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Monday, December 31, 2007

Altrok Radio's Grind-Up For 2007

by Altrok Radio

The following were judged by our panel of expert (sic) to be the most interesting, intriguing songs played on the Altrok Radio stream in 2007. We realize, and encourage, the fact that your mileage may vary.



1: Le Sac, Dan & Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill - MP3 Single

2: Wombats, The - Let's Dance To Joy Division - A Guide To Love, Loss And Desperation

3: LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends - Sound Of Silver

4: Maps - You Dont Know Her Name - We Can Create

5: Modest Mouse - Dashboard - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

6: Interpol - The Heinrich Maneuver - Our Love To Admire

7: Editors - An End Has A Start - An End Has A Start

8: New Young Pony Club - Get Lucky - Fantastic Playroom

9: Arcade Fire, The - Intervention - Neon Bible

10: Wire - 23 Years Too Late - Read & Burn 03

11: Radiohead - Bodysnatchers - In Rainbows

12: Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby - Yours Truly, Angry Mob

13: Bjork - Earth Intruders - Volta

14: Bloc Party - The Prayer - A Weekend In The City

15: Arctic Monkeys - Flourescent Adolescent - Favourite Worst Nightmare

16: GoodBooks - Passchendaele - 7'' Single

17: Wombats, The - Backfire At The Disco - CD Single

18: Air Traffic - Charlotte - CD Single

19: Tokyo Police Club - Your English Is Good - 7'' Single

20: National, The - Mistaken For Strangers - Boxer

21: Cajun Dance Party - Amylase - CD Single

22: LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum - Sound Of Silver

23: Jakobinarina - This Is An Advertisement - The First Crusade

24: Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing! - 7'' Single

25: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weapon Of Choice - Baby 81

26: Siouxsie - Into A Swan - Mantaray

27: Maximo Park - Girls Who Play Guitars - Our Earthly Pleasures

28: !!! - Heart of Hearts - Myth Takes

29: Killers, The - Shadowplay - Sawdust

30: Nash, Kate - Foundations - CD Single

31: Art Brut - Direct Hit - It's A Bit Complicated [Unmixed Advance EP]

32: Los Campesinos! - We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives - 7'' Single

33: Arcade Fire, The - No Cars Go - Neon Bible

34: Middleton, Malcom - A Brighter Beat - A Brighter Beat

35: Le Sac, Dan & Scroobius Pip - Beat That My Heart Skipped - 7'' Single

36: Reverend And The Makers - Heavywight Champion of the World - Ten Songs

37: Feist - My Man My Moon - The Reminder

38: Spoon - The Underdog - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

39: CSS - Off The Hook - Cansei De Ser Sexy

40: Lean, Joe and the Jing Jang Jong - Lucio Starts Fires - 7'' Single

41: Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors - An End Has A Start

42: Digitalism - Pogo - Idealism

43: Bird And The Bee, The - Again & Again - The Bird And The Bee

44: Depeche Mode - Martyr - The Best Of, Volume 1

45: Harris, Calvin - Merrymaking At My Place - I Created Disco

46: National, The - Fake Empire - The Boxer

47: Klaxons - Atlantis To Interzone - Myths Of The Near Future

48: British Sea Power - Atom - Krankenhaus [EP]

49: Payne, Candie - All I Need To Hear - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More

50: Babyshambles - Delivery - Shotter's Nation

51: Blakes, The - Don't Want That Now - The Blakes

52: !!! - Must Be The Moon - Myth Takes

53: Ting Tings, The - That's Not My Name - 7'' Single

54: Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm - Favourite Worst Nightmare

55: Winehouse, Amy - Rehab - Back To Black

56: Sky Larkin - Molten - Molten (7'' Single)

57: Architecture In Helsinki - Heart It Races - Heart It Races

58: Maximo Park - Our Velocity - Our Earthly Pleasures

59: Hadouken! - That Boy That Girl - 7'' Single

60: Foals - Hummer - Foals

61: Harris, Calvin - Acceptable In The 80s - I Created Disco

62: Winehouse, Amy - Tears Dry On Their Own - Back To Black

63: Tokyo Police Club - Cheer It On - A Lesson In Crime

64: Chiara L's, The - Kate's Kid - 7'' Single

65: Severy, James - Do The Circus Circus - 7'' Single

66: Apples In Stereo, The - Skyway - New Magnetic Wonder

67: Shy Child - Drop The Phone - I Was Here

68: New Young Pony Club - The Bomb - CD Single

69: Blood Red Shoes - It's Getting Boring By The Sea - CD Single

70: Shins, The - Australia - Wincing the Night Away

71: Middleton, Malcolm - We're All Going To Die - A Brighter Beat

72: Twisted Wheel - You Stole The Sun - MP3 Demo

73: Answering Machine, The - Silent Hotels - CD Single

74: Interpol - Who Do You Think - Our Love To Admire

75: Futureheads, The - Broke Up The Time - Downloadable Single

76: Foals - Mathletics - 7'' Single

77: Bloc Party - Hunting For Witches - A Weekend In The City

78: Maccabees, The - Precious Time - 7'' Single

79: Blood Red Shoes - You Bring Me Down - 7'' Single

80: Babyshambles - The Blinding - The Blinding [EP]

81: Moving Units - The Kids From Orange County - Hexes For Exes

82: Cook, Bobby - Deja Vu - Deja Vu [CD Single]

83: Penate, Jack - Second Minute Or Hour - CD Single

84: Video Nasties, The - Accessory - The Shed Sessions [EP]

85: Xerox Teens - Onkawara - 7'' Single

86: Little Man Tate - House Party At Boothy's - Man I Hate Your Band

87: VHS Or Beta - Burn It All Down - Bring On The Comets

88: Gram - The Joke Is On Me - Advance Track

89: Teddybears - Punkrocker (radio edit feat. Iggy Pop) - Soft Machine

90: Hitchcock, Robyn - Underground Sun (with The Venus Three) - Ole! Tarantula

91: KMFDM - Looking For Strange - Tohuvabohu

92: Cook, Bobby - Gone So Far - CD Single

93: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Need Some Air - Baby 81

94: Dead Disco - You're Out - CD Single

95: Late Of The Pier - Space And The Woods - CD Single

96: Bjork - Innocence - Volta

97: Cooper, Amy - Come Alive - Mirrors

98: Mr. Fogg - Seciov - Seciov (7'' Single)

99: Maximo Park - Books From Boxes - Our Earthly Pleasures

100: Ronson, Mark - Stop Me (feat. Daniel Merriweather) - Version

posted 12/31/2007 11:38:00 AM

2 Comments:

Blogger I broke my right wing said...

pleasedontbefake from dKos here,
Gotta agree with most of that, especial Dan Le Sac, best new artist for me this year hands down. Just thought I would suggest some of my favorites, that seem in line with your taste:
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre (especially disc 2)
Bayside - The Walking Wounded
Cobra Starship - Viva La Cobra (in the vein of Le Sac, songs that are very witty, and catchy)
Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
Hanson - The Walk (yes that Hanson, this CD features and African tribal choir, def not mmmBop)
MIA - Kala
Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance

All should be easy to find on torrent sites if you don't feel like paying, or cant find stuff on myspace/youtube.

8:39 PM, January 04, 2008  
Blogger Altrok Radio said...

In fact, The Weakerthans just barely missed the list - there were over 300 tracks in power rotation this year vying for a spot in the 100, and every single one of tem was worthwhile (or I wouldn't have been playing 'em...) YMMV, as always - and if I were to do the list today, two weeks later, it'd probably be different. So much for reproducible science...

9:52 AM, January 05, 2008  

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