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i'm embarrassed to say that this took me a long time, but i feel like with all the new music i've gotten (see: downloaded) this past year, i should jump in too.
kristen's top albums of 2007:
20. m.i.a. - kala
19. laura veirs - saltbreakers
18. low - drums and guns
17. the one am radio - this too will pass
16. le loup - the throne of the third heavens of the nations' millennium general assembly
15. st. vincent - marry me
14. great lake swimmers - onigara
13. iron & wine - the shepherd's dog
12. tegan & sara - the con
11. phosphorescent - pride
10. sea wolf - leaves in the river
09. animal collective - strawberry jam
08. avey tare & kria brekkan - pullhair rubeye (reversed or otherwise)
07. bat for lashes - fur & gold
06. au revoir simone - the bird of music
05. tunng - good arrows
04. grizzly bear - friend EP
03. the national - boxer (although alligator is still #1 in my book)
02. feist - the reminder
01. panda bear - person pitch
honorable mentions for releases that didn't come into my life until far too late in 2007: jonquil, ravens & chimes, ferraby lionheart, ola podrida, samamidon, and bon iver.
predictions for 2008? beach house - devotion!