Each of our staff writers was invited to participate in a two-part process to determine our staff's favorite songs of the year, first helping to craft a shortlist and from there determining the final order of the final top 100. What follows is each writer's original, individual selections of the 25 best tracks of 2007:
>> Adam Moerder
1. Deerhunter: Spring Hall Convert
2. Of Montreal: Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
3. The Tough Alliance: Miami
4. The Honeydrips: Fall From a Height
5. Muscles: Sweaty
6. Late of the Pier: Bathroom Gurgle
7. Justice: Genesis
8. M.I.A.: Paper Planes
9. Animal Collective: For Reverend Green
10. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
11. Yeasayer: 2080
12. Les Savy Fav: The Equestrian
13. Alan Braxe & Kris Menace: Lumberjack
14. MGMT: Time to Pretend
15. Working For a Nuclear Free City: Asleep at the Wheel
16. Simian Mobile Disco: I Believe
17. Arcade Fire: Black Mirror
18. Dizzee Rascal: Sirens
19. Panda Bear: Bros
20. Future of the Left: Small Bones, Small Bodies
21. The Honeydrips: Trying Something New
22. Kathy Diamond: All Woman
23. LCD Soundsystem: Get Innocuous
24. Battles: Atlas
25. Radiohead: Faust Arp
>> Amanda Petrusich
1. Iron and Wine: Resurrection Fern
2. No Age: Neck Escaper
3. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: I'm Not Gonna Cry
4. Band of Horses: Is There A Ghost
5. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: The Way I Am
6. Panda Bear: Bros
7. The White Stripes: Rag and Bone
8. Rihanna: Umbrella
9. Handsome Furs: What We Had
10. Bruce Springsteen: Livin in the Future
11. Kanye West: Can't Tell Me Nothing
12. Radiohead: Jigsaw Falling into Place
13. Bowerbirds: In Our Talons
14. Old Time Relijin: Indestructible Life!
15. Arcade Fire: No Cars Go
16. Grizzly Bear: Little Brother
17. Arthur + Yu: Come to View
18. M.I.A.: Boyz
19. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
20. The Clientele: Isn't Life Strange
21. Jens Lekman: A Postcard to Nina
22. Spoon: The Underdog
23. The New Pornographers: Challengers
24. PJ Harvey: The Devil
25. Pissed Jeans: I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)
>> Amy Phillips
1. Rihanna: Umbrella
2. Los Campesinos!: You! Me! Dancing
3. Fall Out Boy: Hum Hallelujah
4. Gui Boratto: Beautiful Life
5. Lil Mama: Lip Gloss
6. Avril Lavigne: Girlfriend
7. Stars: Take Me to the Riot
8. Okkervil River: Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe
9. Shout Out Louds: Tonight I Have to Leave It
10. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
11. Against Me!: Thrash Unreal
12. Alicia Keys: No One
13. Busy P: Rainbow Man
14. Battles: Atlas
15. Omarion: Ice Box
16. Bright Eyes: Four Winds
17. The Wombats: Kill the Director
18. The Mae Shi: Run to Your Grave
19. Rilo Kiley: Silver Lining
20. Scout Niblett: Dinosaur Egg
21. Jimmy Eat World: Big Casino
22. Patrick Wolf: Accident & Emergency
23. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
24. Rekid: Next Stop Chicago
25. Kate Nash: Foundations
>> Andy Battaglia
1. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
2. Gwen Stefani: Early Winter
3. M.I.A.: Bamboo Banga
4. Fall Out Boy: Thnks fr th Mmrs
5. Soul Capsule: Beauty and the Beat
6. Brad Paisley: Online
7. Rihanna: Umbrella
8. Animal Collective: Peacebone
9. Partial Arts: Trauermusik
10. Beck: Cell Phone's Dead (Villalobos Entlebuch Remix)
11. Gui Boratto: The Blessing
12. A Mountain of One: Freefall
13. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
14. !!!: Heart of Hearts
15. Burial: Archangel
16. Spoon: Don't You Evah
17. Animal Collective: Chores
18. Radiohead: Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
19. Prinzhorn Dance School: You are the Space Invader
20. Shackleton: Blood on My Hands (Villalobos Apocalypso Now Remix)
21. Bjork: The Dull Flame of Desire
