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Before we compile our super-massive end of year coverage, we want to know what your ears have loved this year. We kick things off with talk of your favourite albums - don't worry, we'll get onto songs, your favourite little known bands, best gigs, biggest let-downs and more in due course. We'll incorporate some of this reader input into our end of year lists, which will be with you next week. And, of course, keep your eyes on the music forum for the annual boarders' end of year voting shenanigans.
My favourite 8 albums from 2008:
Cut Copy In Ghost Colours (Modular)
I've been utterly addicted to this mongoloid-space-monkey-aerobic-disco album all year. With its swirls and thumps, In Ghost Colours sounds not unlike New Order mangled with Daft Punk/Justice, LCD Soundsystem and Talking Heads. I literally can't get enough of this album. (Read my review)Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (Last Gang)
I've struggled to find a record that has sounded quite so refreshingly inventive, yet still highly infectious, this year. If you've assumed they're just a bunch of hipsters making electro mulch, get over yourself and experience the thrill of their artsy Gameboy-like 8-bit fighting its way through the screams and swathes of gooey melody. I can totally believe that Alice was frustrated being in a hardcore band but I also won't be shocked if they implode before making another album. (Read Kev Kharas' review)M83 Saturdays = Youth (Mute)
Previous M83 albums were lush slushy shoegaze affairs with moments of poignancy and sheer beauty but were also easily comparable to his/their influences. Unlike its predecessors, Saturdays = Youth may finds itself frolicking in new territories, paddling in puddles of pop and reaching buttons that no other electronica, post-rock or othersuch epicness managed to press (for me at least) in 2008.The Stills Oceans Will Rise (Arts & Crafts)
I was obsessed with their debut and loved the follow-up so much that I released it. This record is a step above and beyond the previous two. There's something sinister, but perfectly so, about the way the melodies manage to stalk you for days after listening to it. I have been stunned that this album hasn't garnered more critical love, especially when their friends and peers (like Kings of Leon) have finally burst through to mega-stardom (Ah, we didn't review it, that'll be why!).Friendly Fires Friendly Fires (XL)
The first time I saw Friendly Fires I was instantly obsessed with their punk-funk meets sweeping star-flecked electronica. There's something incredibly refreshing about the way they've mashed together all the best bits from their favourite party bands (The Rapture, LCD, Radio 4, The Field, Ricardo Villalobos, etc) and created something refreshing which also feels like more than the sum of its parts and still has a distinctive British lilt. (Read Reef Younis' review)These New Puritans Beat Pyramid (Angular)
At first, this album felt like obtuse art-wank but that's part of its joy, as the band overwhelm you as they experiment with song narrative, time signature changes, hip-hop beats and lyrical crescendos. (Read Sam Strang's review)Nine in Nails Ghosts I-IV (available free from nin.com)
Trent Reznor not only managed to create this manificent instrumental record of Music For Airports-like proportions but also managed to give it away and sell it in a variety of innovative ways, including a really-really expensive deluxe version which sold out within hours. The man is a genius, a pioneer and a personal hero.Youthmovies Good Nature (Drowned in Sound)
There's no nepotism going on here, I released this album because I've loved the band for a long, long while. Whilst the record many not have achieved notable plaudits, its impact as an amalgam of art-pop and prog-pop with spindles of odd-folk and splinters of soundtrack-textures will be reach far beyond 2008.
So that's my top eight, with the likes of Panic at the Disco, Lykke Li, The Kills, Foals, Santogold, Foals, Deerhunter, The Raveonettes, I Was a Cub Scout, Haushka and many more great albums just missing out on their place.
DiScuss: What were your favourite eight albums of the year and why? Is there anything you think I, and everyone else, really should go back and revisit before the end of year lists are finalized?
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i work for the label they're signed to but i think i'd expect to see them in this list even if i didnt. the midnight organ fight is a pretty special album.
And the other 7...
Shearwater - Rook
The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Cats In Paris - Courtcase 2000
Portishead - Third
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Why?
Alopecia.
My top 8:
1. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
2. Deerhunter – Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
3. KanYe West -808s & Heartbreak
4. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
5. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
6. Why? – Alopecia
7. Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster.../ Los Campesinos! – We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
8. No Age - Nouns
Frightened Rabbit #1
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - DLD
No Age - Nouns
Bon Iver - For Emma.....
