ElasticaBest Mash-Up The Gossip vs. Elastica "Standing in the Way of Connection"
Best Albums
These are my top long players of the year in no particular order (other than reverse alphabetical).
Voxtrot s/t
listen to Kid Gloves
Ted Leo/Pharmacists Living With The Living
listen to La Costa Brava
Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
listen to Don't Make Me A Target
Radiohead In Rainbows
listen to Down Is The New Up
The New Pornographers Challengers
listen to Myriad Harbour
The National Boxer
listen to Fake Empire
Elliot Smith New Moon
listen to All Cleaned Out
Caribou Andorra
listen to She's The One
Bad Religion New Maps of Hell
listen to Honest Goodbye
Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha
listen to Heretics
Best Live Shows
Ted Leo/Pharmacists - Mod Club, Toronto, CA 5/2/07 Fresh off the release of Living With The Living, Ted and the boys were in peak form. The addition of James Canty on second guitar added to the firepower. Sadly, this would be my last Ted show with the always entertaining (not necessarily purposefully) Dave Lerner on bass.
listen to Under The Hedge
The National - 9:30 Club, WDC 6/20/07 More than anything I was just thoroughly impressed how well Boxer translated live. Listen to Murder Me Rachael and get the entire concert from NPR's All Songs Considered here.
The Evens - Capital City Public Charter School, WDC 11/18/07 Playing in the space formerly known as the Wilson Center (site of the first Fugazi show 20 years ago), the Evens created my most age-appropriate live show experience of the year with an 8pm start time and three generations of MacKaye's in attendance. The songs, not surprisingly, translated well to the live format. Ian gave a little insight into the history of the room as he described playing there 25 years ago with Bad Brains, Scream, Minor Threat, G.I., and about five other bands all for $3. The times they are a changin'.
Listen to All These Governors, No Money
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