracks | 3 |
| LCD Soundsystem | The Sound of Silver | DFA | 2 |
| Cass McCombs | Dropping The Writ | Domino | 1 |
| Elizabeth Tenney Please Like Me, OK (Mondays 2300-0100) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| The Gunshy | There's No Love in this War | Latest Flame | Starting with top 1 and working down... |
| Menomena | Friend and Foe | Barsuk | |
| Thurston Moore | Trees Outside the Academy | Ecstatic Peace! | |
| Mother Mother | Touch Up | Last Gang | |
| Rock Plaza Central | Are We Not Horses | Yep Roc | |
| Bonde do Role | With Lasers | Domino | |
| Modest Mouse | We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank | Epic | |
| Arcade Fire | Neon Bible | Merge | |
| Great White Jenkins | Mussel Souls | Self-Released | |
| Nekrolog | 7 Minutes in Heaven with Nekrolog EP | Self-Released | |
| Matt Pysher Please Like Me, OK? (Mondays 2300-0100) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| 1. A Faulty Chromosome | A Faulty Chromosome | Self-Released | |
| 2. Deerhunter | Cryptograms/Fluorescent Grey | Kranky | |
| 3. Menomena | Friend and Foe | Barsuk | |
| 4. Grinderman | Grinderman | Anti | |
| 5. Thurston Moore | Trees Outside the Academy | Ecstatic Peace | |
| 6. A Place to Bury Strangers | A Place to Bury Strangers | Killer Pimp | |
| 7. The Gunshy | There's No Love in This War | Latest Flame | |
| 8. Mother Mother | Touch Up | Last Gang | |
| 9. Modest Mouse | We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank | Epic | |
| 10. Mystery of Two | Arrows Are All You Know | Exit Stencil Recordings | |
| Dante The Loving Sounds of Static (Tuesdays 0100-0300) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| 1.Battles | Mirrored | Warp | Complex, inspiring, no-nonsense math-rock that'll leave your brain dry-iced, then shattered on the floor. |
| 2. Holy Fuck | LP | Young Turks | Holy f*ck. |
| 3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Baby 81 | RCA | A comeback record after their disappointing Howl, these guys and their garage-rock homage to original badass Marlon Brando still electrify |
| 4. Octopus Project | Hello, Avalanche | Peek-A-Boo | Intelligent but not cerebral, poppy but not saccharine, this disc blips and strips its way into all auditory receptacles |
| 5. Mise en Abyme | Do You Hear The Hum | Marriage | Quirky and dirty, bouncy and thuddy, this is the eerily good electropop record that should grace everyone's home stereo. Oh yeah, and excellent cover art. |
| 6.Of Montreal | Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? | Polyvinyl | Hopped up on synths, an emotional rollercoaster full of highs, lows, and copious beats that doesn't lose its charm after repeated listens |
| 7. Simian Mobile Disco | Attack Decay Sustain Release | Wichita | If you're not dancing to "Hustler", you might as well not be dancing |
| 8. Xbxrx | Wars | Polyvinyl | I missed seeing this noisy band and tasting their wonderfully chaotic casserole of sound when they played at my college several years back, and listening to this album makes me regret it big time |
| 9.Elliott Smith | New Moon | Kill Rock Stars | Posthumous release does invaluable justice to a beautiful music career cut short by suicide </end headline-speak |
| 10.The Bad Plus | Prog | Heads Up | The heroes of new jazz: this band's covers of David Bowie and Echo and the Bunnymen, as well as their original compositions, are deserving of many laurels and heaping amounts of praise. |
| Bobby Renz The Loving Sounds of Static (Tuesdays 0100-0300) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| 1. LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver | DFA | |
| 2. M.I.A. | Kala | Interscope | |
| 3. Dan Deacon | Spiderman of the Rings | Carpark | |
| 4. The Field | From Here We Go Sublime | Kompakt | |
| 5. Jens Lekman | Night Falls Over Kortedala | Secretly Canadian | |
| 6. Panda Bear | Person Pitch | Paw Tracks | |
| 7. No Age | Weirdo Rippers | Fat Cat | |
| 8. 60 Watt Kid | S/T | Absolutely Kosher | |
| 9. Burial | Untrue | Hyperdub | |
| 10. The National | Boxer | Beggar's Banquet | |
| Jeff Carlin Can't Say I've Heard It (Tuesdays 1400-1600) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| Battles | Mirrored | Warp | |
| Jana Hunter | There's No Home | Gnomonsong | |
| Boris w/ Michio Kurihara | Rainbow | Drag City | |
| Yo La Tengo | I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass | Matador | |
| Tunng | Good Arrows | Thrill Jockey | |
| Menomena | Friend and Foe | Barsuk | |
| Castanets | In the Vines | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| Akron/Family | Love is Simple | Young God | |
| The Ants | Ideabreaker | Sick Room | |
| Howard Hello/Greenness | split | Sick Room | |
| Pelican | City of Echoes | Hydra Head | |
| Timothy J. Conlon Can't Say I've Heard It (Tuesdays 1400-1600) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| 10) Two Loons For Tea | Nine Lucid Dreams | Sarathan | |
| 9) Wussy | Left For Dead | Shake It | |
| 8) Trans Am | Sex Change | Thrill Jockey | |
| 7) Piano Magic | Part Monster | Important | |
| 6) Arcade Fire | Neon Bible | Merge | |
| 5) Cat-A-Tac | Past Lies & Former Lives | Needlepoint | |
| 4) Soft Location | Diamonds & Gems | Muddy Mittens | |
| 3) Blonde Redhead | 23 | 4AD | |
| 2) Wedge | Heavensville | Harmonium | |
| 1) The National | Boxer | Beggar's Banquet | |
| Paul Brewer / DJ M Bison Street Fightaz (Tuesdays 2300-0100) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| battles | mirrored | warp | |
| dirty projectors | rise above | dead oceans | |
| dan deacon | spiderman of the rings | carpark | |
| lcd soundsystem | sound of silver | DFA | |
| m.i.a. | Kala | XL | |
| of montreal | hissing fauna, are you the destroyer | polyvinyl | |
| caribou | andorra | merge | |
| akron/family | love is simple | young god | |
| telephone jim jesus | anywhere out of the everything | anticon | |
| sharon jones and the dap kings | 100 days, 100 nights | daptone | |
| Amy The Hypnogogic State (Tuesdays 2300-0100) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| Of Montreal | Hissing Fauna Are You The Destroyer | Polyvinyl | |
| !!! | Myth Takes | Warp | |
| Les Savy Fav | Let's Stay Friends | French Kiss | |
| Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga | Merge | |
| The Somnambulants | Paper Trail | Merge | |
| John Vanderslice | Emerald City | Barsuk | |
| The Octopus Project | Hello, Avalanche | Peek-A-Boo | |
| Enon | Grass Geysers . . . Carbon Clouds | Touch and Go | |
| Trans Am | Sex Change | Thrill Jockey | |
| Battles | Mirrored | Warp | |
| Dominic J. DeVito (DJ Baconfat) Pure Easy Listening (Wednesdays 1400-1600) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver | DFA | |
| Jens Lekman | Night Falls Over Kortedala | Secretly Canadian | |
| Lavender Diamond | Imagine Our Love | Matador | |
| The Field | From Here We Go Sublime | Kompakt | |
| Ringfinger | Decimal | Little Black Cloud | |
| Drug Rug | Drug Rug | Black And Greene | |
| The Fiery Furnaces | Widow City | Thrill Jockey | |
| B. Fleischmann | Melancholie / Sendestraße - Two Concerts | Sound Of A Handshake | |
| Sorcerer | White Magic | Tirk | |
| Fridge | The Sun | Temporary Residence | |
| DJ Poubelle Radio Freedonia (Wednesdays 2300-0100) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| Christy & Emily | Gueen's Head | The Social Registry | Was it all a dream? |
