GZO reviewers L. Kent Wolgamott and Joel Gehringer give their picks for the top albums and concerts of the year.

Top 20 albums:

1. The Hold Steady, “Boys and Girls in America”

2. Bob Dylan, “Modern Times”

3. Neko Case, “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood”

4. The Raconteurs, “Broken Boy Soldiers”

5. Beck, “The Information”

6. New York Dolls, “One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This”

7. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, “Sinner”

8.The Dixie Chicks, “Taking the Long Way”

9. Los Lobos, “The Town and the City”

10. Jerry Lee Lewis, “Last Man Standing”

11. The Strokes, “First Impressions of Earth”

12. Ray Davies, “Other People’s Lives”

13. The Roots, “Game Theory”

14. Johnny Cash, “American V: A Hundred Highways”

15. Todd Snider, “The Devil You Know”

16. T-Bone Burnett, “The True False Identity”

17. Tom Waits, “Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards”

18. Evansescence, “The Open Door”

19. Pharrell, “In My Mind”

20. Regina Spektor, “Begin to Hope”

—L. Kent Wolgamott

Top five reissues/boxed sets

1. “Crazy Horse Live at the Fillmore, 1970,” Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2. “Nashville Rebel,” Waylon Jennings

3. “Girlfriend,” Matthew Sweet”

4. “Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys: Legends of Country Music”

5. “Rockin’ Bones”

—LKW

Top 15 Shows — in chronological order:

The Rolling Stones, Qwest Center, Omaha

Nine Inch Nails, Pershing Center

Jeff Tweedy, Rococo Theatre

The Woggles, South by Southwest, Austin, Texas

The New Pornographers, South by Southwest

Boss Martians, Duffy’s Tavern

Deathray Davies and the Ms, Knickerbockers

The Derailers, Duffy’s Tavern

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sokol Auditorium, Omaha

Jerry Lee Lewis, Folly Theatre, Kansas City

The Bellrays, Duffy’s Tavern

Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men, July Jamm

Shooter Jennings, Ribfest

Bob Dylan, Pershing Center

Kris Kristofferson, Holland Center, Omaha

—LKW

Best local albums:

1. “The Fifth Element,” Thoughtless Poetz

2. “Brown Bottle Hymnal,” The Killigans

3. “Killers in the Nebraska Territory: A Compendium of Murder Ballads New and Old,” various artists

4. “Happy Hollow,” Cursive

5. “Salad,” Charlie Burton and the Dorothy Lynch Mob

6. “Forget About Nothing,” The Terminals

7. “Chaos Cards,” Reverso Benigni

8. “Roots Revival,” The Kris Lager Band

9. “A Situation Like This,” various artists

10. “Girth Hammer,” The Government

11. “She Beeps!,” Robot, Creep Closer!

12. “Go Go Rhythm,” The Mezcal Brothers

13. “Awkwords,” Awkwords

14. “Tear Here,” Honey Stump

15. “Heavy Hands,” Ladyfinger

16. “Social Butta Fly: The Larva State,” Jamazz

17. “My Town,” Lucas Kellison

18. “No Sleep Till Babylon,” Shinyville

19. “A Long, Long Way,” Cactus Hill

20. “Shake and Howl,” Son of ’76

—Joel Gehringer