Wild Beasts - Limbo Panto
Deerhunter - Microcastle
TVOTR - Dear Science
Black Angels - Directions.... or White Denim - Workout Holiday
Notable mentions to:
Black Mountain, Fleet Foxes, Surrounded, Sons of Noel and Adrian and Crystal Antlers.
kill twee pop- sarandon
the only actually good one, some ok albums were scars on broadway and school of seven bells
pyramids
why?
wild beasts
fuck buttons
the acorn
ruby suns
notwist (should get re-visited)
feral children
dodos
soooo much good stuff i reckon, missing some as well.
I think it has been a good year for music, maybe not the best, but damn good fun really. Nest year promises to be great as well with a certain album in early january to set the bench mark...
Here's a few...
1. Johnny Flynn - A Larum
2. Why? - Alopecia
3. Errors - It's Not Something But It Is Like Whatever
4. volcano! - Paperwork
5. Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
6. Shit 'n' Shine - Kuss Mich Meine Leibe
7. Los Campesinos! We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (OK IT'S NOT A FUCKING ALBUM BUT IT'S GOING IN MY FUCKING LIST)
8. Koushik - Out my Window
Why?
Alopecia.
ForEVER.
Mine...
1. Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies
2. Air France - No Way Down EP
3. Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
4. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
5. Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
6. Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom
7. Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Graves
8. Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
!
and
Very honourable mention to Vivian Girls.
DiScussion: What are you(r) top 8 albums of '08?
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At the top of my list it's a big ol' fight between: Flying Lotus, Deerhunter, 2562 & Starkey. I'm not sure which is top to be honest but thats ok it's not a race.
My top 8 for 2008 - Ed
1) Gregory and the Hawk - Moenie and Kitchi
2) The Bug - London Zoo
3) Chase & Status - More than A Lot
4) Angil + the hiddntracks - Ouliposaliva
5) Johann Johannson - Fordlandia
6) Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On
7) Tenebrous Liar - Last Stand
8) Death of the Neighbourhood - Self titled
can I just boost 'ok to 'quite good'
for alpinisms
I can technically include
the remastered copy of Mission of burma -vs that was out in 2008
so that's in the ok pile, along with
bratmobile - pottymouth (1993)
pere ubu - the modern dance (1978)
yes - fragile (1972)
a lot of stuff out this year had an unbearable over produced quality to it, hence the above
1. of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
2. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
3. Women - Women [I KNOW THIS IS CHEATING AS IT'S NOT OUT IN UK TIL JANUARY BUT I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO IT NON-STOP FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND IT'S OUT IN THE US ALREADY, SO BLEH]
4. Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont. (would DEFINITELY be lower down this list if it weren't for Weird Era Cont., which is the better album)
5. Parts & Labor - Receivers
6. Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
7. No Age - Nouns
8. Times New Viking - Rip It Off
hmm
deerhunter - microcastle
no age - nouns
los campesinos! - we are beautiful, we are doomed
mystery jets - twenty one
wild beasts - limbo, panto
eugene mcguinness - eugene mcguinness
fuck buttons - street horrrsing
shed - shedding the past
Top 8 albums and all that guff.
The Ascent Of Everest - How Lonely Sits The City
Panic At The Disco - Pretty. Odd.
Bring Me The Horizon - Suicide Season
Ingrid Michaelson - Be OK (even worth the stupid US import price, can't get it over here)
Protest The Hero - Fortress
Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics
Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
jesus christ
do Foals really need two mentions?
Top 8
1. Bon Iver For Emma, forever ago
2. M83 Satrudays = Youth
3. Cut Copy In Ghost Colours
4. Mogwai Hawk is Howling
6. Frightened Rabbit Midnight Organ Fight
7. Errors Its Not something but it is like whatever
8. Fleet Foxes Fleet foxes
I forgot my fifth.....
The breeders - mountain battles
..
Charlottefield - What Are Friends For
True Swamp Neglect - Cloud Cloud Cloud
They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - We Are All In the Gutter
Mystery Jets - Twenty One
Xx Teens - Welcome to Goon Island
Dave Douglas & Keystone - Moonshine
Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Till It Was Light
Los Campsinos - Hold on Now Youngster
ok
Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
Beach House - Devotion
DeVotchKa - A Mad And Faithful Telling
Surrounded - The Nautilus Years
Why? - Alopecia
IN THAT ORDER
..
frightened rabbit
shearwater
tindersticks
mono in vcf
m83
sun kil moon
hammock
bon iver
disregarding the advice of Dead Poets Society...
...these are done by star-ratings & plays on my iPod:
1) Frightened Rabbit, Midnight Organ Fight
2) Wolf Parade, At Mt Zoomer
3) Yeasayer, All Hour Cymbals
4) Fuck Buttons, Street Horrrsing
5) Shearwater, Rook
6) Fleet Foxes, Spire (is that actually its name?!)
7) Marnie Stern, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and so Is This and She Is It and He Is It and That is That
8) Nadja, Desire in Uneasiness
followed by: Sun Kil Moon, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Xiu Xiu, Super XX Man
with surprisingly low placings for: Bon Iver, Portishead, Okkervil
disregarding the advice of Dead Poets Society...
...these are done by star-ratings & plays on my iPod:
1) Frightened Rabbit, Midnight Organ Fight
2) Wolf Parade, At Mt Zoomer
3) Yeasayer, All Hour Cymbals
4) Fuck Buttons, Street Horrrsing
5) Shearwater, Rook
6) Fleet Foxes, Spire (is that actually its name?!)
7) Marnie Stern, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and so Is This and She Is It and He Is It and That is That
8) Nadja, Desire in Uneasiness
followed by: Sun Kil Moon, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Xiu Xiu, Super XX Man
with surprisingly low placings for: Bon Iver, Portishead, Okkervil
disregarding the advice of Dead Poets Society...
...these are done by star-ratings & plays on my iPod:
1) Frightened Rabbit, Midnight Organ Fight
2) Wolf Parade, At Mt Zoomer
3) Yeasayer, All Hour Cymbals
4) Fuck Buttons, Street Horrrsing
5) Shearwater, Rook
6) Fleet Foxes, Spire (is that actually its name?!)
7) Marnie Stern, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and so Is This and She Is It and He Is It and That is That
8) Nadja, Desire in Uneasiness
followed by: Sun Kil Moon, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Xiu Xiu, Super XX Man
with surprisingly low placings for: Bon Iver, Portishead, Okkervil
disregarding the advice of Dead Poets Society...
...these are done by star-ratings & plays on my iPod:
1) Frightened Rabbit, Midnight Organ Fight
2) Wolf Parade, At Mt Zoomer
3) Yeasayer, All Hour Cymbals
4) Fuck Buttons, Street Horrrsing
5) Shearwater, Rook
6) Fleet Foxes, Spire (is that actually its name?!)
7) Marnie Stern, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and so Is This and She Is It and He Is It and That is That
8) Nadja, Desire in Uneasiness
followed by: Sun Kil Moon, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Xiu Xiu, Super XX Man, various Nadja re-recordings
with surprisingly low placings for: Bon Iver, Portishead, Okkervil
My top 8
1. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
2. God is an Astronaut - S/T
3. The Mars Volta - The Goliath in Bedlam
4. Up-C Down-C Left-C Right-C ABC + Start - Embers
5. NIN - Ghosts I-IV
6. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
7. F*ck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
8. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Honorable mentions;
Youthmovies - Good Nature
Portishead - Third
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Her Name Is Calla - The Heritage
Opeth - Watershed
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
No order
Portishead - Third
Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics
Torche - Meanderthal
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Night Marchers - See You In Magic
Envy/Jesu split
Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Vivian Girls - s/t
Yeasayer was out last year, though it is very good.
Disappointed when I saw them live though.
I have to admit, that I don't think Youthmovies have topped...
'Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; The Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness'.
It's a bloody hard record to top, though.
1. Dear And The Headlights - Drunk Like Bible Times
2. Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies
3. Anthony Green - Avalon
4. United Nations - United Nations
5. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
6. Vessels - White Fields And Open Devices
7. This Is Hell - Misfortunes
8. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
disregarding the advice of Dead Poets Society...