22. Of Montreal: The Past is a Grotesque Animal
23. Elk City: Los Cruzados
24. Panda Bear: Bros
25. Thomas Fehlmann: Bienenkonigin
>> Brian Howe
1. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
2. The Field: Over the Ice
3. Eluvium: Prelude for Time Feelers
4. Kanye West: Can't Tell Me Nothing
5. Radicalfashion: Shousetsu
6. Junior Boys: In the Morning (Hot Chip Remix)
7. Jens Lekman: A Postcard to Nina
8. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
9. Des Ark: If by "Gay" You Mean "Totally Freaking Awesome," Then Yeah, I Guess it's Pretty Gay
10. Radiohead: Nude
11. Devin the Dude: What a Job
12. Grizzly Bear: He Hit Me
13. M.I.A.: Boyz
14. Lil Wayne: Sky's the Limit
15. Jay-Z: Ignorant Shit
16. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
17. Gui Boratto: Beautiful Life
18. Jens Lekman: The Opposite of Hallelujah
19. Pharoahe Monch: Free
20. CocoRosie: Werewolf
21. !!!: Must Be The Moon
22. Dan Deacon: Wham City
23. Au Revoir Simone: A Violent Yet Flammable World
24. BC Camplight: Lord, I've Been on Fire
25. T.I.: You Know What It Is
>> David Raposa
1. The Field: A Paw in My Face
2. Feist: 1 2 3 4
3. Battles: Tonto
4. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
5. Mari Boine: Vuoi Vuoi Me (Henrik Schwartz Remix)
6. Rihanna: Umbrella
7. Queens of the Stone Age: 3s and 7s
8. Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Me And My Imagination
9. Spoon: Finer Feelings
10. The National: Mistaken for Strangers
11. Lil Mama: Lip Gloss
12. Amerie: Gotta Work
13. Jay-Z: Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)
14. Air: Mer du Japon
15. Radiohead: All I Need
16. R Kelly [ft. T.I and T-Pain]: I'm A Flirt (Remix)
17. Foo Fighters: The Pretender
18. Bottomless Pit: The Cardinal Movements
19. Charlotte Hatherley: I Want You To Know
20. Kanye West: STRONGER (A-TRAK REMIX)
21. Ne-Yo: Because of You
22. Roisin Murphy: Overpowered
23. Deerhunter: Like New
24. Mark Ronson [ft. Amy Winehouse]: Valerie
25. Lil Wayne: Upgrade U
>> Dominique Leone
1. Cortney Tidwell: Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson Remix)
2. Ost & Kjex: Milano Mugolian (A Thrilling Mungophony in Two Parts)
3. Deerhoof: The Perfect Me
4. Justice: D.A.N.C.E.
5. Dottores Kranky Disco Band: Berlin Walls
6. Air: Mer du Japon (Kris Menace Remix)
7. Pascal FEOS: Bring the Beat Back
8. LCD Soundsystem: Freak Out/Starry Eyes
9. M.I.A.: Boyz
10. Kevin Blechdom: Running Away
11. Cio D'Or: Kimono
12. Dinky: Horizontal
13. Battles: Atlas
14. Tussle: Warning (JD Twitch Optimo fuckhead mix)
15. Maroon 5: Makes Me Wonder
16. Modern Heads: D'Light
17. Hollertronix: Groove Is in the Dick
18. Stephan Bodzin: Bedford
19. Marnie Stern: Vibrational Match
20. Stefan Goldmann: Lunatic Fringe
21. Roisin Murphy: Overpowered (Kris Menace mix)
22. Gabriel Ananda: Doppelwhipper (Supermayer mix)
23. Tadeo: Fractal
24. Water Lilly: Invisible Ink
25. OOIOO: UMA (EYE mix)
>> Douglas Wolk
1. M.I.A.: Bird Flu
2. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
3. The Shins: Turn on Me
4. The Schema: Those Rules You Made
5. Joanna Newsom: Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie (Ys Street Band version)
6. Amy Winehouse [ft. Ghostface Killah]: You Know I'm No Good
7. Life Without Buildings: Liberty Feelup
8. The Fiery Furnaces: Navy Nurse
9. The Human Hearts: Professionals in Cancun
10. The New Pornographers: Myriad Harbour
11. Franz Ferdinand: All My Friends
12. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: I'm Not Gonna Cry
13. Sir Richard Bishop: Esoterica of Abyssinia
14. M.I.A.: Paper Planes
15. Deerhoof: The Perfect Me
16. Farah: Law of Life
17. My Chemical Romance: Teenagers
18. Mark Ronson: Valerie
19. Beirut: A Sunday Smile
20. Mira Billotte: As I Went Out One Morning
21. Judee Sill: The Kiss (live)
22. !!!: Bend Over Beethoven
23. GusGus: You'll Never Change
