We asked WMNF's volunteer DJs to give us their top picks from 2007. Here's what they said:

Bev

Jason Isbel -- Sirens of the Ditch
the Sadies -- new seasons
Iron & Wine -- The Sheppard's Dog
Nessie -- Drunk With a Gun
Bottom of the Hudson -- Fantastic Hawk
Okkervil River -- Stage Names
Manu Chao -- La Radiolina
Centro-matic -- Operation Motercide
When Tides Collide -- We lifted Up into The Night
Mogwai -- Zidane

most honorable mention:
Neil Young Live at Massey Hall, 1971 an acoustic performance recorded in Toronto
Neil also put out Chrome Dreams II a mix of previously unreleased decades old/new material -brilliant & not so brilliant, NY quirkiness.
Patty Griffin Children Running Through - worth noting on the strength of the track Heavenly Day : Patty's stellar songwriting at her best!

Bev subs whenever she can.

In the Groove - Thor

CD's - Artist/Album
10. Moses Guest - Best Laid Plans
9. Mr. Blotto - Barlow Shanghai
8. Max Allen - Earthwalker
7. moe. - The Conch
6. Widespread Panic - Earth to America
5. Paige McConnell - Back In The Basement
4. Lotus - Strength In Weak Ties
3. moe. - Warts & All Vol.5
2. Ekoostic Hookah - Under Full Sail
1. Umphrey's McGee - Live at the Murat

Live Shows - Artist/Date/Location
10. Steve Kimock & Friends - 09/09/07 George's Majestic Fayetteville, AR
9. Gov't Mule - 10/31/07 - Holy Haunted Houses, St Paul, MN
8. Umphrey's McGee - 11/18/07 - Bear Creek Festival Live Oak, FL
7. Oteil & The Peacemakers - 05/12/07 - WMNF Birthday Bash Ybor City, FL
6. Ratdog - 11/13/07 - MAhaffey Theatre St Petersburg. FL
5. Gov't Mule - 06/16/07 - Bonnaroo Late Night
4. Teal Leaf Green - 03/06/07 - WMNF Studios
3. Widespread Panic - 11/07/07 - USF Sundome Tampa, FL
2. Allman Brothers Band - 04/13-14/07 - Wanne Festival Live Oak, FL
1. Phil & Friends - 10/20/07 - Glen Falls Civic Center, NY

Sonic Detour - Amy Snider

1.Wilco "Sky Blue Sky"

2.Dr. Dog "We All Belong"

3.Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts "Let's Just Be"

4.The Fratellis "Costello Music"

5. Datarock "Datarock"

6.The Pinkertones " More Colours - The Million Colour Revolution Revisited"

7. The Hives "The Black and White Album"

8.The Pipettes "We are the Pipettes"

9. Eliza Gilkyson " Your Town Tonight"

10. Ween " La Cucaracha"

Surface Noise -- DJ Lounge Laura Taylor

On Surface Noise, we feature punk, new wave, garage and glam that was released from between 1970-1989....so a Top Ten of 2007 isn't really possible. However, in no particular order, here are ten unscientifically-tabulated most-requested bands on Surface Noise in the past year:
1. The Ramones
2. The Undertones
3. The Cramps
4. Gang of Four
5. Brian Eno
6. Johnny Thunders
7. The Clash
8. XTC
9. T Rex
10. The Dead Kennedys

What can I say? Surface Noise listeners have great taste in music!

Afternoon Show - Marv Flemmings

ike turner -- " jazzy fuzzy" -- risin' with the blues
julie black -- " love this mama" -- call me angel for blues
phantom blues band -- " i only have eyes for you" -- out of the shadows
al "coffee" mcdaniel -- " blues in my shoes" --blues in my shoes
coco montoya -- " last dirty deal" -- dirty deal
mavis staples -- " 99 and 1/2" -- we'll never turn back
otis taylor -- "little betty" -- definition of a circle
ryan shaw -- "do the 45" -- this is ryan shaw
junior wells-- "snatch it back and hold it" -- live at theresa's
the sean carney band -- "why do you lie" -- life of easy
koko taylor -- "hard pill to swallow" -- old school

notables
sue foley-deborah coleman- "talking loud" time bomb
roxanne potvin
muddy waters, johnny winter "black cat bone/dust my broom" breakin' up, breakin' it down
& james cotton

Body Rock - Mike B.

