MinneapolitanMusic

Before I begin, I must give a disclaimer: I hate year-end lists. I think they are pretentious (is my opinion really that important that I should give a definitive list of the year's best and people will care?) and biased (I only am going to list things I personally witnessed/heard). That being said, I created these lists, I have never done this before, and please don't kill me if you think I have bad taste.

Local Albums of the year:

1. Dan Israel, “Dan Israel"
2. Coach Said Not To, “PE EP"
3. Cloud Cult, "Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus"
4. Atmosphere, “You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having”
5. Mike Nicolai, “God Fatigue in the Post Atom Age”
6. The Pines, “The Pines”
7. Electropolis, “Electropolis”
8. Spaghetti Western String Company, “Quiet Mob EP”
9. Jeff Hanson, “Jeff Hanson”
10. Robert Skoro, “That These Things Could Be Ours”

Local Songs of the year:

1. “Outside Looking In,” Martin Devaney, “Best of Smoke-Free Saturday Nights”
2. “Smart Went Crazy,” Atmosphere, “You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having”
3. “Shadow Puppets,” Coach Said Not To, “PE EP”
4. “Luna Marinara,” Spaghetti Western String Company, “Quiet Mob EP”
5. “Transistor Radio,” Cloud Cult, "Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus"

Local Live act of the year:

1. Little Man
2. Curtiss A
3. Trampled by Turtles
4. Mason Jennings
5. Martin Devaney

Well, I guess that wasn't so bad, now was it? I also must mention that I attended the First Ave party last week, had a blast, and wrote this review of the show.