GREG JOHNSTON - Los Angeles, USA

BAND OF HORSES- CEASE TO BEGIN
This just keeps getting better every time I listen to it. There are ghosts in my house!

DUNGEN- TIO BITAR
I have no idea what they are singing (it’s in Swedish) …but it doesn’t matter. This is the best psych folk rock pop period.

LIARS- LIARS
PIL, Jesus and The Mary Chain, mixed with a little Flaming Lips and The Residents and you get one challenging ride to hell and back. Great stuff.

RYAN BINGHAM- MESCALITO
Ex-rodeo rider and Texas local. Just good old gruff alt country.
Hard livin’ and road weary. Can’t stop playing it.

WILCO- SKY BLUE SKY
Great for a late night drive.

THURSTON MOORE- TREES OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY
Who would have thought the Sonic Youther had an acoustic pop record in him. Wonderful!

BLOC PARTY- A WEEKEND IN THE CITY
I’m a sucker for hooky agit post punk! Keep it coming boys!

TIM ARMSTRONG- A POET’S LIFE
Old school raga muffin with a punk snarl….King Tubby would be proud.

THE GO TEAM- PROOF OF YOUTH
Cheerleading music that can turn any scowl into a smile…fun fun fun!

WHITE STRIPES-ICKY THUMP
You know it…you love it!

RADIOHEAD- IN RAINBOWS
Romantic dreamscapes…perfect!

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE- ERA VULGARIS
Rock is not dead…it’s just sleeping in the bed of QOTSA.

EDITORS- AN END HAS A START
More post punk pop about life and death. Melancholy happiness.

SERJ TANKIAN- ELECT THE DEAD
Broadway’s best Metal album. I can’t wait until this replaces Jersey Boys on Broadway.

ART BRUT- IT’S A BIT COMPLICATED
Cheeky Brits make fun pop punk full of funny.

THE SADIES- NEW SEASONS
Canadian alt country. If David Lynch was still making TV shows these guys would be the soundtrack.

PJ HARVEY- WHITE CHALK
Creepy Victorian horror…I like.

OLDIES BUT GOODIES THAT ROCKED ME IN 2007

LINK WRAY- WRAY’S THEE TRACK SHACK

LORETTA LYNN- COLLECTION

THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS- DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

GRAM PARSONS- THE COMPLETE REPRISE SESSIONS

CARY ZEL - Miami Beach, FL

Better late than never:

In no order, really:

Reel Big Fish & Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer – Duet All Night: Covers EP with tongue firmly entrenched in cheek. Great stuff though. And you can’t beat the name.

Regina Spektor – Begin To Hope: This has become one of my desert island disks. I know is was 2006, but I guess I got on the boat late.

J.J. Grey & Mofro – Country Ghetto: Swampy blues from outside of Jacksonville, FL.

Lily Allen – Alright, Still: Really fun early 2007 irreverence.

Rilo Kiley – Under the Black Light: Maybe not as good as the last disk, but “15” and others are great.

The Ike Reilly Assassination – We Belong to the Staggering Evening: Rootsy, down and dirty character studies by Chicago’s Reilly. Who says rock is dead?

Tim Armstrong – A Poet’s Life: Armstrong fronted Operation Ivy & Rancid, but here puts out some great old-school ska/reggae grooves backed by the Aggrolites. I will admit this took a few listens to grow on me, but now I love it.

The Fratellis – Costello Music: Songs you can sing along to the first time you hear them! Have another beer!

Ruthie Foster – The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster: Great authentic soul.

Cat Empire – Two Shoes: Take an Australian rock band with a big horn section and send them to Cuba to record. This is what you get, and it’s pretty good shit.

Great concerts of 2007:
Macy Gray: Hard Rock, Ft. Lauderdale
Rocco DeLuca: Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale
Regina Spektor: Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC
Lily Allen: Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale

MARCUS FERNANDES - Sao Paulo, Brasil

1- Lcd Soundsystem (Sound of Silver)
2- Betty Davis (They Say I'm Different) (reissue)
3- Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings (100 Days, 100 Nights)
4- Amy Winehouse (Back to Black)
5- Nação Zumbi (Fome de Tudo)
6- Arcade Fire (Neon Bible)
7- Queens Of The Stone Age (Era Vulgaris)
8- Dengue Fever (Escape From Dragon House)
9- Feist (The Reminder)
10- Beastie Boys (The Mix-Up)

LAUREN LEVINE - Englishwoman In New York, USA

random, heh?

