TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2007 (SO FAR)

1. battles. atlas (mirrored)
2. deerhoof. +81 (friend opportunity)
3. japanther. cable babies (skuffed up my huffy)
4. seabear. libraries (the ghost that carried us away)

5. david thomas broughton. nature (its in there somewhere)
6. dept. of eagles. no one does it like you (gold suits demo)

RICHARD'S TOP 5

5. GROUPER - cover the windows and the walls (track: cover the windows and the walls)
4. JANA HUNTER - there's no home (track: bird)
3. THEE, STRANDED HORSE - churning strides (track: tainted days)
2. GOWNS - red state (track: fake july)
1. PANDA BEAR - person pitch (track: take pills)

SHEA'S TOP 5

5. VIDEOHIPPOS - unbeast the leash (track: rider)
4. FROG EYES - tears of the valedictorian (track: bushels)
3. ELECTRELANE - no shouts, no calls (track: to the east)
2. NURSE & SOLDIER - marginalia (track: back in yr corner)
1. PANDA BEAR - person pitch (track: comfy in nautica)

17. dan deacon. the crystal cat (spiderman of the rings)
18. YACHT. i believe in you (i believe in you. yr magic is real)
19. deerhunter. strange lights (cryptograms)

20. a sunny day in glasgow. 5:15 train (scribble mural comic journal)
21. bill callahan. sycamore (woke on a whaleheart)
22. the national. slow show (boxer)
23. low. breaker (drums & guns)