Neal Morse- The Door

and nothing else is even close.

Spoon - The Underdog
Rilo Kiley - 15

The White Stripes: Catch Hell Blues
Queens of the Stone Age: I'm Designer
The Hives: Tick, Tick, Boom

Off the top of my brain (1 per artist/band):

Panda Bear - Bros
Animal Collective - Tikwid
Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque Animal
Besnard Lakes - Disaster
Wilco - Either Way
Andrew Bird - Fiery Crash
Menomena - Rotten Hell
The Shins - Phantom Limb

My own personal selections...

Of Montreal - Suffer for Fashion
Deerhoof - Choco Fight
The Good, The Bad and the Queen - Northern Whale
Bloc Party - The Prayer
!!! - All My Heroes Are Weirdos
Bright Eyes - Four Winds
Modest Mouse - Florida
Queens of the Stone Age - Sick, Sick, Sick
The White Stripes - Rag and Bone
The Polyphonic Spree - Section 22 (Running Away)
Tegan and Sara - The Con
Kanye West - Big Brother

In twos:

The Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
The Arcade Fire - My Body is a Cage
Feist - The Park
Feist - 1234
Dear Leader - Father Baker
Dear Leader - Nightmare Alleys
Modest Mouse - Spitting Venom
Modest Mouse - Little Motel
Elliott Smith - Angel in the Snow
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Wilco - What Light
Wilco - The Thanks I Get
St. Vincent - These Days
St. Vincent - Now. Now.
The Magic Numbers - Take a Chance
The Magic Numbers - Goodnight
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weapon of Choice
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Lien on Your Dreams

cheers,

-the Jesus

Most Favorite (tie):
Feist - My Moon My Man
PJ Harvey - White Chalk

Others:
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Bjork - Wanderlust
Feist - 1234, I Feel It All
(The Reminder made me a new fan; 2004/2005's Let it Die is also a gem!)
Lily Allen - Smile, Alfie
Travis - Closer
The VLA - When I Am Through With You (theme from FX's "Damages")

This thread is for this year, 2007. Both of these songs & albums are from 2006.

1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Down Boy'
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2. The Arcade Fire - 'Intervention'

3. The White Stripes - I'm Slowly Turning Into You'

4. Von Iva - 'Do It!'
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5. Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs - 'Devil Do' (myspace)

:rock2:

Jenny Owen Youngs - Hot in Herre

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Current top songs, alphabetical order:

Apples in Stereo "Energy" (directed by Frodo)
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Arcade Fire: Keep the Car Running:
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Band of Horses: A Ghost in my House:
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Battles: Atlas:
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Black Moth Super Rainbow: Sun Lips (also a hilarious video)
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Bloc Party: I Still Remember:
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Deerhoof: The Perfect Me:
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Dizzee Rascal: Pussy'ole
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Eisley: Invasion:
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Grinderman: No Pussy Blues:
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High on Fire: Rumors of War:
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Justice: Stress:
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LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends:
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Les Savy Fav: Brace Yourself:
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Liars: Houseclouds:
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MIA Boyz:
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The National: Apartment Story:
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Okkervil River: Unless Its Kicks:
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Panda Bear: Bros:
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Pinback: Good To Sea:
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Raveonettes: Dead Sound:
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The Shins: Turn on Me:
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Sigur Ros: Hljomalind:
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Tegan and Sara: The Con:
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Wilco: Impossible Germany:
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Feist- 1234 gets single of the year for me.

Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
Gaslight Anthem - We Came To Dance
Tegan & Sara - The Con
Rihanna - Umbrella
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Sundowner - Endless Miles
Rilo Kiley - Dreamworld
Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You
Coheed and Cambria - Feathers

Heres Mine:

Beyonce-Irreplaceable
Omarion-Ice Box
Give it to me-Timbaland
Glamorous- Fergie
Clothes Off-Gym Class Heroes
Misery Business- Paramore
Umbrella-Rihanna
Girlfriend-Avril Lavigne
Beautiful Girls-JoJo
Sexy Back-Justin Timberlake
It Ends Tonight- The All American Rejects

These songs are greatly produced and its really awesome!

I love Ted but I couldn't get into the new album at all. I was really disappointed with it. I probably only listened to it 2 or 3 times though. Maybe I should give it a few more chances.

Give me a break, I must have seen this clarified by the music snobs on this board about 5 times in sep threads this year.

These two albums were released in the US this year, come on.

Most of America did not discover these albums until this year, excuse us for not importing in 2006!

Can we relax just a bit?


My Picks:
brandi carlile: the story
feist: i feel it all, 1234
winterpills: broken arm
richard thompson: dad's gonna kill me
arcade fire: antichrist television blues
low stars: calling all friends
jesse malin: don't let them take you down
amy winehouse: rehab
travis: closer
riloe kiley: breakin' up, silver lining
james morrison: call the police
andrew bird: plasticities
peter bjorn and john: young folks
the shins: australia
mika: grace kelly
patty griffin: no bad news, heavenly day
spoon: the underdog
lily allen: smile
crowded house: she called up
bruce: Radio Nowhere
the bird and the bee: I'm a broken heart
the fratelli's: flathead
ALO: maria
the frames: falling slowly
Fountains of wayne: 92 subaru
assembly of dust: telling sue
ron sexsmith: all in good time
the magic numbers: take a chance
suzzane vega: frank & ava
robin thicke: everything
steve forbert: middle age
the duhks: ol cook pot
ted leo: colleen
paulo nutini: new shoes
kt tunstall: little favours
lcd soundsystem: north american scum
jeremy fisher: scar that never heals
josh ritter: right moves
marc cohn: let me be your witness
paula cole: 14
nick lowe: i trained her to love me
ryan shaw: do the 45
stars: take me to the riot, the night starts here
john fogerty: creedence song
subdudes: poor mans paradise, street symphony
Sharon Jones: 100 Days, 100 Nights

Pela - Lost to the Lonesome (Probably my favorite album of the yr as well)

Aqueduct - Keep it Together
Blue Scholars - Morning for America
Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors