Some people (like me) are a little anal-retentive. Some people (like The Buddyrevelles) are out-and-out obsessives. How else to you explain the 7 year gestation period it took between their last album (American Matador) and their latest release, Don't Quit? Sure there have been longer, more highly anticipated waits, but the results never seem to warrant the listener's patience.
The Buddyrevelles paid back in full with Don't Quit. They certainly took the album's title to heart, and have poured themselves into amassing peerless indie pop gems, and then stringing them together into a tight 32 minutes that never fails to please.
The Buddyrevelles "The Foriegner"
~ from the album Don't Quit, 2007 (Solitaire)
Tim over at the Contrast Podcast has undertaken the monumental task of compiling a Festive Fifty list of the best songs of 2007 (a la John Peel). The first installment (featuring your truly) is available for your listening pleasure: Contrast Podcast 2007 Festive Fifty Pt. 1
I also helped spread a little more love for Marco Mahler this week with a contribution to this week's Blog Fresh Radio podcast: Blog Fresh Radio Podcast for Dec. 17, 2007
Ruby Isle continues to cover the top song on the elbo.ws charts. They've added covers of Black Mountain's "Tyrants" and Destroyer's "Foam Hands" (another Dan Bejar track) to their versions of the latest from Hello, Blue Roses (Bejar, again) and The Raveonettes.
Said the Gramophone has put up a couple of year-end posts worth checking out: StG 2007 Best Albums and StG 2007 Best Songs.
Pitchfork lists their top 50 of 2007. Any real surprises there? Nope.
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