Thursday, November 29, 2007

best of lists

so it's that time of year again. here at performer we're all compiling our best ofs and getting ready to send them to the three corners of america (we have northeast and west coast performers too). though we're allowed to pick whatever region, label status or what have you for our picks (ie. i don't have to stick the the indie, se stuff that we feature in the mag), naturally most of my stuff is indie, se stuff. cos, basically, that's the best stuff out there right now.

the list is streaming courtesy of project playlist - though it should be noted that they didn't have everything on my list (namely the fandabbydosy dance awesomeness of judi chicago), so here's my list:

janelle monae
the coathangers
y-o-u
black kids
arcade fire
judi chicago
young knives
warm in the wake
the avett brothers (added! how could i forget??)
dan le sac vs scroobius pip (added!)
magic apron (just added)
through the sparks (just added)


this list is bound to be edited, as many of the folks i was going to mention had releases last year... so here are my late '06 mentions, since i didn't do a list last year:

lady sovereign
lily allen
jarvis cocker
joan as a police woman
cold war kids
peter, bjorn and john
bombadil


oh and what i'm excited about in the new year:

the selmanaires
y-o-u (again!)
the wombats

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