...these are done by star-ratings & plays on my iPod:
1) Frightened Rabbit, Midnight Organ Fight
2) Wolf Parade, At Mt Zoomer
3) Yeasayer, All Hour Cymbals
4) Fuck Buttons, Street Horrrsing
5) Shearwater, Rook
6) Fleet Foxes, Spire (is that actually its name?!)
7) Marnie Stern, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and so Is This and She Is It and He Is It and That is That
8) Nadja, Desire in Uneasiness
followed by: Sun Kil Moon, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Xiu Xiu, Super XX Man, various Nadja re-recordings
with surprisingly low placings for: Bon Iver, Portishead, Okkervil
These are the ones that came immediately to mind
So they must be the right ones...
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Beach House - Devotion
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Women - Women
No Age - Nouns
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles
The Bug - London Zoo
High Places - High Places
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
That's nine... but oh well... probably forgetting some really obvious things!
In Order (In The US)
Frightened Rabbit / Midnight Organ Fight
M83 / Saturdays=Youth
Parts and Labor / Receivers
Sigur Ros / Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Pivot / O Soundtrack My Heart
Dananananaykroyd / Sissy Hits
British Sea Power / Do You Like Rock Music
Torche / Meanderhtal
Constantines / Kensington Heights
Maybeshewill / Not For Want Of Trying
Hmmm
Portishead - Third
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Heartcore
volcano! - Paperwork
Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
Vessels - White Fields and Open Devices
I've not listened to the Gang Gang Dance enough yet, quite like Kasai Allstars, Portico Quartet (I think this is 2007 though) and a few others, but my mind has gone blank!
In Order (US)
Frightened Rabbit / Midnight Organ Fight (Fat Cat)
M83 / Saturdays=Youth
Parts and Labor / Receivers
Sigur Ros / Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Pivot / O Soundtrack My Heart
Dananananaykroyd / Sissy Hits
British Sea Power / Do You Like Rock Music
Torche / Meanderhtal
Constantines / Kensington Heights
Maybeshewill / Not For Want Of Trying
Idolise, the huge gold rotating statue.....
1. Down I Go - Tyrant
2. Adebisi Shank - This is an album of a band called Adebisi Shank
3. The Night Marchers - See You In Magic
4. Take A Worm For A Walk Week - The Monroe Transfer
5. Rocket From The Crypt - All Systems Go Vol. 3
6. Black Sheep Wall - I Am God Songs
7. Scream! Shout! Say Nothing - The Animals Still Run This City
8. Sons of Noel and Adrian - s/t
Some good records this year
I'd go with...
Portishead - Three
Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
Bon Iver - For Emma...
Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby
Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Chairlift?
Chairlift - Does You Inspire You?
Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom
Pattern Is Movement - All Together
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those That Cannot See
Women - Women
Deerhunter - Microcastles
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
along with white denim, black mountain, fuck buttons, and some more I can't quite locate in my smoothie shaped brainbox.
I'm loving your top two shucks
1. Down I Go - Tyrant
2. Adebisi Shank - This is an album of a band called Adebisi Shank
quality albums both of them, at least one is going in my top ten I would think maybe even both.
I don't claim to be unpredictable...
1) Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
2) TV on the Radio - Dear Science
3) DJ/Rupture - Uproot
4) Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up 'Til It Was Light
5) No Age - Nouns
6) The Week That Was - The Week That Was
7) Portishead - Third
8) Subtle - ExitingARM
James Blackshaw - Litany of Echoes
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Ponytail - Icecream Spiritual
Ancestors - Neptune With Fire
Jape - Ritual
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
The Alps - III
DJ/Rupture - Uproot
is an ace album hey?
I can't get enough of the Clouds track Elders and Atki2's Winter Buds. All of it just flows so well though, excelent mix.
With a hint of irony
1. This Town Needs Guns – Animals
2. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
3. Times New Viking – Rip It Off
4. Foals – Antidotes
5. Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight
6. Why? – Alopecia
7. Pyramids – Pyramids
8. Deerhunter - Microcastle
Honourable mentions to Jaguar Love, Trouble Books, The War on Drugs, Los Campesinos!, m83 and The Mae Shi
ok
1) tv on the radio - dear science
2) no age - nouns
3) bon iver - for emma
4) mgmt - oracular spectacular
5) elbow - the seldom seen kid
6) the last shadow puppets - the age of the understatement
7) conor oberst - s/t
8) johnny foreigner - waited up until it was light
Worth a mention : the black keys - attack and release, Death cab - Narrow Stairs, Bad seeds - dld, the hold steady - stay positive, panic at the disco - pretty. odd, kings of leon, the last shadow puppets, jaguar love
...
1.The Notwist – The Devil, You & Me
2.Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
3.Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
4.Hold Steady – Stay Positive
5.Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
6.Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
7.Vetiver – Thing Of The Past
8.The Boggs - Forts
haven't bought many lps this year but
vessels (is fucking brilliant), drever, mckusker and woomble and kanye west, cut copy and elbow are definitely stand outs.
i know it wasn't released this year (or decade) but the best discovery has been eels- electroshock blues - fucking excellent album (thanks to the people on the boards that recommended me it).
felt like there was a lot of disappointments this year - errors, tv on the radio, even mogwai (although i did play it a lot around the release).
2008 = AVERAGE YEAR FOR MUSIC
it's true. admit it.
there was a lot of let downs
i still don't get the love for the tv on the radio album. are people pretending to like it ... because it really sounds like will young to me - i didn't want a carbon copy of return to cookie mountain but i don't think this is what people really wanted? i don't know though - everyone else is enjoying it.
...
1. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
2. Foals - Antidotes
3. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
4. Late Of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
5. M83 - Saturdays=Youth
6. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
7. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
8. Wild Beasts - Limbo Panto
i can never remember what came out when but
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Portishead - Third
Sons of Noel and Adrian - Sons of Noel and Adrian
Earth - Honey Lion Maggots Skull etc.
Matmos - Supreme Balloon?
Polar Bear - Polar Bear
Wildbirds and Peacedrums - Heartcore
Shoreline - Time Well Spent - anyone heard this? it's achingly beautiful
First off, kudos for slipping Ghosts I-IV in there
as I can't imagine many people will put either of NIN's excellent contributions to this year's music in their lists, Reznor simply not being indie enough, maaaan (despite being indier than pretty much everyone else through his actions).
Secondly, the year's not over. Why do we consistently make these premature lists? Stuff is still being released and I know for a fact my list as it stands would change by New Year's day - there's two albums I haven't heard yet that I'm sure will make the list - Johann Johannson's 'Fordlandia' and Remember Remember's 'Remember Remember' are on my Christmas wishlist.
Still, let's have a go. My #1 will likely stay the same, though.
1. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
2. Jamie Lidell - JIM
3. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
5. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
6. Errors - It's Not Something But it is Like Whatever
7. Mogwai - Hawk is Howling
8. NIN - The Slip
Good year for music, loads missing off the (well, short) list, including Lambchop, Hot Chip, Sigur Ros, Death Cab for Cutie...
i think it's these:
Evangelicals - The Evening Descends
Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
Metronomy - Nights Out
Mystery Jets - 21
The Kills - Midnight Boom
The Long Blondes - 'Couples'
Youthmovies - Good Nature
TV On The Radio – Dear Science
Or alternatively,
M83 and Wild Beasts and Elbow instead of The Kills, Mystery Jets, and Youthmovies. Fucker.
And
The Week That Was.
There's 12.
My Top 8
8. Excepter - Debt Dept.
7. Scorces - I Turn Into You
6. Lau Nau – Nukuu
5. Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
4. High Places – High Places
3. Valet – Naked Acid
2. No Age – Nouns
1. Atlas Sound – Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Absolutely
I found myself a little underwhelmed by Burial (although this is undoubtedly the result of inorganic expectations) but Uproot provides such a broad spectrum of atmosphere that its appeal would surely be universal given the right coverage.
Having eaten a few dates and philosophised...
1. Times New Viking/Rip It Off
2. Hauschka/Ferndorf
3. The Kills/Midnight Boom
4. Flying Lotus/Los Angeles
5. The Walkmen/You & Me
6. Grouper/Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
7. HEALTH/DISCO
8. Atlas Sound/Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel.
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No Age and Cold War Kids got boring. Why? and Fuck Buttons grew on me. Surprises were; Crystal Castles, Portishead and Deerhoof.
Yes, that's right
Everyone's pretending to like it. Why else would there be near universal acclaim for an album that YOU don't like?