24. Dizzee Rascal: Pussly'ole (Old Skool)
25. Uncle Wiggly: Maroon Mock Turtle
>> Eric Harvey
1. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
2. Spoon: Black Like Me
3. M.I.A.: Paper Planes
4. The Shins: Phantom Limb
5. Jay-Z: Ignorant Shit
6. M.I.A.: Bamboo Banga
7. The Broken West: On the Bubble
8. Blonde Redhead: 23
9. Spoon: Finer Feelings
10. Jay-Z: Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)
11. Radiohead: Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
12. Rihanna: Don't Stop the Music
13. Justice: D.A.N.C.E. (Alan Braxe Remix)
14. Ne-Yo: Because of You
15. Radiohead: Jigsaw Falling into Place
16. The Field: Over the Ice
17. Panda Bear: Bros
18. LCD Soundsystem: Get Innocuous
19. Aesop Rock: None Shall Pass
20. Lil Wayne: Get High, Rule the World
21. Yelle: A Cause Des Garcons
22. Kanye West: Stronger
23. Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Me And My Imagination
24. The Clientele: Bookshop Casanova
25. 1990s: You Made Me Like It
>> Grayson Currin
1. Sir Richard Bishop: Ecstasies in the Open Air
2. Feist: 1 2 3 4
3. Menomena: The Pelican
4. Antibalas: Beaten Metal
5. WZT Hearts: Lava Nile
6. Josh Ritter: The Temptation of Adam
7. The Twilight Sad: Cold Days from the Birdhouse
8. Jay-Z: Ignorant Shit
9. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
10. The Daredevil Christopher Wright: How to Get My Head Back on My Shoulders
11. No Age: Everybody's Down
12. BARR: The Song Is the Single
13. Bon Iver: Skinny Love
14. El-P: Tasmanian Pain Coaster
15. Phosphorescent: Wolves
16. Cloud Cult: Chemicals Coliide
17. Liars: Plaster Casts of Everything
18. Stars of the Lid: December Hunting for Vegetarian Fuckface
19. Randall of Nazareth: Ballad of a Sorry Lonely Breaking Man
20. Bill Callahan: Sycamore
21. Tommy Womack: Alpha Male & the Canine Blood Mystery
22. Wolves in the Throne Room: I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks and Roots
23. Tom Carter & Christian Kiefer: Unknown Foxen
24. Essie Jain: Haze
25. Mouthus: The Gift of Sighs
>> Jason Crock
1. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
2. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
3. Battles: Atlas
4. Burial: Archangel
5. Grinderman: No Pussy Blues
6. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: La Costa Brava
7. Jay-Z: Ignorant Shit
8. Shellac: The End of Radio
9. Future of the Left: Small Bones, Small Bodies
10. Spoon: You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
11. Deerhoof: The Perfect Me
12. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
13. Dizzee Rascal: Pussly'ole (Old Skool)
14. Okkervil River: John Allyn Smith Sails
15. Aesop Rock: None Shall Pass
16. Phosphorescent: A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise
17. Times New Viking: Teenage Lust!
18. Blitzen Trapper: Wild Mountain Nation
19. King Khan and the Shrines: Welfare Bread
20. Kanye West: Good Life
21. The Field: A Paw in My Face
22. M.I.A.: Paper Planes (Remix)
23. R. Kelly: I'm a Flirt (REMIX)
24. Silkworm: Bar Ice
25. Animal Collective: Fireworks
>> Joe Tangari
1. Tinariwen: Matadjem Yinmixan
2. Iron and Wine: House By the Sea
3. Andrew Bird: Imitosis
4. Jens Lekman: Shirin
5. Resplendent: Spring (Mike Downey edit)
6. Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators: If This Ain't Love Don't Know What Is
7. Tulsa: Mass
8. Radiohead: Faust Arp
9. Band of Bees: Left Foot Stepdown
10. Menomena: Muscle 'n Flo
11. Feist: My Moon, My Man
12. Bear In Heaven: Fraternal Noon
13. Dalek: Paragraphs Relentless
14. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: I'm Not Gonna Cry
15. Mavis Staples: Eyes on the Prize
16. Kutiman: No Reason For You
17. Bat for Lashes: What's a Girl To Do?
18. Chromeo: Bonafied Lovin
19. Dappled Cities: Fire Fire Fire
20. Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators: No One's Gonna Love You
