A Rush of 2007

A Rush of 2007 – Top 40 Songs – Wednesday, December 12, 2007

40. Saturday Looks Good to Me – “Make a Plan” (Fill Up the Room)

39. The Bird & The Bee – “Again & Again” (The Bird And The Bee)

38. Orion Rigel Dommisse – “Alice and Sarah” (What I Want From You Is Sweet)

37. Arctic Monkeys – “Fluorescent Adolescent” (Favourite Worst Nightmare)

36. The Hold Steady – “Chips Ahoy!” (Boys and Girls in America)

35. Rilo Kiley – “Silver Lining” (Under the Blacklight)

34. Bright Eyes – “Four Winds” (Cassadega)

33. The Boggs – “Melanie in the White Coat” (Forts)

32. Of Montreal – “Suffer for Fashion” (Hissing Fauana, Are You the Destroyer?)

31. Laura Veirs – “Pink Light” (Saltbreakers)

30. Spoon – “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)

29. The White Stripes – “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As Your Told)” (Icky Thump)

28. Architecture in Helsinki – “Debbie” (Places Like This)

27. Bruce Springsteen – “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” (Magic)

26. Iron & Wine with Calexico – “Dark Eyes” (I’m Not There)

25. Devendra Banhart – “Lover” (Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon)

24. Jarvis Cocker – “Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time” (Jarvis)

23. Panda Bear – “Comfy in Nautica” (Person Pitch)

22. The Go! Team – “Grip Like a Vice” (Proof of Youth)

21. The Shins – “Australia” (Wincing the Night Away)

20. Bat for Lashes – “What’s a Girl to Do?” (Fur and Gold)

19. Jose Gonzalez – “How Low” (In Our Nature)

18. The Cave Singers – “Dancing on Our Graves” (Invitation Song)

17. Feist – “1 2 3 4” (The Reminder)

16. Wilco – “Impossible Germany” (Sky Blue Sky)

15. Deerhoof – “The Perfect Me” (Friend Opportunity)

14. Elliott Smith – “Angel in the Snow” (New Moon)

13. The Besnard Lakes – “Disaster” (The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse)

12. Arcade Fire – “Keep the Car Running” (Neon Bible)

11. Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse – “Valerie” (Version)

10. Jens Lekman – “Opposite of Hallelujah” (Night Falls Over Kortedala)

9. Caribou – “Melody Day” (Andora)

8. Animal Collective – “Peacebone” (Strawberry Jam)

7. Les Savy Fav – “Brace Yourself” (Let’s Stay Friends)

6. The New Pornographers – “Go Places” (Challengers)

5. Arcade Fire – “Intervention” (Neon Bible)

4. Radiohead – “House of Cards” (In Rainbows)

3. Andrew Bird – “Plasticities” (Armchair Apocrypha)

2. Ed Askew – “Little Eyes” (Little Eyes)

1. Sunset Rubdown – “For the Pier (And Dead Shimmering)” (Random Spirit Lover)

A Rush of 2007

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December 5, 2007

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Mates of State – “Fluke” (Team Boo)
Dressy Bessy – “You Stand Here” (Pink Hearts)
Tom Vek – “I Ain’t Saying My Goodbyes” (We Have Sound)
PJ Harvey – “Broken Harp” (White Chalk)
Traffic – “Heaven is in Your Mind” (Mr. Fantasy)
Rachael Yamagata – “Worn Me Down” (Happenstance)
Grateful Dead – “Ripple” (American Beauty) (Request)
Built to Spill – “Liar” (You in Reverse)
Jeremy Jay – “Airwalker” (Airwalker)
Tom Jones & The Cardigans – “Burning Down the House”
Cat Power – “He War” (Free)
Yo La Tengo – “Fourth Time Around” (I’m Not There Soundtrack)
Jarvis Cocker – “Black Magic” (Jarvis)
The Ladybug Transistor – “Meadowport Arch” (The Albemarle Sound)
Les Savy Fav – “Brace Yourself” (Let’s Stay Friends)
Buffalo Springfield – “Questions” (Last Time Around)
Terrordactyls – “Devices” (S/T)
Elvis Costello – “Less Than Zero” (My Aim is True)
Sleeper – “Stop Your Crying” (The It Girl)
Holiday – “Happy if you Knew It” (Café Reggio)
The Rolling Stones – “Mother’s Little Helper” (Flowers)
The Beatles – “Rain” (Hey Jude)
The Mighty Lemon Drops – “My Biggest Thing” (The Brit Box: U.K. Indie, Shoegaze, and Brit Pop Gems of the Last Millennium – from Rhino Records)