Jonathan PERRY
1. Rick Berlin, ME & VAN GOGH (Hi-N-Dry)
2. Bon Savants, POST-ROCK DEFENDS THE NATION (self-released)
3. Age Rings, LOOK . . . THE DUSK IS GROWING (self-released)
4. Black Helicopter, INVISIBLE JET (Ecstatic Peace)
5. Club D’Elf, NOW I UNDERSTAND (Hi-N-Dry)
6. Some Girls, CRUSHING LOVE (Koch)
7. Crooked Still, SHAKEN BY A LOW SOUND (Signature Sounds)
8. Lucky 57, SEVEN MILE RIVER (Looseground)
9. The Dirty Truckers, WASHED AND READY (self-released)
10. WINTERPILLS (Signature Sounds)
Mac RANDALL
1. FIELD MUSIC (Memphis Industries)
2. The Raconteurs, BROKEN BOY SOLDIERS (V2)
3. Outkast, IDLEWILD (Arista)
4. Thom Yorke, THE ERASER (XL)
5. Ollabelle, RIVERSIDE BATTLE SONGS (Verve Forecast)
6. Tom Waits, ORPHANS: BRAWLERS, BAWLERS AND BASTARDS (Anti-)
7. Six Organs of Admittance, THE SUN AWAKENS (Drag City)
8. Neko Case, FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD (Anti-)
9. Brand New, THE DEVIL AND GOD ARE RAGING INSIDE ME (Interscope)
10. Gnarls Barkley, ST. ELSEWHERE (Downtown)
Kurt B. REIGHLEY
1. The Pipettes, WE ARE THE PIPETTES (Memphis Industries)
2. Various, POP! JUSTICE: 100% SOLID POP MUSIC (Universal import)
3. Little Annie, SONGS FROM THE COALMINE CANARY (Durtro Jnana)
4. Sparks, HELLO YOUNG LOVERS (In The Red)
5. Goldfrapp, SUPERNATURE (Mute)
6. Nico Muhly, SPEAKS VOLUMES (Bedroom Community)
7. Gnarls Barkley, ST. ELSEWHERE (Downtown)
8. Scritti Politti, WHITE BREAD BLACK BEER (Rough Trade/Nonesuch)
9. Jeffrey Focault, GHOST REPEATER (Signature Sounds)
10. The Decemberists, THE CRANE WIFE (Capitol)
Theodore SIDELL
1. Seeing live shows out of town: Juiceboxxx @ Riverwest film and video, Milwaukee, WI . The kid that will bring it all together jumping off a rack of David Lynch movies shouting "positive and tough." Wham City tour @ Redrum, Provi, RI. Dan Deacon rules and this was the most intense musical experience of my life. (Also, Ponytail!) Lavender Diamond @ Joe's Pub, NYC. Becky Starks voice is so beautiful it was hard to believe it was coming out of a human.
2. The Blow, “PARENTHESES”
3. Clipse, HELL HATH NO FURY (Startrak). Most thuggish record ever to have a cover like a muffin cookbook.
4. Thermals, THE BODY THE BLOOD THE MACHINE (Sub Pop).
5. Special Diplo section. Even though the set he played at the Bonde/CSS (awesome show) was the same one I've heard on a bunch of mix tapes, he put together a couple of real bangers this year: Plastic Little’s “Now I Holler” (bestCzekaj rip-off ever!) and MIA’s “XR2 Turbo.” (The lyrics are wack but that beat kills me every time.)
6. Planningtorock. The four songs I downloaded. (Just got this stuff last week but I can't stop listening, esp. the last 40 seconds of “I Wanna Bite Ya.”)
7. Ghostface, FISHSCALE (Def Jam)
8. El Perro Del Mar, YOU GOTTA GIVE TO GET (Memphis Industries)
9. The Pipettes, “PULL SHAPES”
10. Almost everything by Timbaland
Franklin SOULTS
1. Ghostface Killah, FISHSCALE (Def Jam)
2. The Hold Steady , BOYS AND GIRLS IN AMERICA (Vagrant)
3. Drive-By Truckers, A BLESSING AND A CURSE (New West)
4. Lady Sovereign, PUBLIC WARNING (Def Jam)
5. The Roots, GAME THEORY (Def Jam)
6. Arctic Monkeys, WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT’S WHAT I’M NOT (Domino)
7. Psalm One, THE DEATH OF THE FREQUENT FLYER (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
8. Bob Dylan, MODERN TIMES (Columbia)
9. Yo La Tengo, I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU AND I WILL BEAT YOUR ASS (Matador)
10. Dr. Octagon, THE RETURN OF DR. OCTAGON (OCD International)
