Updated April 12, 2008

GRIMEY'S STAFF Picks
You wanted the best, you got the best. Here are each of our top 10 lists. Use them for gift suggestions, investigate some records you haven't heard before, or just make fun of our taste. We don't care. We'll love you just the same. All of these titles are also featured on a special display in the store. Don't hesitate to ask us to play some for you.

Doyle Davis
aka D~Funk

Mike Grimes (aka Grimey):
Laura Veirs 'Wondering Kind'
Amy Winehouse 'Back To Black'
Sharon Jones '100 Days 100 Nights'
Ill Ease 'All Systems A Go-G0'
The Ettes 'Shake the Dust'
Wilco 'Sky Blue Sky'
The Ponys 'Turn The Lights Out'
Spoon 'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'
Wooden Shjips
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 'Raising Sand'

Some of the Best Records from Nashville Artists 07
Silver Seas (formerly The Bees US) 'High Society'
The Clutters 'Don't Believe A Word'
Altered Statesmen (oh wait, it's not out yet)

Best Compilation/Reissue
Home Schooled 'The ABC's Of Kid Soul'
Aretha Franklin 'Rare and Unreleased Recordings'
Daniel Johnston 'The Late Great Daniel Johnston'
Bob Marley 'Another Dance'
Traveling Wilburys
The Zombies 'Into the Afterlife' (IMPORT)

My favorite Songs of 07
Bob Dylan 'Most Likely You'll Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine' Remix
Silver Seas (formerly The Bees US) 'We'll Go Walkin'
(this is not only one of the best songs of the year and it
is one of the best songs EVER, an absolute classic.)
Felice Brothers 'T for Texas'
The Hives 'Tick Tick Boom'
White Stripes 'Conquest'
Japancakes 'Soon'
Feist 'Brandy Alexander'
Jennifer Nicely 'Nightwalk'
Karen O and the Million Dollars Bashers 'Highway 61 Revisited'

Things I look forward to in 08
Gary Louris 'Vagabonds'
Altered Statesmen (I have already worn it out but you can't buy it til 08.)

Favorite Records I Revisited in 07
John Coltrane 'Ballads'
John Hartford 'Aero-Plain'
Muddy 'Mississippi' Waters Live

Anna Lundy (aka Indie Pop Princess):
Pumice - Pebbles
Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Akron/Family - Love is Simple
Nervous Patterns - Nervous Patterns
Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay (various artists)
Band of Horses - Cease to Exist
Johnny Lunchbreak - Appetizer / Soup's On
Drug Rug - Drug Rug
Dungen - Tio Bitar
Ed Askew - Little Eyes
Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
Life is a Problem (various artists)
Lipa Kopi Ya City Council (various artists)
Old Time Relijun - Catharsis in Crisis
Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow

Best Live Music:
Yo La Tengo & Lamchop @ the Bijou Theatre (Knoxville)
Band of Horses @ the Ryman Auditorium
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings @ the Ryman Auditorium
Black Mountain @ Headliner's (Louisville)
Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem (Louisville)
Daniel Johnston @ the Southgate House (Newport, KY)
These Are Powers @ the Springwater Supper Club
White Stripes @ the Cannery Ballroom
Bob Dylan @ the Ryman Auditorium

Greatest Instore Performances:
Liars
Vic Thrill
Elekibass
Black Moth Super Rainbow
the Annuals
Menomena Halloween Bash!

Jon

Jonathan "Hot Pipe" Rogers:
1. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
2. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
3. Menomena - Friend And Foe
4. Various - Brazil 70: After Tropicalia
5. Culture - Two Sevens Clash: 30th Anniversary reissue
6. Akron/Family - Love is Simple
7. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
8. Battles - Mirrors
9. Various - Bombay Connection
10. Drug Rug - Drug Rug

Larry T-Bone Vaughn:
Budos Band-II
Dungen-Tio Bitar
Antibalas-Security
Japancakes-Loveless
Akron/Family-Love Is Simple
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Adam Franklin-Bolts of Melody
Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam
The Dynamites feat. Charles Walker-Kaboom!
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Luke
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Luke Schneider (in this order):
1. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
2. Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse
3. Papercuts - Papercuts
4. Budos Band - Budos Band II
5. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Ove Kortedala
6. Phosphorescent - Pride
7. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
8. Justice - Cross
9. Grizzly Bear - Friend ep
10. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
11. Richard Swift - Dressed Up For The Letdown

Best Shows of the Year:
Damo Suzuki Network @ the Springwater Supper Club
Monotonix @ the Springwater Supper Club
Jeff / the Infinity Cat Showcase @ the End (Next Big Nashville)
Daniel Johnston @ the Exit / In

Rollum
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Rollum Haas:
1.LCD Soundsystem "Sound Of Silver"
2.Justice "Cross"
3.Junior Senior "Hey Hey My My Yo Yo"
4.Charlotte Gainsbourg "5:55"
5.Amy Winehouse "Back To Black"(once I stopped hearing it at work 3 times a day for a solid month)
6.Dungen "Tio Batar"
7.Blonde Redhead "23"
8.Prefab Sprout "Steve McQueen"(reissue)
9.Blockhead "Uncle Tony's Coloring Book"
10.Spoon "Gagaga....."

Aaron
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Aaron Briggs:
1. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
2. Okkervil River -- The Stage Names
3. Wilco -- Sky Blue Sky
4. Menomena -- Friend and Foe
5. The National -- Boxer
6. Dr. Dog -- We All Belong
7. LCD Soundsystem -- Sound of Silver
8. Richard Swift -- Dressed Up for the Letdown
9. Dungen -- Tio Bitar
10. Arcade Fire -- Neon Bible

Will
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Lil' Will Orman:
The National - Boxer
Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Battles - Mirrored
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Low - Drums and Guns
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
José González - In Our Nature