Insound.comsTop Ten of 2007

[MattSuspect]

So I don't have one of these albums, any other indie nerds want to comment?

I. The XYZ Affair - A Few More Published Studies - unabashed power pop at its finest.

II. The New Pornographers - Challengers - less bubblegum, more melancholy.

III. Monomen - Monomen - “Drums of Glass” is the best song we’ve heard in months.

IV. Justice - Cross - this is what electro-dance should’ve been like all along.

V. Ra Ra Riot - Ra Ra Riot - clearly this is pretty perfect “croon” pop.

VI. Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart - the smog clears up.

VII. A Band of Bees - Octopus - thoroughly enjoyable throwback melodies.

VIII. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters - ambient-emo-Scot-rock.

IX. The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear - a love letter to Goth.

X. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond - Barlow and Mascis make up.