What a year it has been. Just a stunning amount of great music releases in the indie rock world, from new and established artists, many at the apex of their creative output. But unlike previous years' lists, this time I'm going to start at the top, with a band that eclipsed everyone else this year, Spencer Krug's Sunset Rubdown. With the top 3 overall songs, and a whole host of other tracks in the top 100, this was the band that ended up dominating the year, no small feat amidst the great new albums by personal favorites Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, Okkervil River, Explosions in the Sky, and even Wolf Parade bandmate Dan Boeckner's Handsome Furs. Well done, Spencer, well done indeed.
- "The Mending of the Gown" - Sunset Rubdown
- "Apistat Commander (Xiu Xiu)" - Sunset Rubdown
- "Up On Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days" - Sunset Rubdown
- "Fucked Up Kid" - Kevin Drew
- "Unless It's Kicks" - Okkervil River
- "All My Friends" - LCD Soundsystem
- "Intervention" - Arcade Fire
- "Dead + Rural" - Handsome Furs
- "Spitting Venom" - Modest Mouse
- "In Mind" - Do Make Say Think
- "Dumb Luck" - Dntel
- "Sing! Captain" - Handsome Furs
- "Catastrophe and The Cure" - Explosions in the Sky
- "Reinvent the Wheel" - Bright Eyes
- "The Radio's Hot Sun" - Handsome Furs
- "Adventures in Solitude" - The New Pornographers
- "For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)" - Sunset Rubdown
- "No Cars Go" - Arcade Fire
- "Jigsaw Falling into Place" - Radiohead
- "John Allyn Smith Sails" - Okkervil River
The List Continues...
21. "The Birth and Death of the Day" - Explosions in the Sky
22. "Backed Out on the..." - Kevin Drew
23. "Some are White Light" - Caspian
24. "Cannot Get, Started" - Handsome Furs
25. "Hot Knives" - Bright Eyes
26. "Prelude for Time Feelers" - Eluvium
27. "Elephant Gun" - Beirut
28. "Fake Empire" - The National
29. "Take Me to the Riot" - Stars
30. "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi" - Radiohead
31. "I Am John" - Loney, Dear
32. "Derek" - Animal Collective
33. "Parting of the Sensory" - Modest Mouse
34. "Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe" - Okkervil River
35. "Chicago X 12" - Rogue Wave
36. "Comfy in Nautica" - Panda Bear
37. "The Well and the Lighthouse" - Arcade Fire
38. "Little Motel" - Modest Mouse
39. "Hafsol" - Sigur Ros
40. "Winged/Wicked Things" - Sunset Rubdown
41. "Brombie" - Caspian
42. "Four Winds" - Bright Eyes
43. "Yankee Go Home" - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
44. "Bees Bein' Strugglin'" - The Octopus Project
45. "Child-Heart Losers" - Sunset Rubdown
46. "Slow Show" - The National
47. "The Next Four Months" - Okkervil River
48. "Cheap Like Sebastien" - Apostle of Hustle
49. "Keep the Car Running" - Arcade Fire
50. "Welcome Ghosts" - Explosions in the Sky
51. "Violent Past" - Low
52. "The Day I Would Bury You" - Nina Nastasia & Jim White
53. "Foam Hands" - Destroyer
54. "Bros (Edit)" - Panda Bear
55. "Young Folks" - Peter Bjorn & John
56. "Dancin' Behind My Eyelids" - Mum
57. "Plasticities" - Andrew Bird
58. "March into the Sea" - Modest Mouse
59. "No One Would Riot for Less" - Bright Eyes
60. "Truck" - The Octopus Project
61. "Lovely Allen" - Holy Fuck
62. "Farewell to the Pressure Kids" - Kevin Drew
63. "Lola Who?" - Plants and Animals
64. "Hljomalind" - Sigur Ros
65. "Bushels" - Frog Eyes
66. "Queen" - The Octopus Project
67. "A Little Bit, Sometimes" - Mum
68. "Lake Michigan" - Rogue Wave
69. "Young Shields" - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
70. "The Universe!" - Do Make Say Think
71. "I Feel it All" - Feist
72. "Memorie Dal Futuro" - Mono
73. "Take Pills" - Panda Bear
74. "Boy with a Coin" - Iron & Wine
75. "Snakes on the Ladder" - Handsome Furs
76. "Someone Great" - LCD Soundsystem
77. "Go Places" - The New Pornographers
78. "Darkmatter" - Andrew Bird
79. "Fireworks" - Animal Collective
80. "Radio Ballet" - Eluvium
81. "Trumpet, Trumpet, Toot! Toot!" - Sunset Rubdown
82. "Kid Gloves" - Voxtrot
83. "Ocean of Noise" - Arcade Fire
84. "He Lied About Death (Metric)" - Stars
85. "Snakes and Ladders" - Basia Bulat
86. "Transatlantique" - Beirut
87. "Tbtf" - Kevin Drew
88. "Blood Test" - The Got to Get Got
89. "So Long, Lonesome" - Explosions in the Sky
90. "People as Places as People" - Modest Mouse
91. "The Ghost of You Lingers" - Spoon
92. "Fortune" - The New Pornographers
93. "Stockades" - Frog Eyes
94. "How My Heart Behaves" - Feist
95. "Roll On (Featuring Jenny Lewis)" - Dntel
96. "23" - Blonde Redhead
97. "The Courtesan Has Sung" - Sunset Rubdown
98. "Late Night" - Nina Nastasia & Jim White
99. "1234" - Feist
100. "When We Were Younger & Better" - 65daysofstatic
Great list of songs. You know, I think I love every song on this list. Taming of the Hands is still my favourite song off RSL, but every time I listen to Mending of the Gown I swear it gets better and better.
Posted by: wayne | December 18, 2007 at 09:13 PM
Great list of songs. You know, I think I love every song on this list. Taming of the Hands is still my favourite song off RSL, but every time I listen to Mending of the Gown I swear it gets better and better.
Posted by: wayne | December 18, 2007 at 09:14 PM
Spencer has had one hell of a year.
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