Caroline Butler

1. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
2. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
3. The Wild Beasts go wild in Malmo
4. ATP... les savy fav, deerhoof, daniel johnston, two gallants, silly 70s disco dancing, cream teas and rescuing a baby fox.
5. James Yorkston and Adem avec Daniel Johnston at Union Chapel
6. Domino BBQ in our office car park
7. Green Man Festival - John Renbourn, the mighty mighty Battles in all their gloriousness, Fridge, North Sea Radio Orchestra
8. Looking down from balcony on crowd going mental at Arctic Monkeys show in Milan
9. Worried Noodles - Compilation and Scala Show esp. Max Tundra, Psapp and Hot Chip avec Grovsenor
10.Sneaky peak behind the scenes of Anthony Gormley Exhibition

Claire Lin

01. 77BOADRUM BOREDOMS
02. parts and labor--mapmaker
03. panda bear--person pitch
04. "birthday"--flo-rida feat. rick ross
05. boris with michio kurihara at music hall of williamsburg
06. gui boratto--chromophobia 07. pantha du prince--this bliss
08. a-track--dirty south dance
09. "shawty is the sh**" (remix)--the dream feat. r. kelly
10. robby morris (?)

Clare McKinney

In no particular order
1.Thank you Daniel - Schmutzig de Mutzig (Sonar Kollectif) play it over and over....
2.Correcto - Joni (Domino) two and a bit minutes of indie pop heaven
3.Burial - Untrue (Hyperdub) perfectstep
4.Gerbruder Teichman - "Number of the Beat" (Disko B Records) especially "Dance More" but that's from a couple of years ago....(retro countdown)
5.Oorutaichi - Drifting my folklore (Okimi) for kids, for adults for odd balls
6.Dominik Eulberg - Heimische Gefilde (Traum Schallplatten) lush techno punctuated with delightful German twitterings about birds
7.Fiction/Action - "Missing Control" (unsigned) Aberdonian band sadly broken up before they had the opportunity to make the album of the year
8.Rolo Tomassi live at the Old Blue Last, seeing is believing
9.Robert Wyatt - "Just as you are" taken from the album "Comicopera" (Domino) wonderful
10.Souvaris - "The Young Ted Danson" taken from the album "A Hat" (Gringo Records) three brilliant songs rolled into an even better one.

Colleen Maloney

*Some spectacular, drunken nights out: Paris Paris/ The Mercury awards/ v fantastic Arctic Monkeys aftershow at The Social/ Razzmatazz in Barcelona/Old Trafford/Yo Majesty in NYC/Von Sudenfed at Heaven/Bonde Do Role in Dublin to name a few
*Becoming a godmother to my poor niece Ciara, I can't believe her parents have made me responsible for her moral upbringing
*The 'perfect meal' at Acorn House in Kings Cross
*Arctic Monkeys at Glastonbury, what an amazing night!
*Burger evenings with Justin, he always makes me laugh
*Some beautifully happy/sad albums: The National's Boxer, Cass McComb's wonderful Dropping The Writ, Robert Wyatt's Comicopera, Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam
*Joining both lovefilm.com and my local library - books and films too numerous to mention
*Swimming in the sea off of Paxos during the summer
*Dan Papps making me a cup of tea (ok, still waiting for this to happen, but it'll be the highlight of whatever year!)

Dan Papps

(Album) Gruff Rhys - Candylion (Rough Trade)
(Album) Panda Bear - Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)
(TV) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - Season 3
(Album) Burial - Untrue (Hyperdub)
(Gig) OM @ The Underworld
(Album) Robert Wyatt - Comicopera (Domino)
(Gig) Devo - Meltdown @ RFH
(Album) MF Doom - Mm...Food (Reissue) (Rhymesayers)
(Film) Manhattan (at the ICA)
(Album) Deerhunter - Cryptograms (Kranky)

