jason

store man/upper management/buyer guy

staff picks...

My top 15 of 2007

1 ANDRE ETHIER - On Blue Fog
2 THE WHITE STRIPES - Icky Thump
3 THE NATIONAL - Boxer
4 AKRON/FAMILY - Love Is Simple
5 WILCO - Sky Blue Sky
6 TIMBER TIMBRE - Medicinals
7 BOWERBIRDS - Hymns Of A Dark Horse
8 BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE presents KEVIN DREW - Spirit If…
9 VAMPIRE WEEKEND - A Punk EP
10 MIRACLE FORTRESS - Five Roses
11 OAKLEY HALL - I'll Follow You
12 PANDA BEAR - Person Pitch
13 KANYE WEST - Graduation
14 BAND OF HORSES - Cease To Begin
15 BLACK MILK - Popular Demand

My top 15 reissues of 2007

1 RELATIVELY CLEAN RIVERS - Relatively Clean Rivers
2 VARIOUS ARTISTS - Friends In Bellwoods
3 NEIL YOUNG - Live At Massey Hall
4 GRAM PARSONS - Archives Vol.1
5 JOHN D. LOUDERMILK - The Open Mind Of…
6 JOY DIVISION - Reissues
7 FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Live At The BBC Box
8 ELLIOTT SMITH - New Moon
9 DR. STRANGELY STRANGE - Halcyon Days
10 VARIOUS ARTISTS -  D.I.Y.
11 VARIOUS ARTISTS - Stones Throw Ten Years
12 VARIOUS ARTISTS - Lower Chattahoochie Valley
13 SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE - Reissues
14 TOWNES VAN ZANDT - Reissues
15 JIM FORD - Sounds Of Our Time

My favourite artists are: Wilco, The White Stripes, Pavement

My all-time favourite album is: NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

The first album I ever bought was: SURVIVOR - Eye of the Tiger on 7 inch

On Saturday nights, I throw down to: AC/DC - Back In Black

On Sunday mornings, I recover to: SMOG - A River Ain't Too Much To Love

The show that made me fall in love with/believe all over again in music was: The Strokes at the Horseshoe in 2001

My favourite album so far this year is: WILCO - Sky Blue Sky or THE NATIONAL - Boxer

The best show I've seen so far this year is: The National at the Opera House

The band that should come out of retirement is: Pavement