Best of 2007...
This year had some good music and movie releases. I thought I'd list a few of my favorites:

My top 20 favorite album releases of the year:
1. Interpol: Our Love To Admire
2. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
3. Band of Horses: Cease To Begin
4. Blonde Redhead: 23
5. Menomena:Friend and Foe
6. Stars: In Our Bedroom After the War
7. Voxtrot: Voxtrot
8. The Shins: Wincing the Night Away
9. Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. Okkervil River: The Stage Names
11. Architecture in Helsinki: Places Like This
12. Shout Out Louds: Our Ill Wills
13. Bishop Allen: The Broken String
14. Radiohead: In Rainbows
15. 1990's: Cookies
16. Editors: An End Has a Start
17. White Rabbits: Fort Nightly
18. Arctic Monkeys: Favourite Worst Nightmare
19. Feist: The Reminder
20. !!!: Myth Takes

Albums I was a little disappointed with and wished they were on my favorites:
-Bright Eyes: Cassadega
-Robbers on High Street: Grand Animals

My favorite live concerts of the year (in no particular order):
-Voxtrot
-1990's
-White Rabbits
-Youth Group
-The Stills
-Under the Influence of Giants

My favorite Movie releases of the year (in no particular order):
-Control
-Into the Wild
-Darjeeling Limited
-Once
-The Bourne Ultimatum

I know there are other movies out there that I haven't seen yet, but these are my favorites that I have seen.

Thoughts? Opinions?

Happy New Year!

Vampire Weekend
Well, I know it is has been forever since I have posted something. It is pretty crazy that it has been so long... So you ask- What is new? Vampire Weekend! This is an awesome band I found out about last month. They met while attending Columbia University. They describe their sound as Upper West Side Soweto as their sound has african influences. While the beats may resemble African or ska rhythmns they also have their sound primarily in underground rock. They currently have a series of EP's out, but after their recent signing with XL recordings they are releasing their new self-titled CD out at the end of January 2008. Probably the most notable thing about their look that most people take note of is the band's preppy style. I am not sure if them being an ivy league underground band makes this acceptable, but who cares.. Perhaps soon everyone will be wearing dockers, khakis, button down shirt with sunglasses.. And while your on the ivy league kick make sure to check out another up and coming band from Harvard called Chester French.. Great music too - only available now on their my space page. Anyway, make sure to check out Vampire Weekend in concert next year.. I'll be checking them out here in NYC on their CD release weekend!
Vampire Weekend website: http://www.vampireweekend.com/