Dan Rapley

Mariee Sioux - 'Faces In the Rocks' (Grassroots Records)
Marissa Nadler – 'Song III, Bird On the Water' (Peacefrog Records)
Radiohead – 'In Rainbows'
BC Camplight – 'Blink of A Nihilist' (One Little Indian Records)
Elliott Smith – 'New Moon' (Domino)
Jamie Shovlin – 'A Dream Deferred' (exhibition at Haunch of Venison Gallery, London)
Lustfaust – 'The Girl Who Cried All the Tears from Her Body'
Discovering John Philip’s 'Wolf King of LA' album
Douglas Coupland –'The Gum Thief'
Joanna Newsom – 'Colleen'

Emily Beaver

1. Joanna Newsom @ the Royal Albert Hall. Sept
2. The Fall..last night @ the Hammersmith Palais. April
3. Wild Billy Childish and The Musicians Of The British Empire @ The Dirty Water Club...always.
4. Von Sudenfed / Tromatic Reflexxions album
5. Tapestry Festival in Wales feat: Tokyo Dragons / Chrome Hoof / Duotard. Summer
6. North Sea Radio Orchestra @ St Clements Church. Sept
7. Stokchek..Farewell Single / live @ Argos Collection Point B in The Bethnal Green Working Mans Club.
8. The Hairnets @ Blame It On The Burgers, Bethnal Green Working Mans Club. Oct
9. Pete Molinari (going electric in the 2nd half!) @ The Spitz. Sept
10. Marissa Nadler @ The Spitz. March

Ivan Jimenez

Naked Man Festival, 93 Ft East - Mendetz/Big City/Tachenko/Bigott/Aeropuerto April 07
Wild Beast at the Barfly July 07…sniff
Interpol/Cat Power/Veils at the Madison Square Garden
Simian Mobile Disco at the Williamsburg Music Hall
Justice/Midnight Jugernaughts at Terminal 5
Erol Alkan at Studio B
Mathew Dear and his Big Hands Band at the Mercury Lounge
LCD Soundsystem/Arcade Fire and Blonde Redhead at Randall Island
Battles/White Williams at Webster Hall...NY
Triangulo de Amor Bizarro – Contemporanea Festival - Spain

Joanna Hagger

friend opportunity - deerhoof
caribou - andorra
yo majesty - hoxton bar & grill
white williams - smoke
i'm a man - black strobe
the fall/sonic youth/battles/modest mouse @primavera fest. spain
eugene mcguiness - monsters under my bed
nude - radiohead
sebastien tellier - sexual sportswear
wodka pom - showgirls

Jonathan Bradshaw

in no particular order
ornette coleman at the rfh
panda bear - person pitch
burial new lp
battles - atlas
the ronettes - by my baby
arctic monkeys - 505 live at lcc/glasto
ricardo villalobos - fabric live
hearty soup and hearty chat with robert and alfie at their cottage in louth
miles davis - on the corner box
the fat duck tasting menu

Jodie Banaszkiewicz

- Yo Majesty – the first time I saw them playing live at Hoxton Bar and Grill – awesome
- The Mute Records party in their old offices before moving to EMI – drinks were flowing, DJs played tunes in each room, builders were already knocking down parts of the building as people danced
- Paragliding off a mountain on the coast of Turkey at sunset – scary but the most beautiful sight ever
- Iggy and the Stooges live at Pinkpop Festival in Holland – stage invasion where lots of Dutch people decided to get naked and hug Iggy
- Seeing Les Savy Fav live for the first time at ATP and then at the Old Blue Last
- Having a banquet with Will Oldham
- Chromehoof, XX Teens and Von Sudenfed live at Heaven
- Having a random night out on the pub and club circuit in Shanghai with strangers on my way home from Australia
- Blonde Redhead’s '23', the Liars album, Cass McComb's 'Dropping The Writ', Radiohead's 'In Rainbows', PJ Harvey's 'White Chalk', Good Shoes' 'Think Before You Speak' and Robert Wyatt’s 'Comicopera'
- My Lovefilm.com membership, watching 'The Sea Inside', 'La Haine', 'Maria Full Of Grace', 'Lilya 4 Ever', 'Breaking The Waves', and crying my eyes out whilst watching most of the above

