This is the time of year when all the cool kids tell all the other cool kids what their favorite records of the last twelve months were.   So, cool kids… here’s our list:

10.  The Dodos – Vister
9.  Beck – Modern Guilt
8.  Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
7.  She & Him – Volume One
6.  Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
5.  Welcome Wagon – Welcome to the Welcome Wagon
4.  Katie Herzig – Apple Tree
3.  Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight
2.  Anathallo – Canopy Glow
1.  Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago

And in case you’re interested, here’s our “Best of 2007″ list we posted last year (we weren’t as disciplined back then and just posted an alphabatized batch of 15 albums):

Andrew Bird – Armchair Apochrapha
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
Beruit – The Flying Club Clup
Blonde Redhead – 23
Derek Webb – The Ringing Bell
The Khrusty Brothers
Jens Jekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
Jeremy Keen – False Starts
Josh Ritter – The Historical Conquests…
The National – Boxer
Over The Rhine – The Trumpet Child
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
Willowfair – The Lie Within

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Last night I met with my friends Benjie and Ryan and Mandy and Zach and Andrea over at Benjie’s studio… we had our final rehearsal for the Tiny Candle shows this weekend.  Man, I love those guys and I kinda wish we could pull off a set of concerts like this every month or something… sweet songs, beautiful voices, lovely acoustics.  Joy and Pricilla (of Willowfair) will be adding strings to the evening as well… so much talent in one little space.  Sadly, though – this is but an annual event – but it should be a fun party and a perfect way to celebrate the coming holiday.

If you’re interested in joining us, there are some tickets avaible, but you’ll want to pick them up soon as they’re going quick – www.tinycandle.com.

Merry days,
Ben

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