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

By The Glide Staff

December 19, 2007

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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

Harrison Haynes, Les Savy Fav

Best Album(s) of 2007

Person Pitch by Panda Bear
Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Favorite Live Performance of 2007

The Dodos, Neumos, Seattle, 11/30/07
Band of Horses, All Tomorrow's Parties vs.The Fans, Minehead, UK, 05/07
Dead Child, SXSW, 03/07

Personal Favorite On-stage Moment/Show of 2007

Playing back-to-back '90's/NC cover songs at Citysol, 07/14/07, NYC: Precision Auto by Superchunk and Wrong by Archers of Loaf

Classic Album or Artist You Discovered This Year

Expresso 2222 by Gilberto Gil
Mythical Kings & Iguanas by Dory Previn
I've Got My Own Album To Do by Ron Wood

Best Film You Saw This Year

No Country For Old Men

Song From The Past Year You Wish You Wrote

Coconut Flakes by Love As Laughter

Artist You Are Most Excited About In 2008

The Dodos
Allison Schulnik- visual artist
Paul Chan- visual artist
Melanie Schiff- visual artist

Your Latest Guilty Pleasure

Friday Night Lights

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

Halfway into the first song of our set at Vice Magazine's SXSW Elk's Lodge party, the unsettled expressions and wild diagonal hand-waiving of the front row of the audience caused us, one by one, to stop playing and turn around. Framed in the gigantic picture window overlooking suburban Austin was an enormous congregation of fire trucks, ambulances and police cars with their sirens and lights going crazy. Part of the lodge's exterior balcony had collapsed. Thankfully no one was hurt, but the whole night ended right there and everyone began walking back towards downtown.

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