(not quite yet the) best music of '07

For anyone who actually cares, sorry this page has been so lifeless of late. I shall move toward making it less undead, probably by writing more about music, which I always intend to do. Anyway, this post is for you to alert me to any records that came out this year that you think are tops that I should consider before year's end. My list has not yet coalesced, but here's a sneak peak of who's in the running:

Names you'll likely see in the top 10:
The Dead C
Obscurus Advocam
Alva Noto
Vomit Orchestra
Deathspell Omega

Albums I need to check out for sure:
Portal "Outre" - murky atonal death metal from Australia
Yellow Swans - the new one on Load
Cobalt "Eater of Birds" - "blackened war metal meets noise rock" is what someone wrote
Burial "Untrue" - I'm not particularly stoked that this one's got more vocals than the s/t, but I'll be kinda shocked if it doesn't make the cut
Iron Lung "Sexless//No Sex" - will pick this up in exactly six days at the DC show

Waiting for release:
Religious Knives LP on Troubleman - love this band, even if they've moved from druggy psych/drone toward no-wave
Leviathan/Lurker of Chalice - whatever Wrest ends up putting out this year...sure to be killer

That's just off the top of my head right now, I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff. But yeah, what new gems are you all excited about?