John Williamson

01 - Wincing The Night Away - Shins
02 - Traffic and Weather - Fountains Of Wayne
03 - Death Proof
04 - Hitten - Those Dancing Days
05 - New Moon - Elliott Smith
06 - Good Arrows - Tunng
07 - Zizek!
08 - Battles @ Green Man 09 - Here and Now - America
10 - Shoot 'Em Up

Jumee Park

*Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
*Joining Domino!
*Animal Collective at South Street Seaport AND at Webster Hall (2nd night)
*Tacos and corn at Red Hook Ball Fields
*Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
*Burial - Untruer
*Living out my 2007 resolution "more booze, less snooze"
*Tyler Kord
*Swimming in Costa Rica
*Transformers-- best movie of 2007???
*The Host-- the other best movie of 2007!

Kris Gillespie

1. The Latin American food stalls at the Red Hook Ball Fields (Brooklyn, NY) So many new and wonderful delights, if "The Man" busts this up, it will be a culinary crime.
2. The staff at Beansprouts Pre-school (Brooklyn, NY) The care and attention they've given to my son this year has been heartwarming.
3. Panda Bear Person Pitch (Paw Tracks) I would take drugs if they were this good... but they're not.
4. Spring/Summer 2007 in The Big Apple (New York, NY) I know the planet is melting, but it really has been just about perfect weather for six months in our little corner of the world. I'm sure we'll pay for it this winter.
5. Blitzen Trapper Wild Mountain Nation (Lidkercow) jagged chunks of Beefheart, southern fried boogie stomp, McCartney pop delicacy, bratty Pavement swagger, Thin Lizzy jamming with Animal Collective in a tribal freakout, Wilco on an 8-bit bender... and that's just side one.
6. The Cinematic Orchestra live at Joe's Pub (July 8th, 2007) Improvisation with an emphasis on melody made this performance a transcendental music experience.
7. Third season of the US version of The Office (NBC/Universal) It just gets funnier and funnier (and funnier than "Extras").
8. The re-mastering and re-issuing of the Magazine catalog (EMI) Better than Joy Division? Listen and join the heretics if you dare.
9. The braised pork shank at Hali'imaile General Store (Hali'imaile, Hawaii) The highest point of many highs on my visit to the island of Maui this year.
10. LCD Soundsystem @ Coachella (Indio, California) An exuberant performance that finally knocked me off the fence.

Liz O'Rourke

1. Akron/Family - Love Is Simple
2. Wilco @ The Enmore
3. Electrelane – No Shouts No Calls
4. Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
5. Grinderman – Grinderman
6. Wagons – Curse of Lightning
7. The Pixies @ Luna Park
8. Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends
9. Love Of Diagrams – Mosaic
10.Eugene McGuinness – The Early Learnings of…

Matt Sweeney

Albums: Both Junior Boys re-issues.
Songs: Yeasayer - 2080, LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great, MIA - Paper Planes, Saturate/Electronic Battle Weapon 8 - Chemical Brothers, Running Up That Hill (Ashley Beadle Edit) - Kate Bush, Begging (Pilooski Edit) -Frankie Valli
TV: Flight Of The Conchords, Heroes
Gigs: Max Tundra @ Corsica Studios, Prince @ O2, Daft Punk @ Wireless, Arcade Fire @ Alexandra Palace
Resaraunt: LMNT
Internet: Scrabble on Facebook
Biggest Disappointments: All of Glastonbury, Sly & The Family Stone @ Lovebox...
Book: Hard Boiled Wonderland & The End Of The World by Murakami
Tips for 2008: Led Zeppelin