1-the horrors-strange house
2-!!!-myth takes
3-new young poney club-fantastic playroom
4-audionom-retrospectiv
5-justice-cross
6-simian mobile disco-attack, sustain, decay, release
7-black strobe-shinning bright star (single)
8-digitalism-idealism
9-boom bip-sacchrilege (ep)
10- datarock-datarock

Saturday Asylum - Scott Imrich

In no order:

1. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
2. Battles - Mirrored
3. Parts & Labor - Mapmaker
4. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
5. Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
6. Los Campesinos! - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets
7. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
8. Justice - (cross)
9. Caribou - Andorra
10. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Also check out my blog....I've got videos up for each artist in my top 10:http://saturdayasylum.blogspot.com/

This is Bluegrass - Tom Henderson

10. Rhonda Vincent - I'm Leavin'
9. Cherryholmes - I Don't Know
8. Steve Gulley - Livin' It Down
7. Tommy Webb - If It Weren't For Bluegrass Music I'd Go Crazy
6. Balsam Range - The Train's Ready
5. Larry Sparks - The Last Suit You Wear
4. Grasstowne - Dixie Flyer
3. Charlie Sizemore - Alison's Band
2. Steep Canyon Rangers - Lovin' Pretty Women
1. Larry Sparks - The Old Coal Mine

ND Hour - Jennifer Hollowell

1. Okkervil River-The Stage Names
2. Brakes-The Beatific Visions
3, Kaiser Chiefs-Your Truly Angry Mob
4. Kings of Leon- Because Of The Times
5. Son Volt-The Search
6. The Avett Brothers-Emotionalism
7. White Stripes-Icky Thump
8. Nessie-Like A Drunk With a Gun
9. The Pines-Sparrows In The Bell
10, Pine Hill Haints-Ghost Dance

Honorables and Almosts:

Great Lake Swimmers-Ongiara
Jason Isbel- Sirens Of the Ditch
Josh Ritter-Historical Conquests
Thrift Store Cowboys-Lay Low While Crawling Or Creeping
Iron and Wine-The Shephard's Dog
Andrew Bird-Armchair Apocropha

Fave songs: OR 'And It Kicks', OR 'John Allyn Smith Sails', Kaiser
Chiefs 'Ruby'

Polka Party Express - Wackie Jackie Z

Songs
1. Grab Your balls and Let's Go Bowling Polka...The Casuals
2. The Blue Skirt Waltz.....................................Franky Yankovic
3. Who the hell is Alice....................................Jimmy Sturr
4. Polkaitis Polka............................................Joe Oberaitis
Groups
5. Eddie Blazonczyk and the Versatones
6. Marion Lush
7. The Connecicut Twins
8. Happy Louie
9.Ampol Aires
10. Franky Yankovic

House of Soul - John Velez

In no particular order:

Abicah Soul - "Nimba's Groove"

Abicah Soul feat. Julius The Mad Thinker- "Many Questions (So Deepness rmx)"

Abicah Soul- "Katumbo"

Franck Roger- "Circles"

Justin Martin - "Night Owl (Manoo & Francois A rmx)"

Manoo- "Kodjo"

Cloudkickers feat Marcus- "Bring On The Night (Rocco TroDeep mix)

Peven Everett- "Feelin You In And Out (Shelter mix)"

Tamara Wellons - "Oh Well (BahSonik rmx)


Without question my number 1 track for 2007 is:

Deetron feat. OvaSoul7 - "I Cling (Original & Yourba Soul mixes)"


Producers of the year: Abicah Soul, Casamena and BahSonik

Pre-Dawn Alternatives - Brigid Ochshorn

1. Compilation-Everything is a Theory (Cephia’s Treat Recordings)
Locally produced & released comp featuring tracks from innovative noisemakers and roof-raisers nationwide.

2. M.I.A. - Kala (XL, Interscope Records)
Really makes you want to dance, roller-skate, sing along, or do anything cool for that matter. An all-seasons classic.

3. Talib Kweli - Eardrum (Warner Brothers Records)
Fantastic, beat-tiful, romantic… and who cares if he’s on a major label? The man is still a genius.

