Mid - Year Bests for 2007

julian, i think your recent conversion to born-again status has affected your ability to appreciate music. LCD was an above-average album, but isn't mind-blowing. the national falls into the same category: i don't see it surviving into many people's end-of-year "best of 2007" list.

I tend to listen to the same artists repetitively, so my best-ofs are mostly meaningless. That said, two albums that have managed to convert me are:

Boxer - The National
Marry Me - St. Vincent

I won't even pretend that Stars makes the list, despite them being my favourite group.

they suck live, too.

Originally posted by you be betty:


and also feel that i'm the only person in the country who is COMPLETELY UNDERWHELMED by Au Revoir Simone…what is the deal with that???

Andrew Bird
Apparat
Arcade Fire
Battles
Besnard Lakes
Bjork
Blonde Redhead
Deerhunter
Electrelane
Marnie Stern
The National
Of Montreal
Okkervil River
Panda Bear
Ponys
St. Vincent
Studio
The Twilight Sad
The Veils
White Rabbits
Wilco

still listening to the new Dirty Projectors (thanks azaghal…) :)