Mike Clewley

Personal: Grinning at strangers on the train after finding out I'd got the job at Domino. My 30th Birthday party - album covers theme, good times, good friends and an Andy Warhol Banana cake.
Albums: Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? / Tinariwen - Water is life - Aman Iman / Robert Wyatt – Comicopera / Panda Bear – Person Pitch / Band of Horses – Cease To Begin / Miracle Fortress – Five Roses / Radiohead – In Rainbows / The Shins – Wincing the Night Away.
TV: The Wire – "5 oh, 5 oh", The Mighty Boosh
Film: Son of Rambow and Mr Lonely (at the London Film Festival)
Live: Bjork at Glastonbury, Steaming Wolf Penis at SXSW, Bonde do Role at the Scala, Arcade Fire at Porchester Hall, Spy versus Spy reunion show at Kingston, Lykke Li and Dirty Projectors at Dingwalls, Dananananaykroyd at the bar in Frog.
Books: Innocent When You Dream: Tom Waits interviews, Naïve Super by Erland Loe
Restaurant : Wild Honey in Mayfair - top notch grub and prices to please
YouTube clip: Ghost Ridin Grandma
Joke: "Have you seen that Darjeeling Limited film?"
"I've heard it's not everyone's cup of tea"
Internet: Soft Focus interviews on VBS – intelligent interviews with cult characters like Will Oldham, Kevin Shields and Billy Childish by the charismatic Ian Svenonius of Make-Up and Weird War.
David Byrne's blog -kaleidoscopic in topic and cosy in read from a man with impeccable taste.
Spoof News Story:Pitchfork gives musc 6.8

Michael Mercer

1. General Moment - Being in Eastenders - Friday 30th November (club scene, wearing blue check shirt)
2. You tube Clip - youtube.com/watch?v=WyoEo1YaOpI
3. Tracks - Sebastian - 'Walkman'
4. Breakfast - Some place in Paris
5. Domino Album - 'Correcto'
6. Gigs/Festivals - Daft Punk @ 'Wireless', LCD Soundsystem/Hot Chip @ 'Electric Picnic', Chromeo @ 'Rescue Rooms', Patrick Wolf/The Whip @ 'Glastonbury'
7. Pointless Time Waste - Wii bowling (+ Injuries)
8. Football - West Ham 3 - 4 Tottenham Hotspur
9. TV - 'Heroes'
10. Worst Moment - Being stuck in Glasto Mud for 4 hours

Morgan Lebus

Top 10 Shows (in order of which I recall them)
1. Dirty Projectors @ Death By Audio
2. Vetiver @ Frankies
3. Dr. Dog @ Stubbs
4. Animal Collective @ Webster Hall (2nd night)
5. Panda Bear @ Bowery (1st night)
6. Nico Muhly @ Wordless Series
7. Vampire Weekend @ Neumos
8. Battles @ South Street Seaport
9. Dan Deacon @ Bowery Ballroom
10. Child Ballads @ Town Hall (but that may have been 2006)

Nikki Mahmood Chee

1. Album: Comicopera by Robert Wyatt
2. Song: My Dearest Friend by Devendra Banhart
3. Band: The Arcade Fire
4. Film: The Simpsons Movie
5. Funny or Die Clip: The Landlord
6. Timewasting Distraction: Facebook

Paddy O'Neil

in no specific order
1. Ricardo Villalobos at fabric
2. The wind that shakes the barley
3. Animal collective at LA2
4. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
5. The re-discovery of Richie Hawtin - DE9: Transitions
6. My sweet new shirt (a butcher of distinction)
7. Test Match Special
8. Pikaya - Jedi
9. Burial – Untrue
10. Lucio Aquilina - Magic M
Bonus entry. The Wire (Seasons 1-3)

Pat Riley

1) Jackie McCarthy- I married her, of course she is #1!
2) Hiro, my dog
3) My bike
4) OM "Pilgrimage"
5) Rachel Flortard with the John Rauhouse Sestet Sept 6th at Union Pool Brooklyn NY
6) Pet Genius "Pet Genius"
7) MIA "Kala"
8) Jesu "Lifeline"
9) Alicia Keys "No One"
10) LCD Soundsystem "Sound of Silver"
11) Prizhorn Dance School "Prizhorn Dance School"
12) Patton Oswald "Pennsylvania Macaroni Company"
13) Radiohead "In Rainbows"
14) Black Lips at the Siren Festival Coney Island NY
15) Kanye West "Good Mornin'"

