So it's been a weird year for DIRTY. We've spent half the year being absent, and then another half of the year has been spent in sorting ourselves out. We managed to release one vinyl, put on one gig (click for flyer/line-up) and we (finally) sold out of our first release, 'Pedestrian 01'.
It's a strange sort of progress but I've got the feeling things are on the up.
So, anyway, let's take a while to glance back over our shoulders and give you our top 5 albums of 2007. Forgive us if we've not reviewed everything mentioned here, but like I said earlier, we weren't around and it seemed pointless to try and catch up on a year's worth of reviews.
Craig Sharp's Top 5:
1. Deerhunter - Cryptograms (review)
2. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
3. PRE - Epic Fits (review)
4. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (review)
5. Health - Health (review)
Adam Turner-Heffer's Top 5:
1. The National - Boxer
2. Battles - Mirrored (review)
3. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
4. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Alistair Clark's Top 5:
- Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
- Liars - Liars (review)
- Big Business - Here Come the Waterworks (review)
- Black Dice - Load Blown (review)
- XBXRX - Wars
Matthew Benn's Top 5:
- Meet Me In St Louis - Variations on Swing (review)
- Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
- Dartz! - This Is My Ship
- Meneguar - Strangers In Our House
- Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
Leighton Padley's Top 5:
1. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
2. Battles - Mirrored (review)
3. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals (review
4. Future Of The Left - Curses (review)
5. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
Marcus Barnett's Top 5:
- Ack Ack Ack - EP
- Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
- Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
- PJ Harvey - White Chalk
- Cowtown - Pinecone Express
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| Coding: Darren Burrows