21. Chicago Afrobeat Project: Carcass
22. Jens Lekman: A Postcard to Nina
23. Iron and Wine: Flightless Bird, American Mouth
24. Ibrahim Ferrer: Copla Guajira
25. Sloan: Right or Wrong
>> Liz Colville
1. Radiohead: All I Need
2. Burial: Homeless
3. Pantha du Prince: Saturn Strobe
4. M.I.A.: Boyz
5. Modeselektor: The White Flash
6. Justice: D.A.N.C.E.
7. Handsome Furs: Snakes On The Ladder
8. Of Montreal: The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
9. M.I.A.: Paper Planes
10. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
11. Pantha du Prince: Asha
12. Patrick Wolf: Accident & Emergency
13. R. Kelly: I'm a Flirt
14. Dirty Projectors: Spray Paint (The Walls)
15. Burial: Archangel
16. Apparat: You Don't Know Me
17. Vampire Weekend: Walcott
18. Via Audio: Modern Day Saint
19. Matthew Dear: Deserter
20. Stars: The Ghost of Genova Heights
21. St. Vincent: Now Now
22. Simian Mobile Disco: I Believe
23. The Shins: Phantom Limb
24. R. Kelly: Rockstar
25. Modeselektor: Let Your Love Grow
>> Marc Hogan
1. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
2. The Tough Alliance: Silly Crimes
3. Josh Ritter: The Temptation of Adam
4. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
5. The Honeydrips: (Lack Of) Love Will Tear Us Apart
6. DJ Khaled: We Takin' Over
7. Jens Lekman: A Postcard to Nina
8. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
9. Chromatics: In the City
10. R. Kelly: I'm a Flirt
11. Los Campesinos!: You! Me! Dancing!
12. Lil Wayne: Black Republicans
13. Simian Mobile Disco: I Believe
14. Josh Ritter: Right Moves
15. Lil Mama: Lip Gloss
16. Matthew Dear: Don and Sherri (Hot Chip Remix)
17. Curtis Vodka: Hey Girl
18. Jay-Z: Ignorant Shit
19. The Honeydrips: Fall From a Height (The Field Way)
20. Studio: Life's a Beach!
21. The Field: A Paw in My Face
22. Feist: 1 2 3 4 (Van She Tech Remix)
23. Black Kids: I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You
24. Home Blitz: Hey!
25. Burial: Archangel
>> Marc Masters
1. Dinosaur Jr.: Almost Ready
2. Magik Markers: Taste
3. Black Dice: Kokomo
4. Grinderman: No Pussy Blues
5. Liars: Plaster Casts of Everything
6. Stars of the Lid: December Hunting
7. Yellow Swans: Mass Mirage
8. Battles: Atlas
9. Panda Bear: Comfy in Nautica
10. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
11. Eric Copeland: FKD
12. Gang Gang Dance: Nicoman
13. XBXRX: Here to Ruin the Party
14. CocoRosie: Rainbowarriors
15. Soft Circle: Shimmer
16. WZT Hearts: Hearth Carver
17. Stamen & Pistils: To That We Might Belong
18. Sightings: Perforated
19. Religious Knives: Blackbird
20. Residual Echoes: Fresh Eyes
21. David Kilgour: BBC World
22. Silver Daggers: New High & Od
23. Monotract: Big N
24. Health: Triceratops
25. Sir Richard Bishop: Tennesse Porch Swing
>> Mark Pytlik
1. Rihanna: Umbrella
2. Justice: D.A.N.C.E.
3. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
4. My My: Fast Freeze
5. Matthew Dear: Don and Sherri
6. Feist: 1 2 3 4 (Van She Tech Remix)
7. M.I.A.: Boyz
8. Bjork: Earth Intruders (Spank Rock Remix)
9. Jay-Z: Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)
10. Radiohead: Bodysnatchers
11. Mr. Oizo: Patrick122 (Extended Saxophone Remix)
12. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
13. Efdemin: Lohn & Brot
14. Cortney Tidwell: Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson Remix)
15. Radiohead: Jigsaw Falling into Place
16. Animal Collective: Peacebone
17. Kevin Drew: Backed Out on the...
18. Band of Horses: No One's Gonna Love You
19. Battles: Atlas
20. M.I.A.: Bird Flu
21. Feist: Past In Present
22. Matthew Dear: Deserter
23. Roisin Murphy: Overpowered
24. Justin Timberlake: LoveStoned
25. Apparat: Hold On
>> Mark Richardson
1. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
2. Panda Bear: Bros
3. The Honeydrips: Fall From a Height (The Field Way)
4. Yoko Ono & Cat Power: Revelations
5. The Dream: Falsetto
6. Club 8: Jesus, Walk With Me