Paul Lambden

- Chilling to the In The Night Garden theme (18.20 Cbeebies daily)
- Edie dancing dreamily to the North Sea Radio Orchestra live at The Green Man festival
- Vashti Bunyan & Vetiver, Juana Molina & Adem grooving on the Brighton 0 Degrees Of Separation show
- PJ Harvey "White Chalk" (Island) - masterful return
- Battles "Atlas" (Warp) - single of the year
- Young Marble Giants live at Hay On Wye Literary Festival - another tip top return
- There was a man down in front of us whilst Dan imperiously pointed his umbrella to the masters on the stage as Dead Meadow freakin' slayed the Green Man crowd
- Martin Simpson "Prodigal Son" (Topic) - especially his version of "When A Knight Won His Spurs"
- Burial "Untrue" (Hyperdub) - as Laurence would say, this album is "beyond beyond"
- Dirty Projectors on a sunny spring afternoon at Ms Bea's on the outskirts of SXSW, Austin, Texas followed in the early hours by absolutely storming Earthless playing something like four very long but totally splendid tunes in another yard on the same side of town
Lavender Diamond - 'Imagine Our Love' (Rough Trade) - The Shit!

Paul Sandell

1. Devo live at the Royal Festival Hall, London 19th June
2. Chrome Hoof - 'Pre-Emptive Fale Rapture' (Southern)
3. Various trips to the Zoo (The new small mammal house is the shit...)
4. Bonzo Dog Band - 'Keynsham' (Re-issue)
5. Lavender Diamond - 'Imagine Our Love' (Rough Trade)
6. Blone Redhead -'23' (4AD)
7. Robert Wyatt - 'Comicopera' (Domino)
8. Einsturzende Neubauten live at ATP, Minehead, 28th April
9. Oakley Hall - 'I'll Follow You' (Merge)
10. Yeasayer - 'All Hour Cymbals' (We Are Free)

Paula Williams
In no particular order:
1. The Living End – State of Emergency (Album)
2. The King Blues – Under The Fog (Album)
3. Ska is Dead – Household Name Records Compilation.
4. Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero (Album)
5. Gallows – Orchestra of The Wolves (Album)
6. The Living End – Electric Ballroom (Gig)
7. Incubus - 3x Brixton Academy (Gigs) (3 nights in a row!)
8. AFI - Brixton Academy (Gig)
9. Capdown - *Last Ever London Show* Islington Academy (Gig)
10. Sex Pistols - Brixton Academy (Gig)

Peter Berard
A list of albums, singles and 12"s i've enjoyed this year.
Gui Borrato - "Beautiful Life" (12")
St. Vincent - "Now, Now" (single)
The Field - From Here I Go Sublime (LP)
Deerhunter - Cryptograms (LP)
Digitalism - "Pogo" (12")
Justice - "Genesis" (album track)
MIA - "Paper Planes" (single)
Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36 (Mix CD)
LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends" (12")
Cornelius - "Fit Song" (album track)

Robby Morris
Black Cross - Severance Pays (Auxillary) Clockcleaner - Babylon Rules (Load) Haunted George - Pile 'O' Meat (Hook Or Crook) Lamps - S/T (In The Red) Mammal - The Lonesome Drifter (Animal Disguise) Mark Sultan - The Sultanic Verses (In The Red) Om - Pilgrimage (Southern Lord) Panda Bear - Person Pitch (Paw Tracks) Pink Reason - Cleaning the Mirror (Siltbreeze) Senking - List (Raster-Noton) Group Inerane - Guitars From Agadez LP (Sublime Frequencies) The Homostupids - The Intern LP (Parts Unknown) Little Claw - Spit and Squalor Swallow the Snow LP (Ecstatic Peace) Blank Dogs - Diana (The Herald) 12" (Sacred Bones)/Yellow Mice Sleep 7" (Hozac) Ceremony - Scared People 7" (Bridge 9) Comadre/Trainwreck - Split 12" (Bloodtown) D. Charles Speer - Some Forgotten Country 7" (Sound@1) Jay Reatard - I Know A Place 7" (Goner)/Night of Broken Glass 12" (In The Red) Night of Pleasure - Godard vs Truffaut 7" (Columbus Discount) Tyvek - 2x7"(What's Your Rupture?)

