Obligatory Best of 2007 Post

Ok, here they are. BK's Musical Best of 2007:

Best album:

Sky Blue Sky - Wilco

Runner-ups:

Our Love to Admire - Interpol
Foreign Domestic - Tim Keegan
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse

Best song:

North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem

Runner-ups:

Don't You Evah - Spoon (yes, covers are allowed)
Icky Thump - The White Stripes
Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning) - Kaiser Chiefs
Wait For Me - Dean and Britta

Best concert:

Yo La Tengo, Freewheelin' tour, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Best venue:

State Theater, Kalamazoo MI, Modest Mouse

Most courteous crowd surfers:

Modest Mouse, State Theater, Kalamazoo, MI

Worst venue:

Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, MI, Interpol

Worst crowd:

Interpol, Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, MI

Best concert with least expectations:

The Paper Route, Knickerbocker Theater, Holland, MI