Backseat Sandbar

photo by Matt Jordan of You Ain’t No Picasso

Spoon just announced a national tour with The Walkmen and White Rabbits. Luckily we’re blessed with a double nearshot, with nearby Cincinnati and Indianpolis dates, to brighten up our April. Spoon you need no introduction for, as Jonathan Fisk and The Way we Get By were just monster hits. The Walkmen were in KY early in 2007 and I heard the show was a great one.  Also, White Rabbits had one of the best songs of the year last year with The Plot.

Spoon Tour Dates
04-02 Kansas City, KS – Uptown*
04-04 Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre*
04-05 Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s*
04-06 Detroit, MI – Emerald Theater*
04-07 Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall*
04-10 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory*
04-12 Norfolk, VA – Norva*
04-14 Atlanta, GA – Centerstage*
04-16 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution*
02-23 Lisbon, Portugal – Aula Magna
02-25 London, England – Scala
04-09 New York, NY – Terminal 5
04-18 Nashville, TN – Vanderbilt University (Rites of Spring)
04-19 Indianapolis, IN – Vogue

* with The Walkmen and White Rabbits

White Rabbits – Kid on my Shoulders

You know our favorite albums…here are our favorite songs:

Nick:

1. Arcade Fire- Intervention
2. Radiohead- 15 Step
3. The National- Fake Empire
4. !!!- Must be the Moon
5. St. Vincent- Paris is Burning
6. Delta Spirit- Streetwalker
7. Bat for Lashes- Horse & I
8. Wu-Tang Clan- Wolves
9. Burial- Archangel
10. Mother Mother- Verbatim
11. Dr. Dog- Heart it Races (AIH cover)
12. Iron & Wine- Boy with a Coin
13. Sea Wolf- You’re a Wolf
14. M.I.A.-$20
15. Cabin- I Was Here

Cory (mostly consistent with what I’d posted earlier this year):

1. LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
2. Crystal Castles – Love and Caring
3. Ezra Furman – I Dreamed of Moses
4. Calvin Harris – Merrymaking at my Place
5. The National – Fake Empire
6. Kate Nash – Birds
7. Justice – D.A.N.C.E.
8. The Go Find – 25 Years
9. Pelle Carlberg – I Just Called to Say I Love You
10. White Rabbits – The Plot

For other opinions see…

2007 Year-End Music Lists Compiled by Largehearted Boy

Phil This, Zach That, Pierce However, Hank Altogether (Albums)

Critical Acclaim (Albums)

UPDATE (CORY): I want to apologize to Gui Boratto for mistakenly leaving him off of this year’s list for the track “Beautiful Life”