| Mikrofiche | "The Kids Are All Shite" (demo) | self-released | "Coldplay, Keane, and Kaiser Chiefs/ Kasabian, Jet, and Razorlight/ Kings of Leon, Dead 60s/ The kids are all shite!" |
| Peel | "Oxford" b/w "In the City" from Peel | Peek-A-Boo Industries | Not a single; should have been. The windows-down, pop-rock rush of the year. |
| Claire & the Reasons | "Pluto" from The Movie | Frog Stand | The gorgeous leadoff track is this year's "I Only Have Eyes For You" |
| Sloan | Never Hear the End Of It | Yep Roc | Halifax power-popsters left for dead return to show the kids how it's done. Only a third of the songs are great, but there are thirty songs on this puppy. |
| Western States Motel | Western States Motel | Firebird Field | Low-key, mid-tempo collection evoking Neil Young on Prozac and ProTools |
| The Teeth | Live at Starr Hill and the Satellite Ballroom (two different concerts) | They're on Park the Van Records presently | Philly quartet features David Crosby, Roscoe Tanner look-alikes and rocks the hell out. |
| A bunch of bands from Roanoke | Whatever they put out on their label | Magic Twig Community is the name of the label. | The Magic Twig Community bands - Young Sinclairs, Sad Cobras, Sun King, Yeah Propeller, Boys Lie - are doing it for themselves, and God bless them for it. |
| Gonzales | Solo Piano Music (reissue from 2005) | No Format | Erik Satie, if he had gotten to listen to Bill Evans. The misty day album of the year. In fact it creates mist. |
| Sly & the Family Stone | Stand!, There's a Riot Going On, Fresh (reissues from 1969-1973) | Epic | If they reissue them again next year, they go in the top ten again. |
| Jordan Taylor/DJ Helvidious Radio Freedonia (Wednesdays 2300-0100) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| Panda Bear | Person Pitch | Paw Tracks | Not the first four minutes, or the last, but the middle 4 mins. |
| Tunng | Good Arrows | Thrill Jockey | Freedonia fav goes big with boy-girl harmonies. still fostering a big boy crush |
| Grinderman | Grinderman | Anti- | "I played the guitar by the hour/ I petted her vile little chihuahua" |
| Shocking Pinks | Shocking Pinks | DFA | Flying Nun + DFA |
| Bill Callhan | Woke on a Whaleheart | Drag City | can now use words like "searing" and "hypnotic" unironically |
| Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators | Keep Reachin' Up | Light in the Attic | Winehouse, Sharon Jones, et al should move over |
| Bowerbirds | Hymns for a Dark Horse | Burly Time | the best Rosebuds album ever |
| PJ Harvey | White Chalk | Island | one of the best Cat Power Records ever |
| Christy & Emily | The Gueen's Head | Social Register | just dreamy |
| Low | Drums and Guns | Sub Pop | almost forgot the best total album from these long-running slowcore doyens |
| Pylon | Gyrate (reissue) | DFA | everything is cool |
| Matthew Carry The Zero (Thursdays 1400-1600) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| Battles | Mirrored | warp | rock. seriously. |
| Liars | Liars | mute | catchy tunes from the Liars? yes please |
| Radiohead | In Rainbows | w.a.s.t.e. | living up to the hype. i can't remember an album that i was listening to that i knew thousands of others were listening to since Thriller. Does that make me old? |
| Budos Band | II | daptone | short funky afrobeat songs? it's like jam concentrate. Mmmmm Mmmm |
| Black Moth Super Rainbow | Dandelion Gum | graveface | i was trying to figure out what the best sonf on this album was and i picked the whole thing |
| Fujiya and Miyagi | Transparent Things | tirk | you can't argue with fun. don't even try. |
