Best of Media in 2007

One of the things I like about every end of the year is “best of” lists. Here is my own.

Best album: Kanye West - Graduation (PitchforkMedia review, Amazon page). Without any doubt, this album comes up as a clear winner. Kanye musically dominated the year for me, starting with the infamous “mixtape” in spring, carried on with the release of the actual album, and then the leak of a live recording, “Late Orchestration.” Radiohead’s In Rainbows is unfortunately and suprisingly a relatively distant second, followed by Daft Punk - Alive 2007. A notable mention also goes to Beirut -The Flying Club Cup, Burial - Untrue, Common - Finding Forever, Fields - Everything Last Winter, Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta, and UGK - Underground Kingz.

Best movie: After The Wedding, although technically it was released in Denmark in 2006 it got here in 2007. I probably missed a lot of movies out there as this is the year when I almost did not go to the movie theatres.

Best TV series: Dexter. The only series that eased off the pain of losing The Sopranos. Brilliant writing, gripping acting, gruesome action — everything a good series needs. To paraphrase the catchphrase — I can’t believe it’s not HBO.

Best new web service: Tumblr.

Best new magazine: Monocle. Business Week has a fair write-up about the magazine here. For fear of not rendering is justice I will refrain from describing the publication. But it’s awesome.

Best new word: Vajayjay