Spring Awakening - Song of purple summer (if i was pushed), but i really love the whole soundtrack. notable because i hated the show.

oh hell -- i'm still an album girl - i could pick out tracks, but i'm just going to chuck down these tasty morsels and hope no one's looking ;)

Feist - the reminder
Teddy Thompson - up front and down low
james morrison - undiscovered
robert plant and alison kraus - raising sand
mark ronson - version
amy winehouse - back to black
Annie lennox - songs of mass destruction
eddie vedder - into the wild
Ray lamontagne - trouble
sara bareilles - little voice
white stripes - icky thump
Sia - some people have real problems -- I know this is this year, but it's one of the perks of entering late!!!

DANNY KEENAN - Sydney, Australia

Whilst my iPod is permanently on shuffle, I couldn’t let go of this last opportunity to nominate full albums. RIP. In no particular order……

THE FRATELLIS – Costello Music
THE WHITE STRIPES - Icky Thump
THE BEASTS OF BOURBON – Little Animals
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Magic
SKYBOMBERS – Sirens EP
KINGS OF LEON – Because of the Times
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB – Baby 81
OLD MAN RIVER – Good Morning
POWDERFINGER – Dream Days At The Hotel Existence
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – Sound Of Silver

Honourable mentions to

Operator Please
Tegan & Sara
Regina Spektor
Hilltop Hoods
The Panics

MORE ALL MUSIC TOP 10's

http://blog.allmusic.com/2008/01/04/artist-top-tens/

DAVID BARNES - Brooklyn, NY, USA

Bad Blood in the City -James Blood Ulmer
Back in Black - Amy Winehouse
Chasing Mississippi - Dave Barnes (absolutely no relation. but what a great name!)
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 days, 100 nights (this is the band playing behind Miss Winehouse also)
James Hunter - People Gonna Talk (2006 album with lingering power to please)
James Brown - The Payback and Hell (from '73 & '74 Soul Brother #1 at his funkiest)
Don Byron - Do The Boomerang (the music of Junior Walker)

RICK AUSTIN - Los Angeles, USA

Here is my top ten of 2007
1. BAND OF HORSES-CEASE TO BEGIN
2. AMY WINEHOUSE-BACK TO BLACK
3. ARCADE FIRE-NEON BIBLE
4. ASOBI SEKSU-CITRUS
5. RADIOHEAD-IN RAINBOWS
6. ARCTIC MONKEYS-FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE
7. BLONDE REDHEAD-23
8. THE BIRD AND THE BEE-THE BIRD AND THE BEE
9. THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN
10. DEAN AND BRITTA-BACK NUMBERS
And I am not wasting one of my top ten picks on this one cuz its a given and probably on more lists than any other album this year......
THE SHINS-WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY

CHARLIE SINGER - Barcelona, Spain

(alphabetical)

Bat For Lashes - "Fur & Gold" (for the chilled out drone set)
Devandra Bernhart (multicultural folk (?!) original)
Bird & Bee - The Bird And The Bee (second year in a row with a "Bee" band)
Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur (real musicians playing interesting music - what a concept!)
Crowded House - Time On Earth (because neil finn is this best effing songwriter in the world... still!)
Feist - Let It Die (cause i drink the kings of convenience KoolAid... i've never seen the apple ad fyi)
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature (because i love all things scandi-argentinean)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (for it all... but especially "North American Scum" which is [enter superlative here])
Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
Nouvelle Vague - Bande A Part (anyone who does a tropicalia cover of "Bela Lugosi's Dead" needs to be acknowledged)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (for the music not the delivery stunt)
James Blood Ulmer - Bad Blood In The City (because he has the best harp player in the world in his band - my buddy David Barnes)
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (i wanted to hate it, but i don't)
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams 2 / Live At Massey Hall 1971 (almost 40 years of great music)

Guilty Pleasure:
Alicia Keys - "No One"

STUART MOWAT - New York, USA (orig from Glasgow, Scotland)

I still listen to whole CD’s, though I admit to running them at random on my CD player! So here are my top 10, in sequence:

1. Decemberists Crane Wife
2. Good the Bad and the Queen
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show Your Bones
4. Louis XIV Best Little Secrets Are Kept
5. Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight
6. Blaqk Audio Cexcells
7. Fall Out Boy Infinity on High
8. My Chemical Romance Black Parade
9. Spektor, Regina Begin to Hope
10. Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

And as an honorable mention, try Camera Obscura, from my home country (Makers of Franz Ferdinand and the Fratellis). Their new album “Let's Get Out of this Country” sounds like a cross between the Cowboy Junkies and Altered Images. Give it a try.

