Review 2007: The Music

2007 was the year ‘Indie’ died. The finger of blame rests on the head certain Big Brother muppet [emilyparr.co.uk], who stepped up to represent a whole swarming herd of spoilt little posh girls (or Sophies as they are often called), who spent most of this year slumming it in Camden’s seedy skank pits, getting drunk on the pheromones of a barely talented bunch of young, male major label fodder. Suddenly, ‘indie’ was not about music anymore… it was about your boyfriend and his pork pie hat and potential heroin ‘problem’ or whatever lank haired whiner had been mentioned in Vogue this month [vogue.co.uk].
 
This was also the year Radiohead out foxed the majors and left the likes of Robbie Williams and those of a similar ilk, clinging hopelessly to their skeletal remains [news.bbc.co.uk] — this is one story that is going to run and run. Luckily, all this rubbish ‘indie’ and major label hullabaloo barely registered with bands and artists who were making music to cherish in 2007. This is a very brief selection of favourite tracks and releases discovered this year. Consider it a recommendation and if you’ve got any yourself post a comment and let us know what topped your most played lists this year.

Hissing Fauna, Are you the Destroyer?
Of Montreal
Fave track: Bunny ain’t no kind of Rider
[ofmontreal.net]
 
Inland Empire
Soundtrack
Standout track: Walking on the Sky
[imdb.com]
 
Lust Lust Lust
The Ravonettes
Standout track: You Want the Candy
[youtube.com]
 
Tromatic Reflexxions
Von Südenfed
Standout track: The Rhinohead
[dominorecordco.com]
 
Friend Opportunity
Deerhoof
Standout track: +81
[deerhoof.killrockstars.com]
 
Dreams
The Whitest Boy Alive
Standout track: Burning
[whitestboyalive.com]
 
A Drink and a Quick Decision
Grand National
Standout track: Close Approximation
[grand-national.net]
 
Death by Sexy
Eagles of Death Metal
Standout track: Cherry Cola
[youtube.com]
 
Overpowered
Róisín Murphy
Standout track: Body Language
[youtube.com]
 
Midnight Karaoke
Midnight Mike
Standout track: Amputee
[therepublicofdesire.com]