Artist	Song	Buy
Patrick Wolf U.K. - London, England	Bluebells The Magic Position [2007]
Iron & Wine U.S. - Columbia, South Carolina	Boy with a Coin The Shepherd's Dog [2007]
The Shins U.S. - Alberquerque, New Mexico	Split Needles Wincing The Night Away [2007]
The Avett Brothers U.S. - Concord, North Carolina	Die Die Die Emotionalism [2007]
Wilco U.S. - Chicago, Illinois	You Are My Face Sky Blue Sky [2007]
Jens Lekman Sweden - Gothenburg	A Postcard To Nina Night Falls Over Kortedala [2007]
Kings of Leon U.S. - Mount Juliet, Tennessee	Ragoo Because of the Times [2007]
Bright Eyes U.S. - Omaha, Nebraska	Coat Check Dream Song Cassadaga [2007]
The Fiery Furnaces U.S. - Oak Park, Illinois	Oh Sweet Woods Bitter Tea [2007]
Andrew Bird U.S. - Chicago, Illinois	The Supine Armchair Apocrypha [2007]
Tunng U.K. - London, England	Soup Good Arrows [2007]
Radicalfashion Japan - Kobe	Thousand (featuring Carl Stone) Odori [2007]
Of Montreal U.S. - Athens, Georgia	The Past Is A Grotesque Animal Hissing Fauna [2007]
Okkervil River U.S. - Austin, Texas	Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe The Stage Names [2007]
Cloud Cult U.S. - Minneapolis, Minnesota	Chemicals collide The Meaning Of 8 [2007]
Band Of Horses U.S. - Seattle, Washington	Is There A Ghost Cease To Begin [2007]
Deer Tick U.S. - Providence, Rhode Island	Dirty Dishes War Elephant [2007]
Andrew Bird U.S. - Chicago, Illinois	Plasticities Armchair Apocrypha [2007]
Beirut U.S. - Brooklyn, New York City, New York	Nantes The Flying Club Cup [2007]

Comment:

The "Year in the Making" Series continues. And, alas, many of you will note, this mix contains music that will be quite familiar to most; proof positive, no music enthusiast can, nor should, live in the obscuro rack, alone. The real trick, for me, was determining how best to sequence and blend these tracks, so as to not rehash (in it's entirety) that, which has come before.Many might also recognize the cover art work comes from Kim Deitch. I chose this so as to highlight my recent obsession with all things, Graphic Novel.What can I say? It's a medium that perfectly aligns to my reading level, as my enthusiasm for reading books for enjoyment's sake took a drastic turn for the worse, once pictures were eliminated. All kidding aside, many of the finer graphic novels I've read certainly don't strike me as "made for children". So, though I wouldn't aggressively argue with those who might turn their noses up at such things, my hope is that no one would dismiss this highly artistic approach to story-telling without giving it a shot. Oh, one last word, I can assure you, the books are FAR better than the movies!Anyhoo, my ramblings aside, at least, here's a little background listening music for the rest of you more advanced literary types. BLAMMO!!!!!

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