Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2007 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2007, these are the rest of the best indie and indie-minded rock tracks of 2007, volume three. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007.
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1. Interpol “Pioneer to the Falls” Our Love to Admire (Capitol)
2. Menomena “The Pelican” Friend and Foe (Barsuk)
3. White Rabbits “While We Go Dancing” Fort Nightly (Say Hey)
4. Rasputina “In Old Yellowcake” Oh Perilous World (Filthy Bonnet)
5. CocoRosie “Japan” The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn (Touch and Go)
6. Deerhoof “The Perfect Me” Friend Opportunity (Kill Rock Stars)
7. Animal Collective “Peacebone” Strawberry Jam (Domino)
8. Of Montreal “Gronlandic Edit” Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer (Polyvinyl)
9. Menomena “Muscle ‘N’ Flo” Friend and Foe (Barsuk)
10. White Rabbits “Take A Walk Around the Table” Fort Nightly (Say Hey)
11. Rasputina “Cage In A Cave” Oh Perilous World (Filthy Bonnet)
12. Bat For Lashes “Horse and I” Fur and Gold (Caroline)
13. Rose Kemp “Violence” A Hand Full of Hurricanes (One Little Indian)
14. Mary Timony Band “Pause/Off” The Shapes We Make (Kill Rock Stars)
15. St. Vincent “Paris Is Burning” Marry Me (Beggars Banquet)
16. They Shoot Horses Don’t They “One Last Final Push” Pick Up Sticks (Kill Rock Stars)
17. Vietnam “Priest, Poet & The Pig” VietNam (Kemado)
18. White Rabbits “Dinner Party” Fort Nightly (Say Hey)
19. Menomena “Boyscout’n” Friend and Foe (Barsuk)
20. The Dear Hunter “The Oracles On the Delphi Express” Act II: The Meaning of, And All Things Reagrding Ms. Leading (Triple Crown)
21. Cloud Cult “Please Remain Calm” The Meaning of 8 (Rebel Group)
22. They Shoot Horses Don’t They “Wrong Directions” Pick Up Sticks (Kill Rock Stars)
23. The Beauty Shop “Babyshaker” Crisis Helpline (Believe Music)
24. The Mohawk Lodge “Heart of Lovers” Wildfires (White Whale)
25. Vietnam “Step On Inside” VietNam (Kemado)
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2007 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2007, these are the rest of the best indie and indie-minded rock tracks of 2007, volume two. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007.
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1. They Might Be Giants “Take Out the Trash” The Else (Zoe)
2. Sondre Lerche “She’s Fantastic” Phantom Punch (Astralwerks)
3. Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter “You Might Walk Away” Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls of the Soul (Barsuk)
4. Rooney “I Should Have Been After You” Calling the World (Geffen)
5. Office “The Ritz” A Night at the Ritz (New Line Records)
6. New Pornographers “All the Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth” Challengers (Matador)
7. Andrew Bird “Heretics” Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum)
8. Okkervil River “Plus Ones” The Stage Names (Jagjaguwar)
9. The Shins “Sea Legs” Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop)
10. Elvis Perkins “May Day!” Ash Wednesday (XL)
11. Georgie James “Look Me Up” Places (Saddle Creek)
12. LCD Soundsystem “Watch The Tapes” Sound of Silver (Capitol)
13. Rooney “When Did Your Heart Go Missing” Calling the World (Geffen)
14. I’m From Barcelona “Oversleeping” Let Me Introduce My Friends (Mute)
15. Cheyenne “The Whale” The Whale (Cheyenne Songs)
16. The Polyphonic Spree “Running Away” The Fragile Army (TVT)
17. The Shins “Australia” Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop)
18. New Pornographers “Myriad Harbour” Challengers (Matador)
19. Georgie James “Long Week” Places (Saddle Creek)
20. The 1900s “When I Say Go” Cold & Kind (Parasol)
21. Nicole Atkins “Party’s Over” Neptune City (Red Ink/Columbia)
22. RJD2 “You Never Had It So Good” The Third Hand (XL)
23. Cheyenne “The Army Marching Past” The Whale (Cheyenne Songs)
24. LCD Soundsystem “North American Scum” Sound of Silver (Capitol)
25. Duran Duran “Dirty Great Monster” Red Carpet Massacre (Epic)
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2007 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2007, these are the rest of the best indie and indie-minded rock tracks of 2007, volume three. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007.
