DROWNED IN SOUND - ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
The team at Drowned In Sound has delivered its verdict on the Top Albums of 2007. http://drownedinsound.com/articles/2673307
Taking the No. 1 slot is LCD Soundsystem's Sounds Of Silver for its "near-perfect integration of musical modernity and classic songwriting". Speaking to DiS this morning James Murphy said: "Oh wow, awesome. That’s wonderful. That’s fantastic. I never know how to react to such things other than, “it’s great”. I feel so funny about it."
Drowned In Sound editorial team's Top 5 albums of 2007:
1) LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – Sound Of Silver
2) BATTLES – Mirrored
3) PANDA BEAR – Person Pitch
4) M.I.A. – Kala
5) JAMIE T – Panic Prevention
Commenting on this year's top 5 Sean Adams Editor-In- Chief said : "This years DiS top five is very different to last years mix of Joanna Newsom and Gallows but once again it represents uncompromised artistic visions and is music made without a calculated commerical purpose but to inspire people to react by dancing, thinking or creating."
"On the mainstream face of it 2007 hasn't been a great year for music but in a hyper-fractured world, this whole list highlights how much genuinely exciting groundbreaking exploration has happened in many genres on both indies and majors and the importance of this year shall resonate for decades to come. Lastly, in an age that's obsessed with debut albums we're proud that this lists consists primarily of artists who've risen above the buzz, begun to establish a long-term professional career and delivered on their promise."
DrownedInSound.com is Europe’s most influential new music site with over 300,000 unique users every month and DiS readers are currently voting for their own top 50 of 2007 to be announced next week.
Meanwhile The DiS team continues to serve up the latest in emerging music with its monthly DiScover Club, at the Notting Hill Arts Club
in London. - DECEMBER 15th welcomes Glaswegian electro-rockers and Underworld tour mates Errors, Tired Ire and Rolo Tomassi.
The DiScover Clubs – held in association with Rough Trade Shops - are free-entry events and open at 4pm. They are strictly over-18s shows.
15th December 2007
DiScover Club @ RoTa
Notting Hill Arts Club
21 Notting Hill Gate
London W11 3JQ
Free 4pm-8pm
Details of January and February dates are available now at
http://www.DrownedinSound.com.
General Queries to:
rachel.bisdee@drownedinsound.com | 0207 087 8880
National Press by:
Amanda Freeman
0207 738 3754
amanda@freemanpr.net
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