7. Panda Bear: Laughed for a World Filled With Fantasy
8. Animal Collective: Fireworks
9. The Field: From Here We Go Sublime
10. Shocking Pinks: Second Hand Girl
11. Justice: D.A.N.C.E. (Stuart Price Remix)
12. Deerhunter: Like New
13. Los Campesinos!: Frontwards
14. M.I.A.: Paper Planes
15. Glasvegas: Flowers and Football Tops
16. Joakim: Three-legged Lantern
17. Misha: Summersend
18. Matthew Dear: Don and Sherri (Hot Chip Remix)
19. Bruce Spingsteen: Livin in the Future
20. Shocking Pinks: This Aching Deal
21. The Affair: Andy
22. The Clientele: Queen of Seville
23. St. Vincent: Now Now
24. Julianna Barwick: Dancing With Friends
25. Wiley: Bow E3
>> Matt LeMay
1. Home Blitz: Hey!
2. The New Pornographers: Myriad Harbour
3. Vic Thrill + The Saturn Missile: Hi On Wade
4. Superchunk: Misfits and Mistakes
5. The Narrator: Surfjew
6. The Capstan Shafts: Right on the Malthus
7. Spoon: You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
8. The Shins: Turn on Me
9. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: La Costa Brava
10. 1990s: See You at the Lights
11. Dinosaur Jr.: Almost Ready
12. Les Savy Fav: Patty Lee
13. Qui: Gash
14. Okkervil River: Unless It's Kicks
15. Silkworm: Bar Ice
16. Caribou: Melody Day
17. The Jai Alai Savant: Scarlett Johansson Why Don't You Love Me
18. Grinderman: No Pussy Blues
19. Deerhoof: The Perfect Me
20. Times New Viking: Teenage Lust!
21. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
22. Beirut: Elephant Gun
23. Nina Nastasia: Jim's Room
24. Frog Eyes: Bushels
25. Battles: Snare Hanger
>> Matthew Murphy
1. Panda Bear: Bros
2. Magik Markers: Taste
3. LCD Soundsystem vs. John Cale: All My Friends
4. Sonic Youth: I'm Not There
5. Joanna Newsom: Colleen
6. Burial: Archangel
7. Shackleton: Blood on My Hands (Villalobos Apocalypso Now Remix)
8. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
9. Rekid: Next Stop Chicago
10. Radiohead: Bodysnatchers
11. Roadside Graves: West Coast
12. Great Lake Swimmers: Your Rocky Spine
13. Dinosaur Jr.: Crumble
14. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
15. Animal Collective: Derek
16. Caribou: Melody Day
17. Yeasayer: 2080
18. Liars: Sailing to Byzantium
19. Times New Viking: Little Amps
20. Antibalas: Beaten Metal
21. Jay-Z: Ignorant Shit
22. Shellac: Steady as She Goes
23. Deerhunter: Wash Off
24. Pissed Jeans: People Person
25. Ricardo Villalobos: Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano de la Soledad
>> Matthew Solarski
1. Spoon: You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
2. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
3. Of Montreal: The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
4. Sally Shapiro: Skating in the Moonshine
5. Pantha du Prince: Saturn Strobe
6. The Concretes: Kids
7. Apparat: Arcadia
8. Pissed Jeans: I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)
9. The Clientele: Bookshop Casanova
10. Burial: Archangel
11. The Rosebuds: Night of the Furies
12. Bill Callahan: Diamond Dancer
13. Silver Apples: I Don't Know
14. Dirty Projectors: Rise Above
15. Besnard Lakes: Devastation
16. Shellac: The End of Radio
17. Old Time Relijin: Indestructible Life!
18. Okkervil River: Our Life is Not A Movie or Maybe
19. Blonde Redhead: 23
20. Dizzee Rascal: Sirens
21. The National: Mistaken for Strangers
22. Simon Bookish: A Deception (Municipal Mix)
23. !!!: Heart of Hearts
24. The Wombats: Moving to New York
25. Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip: Thou Shalt Always Kill
>> Nate Patrin
1. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
2. Justice: D.A.N.C.E.
3. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
4. The Pierces: Boring
5. Dizzee Rascal: Sirens
6. M.I.A.: Paper Planes (Remix)
7. Air: Mer du Japon (Kris Menace Remix)
8. Justin Timberlake: LoveStoned (Justice Remix)
9. Durrty Goodz: Switching Songs Pt.2 (The Good Ol' Days)
10. Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators: No One's Gonna Love You
