Heroes of the Half Year

We're at the halfway point of the calendar year as well as the halfway point of the baseball season, so it's nearly time to list the songs and albums that I've been enjoying so far in 2007.

Ten worthy albums, alphabetically by artist.

1. Mitch Easter - Dynamico
2. Field Music - Tones Of Town
3. Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather
4. Future Clouds & Radar - self titled
5. Ted Leo+Pharmacists - Living With The Living
6. The National - Boxer
7. The Primary 5- Go
8. Silver Sun - Dad's Weird Dream
9. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
10. Sloan - Never Hear The End Of It

Ten more songs, alphabetically by title.

1. Paul McCartney - "Ever Present Past"
2. Twilight Sad - "Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters"
3. Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running"
4. Nick Lowe - "Loose Limbed Girl"
5. Holy Fields - "She Knows"
6. Broken West - "So It Goes"
7. Shake Some Action! - "Sound of Your Mind"
8. Of Montreal - "Suffer For Fashion"
9. Apples in Stereo - "Sunday Sounds"
10. My Teenage Stride - "To Live And Die In The Airport Lounge"