KIEF’S DOWNTOWN
TOP 10 of 2007

HOLLY!
Volt – s/t
Grinderman – s/t
Fabienne Delsol – Between You & Me
Miss Alex White – Space and Time
Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil
My Sister Klaus – Chateau Rouge
The Good, The Bad, & the Queen – s/t
Sharon Jones – 100 Days 100 Nights
Sonic Chicken 4 – s/t
King Khan & the Shrines – What Is?!


CHELSEA RAE!
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
CocoRosie – The Adventures of Ghosthorse & Stillborn
Do Make Say Think – You, You’re a History in Rust
Balkan Beat Box – Nu-Med
Arcade Fire – The Neon Bible
MIA – Kala
Feist – The Reminder
Peter, Bjorn, & John – Writer’s Block
Bjork – Volta
Forth of July – On the Plains


ELIZABETH!
Band of Horses – Cease to Begin
Taken by Trees – Open Field
Babyshambles - Shotter’s Nation
Pipettes – We Are the Pipettes
Brand New – The Devil & God are Raging Inside of Me
The Hives – Black & White
Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil
Angels & Airwaves – I, Empire
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Linda Thompson – Versatile Heart

STEVE’s Top Fifteen for 2007 (in coward’s order/alphabetical):
1990s – Cookies
Babyshambles  – Shotter's Nation 
Black Lips  – Good Bad Not Evil
Jose Gonzalez  – In Our Nature
King Khan & the Shrines  – What Is?!
Bettye Lavette  – Scene of the Crime
Locksley  – Don't Make Me Wait
Jesse Malin  – Glitter in the Gutter
My Sister Klaus  – Chateau Rouge
Plasticines  – lp1
Redwalls –  s/t
Ike Reilly Assassination  – We Belong to the Staggering Evening
Local release :  Rich Boys  – $
Bruce Springsteen  – Magic
Taken by Trees  – Open Field
                                           Mary Weiss  – Dangerous Game                                         


MARK!
Southern Culture on the Skids – Countrypolitan Favorites
King Khan & the Shrines – What Is?!
Heavy Trash – Goin’ Way Out
Gruff Rhys – Candylion
Rich Boys - $
Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil
Mary Weiss – Dangerous Game
Sister Vanilla – Little Pop Rock
Ross Johnson – Make It Stop
Sterling Harrison – South of the Snooty Fox


JIM!
St. Vincent – Marry Me
Bloc Party – Weekend in the City
Deerhoof – Friend Opportunity
Ween – La Cucaracha
Radiohead – In Rainbows
King Khan & the Shrines – What Is?!
Dethklok – Deth Album
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
White Stripes – Icky Thump
Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil


MATT!
Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil
King Khan & the Shrines – What Is?!
Various – Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration
The Good The Bad & the Queen – s/t
1990s – Cookies
Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
Mando Diao – Ode to Ochrasy
The Bees – Octopus
Jarvis Cocker – Jarvis