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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]

IfAN’s 10 Favorite Albums of 2007

I’ve never been a big fan of lists (hold it…I just had some deja vu), but this year due to the fact that I have started to contribute to the OC Weekly’s (a Village Voice publication) Heard Mentality blog, I was offered a opportunity to vote in the 2007 Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll (I’m not special, something like 1500 people are asked to vote in it), I decided “hey why not” and submitted my 10 favorite albums of the year. Picking 10 was pretty hard. I used the deciding factor of whether I had purchased an album on vinyl as a tie breaker so that I could pair my list down to 10, thus cutting Apostle Of Hustle – Nation Anthem Of Nowhere, Baroness – The Red Album, and Blonde Redhead – 23, even though I really liked all three of these releases as well.

Artist: Dungen
Album: Tio Bitar
Label: Kemado
MP3: Gör Det Nu

[audio:Gor_Det_Nu.mp3]
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Artist: Earthless
Album: Rhythms From A Cosmic Sky
Label: Tee Pee Records
MP3: Godspeed (edit)

[audio:http://www.teepeerecords.com/bands/earthless/audio/Earthless.mp3]
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Artist: LCD Soundsystem
Album: Sound Of Silver
Label: DFA Records
MP3: All My Friends

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Artist: Amy Winehouse
Album: Back To Black
Label: Republic
MP3: You Know I’m No Good

[audio:http://boss.streamos.com/download/labels/universalrepublic/amywinehouse/audio/youknowimnogood.mp3]
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Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: Magic
Label: Sony
MP3: Radio Nowhere

[audio:http://download.guardian.co.uk/sys-audio/Music/Audio/2007/08/28/RadioNowhere.mp3]
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Artist: Against Me!
Album: New Wave
Label: Sire
MP3: New Wave (clip)

[audio:http://media.startribune.com/smedia/2007/11/23/08/NewWave.source.prod_affiliate.2.mp3]
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Artist: Emily Jane White
Album: Dark Undercoat
Label: Double Negative Records
MP3: Dagger

[audio:http://terrorbird.alphapupserver.com/music/EJW-04_Dagger.mp3]
Buy: iTunes

Artist: Pieta Brown
Album: Remember The Sun
Label: One Little Indian Records
MP3: In My Mind I Was Talking To Loretta

[audio:http://www.onelittleindian-us.com/freemp3/pieta_in_my_mind.mp3]
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Artist: Minus The Bear
Album: Planet Of Ice
Label: Suicide Squeeze
MP3: Throwin’s Shapes

[audio:http://www.suicidesqueeze.net/mp3/mtb_throwin_shapes.mp3]
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Artist: Queens Of The Stone Age
Album: Era Vulgaris
Label: Interscope
MP3: Sick, Sick, Sick

[audio:http://themusicmiz.com/02%20Sick%20Sick%20Sick.mp3]
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