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BEST LIVE SHOW IN j Magnolia Electric Cos. jMy Morning Jacket @ j Guster @ Georgia ;My Morning Jacket @j My Morning Jacket (a)
ATHENS j @ The 40 Watt Club j The 40 Watt Club ; Theatre i The 40 Watt Club \ The 40 Watt Club
BIGGEST LETDOWN ; Foo Fighters, ; Rilo Kiley, Under the ; Ryan Adams, Easy \ Kings of Leon, j Fountains of Wayne,
(ALBUM) Echoes, Silence, Blacklight Tiger v Because of the Times : Traffic and Weather
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PLEASANT SURPRISE j Dinosaur Jr., Beyond j Sharon Jones & The ; Devendra Banhart, ; They Might Be Giants, ; Dinosaur Jr., Beyond
(ALBUM) : Dap Kings, j Smokey Bolls Down : The Else !
; 100 Days, 100 Nights \ Thunder Canyon
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RISING STOCK i Menomena j Vampire Weekend j Band of Horses i Vampire Weekend i The Twilight Sad
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FALLING STOCK : Interpol ! Interpol j Interpol : Fall Out Boy i Interpol
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DIRTY PLEASURE ; Mika ! “Throw Some D’s,” : “Hey There Delilah,” ; “Apologize,” One ;My Chemical
! Rich Boy j The Plain White T’s ; Republic feat. ! Romance, The Black
\ j j Timbaland : Parade
BEST COMEBACK / j Smashing Pumpkins ! The Dismemberment i Dispatch : The Police j The Jesus and Marv
RE-FORM j Plan j Chain
PREFERRED METHOD jMy Dad j TheHypeMachine.com j “All Songs ; “All Songs j KEXP.org
OF MUSIC DISCOVERY : ; Considered” on NPR j Considered” on NPR
SOPHOMORE SLUMP j Clap Your Hands Say i Arctic Monkeys, i Clap Your Hands Say ; Clap Your Hands Say ; Bloc Party, A Weekend
[ Yeah, Some Loud [ Whatever People Say \ Yeah, Some Loud ; Yeah, Some Loud ' iin the City
Thunder \ I Am, That’s What Thunder Thunder
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MOST UNDERRATED j .Albert Hammond Jr, i Dr. Dog, We All j Beirut, The Flying \ Andrew Bird, : Albert Hammond Jr,
ALBUM : Yours to Keepz Belong Club Cup [Amrcliair Apocrypha Yours to Keep
MOST OVERRATED j Bright Eyes, : M.1.A., Kala \ Rilo Kiley, Under the \ Kanye West, ! Kings of Leon,
ALBUM | Cassadaga j .Blacklight Graduation j Because of the Times
MOST VALIDATED j The Arcade Fire, j Feist, The Reminder [ Amy Winehouse, Back [ Radiohead, In \ The Weakerthans,
ALBUM : Neon Bible j : to Black j Rainbows \ Reunion Tour
BEST RELEASE ; Peter, Bjorn & John, ! Mark Ronson, Version • Sigur Ros, Hvarf/ \ Sigur Ros, Hvarf/ \ Radiohead, In
(INTERNATIONAL j Writer’s Block Heim Heim Rainbows
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STILL GOING STRONG j Neil Young j Wilco j Iron & Wine j Wilco jOf Montreal
MOST SIGNIFICANT j Porter Wagoner j Hilly Krystal i Luciano Pavoratti : Luciano Pavoratti • Kevin Dußrow
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BEST LOCAL j A year without lam i2O Years of the 40 ! Modern Skirts’ first IA great year for I The Whigs signing to
STORYLINE ; the World Trade j Watt :UK tour : Athens’ female artists Ia major label
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CATCHIEST SINGLE ;“A Sentence of Sorts j “Flathead,” The I “My Moon, My Man”' i “Faking Boyfriend,” i “Mistaken for
;in Kongsvinger,” by Of j Fratellis : Feist : The Bird & The Bee : Strangers,” The
i Montreal ; I National
TOP 5 ALBUMS j Kevin Drew, Spirit \ Radiohead, In \ Radiohead, In \ Radiohead, In : Radiohead, In
ilf ■ \ Rainbows \ Rainbows : Rainbows Rainbows
; Magnolia Elec. Cos, ; Band of Horses, Cease \ Iron & Wine, The \ Okkervil River, The \ The National, Boxer
\ Sojourner \ to Begin \ Shepherd’s Dog \ Stage Names
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: Patrick Wolf, The \ Kings of Leon, j Amy Winehouse, Back j Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga ■■ Yours to Keep
\ Magic Position j Because of the Times j to Black \ Ga
■ \ The White Stripes,
: The Arcade Fire, j The 1990’5, Cookies \ The Shins, Wincing \ Sigur Ros, Hvarf/ : Icky Thump
j Neon Bible \ : the Night Away \ Heim \
. I Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga \ \ Sigur Ros, Hvarf/
; Sigur Ros, Hvarf/ jGa \ Andrew Bird, j The Shins, Wincing \ Heim
\Heim \ Amrckair Apocrypha the Night Away
HONORABLE i Rufus Wainwright, j Calvin Harris, / j Josh Ritter, The \ The Arcade Fire,' j The Weakerthans,
MENTION [Release The Stars ; Created Disco \ Historical Conquests \ Neon Bible [Reunion Tour
; of Josh Ritter
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The Red & Black | Thursday, December 6, 2007
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