1997 was one of the best years ever in music. Not only was it one of the few remaining year's in which people would line-up at midnight for new records, but it saw the release of The Verve's Urban Hymns, Spiritualized's Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, and Radiohead's OK Computer.

All three acts are strongly rumored to appear at the 2008 Coachella Festival. That rumor got more credible today:

As the plans look like now, Radiohead will start their upcoming tour in America. When asked by Steve Lamacq Ed O’Brien confirmed that the band are indeed starting their tour in May.

Ed said that it’s still ‘up in the air’ and that plans might change, but Radiohead will tour in May, June/July, kicking off for a few weeks in America. Ed: “We probably go out in May.”

When asked if Glastonbury is on the agenda, Ed said: “Everything is on the agenda. We're sort of finalizing dates at the moment. We’ll see. If they want us. We don’t know yet. We’ve got schedule A, schedule B, schedule C. None of this is confirmed.”

Awesome. I'm already stoked for this tour! Anyway, in 1997, we were a lil' hand-printed zine in New York City called Product Shop NYC Presents American Mod. We interviewed folks like D-Generation, The Raincoats, The Vaselines, The Make-Up, Sylvia Buck, Kenneth Anger, Jonathan Fire*Eater, Weezer, and numerous other folks. Anyway, here's how we ranked the music of 1997 and I'm surprised how similiar my list would probably look today..........

PSNYC/AMERICAN MOD'S BEST OF 1997 LIST
50. The Bouncing Souls - The Bouncing Souls
49. Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
48. The Trees Have Soul - Willy Porter
47. Soft Effects - Spoon
46. Straightaways - Son Volt
45. Too Far to Care - Old 97's
44. Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams
43. Sound Verite - The Make Up
42. Feelings - David Byrne
41. The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson
40. Caring and Killing - Converge
39. Novelty Forever - Bracket
38. New Forms - Roni Size & Reprazent
37. El Gran Orgo - At the Drive-In
36. Dots and Loops - Stereolab
35. Peace and Noise - Patti Smith
34. Good Feeling - Travis
33. F♯A♯∞ - Godspeed You Black Emperor!
32. The Mollusk - Ween
31. ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down - The Dandy Warhols
30. Homework - Daft Punk
29. Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan
28. Album of the Year - Faith No More
27. Beautiful Freak - Eels
26. When I Was Born For The 7th Time - Cornershop
25. Mag Earwhig! - Guided by Voices
24. Tellin’ Stories - The Charletons
23. Being There - Wilco
22. Radiator - Super Furry Animals
21. Wolf Songs for Lambs - Jonathan Fire*Eater
20. Homogenic - Björk
19. Pup Tent - Luna
18. Blur - Blur
17. Vanishing Point - Primal Scream
16. If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian
15. Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G.
14. I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo
13. Perfect from Now On - Built to Spill
12. Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin
11. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
10. In It for the Money - Supergrass
9. Fake Can Be Just as Good - Blonde Redhead
8. Brighten the Corners - Pavement
7. Either/Or - Elliott Smith
6. Urban Hymns - Verve
5. Portishead - Portishead
4. Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
3. Ladies & Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space - Spritualized
2. The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
1. OK Computer - Radiohead

(Thanks Battering Room)