Thursday 27 December 2007

Our 2007 round up - Alex's list

Christmas is done for another year, and as we look forward to a blistering New Year Eve, it seems only fitting that we wrap up this year with a hearty roundup of the things that have tickled us in 2007.
Here's my list, I'm sure Kat will be along any day with hers (well, everything takes a little longer when you're all the way down in Cornwall...)

TRACKS
1. Metronomy 'Heartbreaker'
2. Friendly Fires 'Paris'
3. DJ Mehdi feat. Chromeo 'I Am Somebody'
4. Late of the Pier 'Broken'
5. Damn Shames 'Last Things'
6. Vampire Weekend 'A Punk'
7. Herve & Sinden 'Beeper'
8. Justice 'DVNO'
9. Primary 1 'Princess'
10. Jeffrey Lewis 'Will Oldham'
11. Klaxons 'As Above, So Below' (Justice mix)
12. Cut Off Your Hands 'Still Fond'
13. Of Montreal 'Gronlandic Edit'
14. Frankie Valli 'Beggin'
15. Bolt Action Five 'Spree'
16. Cassius 'Toop Toop'
17. LCD Soundsystem 'Someone Great'
18. Tunng 'Bullets' (Max Tundra mix)
19. Broken Hearts 'Black Cat'
20. Midlake 'Roscoe'

ALBUMS
1. Justice - T
2. Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime
3. Klaxons - Myths
4. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna
5. Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
6. Tiger Force - Wasp In A Jar
7. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
8. The Rakes - 10 New Messages
9. Horrors - Strange House
10. Jamie T - Panic Prevention

FESTIVALS
1. Rock en Seine, Paris - kicking Marc Ronson off Guitar Hero + seeing Bjork do a crap dj set = good fessy vibes
2. Summercase, Barcelona - dancing on stage with the Flamming Lips and seeing Phoenix twice in one weekend
3. Pukkelpop, Belgium - my final tour managing stint for Bromheads Jacket ended with a bang
4. Field Day, London - crap sound, no toliets, but hot hot weather and many friends
5. err, actually, the others i went to were a bit rubbish

FOLKS
1. The Thornton's MD who got caught squishing rivals' chocolates in their shops
2 & 3. Michel Gondry and Wes Anderson for it all
4. David Tennant. He's the Doctor, oooh yeah.
5. Shelia the geriatric sandwich maker in Stagnels

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS SONGS




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