OK, the rain has let up a bit but I'm still not anxious to leave the apartment yet. Here's my 10 favorite local albums from 2007, complete with YouTube-y goodness - as best I could find it.

(I'm sure there'll be some continuity issues with the scores I've assigned - I wrote the reviews for four of the albums below. This is how I am ranking them at the end of the year.)

10. Fleeting Frequencies, Patience Please, Happy Happy Birthday to Me (song: "Bint"):

9.  ...The Art of Becoming One's Own Shadow, Lillydale, Mt. Fuji (song: unknown, at least to me, but it was the only one I could find):

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"I'm a sucker for lighting from the back and creating an outline out of light. She also had a man fro, which is kinda cool."

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at Bumbershoot 2007

When the lights came up and the band left the stage, I saw more than a few people with tears running down their faces... I couldn’t help feeling the same sentiment.

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While Bumbershoot and the Capitol Hill Block Party have grown to astronomical (read as: huge touring bands) proportions, The Georgetown Music Festival is keeping it local as can be, with a preliminary lineup of loads of Seattle- (and a few Portland) based bands prepared to rock South Seattle this June 2-3.

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There will be some Elephant 6 goodness in the house tonight! Elf Power are headlining tonight's show at the Crocodile and with them they will likely bring their moog, accordion, clarinet and, of course, guitar indie-rock with a slight psychedelic overtone.

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Our August visit as guests on KEXP's Audioasis was fun as ever. Abe Beeson graciously let us play our favorite local songs of the moment, including songs from New West Motels, the Pharmacy, Three Thirty-Eight and an Eye, and more.

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