| Artanker Convoy | Cozy Endings | the social registry | i got a caller who asked to "play something cool" once and i played the track Black Dauphin. I got 3 calls that song thanking me for making the nasty July weather a bit nicer for them. |
| Panda Bear | Person Pitch | paw tracks | from the announcer that brought you the Animal Collective Rock Marathon show. thank you Noah. |
| LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver | DFA | i dare you to sit still listening to this |
| The Shins | Wincing the Night Away | subpop | the vocals of this band own me. |
| Boris with Michio Kurihara | Rainbow | drag city | was this really released in 2006? well, i LOVED it in 2007. AMAZING live show as well. |
| Danny Shea Carry the Zero (Thursdays 1400-1600) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| Battles | Mirrored | Warp | |
| Caribou | Andorra | Merge | |
| Panda Bear | Person Pitch | Paw Tracks | |
| Band Of Bees | Octopus | Astralwerks | |
| Liars | S/T | Mute | |
| Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Daptone | |
| Bobby Conn | King For a Day | Thrill Jockey | |
| Budos Band | Budos Band II | Daptone | |
| Grinderman | S/t | Anti | |
| Akron/Family | Love Is Simple | Young God | |
| Oakley Hall | I Will Follow You | Merge | |
| Evan Cunningham / DJ Toolshed Oogum Boogum (Saturdays 0100-0300) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| 1. UGK ft. Outkast | Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) | Zomba | Single |
| 2. Matt & Kim | Yea Yeah (Flosstradamus Remix) | - | Single |
| 3. Santogold | You'll Find a Way (Switch & Sinden Remix) | - | Single |
| 4. Kid Sister | Pro Nails | Fool's Gold | Single |
| 5. Jay Z | Roc Boys | Roc-A-Fella | Single |
| 6. Muscles | Ice Cream | Modular | Single |
| 7. Feist | 1234 | Cherrytree | Single |
| 8. Daniel Rossen | Too Little, Too Late | Warp | Single |
| 9. Klaxons | Gravity's Rainbow (Soulwax Remix) | Polydor | Single |
| 10. Chromeo | Fancy Footwork | Vice | Single |
| 1. Lil Wayne | Da Drought III | Young Money | Album |
| 2. MIA | Kala | XL | Album |
| 3. Christy and Emily | Gueen's Head | The Social Registry | Album |
| 4. Dan Deacon | Spiderman of the Rings | Carpark | Album |
| 5. Beirut | Flying Club Cup | 4AD | Album |
| 6. Muscles | Guns, Babes, Lemonade | Modular | Album |
| 7. Cool Kids | Totally Flossed Out EP | C.A.K.E. | Album |
| 8. Spank Rock and Benny Blanco | Bangers and Cash EP | Downtown | Album |
| 9. Bonde do Role | With Lasers | Mad Decent | Album |
| 10. Chromatics | Night Drive | Italians Do It Better | Album |
| Larry Minnick Sleepy Strange (Saturdays 2300-0100) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| Band of Horses | Cease To Begin | Sub Pop | |
| Arcade Fire | Neon Bible | Merge | |
| New Pornographers | Challengers | Matador | |
| Most Serene Republic | Population | Arts & Crafts | |
| Kevin Drew | Spirit If | Arts & Crafts | |
| Caribou | Andorra | Merge | |
| Japancakes | Giving Machines | Darla | |
| Okkervil River | Stage Names | Jagjaguwar | |
| The Sadies | New Seasons | Yep Rock | |
| Avett Brothers | Emotionalism | Ramseur | |
| Don Harrison Radio Wowsville (Sundays 2300-0100) | |||
| Artist | Album | Label | Comments |
| Band of Bees | Octopus | Astralwerks | |
| Iron & Wine | The Shepherd's Dog | Sub Pop | |
| Swamp Dogg | Resurrection | S.D.E.G. | |
| The New Pornographers | Challengers | Matador | |
| Amy Winehouse | Back to Black | Republic | |
| Black Moth Super Rainbow | Dandelion Gum | Graveface/Southern | |
| Michael Hurley | The Ancestral Swamp | Gnomonsong | |
| Arcade Fire | Neon Bible | Merge | |
| Lily Allen | Alright, Still | Capitol | |
| The Who Boys | The Good, the Bad & The Who Boys | (Whoboys.com) | |