MICHAEL SHORE - New York, USA

with the warning that I still DO listen in terms of albums - but then I'm such a luddite I only just got an iPod for the first time, as a Xmas gift, and have not lifted a finger to even try to figure out how to download stuff into it or whatever... and that there's guaranteed to be shitloads of good to great stuff I've managed to miss this past year...

1. Neon Bible by Arcade Fire (especially "Intervention" - Talking Heads meets the E Street Band at an anti-war rally and they all fly to heaven on a church organ woohoo!)
2. Wincing the Night Away by The Shins (especially "Turn On Me" - best Spector cop EVER - and "Phantom Limb" - it's about lesbian lovers, I hear? whatever, I can't figure out what the fuck the lyrics are about but who cares, it's so fucking gorgeous)
3. After Hours by Big Al Anderson (ex-NRBQ guitarist now songwriting in Nashville - every tune a gem)
4. "I Could Be Wrong" by Tim Wilson (a single track - "song of the year" - I'd send you the wave file as an attachment if I could figure out how to cut-and-paste attachments via fucking goddam aol. I'll try to forward it in a separate e-mail. did I mention what a pathetic luddite I am?)
5. The Reminder by Feist (especially "1 2 3 4" - all Apple commercials make me wanna hurl an anvil through the TV but THIS one I am always delighted to see. sexy voice, mega-hooky tune, she's real purty, and I love her totally ofay clumsy dancing...)
6. Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem (sometimes the critics are right...)
7. NRBQ - Derbytown (DVD from 1982 - my concession to older stuff you mentioned - these guys remain the best bar band available to the paying public anywhere in the known universe and their typical- night-25-years-ago still runs musical rings round just about anyone and everyone)
8. I'm Not Sentimental by Rob Kendt (smart, funny, tuneful, acerbic and then some - kind of a friendlier Tom Waits, from the pacific northwest I think)
9. We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse (see #6)
10. "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse (rest of album a disappointment to me but if not for Tim Wilson this'd be track of the year I guess...)

DICKEN SCHRADER - New York, USA

Musical achievements of 2007 (in this order):

#1 - Radiohead: "In Rainbows"
#2 - Kanye West: "Graduation"
#3 - Arcade Fire: "Neon Bible"
#4 - The White Stripes: "Icky Thump"
#5 - Nine Inch Nails: "Year Zero"
#6 - Björk: - "Volta"
#7 - Manu Chao: "La Radiolina"
#8 - Daft Punk: "Alive 2007"
#9 - 50 Cent: "Curtis"
#10 - Beastie Boys: "The Mix-Up"

NICK RACANELLI - Long Island, New York, USA

1. The National “Boxer”
2. Spoon “ Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga”
3. Wilco “Sky Blue Sky”
4. Radiohead “ In Rainbows”
5. Neil Young “ Live at Massey Hall 71’”
6. White Strips “Icky Thump”
7. Feist “ The Reminder”
8. Xavier Rudd “ Food in the Belly”
9. Modest Mouse “ We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank”
10. The Slip “ Eisenhower”

DARRY LOGAN - New York, USA

Apples in Stereo
Imogen Heap
Band of Horses
Arctic Monkeys

MITCH KOZUCHOWSKI - New York, USA

Top 10 List -- A mixed list since I don't listen to enough new stuff

1) Ike Reilly Assassination -- We Belong To The Staggering Evening (The ABSOLUTE best unknow artist out there -- think Dylan/Springsteen/Strummer -- Angry Short Irishman from Chi-town with AMAZING songwriting skills.)