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1. Arcade Fire “Intervention” Neon Bible (Merge)
2. The Polyphonic Spree “Get Up and Go” The Fragile Army (TVT)
3. Tori Amos “Big Wheel” American Doll Posse (Epic)
4. Andrew Bird “Imitosis” Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum)
5. Luke Temple “Saturday People” Snowbeast (Mill Pond)
6. Art In Manila “Set the Woods On Fire” Set the Woods on Fire (Saddle Creek)
7. Nicole Atkins “Brooklyn’s On Fire!” Neptune City (Red Ink/Columbia)
8. Maria Taylor “A Good Start” Lynn Teeter Flower (Saddle Creek)
9. Tori Amos “Teenage Hustling” American Doll Posse (Epic)
10. Patrick Park “Pawn Song” Everyone’s In Everyone (Curb Appeal)
11. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists “Army Bound” Living With the Living (Touch and Go)
12. Sondre Lerche “The Tape” Phantom Punch (Astralwerks)
13. Okkervil River “Our Life Is Not A Movie or Maybe” The Stage Names (Jagjaguwar)
14. Ween “Your Party” La Cucaracha (Rounder)
15. White Rabbits “I Used to Complain Now I Don’t” Fort Nightly (Say Hey)
16. The Comas “I Am A Spider” Spells (Vagrant)
17. Vietnam “Mr. Goldfinger” VietNam (Kemado)
18. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club “Killing the Light” Baby 81 (RCA)
19. Future Clouds & Radar “Birds of Prey” Future Clouds & Radar (Star Apple Kingdom)
20. Tori Amos “Body and Soul” American Doll Posse (Epic)
21. Dinosaur Jr. “Back To Your Heart” Beyond (Fat Possum)
22. Iron and Wine “White Tooth Man” The Shepherd’s Dog (Sub Pop)
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2007 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2007, these are the rest of the best aggressive rock tracks of 2007. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007.
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1. Saves the Day “Getaway” Under the Boards (Vagrant)
2. Smoke or Fire “The Patty Hearst Syndrome” This Sinking Ship (Fat Wreck Chords)
3. Portugal. The Man “Church Mouth” Church Mouth (Fearless)
4. Dillinger Escape Plan “Black Bubblegum” Ire Works (Relapse)
5. 31 Knots “Savage Boutique” The Days and Nights of Everything Everywhere (Polyvinyl)
6. Parts & Labor “New Crimes” Mapmaker (Jagjaguwar)
7. The Jai-Alai Savant “Arcane Theories” Flight of the Bass Delegate (Gold Standard Laboratories)
8. Portugal. The Man “Sugar Cinnamon” Church Mouth (Fearless)
9. Modest Mouse “March Into the Sea” We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)
10. Land of Talk “Speak to Me Bones” Applause Cheer Boo Hiss EP (The Rebel Group)
11. Tiger Army “Ghosts of Memory” Music from Regions Beyond (Hellcat)
12. Against Me! “White People For Peace” New Wave (Sire)
13. Foo Fighters “Erase/Replace” Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (RCA)
14. Say Anything “Surgically Removing the Tracking Device” In Defense of the Genre (J Records)
15. Fake Problems “Born and Raised” How Far Our Bodies Go (Sabot Productions)
16. The Jai-Alai Savant “When I Grow Up” Flight of the Bass Delegate (Gold Standard Laboratories)
17. Parts & Labor “Brighter Days” Mapmaker (Jagjaguwar)
18. Portugal. The Man “Dawn” Church Mouth (Fearless)
19. Dinosaur Jr. “It’s Me” Beyond (Fat Possum)
20. Only Crime “Take Me” Virulence (Fat Wreck Chords)
21. The Photo Atlas “Electric Shock” No, Not Me, Never (Stolen Transmission)
22. We Are Wolves “Fight & Kiss” Total Magique (Dare To Care)
23. The White Stripes “Little Cream Soda” Icky Thump (Warner Brothers)
24. Portugal. The Man “Shade” Church Mouth (Fearless)
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2007 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2007, these are the rest of the best Brit and Brit-sounding pop/rock/punk tracks of 2007. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007.
