Posted: Thursday, December 28, 2006 6:00 pm
GZO reviewers L. Kent Wolgamott and Joel Gehringer give their picks for the top albums and concerts of the year.
Top 20 albums:
1. The Hold Steady, “Boys and Girls in America”
2. Bob Dylan, “Modern Times”
3. Neko Case, “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood”
4. The Raconteurs, “Broken Boy Soldiers”
5. Beck, “The Information”
6. New York Dolls, “One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This”
7. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, “Sinner”
8.The Dixie Chicks, “Taking the Long Way”
9. Los Lobos, “The Town and the City”
10. Jerry Lee Lewis, “Last Man Standing”
11. The Strokes, “First Impressions of Earth”
12. Ray Davies, “Other People’s Lives”
13. The Roots, “Game Theory”
14. Johnny Cash, “American V: A Hundred Highways”
15. Todd Snider, “The Devil You Know”
16. T-Bone Burnett, “The True False Identity”
17. Tom Waits, “Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards”
18. Evansescence, “The Open Door”
19. Pharrell, “In My Mind”
20. Regina Spektor, “Begin to Hope”
—L. Kent Wolgamott
Top five reissues/boxed sets
1. “Crazy Horse Live at the Fillmore, 1970,” Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2. “Nashville Rebel,” Waylon Jennings
3. “Girlfriend,” Matthew Sweet”
4. “Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys: Legends of Country Music”
5. “Rockin’ Bones”
—LKW
Top 15 Shows — in chronological order:
The Rolling Stones, Qwest Center, Omaha
Nine Inch Nails, Pershing Center
Jeff Tweedy, Rococo Theatre
The Woggles, South by Southwest, Austin, Texas
The New Pornographers, South by Southwest
Boss Martians, Duffy’s Tavern
Deathray Davies and the Ms, Knickerbockers
The Derailers, Duffy’s Tavern
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sokol Auditorium, Omaha
Jerry Lee Lewis, Folly Theatre, Kansas City
The Bellrays, Duffy’s Tavern
Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men, July Jamm
Shooter Jennings, Ribfest
Bob Dylan, Pershing Center
Kris Kristofferson, Holland Center, Omaha
—LKW
Best local albums:
1. “The Fifth Element,” Thoughtless Poetz
2. “Brown Bottle Hymnal,” The Killigans
3. “Killers in the Nebraska Territory: A Compendium of Murder Ballads New and Old,” various artists
4. “Happy Hollow,” Cursive
5. “Salad,” Charlie Burton and the Dorothy Lynch Mob
6. “Forget About Nothing,” The Terminals
7. “Chaos Cards,” Reverso Benigni
8. “Roots Revival,” The Kris Lager Band
9. “A Situation Like This,” various artists
10. “Girth Hammer,” The Government
11. “She Beeps!,” Robot, Creep Closer!
12. “Go Go Rhythm,” The Mezcal Brothers
13. “Awkwords,” Awkwords
14. “Tear Here,” Honey Stump
15. “Heavy Hands,” Ladyfinger
16. “Social Butta Fly: The Larva State,” Jamazz
17. “My Town,” Lucas Kellison
18. “No Sleep Till Babylon,” Shinyville
19. “A Long, Long Way,” Cactus Hill
20. “Shake and Howl,” Son of ’76
—Joel Gehringer