Ross Allen
Moments of The Year
• Djing for the Arctic Monkeys @ Old Trafford and the reaction that Born Slippy got on the Sunday.... Mass power
• PJ Harvey solo @ The Royal Festival Hall.... Single power
• The hay bale @ Stanley Party May 2007..... Power of love
• The first Yo Majesty gig @ Europa,Brooklyn Feb this year.... That's girl power
• The Passing of James Brown (I know it was Christmas last year but it wasn't in any end of years last year)...soul power
All in all a pretty powerful year !!

La Musica
Bassekou Kouyate 'Ngoni Blue', Battles 'Atlas', Prince 'Chelsea Rogers', Shaggy 'Church Heathen', Chuck Fender 'Gash Dem', Alborosie 'Kingston Town', LCD Soundsystem 'Someone Great', Dizzee Rascal 'Pussy ole' and 'Maths & English', Radiohead '15 Step', David E Sugar 'Keep It Simple/Party Killer', Blaq Starr 'Supastar', Tawiah 'Everystep', Vampire Weekend 'Blue EP', Bob Marley 'War' Matty G remix, M.I.A. '$20', PJ Harvey 'White Chalk', Burial – 'Untrue', Poppin Deuce 'Do It Again', Manu Chao 'Politik Kills', Exile feat T’raach - 'Move On Em', The Do 'Bridge Is Broken', Lynx - 'Global Enemies', Neil Young – 'Live at Massy Hall 71', Duffle Bag Boy, Playaz Circle feat. Lil Wanye, Steve Reid Ensemble - Daxaar

Steve Savoca

Album: Panda Bear - 'Person Pitch'
Track: 'Atlas' - Battles
Emerging Artist: Patrick Watson
Best Outdoor Show: LCD Soundsystem @ Coachella Valley Festival (Indio, CA)
Best Indoor Set: 'Welcome To Dreamland' @ Carnegie Hall w/ Adem, Coco Rosie, Vetiver, Devendra Banhart & Vashti Bunyan
Book: “Devil In The White City” by Erik Larson
Film: The Lives of Others (Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
Event: Bang On A Can Marathon @ World Financial Center (NYC)
Exhibition: Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Scrapbook @ International Center Of Photography
Restaurant: Commerc 24 (Barcelona, Spain)
Tech: Lala.com

Stephen Newell

LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
Dan Deacon - Spiderman Of The Rings
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me
Papercuts - Can't Go Back
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Kings Of Leon - Because Of the Times (sorry)
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Justice – Cross
P.G. Six – Slightly Sorry

Simon Merrells

Mermaids - Soundtrack... if you want to be happy for the rest of your life get this!
Everwood season 4 (it's been pretty bad but i'm just glad ITV3 decided to show it, i spoiled the whole series by reading about every episode on the internet the day before it started)
Chrome Hoof - Pre-Emptive False Rapture
Crispin Hellion Glover - What Is It.... (i'd really like to see this but we need to raise funds to bring it to England).... there is a sequel on the way too...
Pearl Lowe - All That Glitters
The Wills - Moody Jumble Sale
The Rebel at the Buffalo Bar... November 2007 (new Line up featuring The Stallion)
Uniqlo
Sarah Sanders/ Crazy Frog - DING DING DING aka Last Christmas (NoKiA)
UBUWEB - www.ubu.com

Stuart Thompson

5 gigs:
Edan & Dagha @ All Tomorrows Parties, Minehead 19/5/07
Cinematic Orchestra @ Joe's Pub, New York 8/7/07
Brightblack Morning Light @ All Tomorrows Parties, Minehead 19/5/07
Benjy Ferree @ The Spitz, London 2/5/07
Fiery Furnaces @ Studio B, Brooklyn 1/7/07

5 records:
Radiohead 'In Rainbows' Album
One More Grain 'Pigeon English' Album
Thee More Shallows 'Book Of Bad Breaks' Album
Crippled Black Phoenix 'A Love Of Shared Disasters' Album
Correcto 'Joni' Single