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1. Voxtrot “Kid Gloves” Voxtrot (Playlouder)
2. Kaiser Chiefs “Retirement” Yours Truly, Angry Mob (Universal/Polydor)
3. Arctic Monkeys “Teddy Picker” Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino)
4. Klaxons “Atlantis to Interzone” Myths of the Near Future (Geffen)
5. The Fratellis “Flathead” Costello Music (Cherrytree/Interscope)
6. Peter, Bjorn & John “Young Folks” Writer’s Block (Almost Gold)
7. Shout Out Louds “Normandie” Our Ill Wills (Merge)
8. The View “Wasted Little DJs” Hats off to the Buskers (1965/Sony)
9. Voxtrot “Firecracker” Voxtrot (Playlouder)
10. Kaiser Chiefs “Everything Is Average Nowadays” Yours Truly, Angry Mob (Universal/Polydor)
11. Arctic Monkeys “Flourescent Adolescent” Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino)
12. The View “Same Jeans” Hats off to the Buskers (1965/Sony)
13. The Fratellis “Got Ma Nuts From a Hippy” Costello Music (Cherrytree/Interscope)
14. Klaxons “Golden Skans” Myths of the Near Future (Geffen)
15. Peter, Bjorn & John “Objects of My Affection” Writer’s Block (Almost Gold)
16. The Veils “Advice for Young Mothers To Be” Nux Vomica (Rough Trade)
17. Travis “Selfish Jean” The Boy With No Name (Epic/Independiente)
18. Editors “Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors” An End Has A Start (Epic/Kitchenware/Fader)
19. Voxtrot “Ghost” Voxtrot (Playlouder)
20. The Veils “Nux Vomica” Nux Vomica (Rough Trade)
21. The View “Comin’ Down” Hats off to the Buskers (1965/Sony)
22. Arctic Monkeys “D is for Dangerous” Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino)
23. The Noisettes “Bridge to Canada” What’s the Time Mr. Wolf? (Universal Motown)
24. The Maccabees “All In Your Rows” Colour It In (Geffen)
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2007 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2007, these are the rest of the best mainstream rock tracks of 2007. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007.
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1. The Color Fred “Get Out” Bend to Break (Equal Vision)
2. The Academy Is… “We’ve Got A Mess On Our Hands” Santi (Atlantic)
3. Linkin Park “Given Up” Minutes to Midnight (Warner Brothers)
4. Smashing Pumpkins “Doomsday Clock” Zeitgeist (Reprise)
5. Foo Fighters “The Pretender” Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (RCA)
6. Ligion “On The Way” External Affairs (Maple Jam/Bellum)
7. Finger Eleven “Paralyzer” Them vs. You vs. Me (Wind-Up)
8. Fall Out Boy “This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race” Infinity on High (Island)
9. Modest Mouse “We’ve Got Everything” We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)
10. Saul Williams “Raised to be Lowered” The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust (The Fader)*
11. Linkin Park “Bleed It Out” Minutes to Midnight (Warner Brothers)
12. Queens of the Stone Age “3’s and 7’s” Era Vulgaris (Interscope)
13. Velvet Revolver “She Mine” Libertad (RCA)
14. Bloc Party “The Prayer” A Weekend in the City (Vice)
15. The Bravery “Believe” The Sun and the Moon (Island)
16. Modest Mouse “Dashboard” We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)
17. Against Me! “Thrash Unreal” New Wave (Sire)
18. The White Stripes “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)” Icky Thump (Warner Brothers)
19. The Color Fred “If I Surrender” Bend to Break (Equal Vision)
20. Fall Out Boy “The Take Over, The Breaks Over” Infinity on High (Island)
21. Hanson “Great Divide” The Walk (Three Car Garage)
22. Angels & Airwaves “Everything’s Magic” I-Empire (Geffen)
23. Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party “Wish Upon A Dog Star” Ultra Payloaded (Columbia)*
24. Within Temptation “The Howling” The Heart of Everything (Roadrunner)
25. Ligion “Lost My Car” External Affairs (Maple Jam/Bellum)
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Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2007 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2007, these are the rest of the best alt country, roots rock and blues rock tracks of 2007. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007.
