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[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Do you want to see the NME's top 50 tracks of 2007? Do you? Do you? You DON'T?? Then don't click below the cut eh?

50 Biffy Clyro - Living Is A problem Because Everything Dies
49 Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
48 QOTSA - Sick, Sick, Sick
47 Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
46 Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours
45 Black Lips - Bad Kids
44 CSS - Off The Hook
43 Kate Nash - Foundations
42 The Enemy - It's Not OK
41 MIA - Boyz
40 The Horrors - She Is The New Thing
39 Late of The Pier - Bathroom Gurgle
38 Lightspeed Champion - Galaxy Of The Lost
37 The White Stripes - Icky Thump
36 The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
35 Bloc Party - The Prayer
34 XX Teens - Darlin'
33 Cold War Kids - Hang Me Out To Dry
32 Those Dancing Days - Those Dancing Days
31 Gallows - Abandon Ship
30 Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Let's Make Out
29 Jarvis - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time
28 Björk Earth Intruders
27 Howling Bells - Low Happening
26 Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
25 Kings of Leon - Charmer
24 The Gossip - Standing In The Way of Control
23 Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
22 Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet
21 SFA - Run Away
20 Dizzee Rascal - Sirens
19 Santogold - LES Artistes
18 Hadouken! - That Boy That Girl
17 MIA - Jimmy
16 Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent
15 Battles - Atlas
14 Black Lips - O Katrina!
13 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
12 Foals - Hummer
11 Grinderman - No Pussy Blues
10 LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
9 Arcade Fire - Intervention
8 Foals - Mathletics
7 Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
6 The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
5 Rihanna - Umbrella
4 The Teenagers - Homecoming
3 The Cribs's - Men's Needs
2 Glasvegas - Daddy's Gone
1 Klaxons - Golden Skans

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Explain Me These, O The Kids

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Here are the ones where I've not even heard of the band - what sort of thing do they do? ("Go and look on Youtube grandad")

The Ting Tings
Foals
Santogold
Howling Bells
Those Dancing Days
XX Teens (one X away from ungoogleability, phew)
Lightspeed Champion (this is a wikipedia band meme thing isnt it)
Late Of The Pier

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Other thoughts:

- The NME's remit continues to be depressingly tight.
- On the other hand they're doing a good job in getting in ahead of the next stage in the diffusion curve: someone like me SHOULDN'T have heard of most of the stuff theyre covering and it's only the Pitchfork gig that means I have paid enough attention to know of any of these.
- Dunno if it's that song, but the Teenagers made the only record to actually offend me this year so props to them I guess.
- On the other hand if the Cribs' mildly hooky Strokes rip is the THIRD BEST TRACK OF THE YEAR then we're all doomed (and I quite LIKE it)
- I still have not heard Grinderman on principle.

[martinv.livejournal.com]

I like about 17 of those tracks, have heard 30ish.

8 are in my provisional top 50 and 2 more might be now I've been reminded of them.

Gossip and Howling Bells are 2006 singles in my book.

In general: meh.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

like
46 Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours
44 CSS - Off The Hook
35 Bloc Party - The Prayer
28 Björk Earth Intruders
26 Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
23 Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
20 Dizzee Rascal - Sirens
16 Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent
15 Battles - Atlas
13 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
9 Arcade Fire - Intervention

unsure
47 Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
43 Kate Nash - Foundations (INSTRUMENTAL)
41 MIA - Boyz
37 The White Stripes - Icky Thump
29 Jarvis - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time
27 Howling Bells - Low Happening
24 The Gossip - Standing In The Way of Control (booored now)
17 MIA - Jimmy (it irks me a bit that people seem to prefer this to her other stuff)
11 Grinderman - No Pussy Blues
10 LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
7 Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
5 Rihanna - Umbrella
1 Klaxons - Golden Skans

dislike
25 Kings of Leon - Charmer
22 Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet
3 The Cribs's - Men's Needs

haven't heard!
50 Biffy Clyro - Living Is A problem Because Everything Dies
49 Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
48 QOTSA - Sick, Sick, Sick
45 Black Lips - Bad Kids
42 The Enemy - It's Not OK
40 The Horrors - She Is The New Thing
39 Late of The Pier - Bathroom Gurgle
38 Lightspeed Champion - Galaxy Of The Lost
36 The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
34 XX Teens - Darlin'
33 Cold War Kids - Hang Me Out To Dry
32 Those Dancing Days - Those Dancing Days
31 Gallows - Abandon Ship
30 Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Let's Make Out
21 SFA - Run Away
19 Santogold - LES Artistes
18 Hadouken! - That Boy That Girl
14 Black Lips - O Katrina!
12 Foals - Hummer
8 Foals - Mathletics
6 The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
4 The Teenagers - Homecoming
2 Glasvegas - Daddy's Gone

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Off The Hook is awesome but I didn't even realise it had been released as a single! Out of the 'indie' stuff then I quite like Golden Skanks, Flourescent Adolescent and Icky Thump, and have barely heard the rest. MIA/Winehouse/Rihanna etc don't really count :)

[koganbot]

On the Rolling Teenpop! thread we were shocked to learn that some of us had never heard Los Campesinos! Apparently Los Campesinos! (!) are better than some other bands on this list, though only some of us could vouch for this, as some of us have no idea who Los Campesinos! (!!) are, or what they sound like!

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

I'm always puzzled that they seem to like Kate Nash. I'm sure they shouldn't - she always seems to me like someone they ought to dislike on principle. What's the world coming to when you can't trust the NME anymore, eh? Eh!?

AAAAARGH!

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I know this may be the least of the above's crimes but how could anyone even LIKE that Kings of Leon song, let alone put it at #25 of all songs this year!?