Even though we are a week into 2008, we figured it would be a good time to take a look back at some of LNWF’s best photos from 2007. Check it!
I’m From Barcelona – McCarren Pool, Brooklyn – 8/5 | Photo: Jason Bergman
Polar Bear Club – Bowery Poetry Club, NYC – 10/20 | Photo: Bill Shouldis
Check all the fancy picture action after the jump!
Here are some of our friends’ favorite albums from 2007.
Alfie Palao - Late Night Wallflower co-founder
Radiohead – In Rainbows (XL)
Battles – Mirrored (Warp)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Baby 81 (RCA/Island)
Explosions In The Sky – All The Sudden I Miss Everyone (Temporary Residence)
LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver (DFA)
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch)
Pissed Jeans – Hope For Men (Sub Pop)
Queens of the Stone Age – Era Vulgaris (Interscope)
Soulsavers – It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s The Way You Land (Columbia)
Antelope – Reflector (Dischord)
Lauren Denitzio – The Measure [SA]
The Ergs – Upstairs/Downstairs (Dirtnap)
The New Dress – Where Our Failures Are (Red Leader)
The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour (Anti/Epitaph)
American Steel – Destroy Their Future (Fat Wreck)
Tegan and Sara – The Con (Sire)
Keep reading after the jump for more picks.
Photo by Tim Owen
2007 has been a huge year for all of us here at Late Night Wallflower. You are reading this so I won’t bore you with longwinded, high falootin’ paragraphs of how proud I am of this site. I just want to say thank you. So, thank you for reading and keep on coming back in ’08.
I tired of debating over it all, so here goes nothing, my favorite music, among other things about 2007.
BEST ALBUMS
1. Cloak/Dagger – We Are (Jade Tree)
I debated. I debated while eating chips or while on the PATH. Then, I debated some more. After a while, it became pretty clear to me. This was THE album of 2007 to me. We Are could safely be placed among Modern Life Is War’s Witness and Paint It Black’s Paradise as recent scene time bombs that grabbed hardcore by the balls. I have listened to it well over fifty times, and that ain’t gonna stop anytime soon. An insanely refreshing and undeniably crucial record.
2. Chuck Ragan – Feast or Famine (Side One Dummy)
Try something. Get a bunch of your friends together, get drunk on some PBR or your cheap beverage of choice (I prefer Yuengling), and talk about life. When the record is over, put the needle back down on track one and if you are not screaming along to every word by then, I’m afraid you may not have a soul. Sorry.
3. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible (Merge)
Yeah, the first time I listened to it I thought it was inferior to Funeral. With further evaluations, I was convinced I had shit for brains. The album is just everything that made that first full-length great, times five.
Read more of my picks after the jump.
Our resident picture taking superstar Jason Bergman is up next with his picks for the ’07
1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (DFA)
From the opening space-age drum blips to the final piano part featuring James Murphy crooning about New York City, Sound of Silver is simply perfect. My favorite track seems to change each week, but whether its political and cultural criticism (“North American Scum”) or the revelation that your life and everything in it may not be what you thought it was (“All My Friends”), Murphy and the DFA crew get it right. Memorable lyrics, unbelievably understated funky music, an emotional weight not seen in any other music in this genre, and even a few sing-alongs here and there were more enough to keep me coming back week after week to this album.
2. Crime in Stereo Is Dead (Bridge 9)
Punk rock with sincere emotion. No silly song titles or lyrics that sound like a joke. Crime In Stereo have finally made the album where all their talent finally comes together with songs that just ooze pure, raw passion, even if they left the break-neck guitar solos at home on this effort. Although a track like “Unfortunate Tourist” doesn’t musically fit on the album, I can’t help but listen to the lyrics and think, “Yeah, that sounds about right.” Sure, it sounds like the hung out in a basement, did lots of drugs and rocked out to Deja Entendu a lot, but hey, they’re from Long Island, what else is there to do?
Keep reading for more of Jason’s picks.
Few more to go, staff-wise atleast. Let’s focus the spotlight on our resident bearded columnist and official Myspace whore, Constantine Koutsoutis aka Costa.
2007 was the year of whiskey. Well, that and some really good new music; the best of which I’m listing right here. So while the year is still viable, read what I tell you and go buy. NOW!
1. The Unlovables – Heartsickle
What can I say? I love sugar-soaked pop punk with girl vocals. This album is fast, fun, and capable of making you dance all crazy-like almost without trying. Before you know it, you’ve got some Chucks on your feet and a Screeching Weasel shirt on, screaming along to boss tuneage like “Everything’s Overrated. ” Plus, Mikey Erg is in the band! (Whoa Oh)
2. Sundowner – Four One Five Two
Everyone knows this is Chris from The Lawrence Arms’ solo acoustic project. And yeah, I’m sure everyone got tired of solo folk-punk this year. God knows I did at one point. Sundowner’s debut record is nothing like that. Instead, it put me into a cycle of listening to Chris sing about love, loss, literature, with more a unique sound. Despite not getting the notice of other Larry Arms side project The Falcon, this album was a million times better. (Red Scare)
Keep reading on for more of Costa’s picks.