11. Escort: All Through the Night
12. Jay-Z: Ignorant Shit
13. Chromatics: In the City
14. Kathy Diamond: On & On
15. Rihanna: Umbrella
16. Lethal Bizzle: Police on My Back
17. The Go: Help You Out
18. Amerie: Hate2LoveU
19. Lil Wayne: Upgrade U
20. Fleetwood Mac: You Make Lovin' Fun (Trailmix Remix)
21. Dan Deacon: The Crystal Cat
22. Diddy: Tell Me [ft. Christina Aguilera] (DFA Club Mix)
23. Mark Ronson [ft. Amy Winehouse]: Valerie
24. Distance: My Demons
25. !!!: Heart of Hearts
>> Paul Thompson
1. Lil Mama: Lip Gloss
2. Animal Collective: For Reverend Green
3. Dan Deacon: Totally Boner Eat Shit
4. Times New Viking: Teenage Lust!
5. Spoon: You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
6. BARR: The Song is the Single
7. No Age: Loosen This Job
8. Los Campesinos!: You! Me! Dancing!
9. Panda Bear: Take Pills
10. Bjork: Declare Independence
11. M.I.A.: Paper Planes (Remix)
12. Deerhunter: Cryptograms
13. Bill Callahan: Sycamore
14. Panda Bear: Bros
15. King Khan and the Shrines: Welfare Bread
16. Dizzee Rascal: Where's Da G's
17. Phosphorescent: My Dove, My Lamb
18. Home Blitz: Stupid Street
19. R. Kelly: Freaky in the Club
20. The Tough Alliance: First Class Riot
21. Black Lips: Bad Kids
22. Dinosaur Jr.: Almost Ready
23. Soulja Boy: Crank That (Soulja Boy)
24. Deerhunter: Wash Off
25. Bonde do Role: Solto O Frango
>> Philip Sherburne
1. Nôze: Remember Love
2. Dave Aju and the Invisible Art Trio: Be Like the Sun
3. dOP: Allo Boom Boom
4. Supermayer: The Art of Letting Go (Ewan's Art of Getting Low Dub)
5. Shackleton: Blood on My Hands (Villalobos Apocalypso Now Remix)
6. Chica and the Folder: Angelus Novus (Ricardo Villalobos Ritus Mix)
7. Ricardo Villalobos: Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano de la Soledad
8. Stefan Goldmann: Lunatic Fringe
9. Junior Boys: Like a Child (Carl Craig Remix)
10. Osborne: Outta Sight
11. Âme: Fiori
12. Etienne Jaume: Repeat Again After Me
13. Cobblestone Jazz: Put Da Lime in Da Coconut
14. Kraftwerk: Aerodynamik (Hot Chip Intelligent Design Mix)
15. Argy: 1985 (Jerome Sydenham & Rune Remix)
16. Beck: Cell Phone's Dead (Villalobos Entlebuch Remix)
17. Black Strobe: I'm a Man (Audion's Donation Mix)
18. Depeche Mode: Sinner in Me (Ricardo Villalobos Conclave Remix)
19. DJ Koze: Cicely
20. Each: Sunrise (Minilogue Remix)
21. Efdemin: Acid Bells
22. Len Faki: My Black Sheep
23. Mr. G: U Askin?
24. Onur Özer: Red Cabaret
25. Cortney Tidwell: Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson Remix)
>> Roque Strew
1. M.I.A.: Paper Planes
2. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
3. High on Fire: Rumors of War
4. Faze Action: In the Trees (Carl Craig mix 1)
5. Black Strobe: I'm a Man (Audion's Donation Mix)
6. Pantha du Prince: Saturn Strobe
7. Prinzhorn Dance School: Spaceman In Your Garden
8. Animal Collective: Fireworks
9. Battles: Atlas
10. Neurosis: Water is Not Enough
11. Playaz Circle [ft. Lil Wayne]: Duffle Bag Boy
12. Watain: Stellarvore
13. Dominik Eulberg: Die Alpenstrandläufer von Spiekeroog
14. Magik Markers: Taste
15. Lil' Boosie f/Foxx & Webbie: Wipe Me Down
16. Deerhoof: Matchbook Seeks Maniac
17. The Field: Everyday
18. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
19. Baroness: The Birthing
20. Kathy Diamond: All Woman
21. Cassidy: My Drink n' My 2 Step
22. Gui Boratto: Beautiful Life
23. Wu Tang Clan: Watch Your Mouth
24. Pole: Winkelstreben
25. Sally Shapiro: Skating in the Moonshine
>> Ryan Dombal
1. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
2. R. Kelly: I'm a Flirt
3. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
4. The Dream: Shawty Is Da Shit
5. Matthew Dear: Deserter
6. Kanye West: Good Life
7. Jay-Z: Ignorant Shit
8. T-Pain: Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')
9. DJ Khaled: We Takin' Over
10. 50 Cent: I Get Money (Forbes Remix)
11. M.I.A.: Bird Flu
12. The Dream: Falsetto
13. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
14. Feist: 1 2 3 4 (Van She Tech Remix)
15. Kate Nash: Foundations
16. Burial: Archangel
17. Will I Am: Fantastic
18. Lil Wayne: My Daddy
19. Matthew Dear: Don and Sherri (Hot Chip Remix)
20. Chris Brown: Down
21. Fall Out Boy: I'm Like A Lawyer With The Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off (Me & You)
22. Chris Brown: Kiss Kiss
23. T.I.: Tell 'Em I Said That
24. Arctic Monkeys: Do Me a Favour
25. Animal Collective: Fireworks
>> Ryan Schreiber
1. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
2. Panda Bear: Bros
3. Dan Deacon: The Crystal Cat
4. Animal Collective: Fireworks
5. Dirty Projectors: Rise Above
6. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
7. Liars: Plaster Casts of Everything
8. Panda Bear: Comfy in Nautica
9. Dan Deacon: Wham City
10. Deerhunter: Spring Hall Convert
11. Joanna Newsom: Colleen
12. Radiohead: Reckoner
13. Simian Mobile Disco: It's the Beat
14. Of Montreal: The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
15. Rihanna: Umbrella
16. Okkervil River: Our Life is Not A Movie or Maybe
17. Chromatics: In the City
18. Battles: Atlas
19. Burial: Archangel
20. Grizzly Bear: Little Brother (Electric)
21. MGMT: Time to Pretend
22. Electrelane: To the East
23. The Field: A Paw in My Face
24. Radiohead: House of Cards
25. Grizzly Bear: Alligator (Choir Version)
>> Sam Chennault
1. DJ Khaled: We Takin' Over
2. Prodigy: The Rotton Apple
3. El-P: Tasmanian Pain Coaster
4. Turf Talk: I Got Chips
5. Swizz Beatz: It's Me, Bitches
6. Ghostface, Styles and Beans: Barrerll Brothers
7. Lupe Fiasco: Superstar
8. KRS-One: Hip-Hop Lives
9. Sean Price: Hearing Aid
10. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
11. Mistah F.A.B.: Ghost Ride IT
12. Young Buck: Get Buck
13. Jay-Z: Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)
14. Devin the Dude: What a Job
15. Black Milk: Sound the Alarm
16. USDA: Corporate Thuggin'
17. Oh No: Action
18. Ghostface Killah: Celebrate
19. Federation: Get Naked You Beezy
20. Lil Wayne: Put Some Keys on That
21. 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Diddy: I Get Money (Forbes Remix)
