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| | Issue #21.01 :: 01/02/2008 - 01/08/2008 | Favorite Local Releases of 2007 — Kevin Oliver Edition
Freelance contributor Kevin Oliver picks his favorite local records of the past year.
| BY KEVIN OLIVER
| 1. Magnetic Flowers, Presents Pasts and Futures
Gloriously ramshackle and yet meticulously arranged at the same time, this is my favorite local band since the late, great Petrillo Relents.
2. Ellie Laveer, This Place
Simply an exquisitely beautiful voice, Laveer's a songbird with some serious wings, as these songs take flight with crisp, professional production that knows enough to not get in her way.
3. Death Becomes Even the Maiden, The Arrangement
I'm still shaking my head in amazement that these guys are local, given the fact that they combine everything I love about Mission of Burma, Band of Susans, and the Jesus Lizard into one band.
4. Josh Roberts, My War Cry Is Amor
With Captain Easy a distant memory, Roberts' current band really establishes their own identity on this one, and Roberts himself is snarly and raging enough to earn the Neil Young comparisons he inevitably gets.
5. Sunshone Still, Ten Cent American Novels
An ambitious historical concept album might not sound like it would make for enjoyable listening, but there are several songs in this musical novel that demand repeat listens.
6. Lundy, Lundy EP
Not sure if this was an official "release" or just something for them to give away at shows, but this brief set of original tunes served as a reminder that Brent Lundy can still write songs as catchy as the covers his band ends up playing at most of their gigs.
7. The Decade, Read Between the Lines
These youngsters put on an energetic live show, supported by the kind of hook-filled tunes that give pop-punk back its good name.
8. Loch Ness Johnny, Evil Shenanigans
Our own rowdy band of Celtic rockers--who said you have to be from Ireland to have an Irish fiddle player in your band? Extra points for their second Velvet Underground cover.
9. Analog Moon, Live Studio Sessions
Their music seems to evoke the 1970s for me, and the lengthy jams on this disc support that Steely Dan/Traffic point of view.
10. Crash Cadillac, "We Are The Gamecocks" CD Single
Gamecocks fans are a dedicated bunch, and even though the season kinda sucked this year, this local hard rock band came up with a fun way to commemorate what could have been. | |
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