Perfect Sounds: 2007

Albums:

2007-01-07T14:40:00.000-08:00

Arcade Fire: Neon Bible (Merge)
Against Me!: New Wave (Sire Records)
Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Shamokin'!!! (Hot Cup/CD Baby)
Miranda Labert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Sony)
M.I.A.: Kala (XL)
Assif Tsahar/Cooper-Moore/Chad Taylor: Digital Primitives (Hopscotch)
(((Powerhouse Sound))): Oslo/Chicago: (((Breaks))) (Atavistic)
Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends (French Kiss)
Fountains of Wayne: Traffic and Weather (Virgin)
Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta (Cargo)
Youssou N'Dour: Rokku Mi Rakka (Give and Take) (Nonesuch)
Adam Lane/Ken Vandermark/Markus Broo/Paal Nilssen-Love: 4 Corners (Clean Feed)
Rilo Kiley: Under the Blacklight (Warner Bros.)
Fanfare Ciocarlia: Queens and Kings (Asphalt Tango)
Lil' Wayne: Da Drought 3 & The Carter 3 (can't be bothered to separate the two)
Billy Bang Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe: Above & Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids (Justin Time)
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: From the River to the Ocean (Thrill Jockey)
Tyshawn Sorey Quartet: That/Not (Firehouse 12)
Burial: Untrue (Cargo)
Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)
Los Campesinos!: Sticking Fingers Into Sockets (Arts & Crafts)
Cool Kids: Totally Flossed Out (Fools Gold/Web)
Matthew Shipp: Piano Vortex (AUM Fidelity, Blue Series)
No Age: Wierdo Rippers (Fatcat)
Logan Richardson: Cerebral Flow (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Matt Lavelle Trio: Spiritual Power (Silkheart)
Sonic Openings Under Pressure: Muhheankuntuk (Clean Feed)
Blitzen Trapper: Wild Mountain Nation (LidKerCow/Iris)
Kanye West: Graduation (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)
Happy Apple: Happy Apple Back on Top (Sunnyside)
Jill Scott: The Real Thing (Hidden Beach)
David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation (AUM Fidelity)
The Oohlas: Best Stop Pop (Stolen Transmission, 2006)
Sloan: Never Hear The End of It (Yep Roc Records)
Kahil El'Zabar's Infinity Orchestra: Transmigration (Delmark)
Art Brut: It’s a Bit Complicated (Downtown)
Vampire Weekend: EP (None/XL)
Pisssed Jeans: Hope for Men (Sub Pop)
Gostface: Big Doe Rehab (Def Jam)
Bright Eyes: Cassadaga (Saddle Creek)
Lucinda Williams: West (Lost Highway)
Maroon 5: It Won't Be Soon Before Long (A&M)
Apples in Stereo: New Magnetic Wonder (Yep Roc Records)
Lori McKenna: Unglamorous (Warner Bros./WEA)
Okkervil River: Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe (Jagjaguwar)
Various Artists: Hyphy Hitz (TVT)
William Parker's Raining on the Moon: Corn Meal Dance (AUM Fidelity)
David Murray Black Saint Quartet: Sacred Ground (Justin Time)
Buck 65: Situation (Warner)
Jewels and Binoculars: Ships With Tattood Sails (Upshot)
Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals (We Are Free)
Roisin Murphy: Overpowered (EMI)
Manu Chao: La Radiolina (Nacional/Because)
Common: Finding Forever (Geffen)
Pharoahe Monch: Desire (Universal Motown Records)
Imperial Teen: The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band (Merge)
White Stripes: Icky Thump (Warner)
Future of the Left: Curses (Too Pure)
The Claudia Quintet: For (Cuneiform)

Some records still pending (or 6+/7- grades).

Last update: Nov./2008

Singles/Songs:

2007-01-07T01:30:00.000-08:00

Arcade Fire: "Keep the Cars Running" (Merge)
Against Me!: "White People for Peace" (Sire Records)
Gogol Bordello: "Ultimate" (Cargo)
Spoon: "Underdog" (Merge)
Miranda Lambert: "Famous in a Small Town" (Sony)
M.I.A.: "Jimmy" (XL)
Cool Kids: "88" (Fools Gold)
Fountains of Wayne: "Someone to Love" (Virgin)
Rihanna: "Umbrella" (Def Jam)
Roisin Murphy: "Let Me Know" (EMI)
Britney Spears: "Piece of Me" (Sony)
Maroon 5: "Won't Go Home Without You" (A&M)
Dude 'n Nem: "Watch My Feet" (TVT)
Vampire Weekend: "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" (XL)
Battles: "Atlas" (Warp)
Art Brut: "People in Love" (Downtown)
David S. Ware: "Ganesh Sound" (Aum Fidelity)
Tegan and Sara: "Back in Your Head" (Sire)
LCD Soundsystem: "North American Scum" (Capitol)
Lil' Mama: "Lip Gloss"
Fucked Up: "Year of the Pig "(What's Your Rupture?)
Pissed Jeans: "People Person" (Sub Pop)
Lil' Wayne: "Something You Forgot" (Mixtape)
Aly & Aj: "Blush" (Hollywood/Universal)
Modest Mouse: "Dashboard" (Epic)
Les Savy Fav: "Patty Lee" (French Kiss)
Ghostface: "Walk Around" (Def Jam)
Lori McKenna: "Your Next Lover" (Warner Bros.)
No Age: "Everybody's Down" (Fat Cat)
Kanye West: "Champion" (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)
Natasha Bedingfield: "I Wanna Have Your Babies" (RCA)
Okkervil River: "Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe" (Jagjaguwar)
Brad Paisley: "Ticks" (Arista)
Kanye West: "Champion" (Def Jam)
Natasha: "Hey Hey Hey" (Jive)
UGK f/Outkast “International Player’s Anthem” (Rap-A-Lot)
Yo Majesty: "Club Action" (Out There Recordings)
Justice: "D. A. N. C. E." (Ed Banger)
R. Kelly: "I'm a Flirt" ft. T.I. & T. Pain (Jive)
Mouthful of Bees: "The Now" (Afternoon Records)
The Noisettes: "Don't Give Up" (Universal/Motown)

Reissues/Vault:

2007-01-01T11:56:00.000-08:00

Culture: Two Sevens Clash (30th Anniversary Edition) (1977, Shanachie)
Pere Ubu: The Tenement Year (1988/2007, Mercury)
Pere Ubu: Cloudland (1989/2007, Mercury)
Thelonious Monk Trio: Thelonious Monk Trio (1952-54, Prestige)
Charlie Mingus: Tijuana Moods (1957, RCA Victor/Legacy)
Tabu Ley Rochereau: The Voice of Light (Stern's Africa)
Alber Ayler: The Hilversum Sessions (ESP)
Pylon: Gyrate Plus
Forster/McLennan: Intermission - The Best Of The Solo Recordings 1990-1997 (2CD) (Beggars Banquet)
Ornette Coleman: To Whom Who Keeps a Record (1959-60/2007, Water)
The Sly & the Family Stone: various reissues (1967-74/2007, Epic/Legacy)
Andrew Hill: Compulsion (1965, Blue Note)
Booker Ervin: The Freedom Book (1963, Prestige)
Charles Mingus w. Eric Dolphy: Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)