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1. Dustin Kensrue “I Knew You Before” Please Come Home (Equal Vision)
2. Two Gallants “The Deader” Two Gallants (Saddle Creek)
3. Wilco “Walken” Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch)
4. Blitzen Trapper “Wild Mountain Nation” Wild Mountain Nation (Sub Pop)
5. The White Stripes “Effect and Cause” Icky Thump (Warner Brothers)
6. McCarthy Trenching “Wedding Song” McCarthy Trenching (Team Love)
7. Kings of Leon “Ragoo” Because of the Times (RCA)
8. Wilco “Hate It Here” Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch)
9. Dustin Kensrue “Pistol” Please Come Home (Equal Vision)
10. The Dexateens “Neil Armstrong” Hardwire Healing (Skybucket)
11. Rilo Kiley “The Angels Hung Around” Under the Blacklight (Warner Brothers)
12. Bright Eyes “Soul Singer In A Session Band” Cassadaga (Saddle Creek)
13. McCarthy Trenching “My Old Ways” McCarthy Trenching (Team Love)
14. Wilco “Shake It Off” Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch)
15. Jason Isbell “Try” Sirens of the Ditch (New West)
16. The White Stripes “300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues” Icky Thump (Warner Brothers)
17. John Fogerty “Longshot” Revival (Fantasy)
18. Kings of Leon “The Runner” Because of the Times (RCA)
19. Two Gallants “Reflections of the Marionette” Two Gallants (Saddle Creek)
20. The Beauty Shop “A Desperate Cry For Help” Crisis Helpline (Believe Music)
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2007 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2007, these are the rest of the best lighter/mellow rock tracks of 2007, volume one. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007.
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1. Sarah Shannon “Near and Far” City Morning Song (Minty Fresh)
2. Art In Manila “The Sweat Descends” Set the Woods on Fire (Saddle Creek)
3. Blonde Redhead “Silently” 23 (4AD)
4. Iron and Wine “Innocent Bones” The Shepherd’s Dog (Sub Pop)
5. Rogue Wave “Lake Michigan” Asleep at Heaven’s Gate (Brushfire)
6. Jason Isbell “Dress Blues” Sirens of the Ditch (New West)
7. Ryan Adams “Two” Easy Tiger (Lost Highway)
8. Band of Horses “Marry Song” Cease to Begin (Sub Pop)
9. KT Tunstall “White Bird” Drastic Fantastic (Virgin)
10. Norah Jones “Sinkin’ Soon” Not Too Late (Blue Note)
11. Joan As Police Woman featuring Anthony Hegarty “I Defy” Real Life (Cheap Lullaby)
12. Elvis Perkins “All the Night Without Love” Ash Wednesday (XL)
13. Jesse Harris “Feel” Feel (Velour)
14. Imperial Teen “Fallen Idol” The Hair, The TV, The Baby and The Band (Merge)
15. Sarah Shannon “City Morning Song” City Morning Song (Minty Fresh)
16. Norah Jones “My Dear Country” Not Too Late (Blue Note)
17. The National Lights “Swimming In the Swamp” The Dead Will Walk, Dear (BloodShake)
18. Bright Eyes “Cleanse Song” Cassadaga (Saddle Creek)
19. The Good Life “On the Picket Fence” Help Wanted Nights (Saddle Creek)
20. Elvis Perkins “While You Were Sleeping” Ash Wednesday (XL)
