Slacking this year on the 2007 Best of post...

Classy!

My friends over at False 45th run a tight ship (as tight as a blog can be I guess?) and they've got a cool little "end of year" survey that is sent out to some of their favorite folks. My entry this year was a bit self-indulgent and verbose, but I must say that 2007 was an extremely good year for new music, in my not-so-humble opinion. Much love to all those listed and to those I left out...

ALBUMS
1. Centro-Matic - "Fort Recovery"
2. Neko Case - "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood"
3. The Lemonheads - "The Lemonheads"
4. Richard Buckner - "Meadow"
5. The Contrarian - "Soft Rock"

SONGS
"But How" - Bobby Baby, "In Ten Years From Now" - Bobby Baby, "Lucky Moments" - Bobby Baby, "Dancers All" - Death Vessel, "Calling Thermatico" - Centro-Matic, "Soft Rock 2" - The Contrarian

SHOWS (Played):
1. 10/20/06 :: The Sanctuary for Independent Media - KHearts
2. Hawaiian Rock Fest - Kareoke Hearts!, loved Complicated Shirt, Wasted, Aficionado, etc

DINNERS (apparently I had more dinners out than shows attended):
1. 120 Bistro (RIP) / Schuylerville, NY - July
2. Mogador / NY, NY - September
3. Luisa's / S. Glens Falls, NY - ???

2007 PREDICTIONS:
Winterpills - "The Light Divides", PG Six - "Slightly Sorry", Death Vessel - (new record name here)

I'm not much for lists, but this has been such an amazing year for things that I felt I should list it all up. Share, discuss.

ALBUMS
1. Sun Kil Moon - "Tiny Cities"
2. Micah Blue Smaldone - "Hither + Thither"
3. Lux Perpetua - "Violent Beginnings"
4. the everybodyfields - "plague of dreams"
5. Nat Baldwin / Deer Tick - split cassette

SONGS
"Creature From the Deep" - Lux Perpetua, "Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts" - Sufjan Stevens, "Long Time" - Deer Tick, "New Sane Scramble" - Jana Hunter, "The Some Place New" - Bobby Baby, "My Teacher Died" - Diane Cluck, "Truckers Atlas" - Sun Kil Moon (MM cover), "Fade Jeans Blue" - the everybodyfields, "Dinner at My Place (DnB remix)" - MC Copulation, "Summerbelle, Winterbelle" - Micah Blue Smaldone

SHOWS (Played):
1. 10/15/05 :: Sin- - KHearts / PGSix / Death Vessel
2. 06/23/05 :: 3FU(RIP) - KHearts / Idatel / the everybodyfields
3. 09/30/05 :: Iron Horse - KHearts / The Heartless Bastards
4. 11/20/05 :: Elevens - KHearts / Whiskey Ina / the everybodyfields
5. 10/16/05 :: Palace Theater - KHearts, rock 2 rebuild event

SHOWS (Seen):
1. 08/14/05 :: Diane Cluck @ Better Than Toast
2. 05/29/05 :: Death Vessel @ Club Passim
3. 10/09/05 :: Miguel Ayerve Benefit @ Apollo Grille
4. 09/13/05 :: Mary Timony @ Valentine's
5. 06/??/05 :: Complicated Shirt @ King's Tavern