TMT End Of Year Stuff

Below is my top 25 list for the year as it appears on Tiny Mix Tapes. I have also added my track review for the 2007 Tiny Mix Tape. (I think I went a little overboard with the knife fight things.)

2007 Top 25

Alaska Nick:
25. The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour
24. The Apples In Stereo – New Magnetic Wonder
23. They Might Be Giants – The Else
22. Reel Big Fish/Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer – Duet All Night Long
21. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Some Loud Thunder
20. The Rentals – Last Little Life
19. The Black Lips – Good Bad, Not Evil
18. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
17. The Polyphonic Spree – Fragile Army
16. Motion City Soundtrack – Even If It Kills Me
15. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
14. New Pornographers – Challenger
13. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – Living with the Living
12. The White Stripes – Icky Thump
11. Various Arists – Death Proof Soundtrack
10. The National – Boxer
09. Radiohead – in Rainbows
08. The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
07. Various Arists – Cue The Bugle Turbulent: The Believer Music Issue CD
06. The Hives – The Black and White Album
05. Beirut – Flying Cub Cup
04. Feist – The Reminder
03. Tegan and Sara – The Con
02. The Cribs – Mans Needs, Womans Needs, Whatever
01. Band of Horses – Cease to Begin

Tiny Mix Tape (Side-B) Track 2

02. Men’s Needs – “The Cribs” (Man’s Needs, Woman’s Needs, Whatever)

Oh the British, is there anything they can’t do… except hold onto 13 little colonies? Ouch, I’m not quite sure if that’s too soon or not. “Men’s Needs” is a great little pop song. Energy pulses throughout the entire track. A catchy hook that can get stuck in my head all day without becoming bothersome helps me prevent work-related stabbings. The track is essentially something men are typically not: honest, chanting, “A man’s needs are found on greed.. a girls needs don’t agree with a man’s needs.” I run into this dilemma all the time: I want the last slice of pizza and my girlfriend wants it, too, so to compromise I call her fat and eat the slice while she runs away crying. Point: Men 1 – Women 0. If The Cribs are following in the brit-pop footsteps already laid down by Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand, their MTV time will come. In my opinion, the song would make great background music to a knife fight on The Hills… Take THAT Heidi!
—Alaska Nick

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