Sean over at a-reminder.org has put together a great list of the top 25 Australian and New Zealand bands and artists of 2007. The list was voted on by a quite eclectic mix of Australian bloggers and I think the mob has chosen a pretty damn good list of Aussie releases to be in the top 25. Arias who? MTV what?

Ten to two is as follows. To catch the number one and all the other artists on the list head over to a-reminder.org and their post here.

10. Young and Restless
“The best frontwoman in Australia and a confronting live show.”
Download: Kapow!; Satan
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 13

9. New Buffalo
“Somewhere, Anywhere is a fragile, beautiful album. One of 2007’s best.”
“Sally Seltmenn is selfless, skilled and nothing short of beautiful. Missy Higgins, take note.”
Video: Cheer Me Up Thank You
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 25+

8. The Paper Scissors
“They are still the masters of creating songs that will stay in your head for days. They seem as though they exist in my neighbourhood - and not just because I see Jai a lot around town - but because they have innocent songs that are somewhat married to the inner city life of Sydney. I can’t explain why…”
“Hands down the best live band out there, a wonderful debut album just confirms their exciting potential.”
Download: We Don’t Walk
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 17

7. Architecture In Helsinki
“Very unexpected, very cool album from AiH.”
“Heart It Races has to be the song of the year. Just infectious but what else can you expect from AIH?”
“For bringing world-inspired beats back into pop.”
Download: Heart It Races
Video: Heart It Races
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 6

6. Dappled Cities Fly
“Any band that receives the DFA seal of approval is A-OK in my books.”
“They showed the world why we love them so much.”
Download: Within Hours; Fire Fire Fire (Loving Hands remix) Granddance Bonus Disc
Video: Vision Bell
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 1

5. Muscles
“His cheeky pop-electro anthems have been inescapable and rightly so. Men want his babies too.”
“I never thought that Muscles would convert well to a full length album but I was pleasantly surprised by this debut effort. And then today I find out that Pitchfork gave it 8.3!”
“Iiiiiiiiiice creeeeeeeam!”
Video: Sweaty
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 25+

4. The Basics
“I cannot say enough about The Basics. They are my favourite Australian band.”
“The best live band this side of Please Please Me.”
“Australia’s hardest working band!”
Download: Call It Rhythm & Blues; Second Best
Video: Memory Lane
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 25+

3. Midnight Juggernauts
“Dystopia is a marvelous album, and their live show isn’t too shabby either.”
“Dystopia would have to be one of my favourite albums this year.”
“The best album of the year and probably Australia’s best live show to boot.”
Video: Into The Galaxy; Road to Recovery
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 14

2. Cut Off Your Hands
“The write pretty darn good pop songs and are always entertaining live.”
“Super catchy tunes, a frantic live show and matching black skivvies.”
Download: You and I
Video: Still Fond
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: n/a

To the international readers all of these guys are worth checking out if you want to know what is about to massive in your country. Australia is where it is at.

For what it is worth my money was on Muscles and Midnight Juggernauts and much respect to Cut Off Your Hands and Architecture In Helsinki.

Buy an album, buy a tshirt.

-nek