Top Albums of 2007
30) Fall Out  Boy - Infinity On High
29) Capital - Homefront
28) The Receiving End Of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
27) Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me
26) Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
25) Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight
24) Four Year Strong - Rise Or Die Trying
23) The Starting Line - Direction
22) Eisley - Combinations
21) Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
20) Tegan & Sara - The Con
19) Chuck Ragan - Feast Or Famine
18) Sundowner - Four One Five Two
17) Saves The Day - Under The Boards
16) Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
15) Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
14) Dashboard Confessional - The Shade Of Poison Trees
13) Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
12) Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog
11) Dustin Kensrue - Please Come Home
10) The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
9)  Lifetime - Lifetime
8) Steel Train - Trampoline
7) The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
6) Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
5) Straylight Run - The Needles The Space
4) Radiohead - In Rainbows
3) Crime In Stereo - Is Dead
2) Say Anything - In Defense Of The Genre
1) Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vol. I & II

Top Full Length Non-Albums
The Format - B-Sides & Rarities
A New Found Glory - From Your Screen To Your Stereo Part II
Thursday - Kill The House Lights
Alkaline Trio - Remains

Top EPs
5) Therefore I Am - Escape
4) This Time Next Year - A Place For You
3) Offsides - Demo
2) Kevin Devine - 2007 Tour EP
1) Last Of The Believers - Paper Ships Under A Burning Bridge

Albums Released in 2007 That I Haven't Really Listened To Yet (Thus Keeping Off My Top Albums List)
A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide
Circa Survive - On Letting Go
Minus The Bear - Planet Of Ice
Page France - ...And The Family Telephone
The Dear Hunter - Act II:  The Meaning Of...
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Jay-Z - American Gangster

Most Dissappointing Albums
Against Me! - New Wave
Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
Funeral For A Friend - Tales Don't Tell Themselves
The Receiving End Of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
Note:  These are by no means bad albums.  I just expected to like these more.  For the most part, these are good albums, I probably just need more time with them, but my lack of desire to want to listen to these enough to "get" them is part of the disappointment.

Best New Bands
3) The Graduate
2) Offsides
1) Last Of The Believers

Best Lyrics
5) John/Michelle Nolan (Straylight Run)
4) Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)
3) Ari Katz (Lifetime)
2) Max Bemis (Say Anything)
1) Dustin Kensrue (Thrice)

Best Vocals
5) Stacy/Sherri Dupree (Eisley)
4) James Mercer (The Shins)
3) Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
2) Sam Beam (Iron & Wine)
1) Dustin Kensrue (Thrice)

Best Music DVDs
3) Champion - Different Directions
2) Thursday - Kill The House Lights
1)  The Format - Live At The Mayan Theater

Best Shows I Attended
10) Straylight Run @ The ICC
9) Steel Train/Ace Enders/Kevin Devine @ T.T. The Bear's
8) Morrissey @ The Orpheum
7) Cold War Kids/Delta Spirit @ The Middle East
6) Say Anything/Saves The Day (+ Acoustic Set at BC) @ The Avalon
5) Lifetime @ The Axis
4) .moneen. @ The ICC
3) The Format/Piebald/Limbeck/Steel Train @ The Avalon
2) Brand New/Kevin Devine/Manchester Orchestra @ The Avalon
1) Brand New/Thrice/mewithoutYou @ Tsongas Arena

Pros
Frontmen releasing solo albums (Dustin Kensrue, Chuck Ragan, Sundowner)
Bands taking chances (Thrice concept EPs, Say Anything double album, Radiohead digital release)
Pat Kelliher making/playing music
Chris Carrabba comes to his senses and realizes what makes Dashboard Confessional good
Package tours with lots of good bands
Cons
Angels and Airwaves still existing
Curfew at The ICC cutting Moneen and Straylight Run sets short
Shows not in Boston (and instead in Worcester or Lowell)
No Postal Service album
Jesse Lacey's artsy weirdness hurting Brand New's live show

Most Anticipated Albums of 2008
15) Have Heart
14) Morrissey
13) Taking Back Sunday
12) New Found Glory
11) Jack's Mannequin
10) Set Your Goals
9) Cold War Kids
8) Kevin Devine
7) Glassjaw
6) Brand New
5) Thursday
4) .moneen.
3) Death Cab For Cutie (Postal Service? hopefully)
2) The Format
1) Thrice/Dustin Kensrue

Predictions for 2008
1.  2008 is the year of Death Cab and all things related (Postal Service, Chris Walla solo)
2.  Thrice's Earth is amazing, but Air is an opus
3.  The new Avalon/Axis club isn't as good as either previous club, but lessens the number of bands going to the Palladium
4.  Tome Delonge is still a pretentious asshole
5.  Hot Water Music record new music and exist similar to Lifetime
6.  Midtown reunion/final show finally happens, and gets ball rolling for a Movielife reunion
7.  Chinese Democracy still doesn't come out
8.  The #1 album of 2008 according to Pitchforkmedia doesn't get a rating higher than 8.0 when it's reviewed by them.
9.  Andy Jackson joining Taking Back Sunday is the key to them returning to a Tell All Your Friends level.
10.  Emo is the new goth/metal (scene for news to attack and blame for all of the world's problems)

Current Location: ABQ, NM
Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Cobra Starship - The City Is At War