2) Amy Winehouse -- "Rehab"

3) Paul Weller -- Irving Plaza -- The Jam Night -- Opened with 12 Jam songs before he started playing other stuff -- The audience knew every word and were at time drowning the band out. It was unbelievable.

4) Hank William III "Straight To Hell" tour -- Flint, MI -- Took my mom to her first concert and bought a bunch of rounds for some motorcycle dudes to do a little body guard protection for her.

5) Rachel McCartney -- My favorite Harvard Square busker.

6) Atonement -- Never heard so many women weeping in a movie theater.

7) Pistons Vs Celtics -- Round One of what will be many great battles and the Eastern Conference Finals. Charlie and I can trade smack for a few years to come.

8) Detroit Red Wings -- The best run franchise in sports -- PERIOD.

9) Adrianna Lima -- Just plain yummy. Almost as yummy as my wife.

10) Labor Day Trip -- Charlotte, NC, Johnson City, TN, Nashville, TN, New Orleans, LA, Memphis, TN, Chicago, IL -- over 12 days and lots of driving..

LUCAS GALAK - Barcelona, Spain

- Wilco: Sky blue sky
- Caetano Veloso: Cê
- Chico Buarque: Carioca
- Joni Mitchell: Shine
- Affonsinho: Belê
- Ryan Adams: Easy Tiger
- The National: Boxer
- Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova: Once
- Gilberto Gil: Luminoso
- Herman Dune: Giant
- Orquesta Imperial: Carnaval só no ano que vem
- Aberfeldy: Do Whatever turns you on
- Ray Lamontagne: Till the sun turns black
- Luis Alberto Spinetta: Pan
- Neil Young: Chrome dreams II

AYMEE CRUZALEGUI - Barcelona, Spain

Here's the list of the music that made me happy in 2007.

Top 10
Radiohead - In Rainbows ("Videotape" / "Jigsaw Falling Into Place")
Feist - The Reminder ("1,2,3,4" / "Intuition")
Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild Soundtrack ("Society")
Blonde Redhead - 23 ("23")
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare ("Brianstorm")
Manu Chao - Radiolina ("Me Llaman Calle" / "Cosa")
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy ("Honest James")
PJ Harvey - White Chalk ("Dear Darkness")
Mogwai - Zidane - A 21st Century ("Time and A Half")
Dave Gahan - Hourglass ("Kingdom")

Fave cover
Placebo - Covers / Meds ("Running Up That Hill")

The Most Played Song in my IPOD (I just can't get enough of it)
Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions ("Life in Mars?")

Discovered in Barcelona:
Muchachito Bombo Infierno - Vamos Que Nos Vamos ("Será Mejor" / "Sin Vigilancia") - GREAT LIVE SHOW...!!!
Pastora - Pastora ("Tengo")

JOE WIGGINS - New York, USA

ARTIST – ALBUM TITLE
1. Alicia Keys – AS I AM
2. Jay Z – AMERICAN GANGSTER
3. Amy Winehouse – BACK TO BLACK
4. Common – FINDING FOREVER
5. Mika – LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION
6. Kanye West – GRADUATION
7. Mary J Blige – GROWING PAINS
8. Radiohead – IN RAINBOWS
9. Blu – BELOW THE HEAVENS
10. Lupe Fiasco – THE COOL

Honorable Mention: Top Five Download Tracks
Maroon 5 – “Makes Me Wonder”
M.I.A. - “Paper Planes”
UGK – “Int’l Players Anthem”
Pharoahe Monch - “When the Gun Draws”
Lily Allen- “Littlest Things”

SULDI - The Road (tho last i saw him was Mexico City, Mexico)

(in no particular order)

Bad Brains – Build A Nation / Rock For Light / Quickness
The Chemical Brothers – We Are The Night / Saturate / Do It Again
Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero
Underworld – Oblivion With Bells
Boundzound – Boundzound
Gentleman - Intoxication
Manu Chao – La Radiolina
ALL – Pummel
D.R.I. – Dealing With It

