If you have ever wondered what the SFist staff is listening to, wonder no more. In no particular order, we are listing each staffer's favorite album and song from 2007. We think you'll be surprised at our wide variety of music affections. Here's the list: Christopher Rogers: Song of the Year: ARTIST: LCD Soundsystem SONG: North American Scum ALBUM: Sound Of Silver Album of the Year: ARTIST: Shellac ALBUM: Excellent Italian Greyhound Take the jump......

Here are the top 20 Popscene shows of 2007, as voted by the fans of Popscene: 1. Amy Winehouse/The Klaxons, April 26 2. LCD Soundsystem, June 8 3. The Pipettes, June 12 4. The Horrors, June 19 5. Maximo Park/M.I.A, July 26 6. Spoon, May 24 7. Blonde Redhead/Shiny Toy Guns, December 31 8. Junior Senior/The Switches, August 2 9. Shout Out Louds/Vampire Weekend, July 18 10. Hot Hot Heat, Sept 13 Next year,......

Aaron Axelsen has been a major force in promoting local independent music with San Francisco's indie-dance party, Popscene and his Sunday night radio show on Live 105. (You can listen from 7-10pm. Check out what he plays, here.) We wanted to feature his top ten albums of the year to find out what he thinks rocked 2007. Here's the list: Aaron Axelsen, Live 105 Music Director's, Top 10 Albums of 2007 1. Great Northern......

-- The Arcade Fire: LCD Soundsystem and Wild Light open for this white-hot -- that's right, white-hot, or so we hear -- Canadian indie-rock band. Music starts tonight at 7 p.m. at Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View; $19-40. -- High School Musical: You know what? We watched this on Disney and it sucked us in. Sad, yes. Absorbing, for sure. Ray of Light Theatre and School of the Arts (SOTA) put on......

Last week's winner, the SF Weekly: Someone's angry with the Bouncer. Local progressive Adam Werbach is a Walmart sellout. Why won't anyone endorse the mayor? Cover article: the back story about the Haight neighborhood activist killed in an S/M session gone wrong. These drawings illustrating the piece are pretty rad, though (see left) -- did Matt Smith do 'em? A Hank Williams Birthday Karaoke Sing-Off???? There's a tear in our beer too! The anti-war Berkeley......

-- Norman Nsu to return to Redwood City. [ABC7] -- Beth Spotswood writes in real-time about this year's Macy's Passport, with SFist aluma Eve Batey as the Virgil to her Dante. [Chron] -- Ed Jew trail delayed. [Examiner] -- Press conference of San Diego's mayor reversing his decision on same-sex marriage after his daughter comes out. Really, it's amazing footage. [CBS5] -- The U.S. (well, the South) keeping us safe from teens' exposed underwear.......

Got a second? Good! Because we want to thank the advertisers on SFist this week: CNN.com, who has a surprising amount of video on their site (including one of a couple with sextuplets). Cazadores, because after a long week, we could surely use some...or a lot. KQED, which is the Bay Area's home for independent films (so we read). Fierce People, in fine theaters now! Arcade Fire with LCD Soundsystem are playing next Friday at......