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The TFS top 40 of 2008
Riccardo Villalobos - Vasco
Dino Felipe - No Fun Demo
Religious Knives - It’s After Dark
Secondo - A Matter of Scale
Arthur Russell - Love is Overtaking me
Booka Shade - The Sun and the Neon Light
Vivian Girls - S/T
Yellow Swans - Deterioation
Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
Free Kitten - Inherit
US Girls - Introducing
Homostupids - The Intern LP
Luciano - Fabric 41
Sic Alps - US EZ
Black Pus - 4. All aboard the Magic Pus!
Carlos Giffoni - Adult Life
Model 500 - Classics
Blank Dogs - The Fields CS
Fabulous Diamonds - S/T
Lindstrom - Where you go I go too
Los Llamarada - Take the Sky
Naked on the Vague - Blood Pressure Sessions
Hercules and the Love Affair - S/T
Hair Police - The Certainty of Swarms
Raccoo-oo-oon - S/T
Basic Channel - BCD2
Indian Jewellery - Free Gold!
Shit and Shine - Kuss mich, meine Liebe
Eat Skull - Sick to Death
Tussle - Cream Cuts
Times New Viking - Rip it Off
Wavves - S/T
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth - Not Noiice
Skatebard - Cosmos
The Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace
The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
Emeralds - Solar Bridge
Mutators - Secret Life
Zach Hill - Astralogical Straits
Carl Craig - Sessions
If someone asks me what my favourite album of the year was I'd reply either 'Hairdryer Peace by The Hospitals' or 'Where you go I go too by Lindstrom'. Can't decide though.
I thought about putting 'Nah und Fern' by GAS in the list but seeing as it's a box set compiling the 4 GAS albums I thought against it, it's probably though the reissue of the year although those 23 Skidoo albums have just been reissued and looking very good indeed...
For me this year is when America definately got one over on the UK in terms of music, it kinda pains me to say it but it's true. There's labels like Siltbreeze which right now just seem to have a magic touch and everything they release is great.
Finally gig of the year would either be Harmonia at ATP vs Pitchfork or Sic Alps (second time around in Autumn) at Bardens.
Right then, well please comment if you wish to below.