Probably
In no particular order
Charlottefield -What Friends Are For?
Youthmovies - Good Nature
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics
The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
No Age - Nouns
Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up 'Til It Was Light
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel
errrm..
1) Why?- Alopecia
2) Grouper- Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill
3) The Notwist- The Devil You + Me
4) Tv On The Radio- Dear Science
5) No Age- Nouns
6) Hauschka- Ferndorf
7) Deerhunter- Microcastles
8) Frightened Rabbit- The Midnight Organ Fight
I think doing it now
stops other end of year lists' influence having such an impact. They should really all be compiled in the middle of next year. Far more representative of the lasting quality of albums. This would probably mean the catchier bands such as LOTP would suffer, but their initial reviews are sufficient.
i was joking
, it only sounds like will young on one song! but i just can't get into it and i don't understand the acclaim because it doesn't bring anything exciting to the table - it feels throw away - no sense of emotion or passion and it's not exactly heavy on melody either. just seems weird it's the same band that wrote wolf like me, blues from down here etc. i really wanted to like it - i don't download albums, so i take it disappointment more personally that i probably should because it's money that could be spent on better records.
Top Eight.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
Guillemots - Red
Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto
Johnny Flynn - A Larum
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Arbitrarily:
1. Marnie Stern - This is It etc etc
2. Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
3. Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
4. Why? - Alopecia
5. Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron - Lost Wisdom
6. Rings - Black Habit
7. Cryptacize - Dig That Treasure
8. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie (probably, only listened to it once)
ololol
Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes
Fucked Up
TV on the Radio
British Sea Power
Conor Oberst
Maps & Atlases
No Age
if it weren't for NiN
i'd be convinced that i was Sean. Replace them with Metronomy, and I'm there.
My top 8
1) TV on the Radio - Dear Science
2) Bloc Party - Intimacy
3) British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
4) Why? - Alopecia
5) Deerhunter - Microcastle
6) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
7) Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
8) Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Strong year to be honest. Also enjoyed Foals, MGMT, Forward Russia and Johnny Foreigner's debut had its moments
top eight, whOOoOooOo??
again with these albums that were criminally ignored:
age of rockets: hannah
mobius band: heaven
windsor for the derby: how we lost
notwist: the devil, you + me
black angels: directions to see a ghost
parts & labor: recievers
elbow: seldom seen kid
screaming tea party: golden blue
I can't think of 8 at the moment
because I live several years behind everyone else. But here are three.
1) Wild Beasts - Limbo Panto
2) One More Grain - Isle Of Grain
3) Cass McCombs - Dropping The Writ
No mention of Harvey Milk?
That or Fuck Buttons is probably my favourite album of the year. There have been quite a few OK albums, but I've mainly been listening to older stuff.
not
much mention of johnny foreigner - most were bumming it for a few months earlier in the year. not very memorable is it
my album of the year is,
THE WAR ON DRUGS - WAGONWHEEL BLUES!
you know it's right.
fuckin' awesome!
My Top 8
1. Shearwater - Rook
2. The Music - Strength in Numbers
3. Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
4. dEUS - Vantage Point
5. Deerhunter - Microcastle
6. Sigor Ros - Me%&%$£ S^@*"
7. Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
8. Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw
Okay year for music
Some amazing stuff obv, some underwhelming.
My favourite release has been You, Me and the Mountain by Maps and Atlases but that's an ep.
Best albums:
1. Deerhunter
2. Lemuria
3. Bon Iver
4. The Dodos
5. Algernon Cadwallader
6. Frightened Rabbit
7. Why?
8. Cadence Weapon
something like that anyway.
also props to
volcano!, United Nations, Youthmovies and Destroyer.
And Wild Beasts for doing something a bit different.
1. deerhunter
2. crystal castles
3. times new viking
4. no age
5. black lips
6. atlas sound
7. jay reatard
8. fall of troy
ta for your list, Will
Seeing as I like Why?, Grouper, and The Notwist, I decided to investigate Hauschka, as I hadn't heard of them before. Sounds really quite nice. A bit like Yasushi Yoshida. I shall purchase it now. It's a bargainous £6.98 on amazon.
