Do you feel like every week there’s some band your “eccentric” co-worker/friend is trying to turn you on to? Are you confused as to which band with the word “wolf” or “horse” you’re supposed to like? Lucky for you, every week DJ Father Guido spends hours in his lab sifting through bits and bytes of hipster blog entries and indie magazines searching for the finest aural pleasures available. Then the Father compiles them here for you to enjoy in the comfort of the Donnybrook Campus.
So here we are at the end of another year. Another great year for music...unless your Stephen King. So what do we have to show for it? Well, T.I. was on his way to being the Jay-Z of the South, while Jay-Z was working on becoming the Jay-Z of 1998. The Tims brought sexy back. We were introduced to a beautiful album (Writer's Block) recorded by PB&J, second only to the croque-monsieur as my favorite sandwich. Also this year, Kanye West became the best paid hipster in North America, Brandon Flowers tried to become Springsteen before listening to Neon Bible, and TV on the Radio made an album, did anybody hear that one? We didn't have a Gnarles Barkley this year but we did have "D.A.N.C.E" and did I mention Jay-Z is back? Also promising, we heard rumblings from both the Outkast and Wu-Tang camps. Then there's the bands that we'll be talking about next year (Glasvegas, Murs, Black Mountain,Burial).
However, all that is in the past. Now we are at that point of no return. The best-of lists are being compiled and nothing can be changed. If any bands out there feel like they were cheated they will just have to do better next year for this is the month that your critics rate the good and the bad of what we have heard and seen in the past 12 months.
Awww, the Best-Of list. Everybody longs to have the definitive outlook but, nobody ever gets it right. So here's what we will be doing: We will be analyzing the year end lists of some other "reputable" music publications, I'll sort-of edit them accordingly to fit my preference and then play those songs on the Snobcast, then you the reader can tell me what you think should stay; what should go; what should be added or subtracted from the list/playlist. In the end we will have compiled the definitive Best of 2007 list.
I'm opening this up to my readers for one month. One month where I won't act like I know more than you and you can bask in the warmth of my musical credibility. So chime in.
Our first subject is possibly the most intellectual, but most boring of music rags, Paste Magazine.
Here's their List:
100. Stars – In Our Bedroom After The War
99. The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
98. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
97. Marissa Nadler - Song III: Bird on the Water
96. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
95. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
94. Suzanne Vega - Beauty & Crime
93. Lori McKenna - Unglamorous
92. Jesse Sykes – Like, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
91. The Fratellis - Costello Music
90. Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
89. Anat Cohen - Noir
88. Do Make Say Think - You, You're A History In Rust
87. White Rabbits – Fort Nightly
86. Ruthie Foster - The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster
85. Menomena - Friend and Foe
84. Liars - Liars
83. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
82. Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
81. Art Brut - It's A Bit Complicated
80. Akron/Family - Love Is Simple
79. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
78. The New Pornographers - Challengers
77. Jeremy Fisher - Goodbye Blue Monday
76. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
75. Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara
74. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
73. Warm In The Wake - American Prehistoric
72. Bettye Lavette - Scene Of The Crime
71. Josh Rouse - Country Mouse City House
70. Ween - La Cucaracha
69. Bat For Lashes - Fur & Gold
68. Office - A Night At The Ritz
67. St. Vincent - Marry Me
66. Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
65. Caribou - Andorra
64. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
63. Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
62. Joseph Arthur - Let's Just Be
61. Prince - Planet Earth
60. The Broken West - I Can't Go On I'll Go On
59. Imperial Teen - The Hair The TV The Baby & The Band
58. Romantica - America
57. The Clientele - God Save The Clientele
56. Kate Nash - Made of Bricks
55. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
54. Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
53. Fionn Regan - The End Of History
52. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
51. The Frames - The Cost
50. Battles - Mirrored
49. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got A Ramblin’ Mind
48. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
47. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
46. Justice - †
45. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
44. Norah Jones - Not Too Late
43. The Everybodyfields - Nothing Is Okay
42. Lifesavas - Gutterfly
41. Brandi Carlile - The Story
40. Damien Dempsey - To Hell Or Barbados
39. The Perishers - Victorious
38. Olof Arnalds - Vid Og Vid
37. Eleni Mandell - The Miracle Of Five
36. Joe Henry - Civilians
35. Peter Bjorn & John - Writer's Block
34. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
33. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
32. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
31. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
30. Björk - Volta
29. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
28. Mary Gauthier - Between Daylight and Dark
27. Derek Webb - The Ringing Bell
26. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
25. Over The Rhine - The Trumpet Child
24. Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
23. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
22. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
21. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
20. Blonde Redhead - 23
19. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living with the Living
18. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
17. Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
16. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
15. Kanye West - Graduation
14. Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
13. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
12. Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
11. Radiohead - In Rainbows
10. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
09. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
08. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
07. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
06. M.I.A. - Kala
05. Feist - The Reminder
04. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
03. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
02. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
01. The National - Boxer
Here's this weeks songs:
1. "Neon Bible" The Arcade Fire Neon Bible
2. "Magic" Bruce Springsteen Magic
3. "Conquest" The White Stripes Icky Thump
4. "Sea Lion Woman" Feist The Reminder
5. "Mango Pickle Down River" M.I.A. Feat. The Wilcannia Mob Kala
6. "Sky Blue Sky" Wilco Sky Blue Sky
7. "Florida" Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
8. "Is There A Ghost" Band of Horses Cease to Begin
9. "He Can Only Hold Her" Amy Winehouse Back To Black
10. "Champion" Kanye West Graduation
11. "Shirin" Jens Lekman Night Falls Over Kortedala
12. "North American Scum" LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver
13. "Trancendental Light" The Black Lips Good Bad, Not Evil
14. "Turn On Me" The Shins Wincing The Night Away
15. "The Underdog" Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
16. "Broken Harp" PJ Harvey White Chalk
17. "Start To Melt" Peter Bjorn & John Writer's Block
18. "Let There Be Light" Justice Cross
19. "Versatile Heart" Linda Thompson Versatile Heart
20. "Atlas" Battles Mirrored
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