Best Albums:
10. Two Cow Garage - Wall Against Our Backs
9. Finn Brothers - Everyone is Here
8. Ted Leo - Shake the Sheets
7. the Sadies - Favourite Colours
6. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
5. Califone - Heron King Blues
4. Bobby Bare Jr. - From the End of Your Leash
3. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
2. Joanna Newsom - Milk-Eyed Mender
1. Sufjan Stevens - 7 Swans
Best Shows: (no particular order)
-Decemberists April 1 @ Schubas
-Ted Leo June 19 @ the Hideout
-Pixies November 14 @ Aragon
-Wilco with Calexico September 14 @ the Blue Note (not in Chicago, sorry)
-Sloan April 22 @ Metro
Best Songs Not on Albums mentioned in Top 10
-Andrew Bird - Sovay (free download on http://bowloffire.com)
-Magnolia Electric Co. - Down the Wrong Road Both Ways (on CD with Isn't It Romantic, a book of Love Poems) Just a Kid - Wilco (on the Spongebob soundtrack)
-God's Coffee - Jay Bennett (from his album Bigger Than Blue. this is what a hit single sounds like in some other much cooler dimension than ours)
-Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (from their s/t album. Come on, it's an awesome dance song!)
-TV on the Radio - New Health Rock (CDS or 7" from Touch and Go. B-side is a Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover. Perfect!)
-Float On - Modest Mouse (from Good News for People Who Love Bad News, another obvious choice, but so so good!)
-That's Alright - Nora O'Conor (from 'Til the Dawn, a beautiful cover of a Stevie Nicks song off Mirage)
-Nanny Nanny Boo Boo - Le Tigre (from This Island, sometimes, you just wanna dance.)
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