Heartbeat City’s Top Picks for ’07 and Requests for ’08

By MEGAN METZGER

13 Records I Like That Came Out in 2K7:

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings: 100 Days, 100 Nights

Various Artists: A Date with John Waters

ESG: A South Bronx Story, Vol. II

Jay Reatard: Blood Visions

The Capstan Shafts: Environ Maiden

LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver

Wire: Read and Burn EP

Field Music: Tones of Town

Les Savy Fav: Let’s Stay Friends

MIA: Kala

Shout Out Louds: Our Ill Wills

Low: Drums and Guns

Republic Tigers: The Republic Tigers EP

Nine Concerts I Attended in 2K7 in the Kansas City Area That Didn’t Suck Ass:

Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem at Starlight

Meatpuppets & the Hearers at the Record Bar

Battles at the Record Bar

Radio Birdman at the Record Bar

TV on the Radio at the VooDoo Lounge

Flaming Lips at the Uptown

Morrissey at the Uptown

Erasure at the Uptown

Four Trends I Hope Not to See Continue in 2008: