my favorite albums of 2007 so far

Barry. Pure mintit

The Twilight Sad
Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
"Talking With Fireworks/ Here, It Never Snowed" (listen)


Inspired. Layered. Splendid.

The National
Boxer
"Start a War" (listen)


Hauntingly Beautiful.

The National Lights
The Dead Will Walk, Dear
"Swimming in the Swamp" (listen)



Luscious shoegazy goodness.

Thrushes
Sun Come Undone
"Aidan Quinn" (listen)


Dunedin, NY.

My Teenage Stride
Ears Like Golden Bats
"Ears Like Golden Bats" (listen)


Virtuosic revelations.

Andrew Bird
Armchair Apocrypha
"Dark Matter" (listen)


Colorful. Dynamic. Manic.

Frog Eyes
Tears of the Valedictorian
"Reform the Countryside" (listen)



Melodic muscular math-rock.

Battles
Mirrored
"Tonto" (listen)


Mark E.

The Fall
Reformation Post TLC
"Fall Sound" (listen)


Gutbucket garage.

Black Diamond Heavies
Every Damn Time
"Fever In My Blood" (listen)