Archive: Year-End Lists
One Last Look at 2007
Can you handle one last 2007 list? Today we were all set to present you with my favorite albums of the year along with J. Freedom's list of albums that just missed his Top 10 cut. But Mr. Freedom was too busy picking out his outfit for last night's Hannah...
By David Malitz | January 8, 2008; 08:31 AM ET | Comments (0)
On Good Charlotte's 'Revival'
It's hard out here for a pop-punk. No, you weren't imagining things. That really was Good Charlotte performing on MTV's New Year's Eve Tila Tequila-fest. You might say that they're, like, soooo 2002 - but MTV had 'em slotted after the stroke of midnight, meaning the boys from Waldorf,...
By J. Freedom du Lac | January 3, 2008; 08:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
Best Reissues/Compilations of 2007
Depeche Mode - "Construction Time Again" / "Black Celebration" Neither album, from 1983 and 1986 respectively, is on the same level as the band's classics, "Music for the Masses" or "Violator." But hearing the synth-pop masters approach those twin peaks is more fun these days than listening to "Enjoy...
By David Malitz | January 2, 2008; 10:26 AM ET | Comments (4)
Best Shows of 2007, Redux (This Time With Acts You've Actually Heard Of!)
Hey, Morrissey, get off my lawn! (Gerald Martineau/TWP) Mr. Malitz has already weighed in with his Top 10 Concerts By Kinda-Sorta Obscure Artists list, which is heavy on acts that many of you apparently haven't heard/don't care about/etc. And now, for my own not-quite-Top 10 list, which is loaded...
By J. Freedom du Lac | December 28, 2007; 10:01 AM ET | Comments (8)
10 Best Indie Rock Songs You Didn't Hear In 2007
It seems that each week another dozen blogs pop up, and they all claim to have the GREATEST SONG EVER by the NEXT BIG THING! So true hidden treasures can be hard to find, but here are 10 songs from this year that probably didn't appear on most radars. Download...
By David Malitz | December 27, 2007; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (4)
Best Shows of 2007
The Pope of Mope: Live performer of the year. 1. Morrissey, Wolf Trap, July 2 and Constitution Hall, Nov. 2 I won't go as far as saying that my first 26 years on this planet were a complete waste because I wasn't a fully-fledged member of the Cult of...
By David Malitz | December 26, 2007; 10:38 AM ET | Comments (0)