MARIAUXY CASTILLO-VITALE - Miami, USA

My top 10… sometimes too poppy, but there are some surprises, just like MOI!... Do note the countdown is in no particular order….
- TIMBALAND- THE WAY I ARE (SINGLE)
- CHRIS BOTTI- ITALIA (ALBUM)
- MIGUEL BOSE- PAPITO (ALBUM)
- MAROON 5- IT WON’T BE SOON BEFORE LONG (ALBUM)
- ENUR FEAT/ NATASJA- “CALABRIA 2007” (the singer died in a car accident this year)
- RHIANNA- DON’T STOP THE MUSIC (SINGLE)
- SEAL- SYSTEM (ALBUM)
- ALICIA KEYS- AS I AM (ALBUM)
- LILLY ALLEN “LITTLEST THINGS”
- KANYE WEST- ‘GRADUATION” (ALBUM)

ADRIAN BLAKE - Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Kate Nash: Great body of work, and a great songwriter. The voice is a little much, but she captures something new, somewhere between Lily Allen and Ani DiFranco.
The Feeling: “I Love it When You Call” has about 36 hooks and modulates like Manilow. World-class craftsmanship.
Amy Winehouse: Unstoppable. Covers of “Valerie” and “Monkey Man” are particularly good.
The Go! Team: “Doing it Right” = Pop Rocks and Orange Soda.
Fountains of Wayne: “Yolanda Hayes” is the best single of the year written about the DMV
Dans le Sac vs Scroobius Pip: “Thou Shalt Always Kill.” Thou shalt not buy Nestle products?
Flight of the Conchords: That’s why they call them Business Socks.
The Veils: “Advice for Young Mothers-to-Be”. His Dad was in XTC.
The Hold Steady: “Stuck Between Stations” has the guitar hook of the year.
Groove Armada & Mutya Buena: “Song 4 Mutya” is 80’s-tastic

Honorable Mention for Best Rediscovered Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock/70’s pop hit: Andrew Gold, “Lonely Boy”. Seriously, listen to this—it’s immense. Great piano hook, ludicrous but structured lyric, perfect ‘70’s sideman guitar solo. This might have been my most heavily played single this year.

Worst New Trend: The Disney Channel as the new MTV. I saw Hannah Montana live in Omaha. (With Kay Hanley from Letters to Cleo as one of her backing vocalists.)

Best New Trend: The Red Sox Century

Other worthy efforts:

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: “What Have You Done for Me Lately”
The Fratellis: “Flathead”
Carbon/Silicon: “Why Do Men Fight”
Malcolm Middleton: “A Brighter Beat”
Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake: “Dick in A Box“
Vampire Weekend: “Oxford Comma”
Field Music: “Closer at Hand”
Tracey Thorn: “Raise the Roof”
Young Knives: “She’s Attracted To”
Seu Jorge: All the Bowie covers are great
Arctic Monkeys: “Fluorescent Adolescent”
Peter Bjorn and John: “Young Folks”
Polyphonic Spree: “Lithium”
Bloc Party: “I Still Remember (Lull’s Music Box and Tears Mix)”
Miranda Lambert: “Desperate”
Ted Leo: “The Sons of Cain”
Magic Numbers: “Take a Chance”
Jose Gonzalez: “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Feist: “1234”
White Stripes: “You Don’t Know About Love, You Just Do What You’re Told”
LCD Soundsystem: “North American Scum”
Sugababes: “About You Now”
Rihanna: “Umbrella”
Rilo Kiley: “Frug”
Radiohead: “Bodysnatchers”
Arcade Fire: “Keep the Car Running”
Klaxons “Golden Skans”
Tegan and Sara “When U Were Mine”
The Hives: “Tick Tick Boom”

MELANI TANKEL - Park City, Utah, USA

1) The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
2) Culver City Dub Collective - Dos
3) Calexico - Toolbox
4) Vampire Weekend - Mansard Roof (Single)
5) Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
6) Radiohead - In Rainbows
7) The White Stripes - Icky Thump
8) Micheal Franti & Spearhead - Yell Fire!
9) Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Bonus Track Version)
10) Led-Zeppelin - Mothership (Remastered)

JILL DOVE - Los Angeles, USA

I cannot choose a FAVORITE Album/Song but will give you the list of what I listened to MOST in 2007. I've spent the majority of the year in LA where you are in a car most of the day. I have listened to EVERY genre of music in 2007. Unless you want to hear Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Rhianna and Fergie every hour, you learn to get creative.

