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Glide's 5th Annual Best of 2007: From the Artists' Perspective

By The Glide Staff

 
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Everyone makes their standard "best of's," top 10s" and "year in review" lists, but each December we like to take that model a couple of steps further. We go straight to the artists to see where they found inspiration over the past twelve months, and we don't stop with just album choices. We dig a bit deeper and go for a broader picture of the past year in art. From classic moments on the road to their guilty pleasure confessions, this is a panoramic snapshot of "the best of 2007," and a peek into what to expect in '08.
Aaron Dessner - The National
Adam Russell - White Rabbits
Alison Sudol - A Fine Frenzy
Ben Arnold
Brian Dwyer - Papertrigger
Bryan Dondero - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Buddy Cage
Chad Stokes - State Radio
Conor Deasy - The Thrills
Damon Fox and Ace Mark - Big Elf
David Levy - Out to Lunch
Eric Yates - Hot Buttered Rum
Grace Potter - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Harrison Haynes - Les Savy Fav
Hunter Husar - Mahjonng
Jacob Thomas Berns - The National Lights
Jamie Masefield
John Darnielle - The Mountain Goats
Josh Clark - Tea Leaf Green
m7 Martino - Charge 7
Marc Brownstein - The Disco Biscuits
Marco Benevento
Mark Karan - Ratdog
Mark Mullins - Bonerama
Matt Butler - The Everyone Orchestra
Mike Gordon - Phish
Nate Cole - Castledoor
Paul Collins and Jon Natchez - Beirut
Reed Mathis - Tea Leaf Green
Sam Sparro
Scott Metzger
Scott Tournett - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Sean Hutchinson - New Monsoon
Seth Walker
Stephen Becker - Le Concorde
The Epochs
The Frontier Brothers
The Hedrons
Tom Smith - Office
Val Loper - Bear Hands
Vampire Weekend


Chad Stokes, State Radio

Best Album(s) of 2007

  • Pete Francis - Iron Sea and the Calvary

 
Favorite Live Performance of 2007
  • Bad Ash: Boston ska/punk at Great Scotts 

  • Dropkick Murphys:  Germany festival Southside

 
Personal Favorite On-stage Moment/Show of 2007
  • Skating against the Ice Girls with the band in the Boston Garden in between periods at a Bruins game before they wheeled a stage out on the ice.

 

Classic Album or Artist You Discovered This Year

  • The Groundhogs

 
Best Film You Saw This Year
  • Great Indian Leaders and Nations

  • Favela Rising

 

Song From The Past Year You Wish You Wrote

  • Jim Croce – “Box #10”  (it's not from this past year)

 

Artist You Are Most Excited About In 2008

  • painter Asa Gallagher

 

Your Latest Guilty Pleasure

  • A sling shot

 

A Memorable/Humorous/Classic Moment on the tour bus/road in 2007

  • Our merch girl Elise broke her toe when she kicked the wall of the bus in her attempt to free herself from drummer Maddog who had picked her up in the air and bit her in the ass.  We all went in to the emergency room with her and huddled over her as she screamed for mercy from a doctor who seemed like he really just played one on TV.  The next day the bus broke down and we were picked up on the highway by Spamgalina and the Spam mobile!  Nicest lady ever!  Also, Maddog and I getting lost in Bremen, Germany in a gigantic park in the middle of the city and stumbling upon a wedding party of 25 people swimming naked in the lake…the piranha’s were vicious.

 

Great YouTube or Viral Video You Saw This Year

 

 






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