Texas Top 10s

GREG BEETS

1) White Denim, Exposion (Transmission Entertainment)

2) Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal (Back Porch/Manhattan/EMI)

3) Future Clouds & Radar, Peoria (The Star Apple Kingdom)

4) The Krayolas, La Conquistadora (Box)

5) Gretchen Phillips, I Was Just Comforting Her (Seasick Sailor)

6) Fluoxetine, Two Weeks & Holidays

7) Shootin' Pains, Pray Like Crazy

8) Adam Ahrens, Fond du Lac (Trampa)

9) Alexander's Dark Band, Music to Stand by the Fireplace To

10) The Devil Bat, Lingers Like a Ghost (Sister Skull)

JIM CALIGIURI

1) Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal (Back Porch/Manhattan/EMI)

2) Mother Truckers, Let's All Go to Bed (Funzalo)

3) Grupo Fantasma, Sonidos Gold (Aire Sol)

4) San Saba County, ... Though Cheating Was Never an Option (Wagonmaker)

5) Brothers and Sisters, Fortunately (Calla Lily)

6) Kacy Crowley, Cave (Stable)

7) Shearwater, Rook (Matador)

8) The Belleville Outfit, Wanderin'

9) Joe Ely & Joel Guzman, Live Cactus! (Rack 'Em)

10) Leatherbag, Love & Harm (Superpop!)

THOMAS FAWCETT

1) Grupo Fantasma, Sonidos Gold (Aire Sol)

2) PPT, Denglish (Idol)

3) Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada, The Alchemist Manifesto (ESL Music)

4) Rae Davis, Positive Thinking! (Exponential)

5) Dan Dyer (Fat Caddy)

6) Ethan Master of the Hawaiian Ukulele, So Real

7) James McMurtry, Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod)

8) Hayes Carll, Trouble in Mind (Lost Highway)

9) McPullish, Back to Mount Zion Riddim (Charlie's)

10) G-Christ, Damage Is Done EP

DOUG FREEMAN

1) Shearwater, Rook (Matador)

2) Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal (Back Porch/Manhattan/EMI)

3) Balmorhea, Rivers Arms (Western Vinyl)

4) Leatherbag, Love & Harm (Superpop!)

5) Brothers and Sisters, Fortunately (Calla Lily)

6) Graham Weber, The Door to the Morning

7) Okkervil River, The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)

8) The Lovely Sparrows, Bury the Cynics (Abandoned Love)

9) James McMurtry, Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod)

10) Dana Falconberry, Oh Skies of Grey (00:02:59)

MELANIE HAUPT

1) Shearwater, Rook (Matador)

2) Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal (Back Porch/Manhattan/EMI)

3) Centro-matic/South San Gabriel, Dual Hawks (Misra)

4) Brothers and Sisters, Fortunately (Calla Lily)

5) Ghostland Observatory, Robotique Majestique (Trashy Moped)

6) White Denim, Exposion (Transmission Entertainment)

7) Bruce Robison, The New World (Premium)

8) Old 97's, Blame It on Gravity (New West)

9) Okkervil River, The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)

10) James McMurtry, Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod)

CHASE HOFFBERGER

1) Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal (Back Porch/Manhattan/EMI)

2) Hacienda, Loud Is the Night (Alive Natural Sound)

3) Shearwater, Rook (Matador)

4) The Black Angels, Directions to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic)

5) Diasporic, Mass Appeal

6) Grupo Fantasma, Sonidos Gold (Aire Sol)

7) White Denim, Exposion (Transmission Entertainment)

8) Clemits, Tomorrows Friend (Blue Room)

9) Young Nick, Gone (Dirty Politics Entertainment)

10) Mother Truckers, Let's All Go to Bed (Funzalo)

DANIEL MEE

1) Grupo Fantasma, Sonidos Gold (Aire Sol)

2) The Weird Weeds, I Miss This (Autobus)

3) Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal (Back Porch/Manhattan/EMI)

4) Woozyhelmet, Get Down

5) Carolyn Wonderland,

Miss Understood (Bismeaux)

6) Horse + Donkey

7) Last Ride In, Washed Up: The Story of Captain Chokebone (Lower)

8) Yuppie Pricks, Balls. (Chicken Ranch)

9) Southpaw Jones, Cruelty (Freshly Picked Music)

10) The Dirty Hearts, Pigs (Socyermom)

MARGARET MOSER

1) Dan Dyer (Fat Caddy)

2) Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal (Back Porch/Manhattan/EMI)

3) Ariel Abshire, Exclamation Love (Darla)

4) Grupo Fantasma, Sonidos Gold (Aire Sol)

5) Eve & the Exiles, Blow Your Mind (Serpent)

6) 3 Balls of Fire, Jet Set Guitars (Deep Eddy)

7) James McMurtry, Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod)

8) 25 Smokin' Figurados,

Divine Spirits, Holy Smoke

9) Southpaw Jones, Cruelty (Freshly Picked Music)

10) Vallejo, Thicker Than Water (VMG/Quandra)

DARCIE STEVENS

1) The Sour Notes, The Meat of the Fruit

2) Balmorhea, Rivers Arms (Western Vinyl)

3) White Denim, Exposion (Transmission Entertainment)

4) Shearwater, Rook (Matador)

5) The Black Angels, Directions to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic)

6) Eliza Gilkyson, Beautiful World (Red House)

7) Red Leaves, By Road or Rail

8) The Sword, Gods of the Earth (Kemado)

9) The Moonhangers, The Last of the New York Sessions (Bloodchili)

10) Horse + Donkey, Dreams

JAY TRACHTENBERG

1) Grupo Fantasma, Sonidos Gold (Aire Sol)

2) James McMurtry, Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod)

3) Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal (Back Porch/Manhattan/EMI)

4) Okkervil River, The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)

5) The Black Angels, Directions to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic)

6) Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada, The Alchemist Manifesto (ESL)

7) Alex Coke, Tina Marsh, & Steve Feld, It's Possible (Voxlox)

8) The Black & White Years (Brando)

9) Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Ride the High Country (Freedom)

10) The Summer Wardrobe, Cajun Prairie Fire (Sauspop)