SONG TITLE/ARTISTS
Mimi's Song, Idan Raichel Project
You know I'm No Good, Amy Winehouse
Teach you a Lesson & Lost Without You, Robin Thicke
Fidelity, Regina Spektor
Holemet, Din Din Aviv & Mosh Ben Ari
various, Thievery Corporation
Pay Me My Money Down, Bruce Springsteen
El Cantante, Marc Anthony (okay, so I'm in the 1% that saw the movie)
Live at the Village Vanguard, Bebo Valdés & Javier Colina (I was just in Argentina and heard some of it)

ALLMUSIC

The lists from ALL MUSIC's editors are looking very similar.

http://blog.allmusic.com/2007/12/11/allmusic-editors-pick-their-top-ten-of-2007/

LEONOR SANTILLANES - Barcelona, Spain

Rodrigo y Gabriela- Idem
The document III - DJ Andy Smith
Tijuana Sessions Vol.1 and 3 - Nortec Collective
Classic Titles - Orchestra Baobab
Amadou et Mariam - Idem
Electrodomesticos- Le Spam All Stars
Modern Times - Bob Dylan
Essaouira Live - Gnaoua
In Rainbows - Radiohead

JACQUELINE CANTORE - Miami, USA

What a great year for music no? amazing singles, rock, pop… the flight of the conchords!

Flight of the Conchords, for a laugh, a surprise in so many ways;
Tori Amos released a great album, American Doll Posse
Akon was a surprise for me, E Konvicted
Spoon, Gagagaga
Feist, The Reminder
Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna
The shins, Wincing the Night Away
Arthur & Yu There are too many birds
Lavender diamond, Imagine Our Love
The National, Boxer
Amy Winehouse, Rehab and Valerie, two great singles
Mika, Life in Cartoon Motion, the whole album
Orson, great single, Ain't No Party

And then the locals:
Bonde do Rolé, from Brazil, With Lasers. Fresh, raw, fun, powerful, must listen at least once to know the music from brazil now...
Federico Aubele, from Argentina, Panamericana;
Sertab Ebener, from Turkey, launched a best of, Essence, and it has all her singles, the best still being "Every way That I can"

SIMON MURRELL - Barcelona, Spain

Unfortunately, of my selection only about two are actually albums from 2007; but then I reckon that music, like wine, seems to get better with age.

In no particular order:

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Spam Allstars - Electrodomesticos
Vernon Reid & Masque - Other True Self, especially Enjoy the Silence
Chetes - Blanco Facil
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela
Bob Dylan - Modern Times, the guy is a true genius
James - Laid, rediscovered this year live at Summer Case, Barcelona
The Good, the Bad and the Queen - The Good, the Bad and the Queen
Nortec Collective - Tengo la Voz

VICENTE SOLIS - Mexico City, Mexico

Meshell Ndegeocello – The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams (album)
Suzanne Vega – Beauty & Crime (album)
Dave Gahan – Hourglass (album)
K-Os – Atlantis: Hymns for Disco (album)
Simone White – I Am The Man (album)
Digitalism (the following songs off the album Idealism):
Magnet
I Want, I Want
Idealistic
Fogo
Anything New
Apollo-Gize
The Chemical Brothers (the following songs off the album We Are The Night):
We Are The Night
Do It Again
The Salmon Dance (if this track had been released 4 years ago it would have been a clear Billboard #1)
Battle Scars
The Pills Won’t Help You Know
Café Tacuba (the following songs off the album SíNo):
Volver A Comenzar
Vámonos
Quiero Ver
Abandonado
Pernett – Cumbia Soy (song off EP Cumbia Galáctica)
Bjork – Earth Intruders (song off album Volta)

JOSE TILLAN - Miami, USA

In no particular order:

Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Against Me - New Wave
Niño Josele - Paz
Justice - Cross
The Postmarks- The Postmarks
Michael Brook - An Inconvenient Truth OST
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Dntel - Dumb Luck
Crowded House - Time of Earth
Sondre Lercher - Dan In Real Life OST

MICHAEL ANDEREZ - Miami, USA

(alphabetical order):

Bats for Lashes – Fur and Gold
Black Kids – Wizards of Ahhhs
Coconut Records – Nighttiming
Editors – An End Has a Start
Interpol – My Love to Admire
Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew – Spirits If….
Radiohead – In Rainbows
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Tokyo Police Club – Smith (EP)
The National – Boxer
Vhs or Beta – Bring on the Comets
Girl Talk – Night Ripper
Bonde do Rolê – With Lasers

