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2007 in Music Wrap Up

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Tags: kiss kiss, porcupine tree, 3, coheed and cambria, math, reality vs the optimist, fear of a blank planet, the end is begun, no world for tomorrow, lupe fiasco, 2007, best of, favorites

Mainly my year was broken up into album-eras. From the beginning of 2007 until about May my album of the year was Kiss Kiss' Reality Vs. The Optimist. From May until July it was Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet. From July until October it was 3's The End is Begun. Overall, it's 3. I was distracted from TEIB for a good moment when No World For Tomorrow was released, but it just doesn't hold a candle to TEIB. I lost a ton of interest in Coheed when I saw them at Roseland Ballroom in November. Feels like a part of me's died. It's just not the same. The crowd, the emotions, the performers don't emit the overwhelming and orgasmic love that they used to. Everything feels so forced and plastic. I miss Josh's eclectic presence incredibly. I gave the new Coheed and Cambria a legitimate chance. I thought that maybe seeing them perform would rekindle some love. I tried three times. Each time I just found myself angrier with the crowd, the band's way of handling things, the merchandise, the lack of Kwame, the cost of tickets, the song choice, and the plasticity that's overcome the individuals. The new music is rockin', but it feels so dry and recycled now.

This year also held a role reversal for me. I became very involved with MATH to the point that I became an honorary member. Their show was the first show I helped to put on, so that was pretty exciting. MATH is almost entirely improv so basically we got to dance to Billy Riker & Joey Eppard jamming with Dave Bodie (Kayo Dot), Max Oleson of Peacebomb and Mike Schirmer for the first time on stage together. There was so much love, the opening bands (Kiss Kiss, rockin' all girl band Can't Face the Falling, Dr. Manhattan) danced like mad. There really is something spectacular about Woodstock, NY.

Without further adieu, here's my lists for 2007.

Personal Highlights of 2007

Kiss Kiss - Reality vs. the Optimist
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
3 - The End is Begun
Coheed and Cambria - No World For Tomorrow
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
MATH - InsertYourNameHere
65daysofstatic - The Destruction Of Small Ideas
Rishloo - Eidolon
God Is an Astronaut - Far From Refuge

Good Albums I Wish I listened to more

The Ataris - Welcome The Night
Hella - There's No 666 In Outer Space
Liquid Trio Experiment - Spontaneous Combustion
Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Oceansize - Frames
Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez - Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo
Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez - Calibration
Pelican - City Of Echoes
Portugal. The Man - Church Mouth
Planet X - Quantum
Streetlight Manifesto - Somewhere In The Between
Radiohead - In Rainbows
!!! - Myth Takes

Wish I enjoyed more, but just didn't quite do it for me

Britney Spears - Blackout
Chevelle - Vena Sera
Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet
Circa Survive - On Letting Go
The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning Of, And All Things Regarding Ms. Leading
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
Norah Jones - Not Too Late
The Receiving End of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Puscifer - V is for Vagina
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Saves the Day - Under The Boards

Most Listened to Songs

Weerd Science - Dear Sam, I'm Dead to You
3 - These Iron Bones
Brand New - Jesus Christ
3 - Earth Rotates
3 - The Last Day
Kiss Kiss - Machines
Brand New - Limousine
The Prize Fighter Inferno - Wayne Andrews, The Old Bee Keeper
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
Thom Yorke - Black Swan
3 Monkeys Named BOB - If We Don't
3 - Serpents in Disguise
Explosions in the Sky - A Song for Our Fathers
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights (John Tejada Remix)
Skeletonbreath - Fever Dream Waltz
Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution – Here's to Life
Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line
Counterfeit Disaster - The Return
Kaki King - Soft Shoulder
Toadies - Possum Kingdom
Rush - Tom Sawyer

Bands I Got Into This Year

Local Bands (Hudson Valley Repruhzennnt!)

R.I.P. 3 Monkeys Named BOB

Looking Forward to in 2008

3 - The End is Begun (rerelease) | February 19
Counterfeit Disaster
The Dear Hunter
dredg
Glassjaw
Imogen Heap
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Kiss Kiss
N*E*R*D - N.3.R.D
Portugal. The Man
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath January 19
The Sound of Animals Fighting
Weerd Science - Sick Kids

Shows I made it out to

February

The Fall of Troy, Portugal. The Man, Damiera, Tera Melos at School of Rock on 2/7/07

March

Skeletonbreath at The Baggot Inn on 3/3/07

Brazil, Men Women & Children, The Receiving End of Sirens at Quinnipiac University Alumni Hall on 3/24/07

VonEsper at The Nyack Center on 3/31/07

April

Laeda, Astronauts, Texas Blind at Tuscan Café on 4/6/07

VonEsper, Evil Kitty, Deathmask at Desmond's Tavern on 4/14/07

VonEsper and In This Blackout at Bar None on 4/28/07

May

Laeda, Evil TV, Regime Records at Oneonta's The Epicenter on 5/6/07

Skeletonbreath at Olive's on 5/11/07

Porcupine Tree and 3 at Nokia Theatre on 5/19/07

Porcupine Tree and 3 at Electric Factory on 5/23/07

Brand New and Anathallo at Webster Theater on 5/24/07

June

3 and The Distraction on 6/15/07

MATH, Kiss Kiss, Can't Face The Falling and Dr. Manhattan at Colony Cafe on 6/22/07

The Dear Hunter, Kiss Kiss and The Distraction at The Loft on 6/23/07

The Dear Hunter and Kiss Kiss at Maxwell's on 6/25/07

Welcome to Rockland Fest at Nyack Center on 6/30/07

July

Joey Eppard at Omega on 7/4/07

Joey Eppard at Colony Cafe on 7/7/07

TOOL at Times-Union Center on 7/14/07

Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto, Jester at Starland Ballroom on 7/15/07

TOOL at Sovereign Center on 7/16/07

Joey Eppard and Sabor con Color at Rosendale Street Festival on 7/22/07

3 and Counterfeit Disaster at Bearsville Theatre on 7/27/07

August

3 and The Distraction at Middle East on 8/1/07

3 at The Ottobar on 8/2/07

3 at The Oasis on 8/3/07

3 at Grape Street on 8/4/07

3 at Mercury Lounge on 8/6/07

3 and The Distraction at Maxwell's on 8/7/07

Naked and Sarah Perrotta at Colony Cafe on 8/17/07

Bacchus at Otto's Shrunken Head

September

3 and Nemo at ProgDay on 9/2/07

Dreamer Driver at The Underscore on 9/6/07

Weerd Science, Embrace the Beauty, Captain of Compliments, Here Between at Chameleon Club on 9/22/07

3 and The Bakerton Group at Mercury Lounge on 9/27/07

October

3 and Porcupine Tree at The Egg on 10/18/07

Coheed and Cambria and As Tall As Lions on 10/19/07

Coheed and Cambria at Grammercy Theater on 10/25/07

November

3 and Counterfeit Disaster at Bearsville Theater on 11/24/07

Coheed and Cambria, Clutch, The Fall of Troy on 11/29/07

3, Kill The Lights, Campaign for Real-Time, american Buffalo at The Annex on 11/30/07

December

3, Kiss Kiss, Frankie and his Fingers at Purchase College on 12/1/07

Almost Famous on 12/21/07

Frankie and his Fingers, Counterfeit Disaster and Countess of Persia at The Basement on 12/29/07

R.I.P. Brazil

Comments:

kev_stev says:

Best blog I've read in awhile, haha. Getting into Minus the Bear and TV on the Radio was a good move ;)

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