Best of 2007
It's never too late to celebrate all the good things in a year, so here we offer our best of the best lists from our humble staff here at the Finger. We'll be adding these in a bit at a time, so check back often for more of the best.
Best of 2007 -- Niki Randa
Top Ten Records
1. Dungen - Tio Bitar
2. Deerhoof - Friend Opprtunity
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
5. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna
6. Cocorosie - Adventures of Ghosthorse
7. Electrelane - No Shouts No Calls
8. Battles - Mirrors
9. Prefuse 73 - Preparations
10. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
HM Bjork - Volta
HM Lavender Diamond - Imagine Our Love
HM Holy Fuck - LP
HM MIA - Kala
Top Three Reissues
1. Richard Twice - Richard Twice
2. J Dilla Rough - Draft
3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Favorite Newcomer
School of Seven Bells (SVIIB)
Most Welcome Return
Os Mutantes
Best Live Shows
1. Os Mutantes - El Rey
2. Cocorosie - El Rey
3. School of Seven Bells - Low End Theory
Favorite In Store Performance
Anthony Shadduck
Favorite Album Artwork
VA-Artdontsleep Presents: From LA With Love
Best Soundtrack
Juno
Top Three DVDs
1. Jud Apatow Anything
2. Children of Men
3. Beatles- Help
Favorite Music Video
Busdriver - Casting Agents and Cowgirls
Guilty Pleasure
Jodorowsky Box Set
My Favorite Things
Blank Blue
My apartment
Coconut Milk Soup
Yen
Touring
Whole Foods
Best of 2007 -- Elvin Estela
Top Ten Records
1. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
2. Shins - Wincing the Night Away
3. Dungen - Tio Bitar
4. Jesu - Conqueror
5. Om - Pilgrimage
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
7. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna
8. School of Seven Bells - My Cabal
9. Battles - Mirrored
10. DNTEL - Dumb Luck
Top Three Reissues
1. Pink Floyd - Piper At the Gates of Dawn
2. Richard Twice - Richard Twice
3. Harmonia - Deluxe
Favorite Newcomer
School of Seven Bells (SVIIB)
Most Welcome Return
Os Mutantes
Best Live Shows
1. Os Mutantes - El Rey
2. School of Seven Bells - Low End Theory
3. Battles - Slims
Favorite In Store Performance
"The one with Nels Cline" (Anthony Shadduck)
Favorite Album Artwork
Colleen Les Ondes Silencieuses
Best Soundtrack
Darjeeling Limited
Top Three DVDs
1. The Office - Season 3
2. Jodorowsky Box Set
3. Nirvana - Unplugged
Favorite Music Video
Mars Volta - Askepios
Guilty Pleasure
Apocalypto
My Favorite Things
Blank Blue
Star of Siam
Tivo
Yen
Whole Foods
Yes
Best of 2007 - Heather
Top Ten Records
1. Caribou - Andorra
2. Blonde Redhead - 23
3. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
4. Liars - Liars
5. Sharon Jones & DapKings - 100 Days 100 Nights
6. Sister Vanilla - Little Pop Rock
7. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
8. Electrelane - No Shouts No Calls
9. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
10. Jose Gonzales - In Our Nature
Top Three Reissues
1. Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
3. J Dilla - Rough Draft
Favorite Newcomer
Blank Blue
Most Welcome Return
Mary Weiss (shangri Las)
Best Live Shows
1. Daydream Nation - Greek
2. Mike Watt and Guests - Track 16 Gallery
3. White Stripes - Icky Thump Records
Favorite In Store Performance
Film School
Favorite Album Artwork
Celebration
Best Soundtrack
Deathproof/Darjeeling Limited
Top Three DVDs
1. Jodorowsky Box Set
2. Blade Runner
3. Stranger Than Fiction
Favorite Music Video
Beirut - Flying Cup
Guilty Pleasure
Feist
My Favorite Things
Provence Boulangerie
Tim Hawkinson Exhibit at the Getty
Yo Gabba Gabba
Eccentric Soul
Seattle
Whole Foods
Hole Mole
Pike
Brass Knuckle Zipper Pull
Kid Robot- Things That Hurt
Fastdragon
Best of 2007 -- Starr Sink
Top Ten Records
1. Band Of Bees - Octopus
2. Josh Ritter - Historical Conquests
3. Wilco - Sky
4. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
5. Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
6. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
7. Electrelane - No Shouts No Calls
8. New Pornographers - Challengers
9. Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
10. White Stripes - Icky Thump
Top Reissues
1. Hold Steady - Girls & Boys in America
2. Travelling Willburys
Favorite Newcomer
Blank Blue
Most Welcome Return
Roky Erickson
Best Live Shows
1. Neko Case - Henry Fonda w/ Porter Wagoner, Dwight Yoakam
2. Hold Steady - Henry Fonda
3. Wilco - Greek
Favorite In Store Performance
Bob Dylan Tribute/Open Mic Night
Favorite Album Artwork
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Best Soundtrack
Once/Disc 2 of I'm Not There
Top Three DVDs
1. Once
2. Flight of the Conchords
3. Tift Merritt - Live From Austin TX
Favorite Music Video
Josh Turner - Your Man
Best of 2007 -- Zac B
Top Ten Records
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Ryan Adams - Follow the Lights
4. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
5. El-P - Ill Sleep When Youre Dead
6. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
7. Budos Band - II
8. Blonde Redhead - 23
9. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
10. Iron & Wine - Shepherds Dog
Top Three Reissues
1. Wattstax
2. Melvin Jackson - Funky Skull
3. Os Mutantes
Favorite Newcomer
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Most Welcome Return
Os Mutantes
Favorite Album Artwork
Dungen
Best Soundtrack
Superbad
Top Three DVDs
1. Planet Earth Series
2. Simpsons Movie
3. Nirvana - Unplugged
Favorite Music Video
Beck - Cellphone's Dead
Guilty Pleasure
Toto - Africa (still)
My Favorite Things
All the Numero Re-Issue Series 7 in 2007
Best of 2007 -- Christopher Hughes
Top Ten Records
1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2. Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
3. Dr Dog - We All Belong
4. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
5. Robust - El Foto Grande
6. Now Again - Sounds Vol.1
7. Celebration - Modern Tribe
8. Percee P - Perserverance
9. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
10. Good the Bad and the Queen - Good the Bad and the Queen
Top Three Reissues
1. J Dilla - Rough Draft
2. Amnesty - Free Your Mind
3. Betty Davis - Betty Davis
Favorite Newcomer
Blank Blue
Most Welcome Return
Wu-Tang
Best Live Shows
1. Arcade Fire - Greek (Berkeley)
2. Sharon Jones & DapKings - El Rey
3. Entrance - Low End Theory
Favorite In Store Performance
Dr Dog
Favorite Album Artwork
Animal Collective
Best Soundtrack
Black Snake Moan
Top Three DVDs
1. The Office - Season 1 2 3
2. Inside Man
3. Lucky Number Slevin
Favorite Music Video
Portishead - Only
My Favorite Things
Started working at Fingrprints
right hand dog Beau
not working on Xmas
going to events w/ free food
Best of 2007 -- Dominique
Top Ten Records
1. Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta
2. Bikeride - The Kiss
3. Aggrolites - Reggae Hit LA
4. Ticklah vs. Axlerod - Ticklah vs. Axlerod
5. Budos Band - II
6. Sharon Jones & Dapkings - 100 Days 100 Nights
7. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
8. Greyboy Allstars - What Happened to TV
9. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
10. Legendary Shack Shakers - Swampblood
Top Three Reissues
1. Operation Ivy
2. Stanley Kubrick Collection
3. Eraserhead
Favorite Newcomer
Flight of the Conchords
Most Welcome Return
Ocean 11 @ the Dave Fuentes Tribute Show
Best Live Shows
1. Bad Manners - Safari Sams
2. Aquabats - House of Blues SD
3. Aggrolites - Glasshouse w/Gogo13 and Polysics
Favorite In Store Performance
Aggrolites
Favorite Album Artwork
Menomena
Best Soundtrack
Deathproof/Walk Hard
Top Three DVDs
1. This is England
2. Hot Fuzz
3. Metalocalypse
Favorite Music Video
Hives - Tick Tick Boom
Guilty Pleasure
M.I.A. - Kala
My Favorite Things
Kid Robot Toy - Yo Gabba Gabba
Comedy Album - Patton Oswalt
Compilation - Eccentric Soul
Remixed Album - Gorillaz D Sides