22. Stephen Marley: Traffic Jam
23. Phat Kat: Cold Steel
24. Lil Wyte: We Ain't Kool
25. M.I.A.: Boyz
>> Scott Plagenhoef
1. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
2. M.I.A.: Paper Planes (Remix)
3. Animal Collective: Fireworks
4. Groove Armada: Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)
5. Spoon: Black Like Me
6. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
7. Air France: Beach Party
8. Los Campesinos!: You! Me! Dancing
9. T2: Heartbroken
10. Tough Aliance: A New Chance
11. LCD Soundsystem: Freak Out/Starry Eyes
12. Jens Lekman: A Postcard to Nina
13. Honeydrips: Fall From a Height
14. Rihanna: Umbrella
15. Ost & Kjex: Milano Mugolian (A Thrilling Mungophony in Two Parts)
16. Burial: Archangel
17. Jay-Z: Ignorant Shit
18. Simian Mobile Disco: I Believe
19. M.I.A.: Bird Flu
20. Klaxons: It's Not Over Yet
21. Rekid: Next Stop Chicago
22. Dan Deacon: Wham City
23. Of Montreal: The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
24. Sophie-Ellis Bextor: Me and My Imagination
25. Glasvegas: Flowers and Football Tops
>> Stephen Deusner
1. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
2. Rihanna: Umbrella
3. Yeasayer: 2080
4. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
5. M.I.A.: Bamboo Banga
6. Familjen: Det Snurrar I Min Skalle
7. Broken West: Down in the Valley
8. Still Flyin': The Bird Is Aware
9. Feist: 1 2 3 4
10. Amy Winehouse: You Know I'm No Good
11. Battles: Atlas
12. Sally Shapiro: He Keeps Me Alive
13. Justice: D.A.N.C.E.
14. Of Montreal: The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
15. The Shins: Turn on Me
16. Spoon: You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
17. Patrick Wolf: The Magic Position
18. Miss Derringer: Black Tears
19. Miranda Lambert: Famous in a Small Town
20. Animal Collective: Fireworks
21. Black Lips: Bad Kids
22. Jens Lekman: Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo
23. Feist: Past In Present
24. Cortney Tidwell: Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson Remix)
25. Great Lake Swimmers: Your Rocky Spine
>> Stephen Trousse
1. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
2. Caribou: Melody Day
3. Rihanna: Umbrella
4. Groove Armada: Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)
5. Roisin Murphy: Overpowered
6. Britney Spears: Gimme More
7. M.I.A.: Jimmy
8. Findo Gask: Va Va Va
9. DJ Downfall: Seven Dials
10. Kathy Diamond: On & On
11. Justice: D.A.N.C.E.
12. Blonde Redhead: Top Ranking
13. Edwyn Collins: You'll Never Know (My Love)
14. The Bird and The Bee: Again And Again
15. Candie Payne: I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
16. Tunng: Bullets
17. Radiohead: House of Cards
18. Bruce Springsteen: The Girls in their Summer Clothes
19. The Clientele: Bookshop Casanova
20. Aly & AJ: The Potential Break-Up Song
21. Deerhoof: The Galaxist
22. LCD Soundsystem: North American Scum
23. Ciara: Like A Boy
24. A Sunny Day in Glasgow: The Best Summer Ever
25. Feist: Limit To Your Love
>> Stuart Berman
1. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
2. Grinderman: No Pussy Blues
3. Spoon: Finer Feelings
4. Deerhunter: Wash Off
5. Bat for Lashes: What's a Girl To Do?
6. M.I.A.: 20 Dollar
7. Amy Winehouse: Tears Dry on Their Own
8. Caribou: Melody Day
9. Battles: Atlas
10. Liars: Protection
11. Kevin Drew: Backed Out on the...
12. Jay-Z: Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)
13. Black Lips: Katrina
14. Besnard Lakes: Devastations
15. Pop Levi: Pick-Me-Up Uppercut
16. Von Sudenfed: The Rhinohead
17. Kanye West: Champion
18. No Age: Everybody's Down
19. Dan Deacon: Wham City
20. Feist: 1 2 3 4
21. Justice: D.A.N.C.E.
22. The White Stripes: Icky Thump
23. Panda Bear: Bros
24. Radiohead: Jigsaw Falling into Place
