2007 Year In Review - Reveille Magazine

Home

Features

2007 Year In Review

Written by Kyle Matteson

Monday, December 31, 2007 at 02:27 PM

Article Index
2007 Year In Review
Reveille Staff Picks

Page 2 of 2

Reveille Magazine Staff

Steve McPherson

National:
1. Menomena - Friend and Foe
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Jay-Z - American Gangster
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. Parts & Labor - Mapmaker
6. The National - Boxer
7. Tarentel - Ghetto Beats on the Surface of the Sun
8. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
9. Battles - Mirrored
10. k-os - Atlantis (Hymns for Disco)

Honorable mentions:
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
The Brakes - Beatific Visions
The Veils - Nux Vomica
Land of Talk - Applause, Cheer, Boo, Hiss

Local
1. Fog - Ditherer
2. Building Better Bombs - Freak Out Squares
3. Gospel Gossip - Sing Into My Mouth
4. Red Fox Grey Fox - From the Land of Bears, Ice and Rock
5. Fantastic Merlins - Look Around
6. The Pines - Sparrows in the Bell
7. Painted Saints - The Bricks Might Breathe Again
8. James Buckley Trio - Stitches
9. Mystery Palace - Flags Forward
10. Happy Apple - Happy Apple Back on Top

Kyle Matteson

National
1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
2. The National - Boxer
3. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
4. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
5. Vampire Weekend - Blue CD-R
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
7. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
8. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
9. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
10. Georgie James - Places
11. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
12. David Vandervelde - The Moonstation House Band
13. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
14. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
15. St. Vincent - Marry Me
16. Romantica - Americana
17. Jason Isbell - Sirens of the Ditch
18. Kanye West Graduation
19. Handsome Furs - Plague Park
20. Menomena - Friend and Foe

Local
1. Romantica - America
2. The Glad Version - Make Islands

3. Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8

4. The Pines - Sparrows In The Bell

5. The Alarmists - The Ghost and the Hired Gun

6. Stook! - When The Needle Hit The Wax

7. Mouthful of Bees - The End

8. Fog - Ditherer

9. Ed Ackerson - Self/Titled

10. Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth

Others:
Fog - Ditherer
The Evening Rig - Never Done'er
Fort Wilson Riot - Idigaragua
Vicious Vicious - Parade

Rob van Alstyne

National (no order)
Joel Plaskett Emergency - Ashtray Rock
Pela - Anytown Graffiti
Miracle Fortress - Five Roses
Glossary - The Better Angels of Our Nature
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
The Whitest Boy Alive - Dreams
The National - Boxer
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Mobius Band - Heaven
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
Voxtrot - Voxtrot
Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
Ferraby Lionheart - Catch the Brass Ring
Bishop Allen - The Broken String
Band Of Horses - Cease to Begin
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Kyle Andrews - Find Love, Let Go EP
Horse in the Sea - I Order the Sun to Shine On Everyone
Maritime - Heresy & the Hotel Choir
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living With the Living
The A-Sides - Silver Storms
Richard Swift - Dressed Up for the Letdown
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
Two Gallants - Two Gallants
The Good Life - Help Wanted Nights
Two Hours Traffic - Little Jabs
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Wheat - Everyday I Said A Prayer For Kathy And Made A One Inch Square
Dolour - The Years in the Wilderness

Local:
1. The Glad Version - Make Islands
2. Ela - Real Blood on Fake Trees
3. These Modern Socks - These Modern Socks (reissue)
4. Vicious Vicious - Parade
5. The Evening Rig - Never Been'er
6. Mouthful of Bees - The End
7. The Owls - Daughters and Suns
8. Ed Ackerson - Ed Ackerson
9. Mary Bue - Boat With No Oars
10. Sean Na Na - Family Trees or Cope We Must
11. Friends Like These - I Hate You, Vol. 1 - The Greatest Generation
12. The Alarmists - The Ghost & The Hired Gun
13. Mel Gibson & the Pants - Sea vs. Shining Sea EP
14. Glorious Monster - Adventures On Earth
15. Roma di Luna - Find Your Way Home
16. White Light Riot - Atomism
17. JG Everest - Parade
18. Ice Palace - Bright Leaf Left
19. I, Colossus - I, Colossus
20. The Umbrella Sequence - Events
21. Spiritual Mansions - Give Us Your Hearts EP
22. JoAnna James - Back of My Mind EP

Andrea Myers

National:
1. Joe Henry - Civilians
2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4. Feist - The Reminder
5. Mark Olson - Salvation Blues
6. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
7. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
8. The Cave Singers - Invitation Songs
9. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
10. White Magic - Dark Stars

Local
1. Romantica - America
2. Dan Wilson - Free Life
3. Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
4. The Pines - Sparrows in the Bell
5. Little Man - Soulful Automatic
6. Stook - When the Needle Hit the Wax
7. Roma di Luna - Find Your Way Home
8. City on the Make - In the Name of Progress
9. Vicious Vicious - Parade
10. Fog - Ditherer