4. Bill Callahan- Woke on a Whaleheart (Drag City Records)
The illusive and forever mysterious (Smog) man returns to prove us that he still loves us, and that he is still one of the most intelligent, self-deprecating songwriters ever to grace the plains of the US of A.

5. Mum- Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy (FatCat Records)
Thank god for Mum. If there is a god. If not, Thank Mum for this amazing orchestral creation. I wish I could thank them in Icelandic.

6. Stereo Total- Paris-Berlin (Kill Rock Stars)
These two can do no wrong. In fact, they get more awesome annually, bringing all the freshness of killer garage rock, and of course, sexy lyrics in French, English, and German. What more can a music nerd ask for?

7.Compilation- Roundhouse Compilation Disc 1 (WMNF benefit CD)
If you’re in the know, you know this was a good one. And for a good cause, too!

8. Breatheasy & Then and Than- Time is Power/Our Time is Now (Cheapo Records)
Local artists Breatheasy and Then and Than combine their forces to produce this hypnotic, mind erasing split. Just add water and it will take over your stereo, but you’ll be thankful for it.

9. Parts and Pieces of Past Ticiples- Sounds that Sounded Like Sounds that Were Sounding Like (Stay Away From Ghosts Records)
First full-length from Parts and Pieces of Past Ticiples. Not only do they take the cake for best band name, they also recorded and released this super fine album, played tons of killer live shows in ’07, and recorded many more gems to be released soon. Keep an ear out for ‘em.

10. The Black Lips-Good Bad Not Evil (Vice Records)
I tried to resist this record for months, and one day it finally got through to me. I’ve had trouble putting it back in it’s case ever since. Maybe the only band as of late who can rip off the Velvet Underground and get away with it. These Georgia rockers sure know how to tear it down.

Step Outside - Peter Tush

New Releases 2007:

1. Bitter Funeral Beer Band: Live in Frankfurt
2. Delta Saxophone Quartet - Dedicated to You but You Weren't
Listening: The Music of Soft Machine
3. Marc Ribot: Asmodeus: Book of Angels
4. Pienza Ethnorkehstra: Indiens d'Europe
5. Andy Votel: One Nation Under a Grave
6. Richard Leo Johnson & Greg Bendian: Who Knew Charlie Shoe?
7. David Torn: Prezens
8. Salle Gaveau: Salle Gaveau
9. Tin Hat: Sad Machinery of Spring
10. Alamaailman Vasarat: Mahaan

Honorable Mention:

Paolo Angeli:Tessuti - Paolo Angeli Plays Frith & Bjork
Per Tjernberg: Inside Information
Rational Diet: Rational Diet
Robert Wyatt: Comic Opera
Miasma and the Carosel
Groundtruther
Brad Dutz: When Manatees Attack
Fripp & Eno: Beyond Even
Dudgen: Tio Bitar
Harris Newman: Decorated
Keith Tippett Tapstry Orchestra: Live at Le Mans 1998
Peeni Waali Vs. Schildpatt: Sha
Orkestra la pas perdu: Projet 9
David Holmes: Ocean's 13
David Binney: Out of Airplanes
Fred Frith: The Happy End Problem

Reissues & Compilations 2007:

1. Baby Grandmothers: Baby Grandmothers
2. King Crimson: Great Deceiver
3. Miles Davis: The Complete On the Corner
4. Soft Machine: Third
5. Bennie Maupin: Jewel in the Lotus
6. The Blitzoids: Stealing From Helpless Children/Look Up
7. Steve Hillage: Fish Rising
8. Camberwell Now: All's Well 1982-1986: Meridian/The Ghost
Trade/Greenfingers
9. Hugh Hopper: Hopper Tunity Box
10. Rene Lussier: Le Tresor de la langue

Honorable Mention:

Matching Mole [Robert Wyatt/Phil Miller/Dave Mcrae/Bill Maccormick] - On
the Radio: BBC
Chris Mcgregor: Brotherhood
Miles Davis: Evolution of the Groove
Pharaoh Sanders: Izipho Zam
Various: Psychedelic Phinland
Various: Pregnant Rainbows For Colourblind Dreamers - The Essence of
Swedish Progressive Music 1967 - 1979