NEIL STOLLMAN - Oakland, California, USA

(in random order)
(baker's dozen, not very good at following directions, nor making tough choices, apparently)

Tegan and Sara, The Con
Rilo Kiley, Under the Blacklight
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raising Sand
Iron and Wine, The Shephards Dog
Wilco, Sky Blue Sky
Feist, The Reminder
Regina Specktor, Begin to Hope
Band of Horses, Cease to Begin
Fionn Regan, The End of History
Chris Brown, Execution
The New Pornographers, Challengers
M. Ward, Post-War
James Morrison, Undiscovered

JIM MOTRINEC - Miami, USA via Austin Texas

1. Peter Bjorn & John – Writer's Block. My pick for album of the year!
2. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
3. White Stripes – Icky Thump. Best use of bagpipes you’ll hear on a modern album, tracks Prickly Thorn & St Andrew.
4. Radiohead – In Rainbows. Best free album of the year!
5. Albert Hammond Jr. – Yours to Keep.
6. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black.
7. LCD Soundsystem – Sounds of Silver. North American Scum!
8. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
9. Lucinda Williams – West.
10. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky. Maybe should be renamed the “VW Album.”

Honorable mentions:
Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger.
Rilo Kiley – Under the Black Light.
Frank Smith – Heavy Handed Peace & Love.
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.
The Bravery – Sun and the Moon.
Band of Horses – Cease to Begin.

MARC ZIMET - Miami, USA

(alphabetical order):

1990's- "Cookies"
Bonde De Role- track: "Office Boy"
Crowded House- track: "Silent House"
Dandy Warhols- track: "Mis Amigos Y Yo"
Feist- video- "1,2,3,4"
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs- "You Can't Buy A Gun When You're Crying"
The Hours-track: "Ali In The Jungle"
Radiohead- "In Rainbows"
St Vincent- "Marry Me"
White Stripes- "Icky Thump"

ADAM STOTSKY - New York, USA

10. Emma Pollock -- Watch the fireworks
9. Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham -- Back numbers
8. Editors -- An End has a start
7. Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd -- Before/After the Day Breaks
6. Matt Pond PA -- Last Light
5. The Shins -- Wincing the Night Away
4. Silversun Pickups -- Carnavas
3. Rogue Wave -- Asleep at Heaven's Gate
2. Blonde Redhead -- 23
1. New Order -- Love will tear us apart/Transmission (Joy Division covers , iTunes Originals)

Honorable mention:
Radiohead -- In Rainbows...for trying something different

GRETTEL J. SINGER - Barcelona, Spain

the spam all stars - electrodomésticos
rufus wainwright - release the stars
teitur - stay under the stars
madeleine peyroux - half the perfect world
beth orton - confort of strangers
miguel bosé - papito
orlando cachaito lópez - cachaito
damien rice - sleep don´t weep (del desco 9)
camile - quand je marche (del disco le fil)
biagio antonacci - sognami (del disco vicky love)
crowded house - people are like suns (del disco time on earth album)

GRAHAM ASHTON - Brisbane, Australia

ALBUMS
THE PANICS – CRUEL GUARDS
PAUL KELLY – STOLEN APPLES
THE HOLD STEADY – BOYS AND GIRLS IN AMERICA
BRIGHT EYES – CASSADAGA
MODEST MOUSE – WE WERE DEAD BEFORE THE SHIP EVEN SANK
TIM ROGERS – THE LUXURY OF HYSTERIA
BEN KWELLER – BEN KWELLER
SHOUT OUT LOUDS – OUR ILL WILLS
AMY WINEHOUSE – BACK TO BLACK
ARCTIC MONKEYS – FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE

MELANIE MASTERSON - Miami, USA

1. Hide and Seek – Imogen Heap
2. Balance – Sara Tavares
3. Don’t Want You to Wake Up – Teitur
4. A Rede – Lenine
5. Who Knows – Spam Allstars
6. Be Good – Pimps of Joytime
7. El Lado Oscuro – Jarabe de Palo
8. Ay Mami – Azeem & Zeph
9. A Que Rico – Edie Palmieri
10. Elevator Music – Beck

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