25. !!!: Must Be The Moon
>> Tim Finney
1. Cassie: Is It You?
2. Kylie Minogue: 2 Hearts (Studio Remix)
3. Rihanna: Umbrella
4. Steadycam: In the Moog for Love
5. Farah: Law of Life
6. M.I.A.: Boyz
7. Aeroplane: Aeroplane
8. Mari Boine: It Ain't Necessarily Evil (A Mung's Portrayal Of The Traditional Norwegian Suoivean Idjagie Dance)
9. Dude N Nem: Watch My Feet
10. Matt John: Soulkaramba
11. Kelly Rowland: Like This
12. Fantasia: When I See You (Remix)
13. Ronny & Renzo: Big Smack and Flies
14. Ashley Tisdale: Be Good To Me (Rap Version)
15. Invisible Conga People: Weird Pains
16. Dennis Ferrer: Son of Raw (Loco Dice Remix)
17. Cortney Tidwell: Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson Remix)
18. Dennis Ferrer: Transitions
19. Mari Boine: Vuoi Vuoi Me (Henrik Schwartz Remix)
20. Busy Signal: Nuh Guh Jail Again
21. IT: Women In Toilet (Stefan Goldmann Remix)
22. T2: Heartbroken
23. Ne-Yo [ft. Kanye West]: Because of You (Remix)
24. Jacek Sienkiewickz: Good Luck
25. R Kelly [ft. T.I and T-Pain]: I'm A Flirt (Remix)
>> Tom Breihan
1. UGK: Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
2. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
3. 50 Cent: I Get Money
4. M.I.A.: Paper Planes (Remix)
5. Bloc Party: I Still Remember
6. Young Buck: Get Buck
7. Dizzee Rascal: Pussly'ole (Old Skool)
8. Born Wit It: Stack Paper Up
9. Cam'ron: Just Us
10. 8 Ball & MJG: Relax & Take Notes
11. DJ Khaled: We Takin' Over
12. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
13. Bone Thugs N Harmony: Wind Blow
14. Timbaland: Give It to Me
15. Jay-Z: Blue Magic
16. T.I.: Hurt
17. Lil Wayne: Gossip
18. Jason Aldean: Johnny Cash
19. UGK: The Game Belongs to Me
20. Kanye West: Stronger
21. Swizz Beatz: It's Me, Bitches
22. Dude N Nem: Watch My Feet
23. Amerie: Gotta Work
24. Shop Boyz: Party Like a Rock Star
25. Timbaland: The Way I Are
>> Tom Ewing
1. Britney Spears: Get Naked (I Got A Plan)
2. M.I.A.: Bird Flu
3. Groove Armada: Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)
4. M.I.A.: Paper Planes
5. Rihanna: Umbrella
6. T2: Heartbroken
7. Girls Aloud: Sexy! No No No...
8. Spoon: Black Like Me
9. Dizzee Rascal: Pussly'ole (Old Skool)
10. Dude N Nem: Watch My Feet
11. Britney Spears: Freakshow
12. Lethal Bizzle: Police on My Back
13. Good Charlotte: Keep Your Hands Off My Girl
14. Aly & AJ: The Potential Break-Up Song
15. Fall Out Boy: The Takeover, The Break's Over
16. Omarion: Ice Box
17. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
18. Girls Aloud: Call The Shots
19. Sophie Ellis-Bextor: China Heart
20. Avril Lavigne: Girlfriend
21. Mari Boine: It Ain't Necessarily Evil (A Mung's Portrayal Of The Traditional Norwegian Suoivean Idjagie Dance)
22. Klaxons: As Above So Below
23. Lloyd: Get It Shawty
24. Soulja Boy: Crank That (Soulja Boy)
25. Cassie: Is It You?
>> Tyler Grisham
1. Panda Bear: Bros
2. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
3. Matthew Dear: Deserter
4. Animal Collective: Fireworks
5. Simian Mobile Disco: I Believe
6. Tough Alliance: Silly Crimes
7. Of Montreal: The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
8. Sally Shapiro: He Keeps Me Alive
9. Justice: D.A.N.C.E.
10. Animal Collective: Peacebone
11. Chromatics: In the City
12. Deerhunter: Wash Off
13. Dirty Projectors: Rise Above
14. Gui Boratto: Beautiful Life
15. Jens Lekman: A Postcard to Nina
16. Caribou: Melody Day
17. Klaxons: Golden Skans
18. Dan Deacon: Wham City
19. M.I.A.: Paper Planes
20. Black Lips: Katrina
21. Escort: All Through the Night
22. White Stripes: Rag and Bone
23. Studio: No Comply
24. Blonde Redhead: 23
25. Black Kids: I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You
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