Still have to decide on my ordering of albums (and still have lots of late additions to buy/listen to), but they would possibly include:
Breathe Owl Breathe- Ghost Glacier
Hjaltalin- Sleepdrunk Seasons
Why?- Alopecia
The Notwist- The Devil, You + Me
Get Well Soon- Rest Now, Weary Head, You Will Get Well Soon
Choir Of Young Believers- This Is For The White In Your Eyes
Shearwater- Rook
Jong Pang- Bright White Light
But there have been oodles of great albums this year.
8 for 08, oh DiS
Anyway.
1) Earth - And The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
2) Harvey Milk - Life...the best game in town
3) Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
4) Times New Viking - Rip it Off
5) Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
6) Sic Alps - US Ez
7) The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
8) Portishead - Third
Hmm everyone seems to have the same tastes
Here's mine,
1)The Cure - 4:13 Dream
2)Foals - Antidotes
3)Bloc Party - Intimacy
4)The Whip - X Marks Destination
5)Metallica - Death Magnetic
6)The Music - Strength in Numbers
7)The Killers - Day and Age
8)Does It Offend You, Yeah - You Have No Idea What You Are Getting Yourself Into
but...
1. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
2. Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics
3. Youthmovies - Good Nature
4. Foals - Hysterics
5. Russian Circles - Station
6. Blakfish - See You In Another City
7. Sigur Ros - Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
8. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
yes
-
1.Frightened Rabbit
2.Johnny Foreigner
3.Dananananaykroyd (if that counts)
4.Los Campesinos (WABWAD rather than Youngster)
5.Hot Club de Paris
6.The Mae shi
7.Late of the Pier
8.War on Drugs
This list is so DiS I may have to go kill myself (However I did discover Frightened Rabbit Summer '07, indie points please)
honorable mentions - British Sea Power, Youthmovies, Blood Red Shoes, Death Cab, Vampire Weekend, Panic at the Disco and I've actually been really enjoying that airbourne toxic event album after the article that was on here and loads of others that I can't remember
Work in progress
Still too much listening to be done to set a list in concrete but here's a list anyway..
Vampire Weekend
TVOTR
No Age
MGMT
Why?
Benga (why so few mentions????)
Frightened Rabbit
Late of the Pier
my top 8 (in no order)
1. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
2. Miss Kittin - Bat Box
3. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
4. White Denim - Workout Holiday
5. Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
6. Metallica - Death Magnetic
7. The Black Keys - Attack and Release
8. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus, Dig
Shit I missed out MGMT Oracular Spectacular and Crystal Castles....damn this is hard
Can I have a Top 10 instead...??
--
1. Why? - Alopecia
2. Ladyhawk - Shots
3. The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
4. Parts and Labor - Receivers
5. Deerhunter - Microcastle
6. Portishead - Third
7. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
8. Brian Jonestown Massacre - My Bloody Underground
A brief think, nothing certain
1. Trouble Books - The UNited Colours of...
2. Fennesz - Black Sea
3. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
4. Grouper - Dragging a dead deer up a hill
5. Boris - Smile
6. Alva Noto - Unitext
7. Aidan Baker & Time Hecker
8. Gas - Nah Und Fern, reissues? but that opens up a huge can of worms fo rme.
.
Mt. Eerie - Lost Wisdom
Oren Ambarchi - In the Pendulums Embrace
Boduf Songs- How Shadows Chase the Balance
Bon Iver - Forever Emma...
Algernon Cadwallader
Lite Phantasia
Dionagah - QHNNNL
Horse Feathers - House With No Name
+ You Me & the Mountain by Maps and Atlases
I don't think I'll miss 2008...
I can't remember the last time there were so few albums added to my "to buy" list.
Elbow and MGMT were decent. Liam Finn put out a good one.
Dead Heart Bloom - 3 EPs were pretty great
Gentleman Auction House - Alphabet Graveyard
The Autumns - Fake Noise From A Box of Toys (US)
I can't think of eight.
my list
I'm only just realising I haven't listened to enough albums all the way through this year. And also that my favourite albums this year (Moffat's I Can Hear.... The Field, Burial, Adam Gnade) aren't even from this year! despite this:
George Pringle - Poor EP Poor EP Without a Name (an EP)
Santogold - Santogold
The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby
Why? - Alopecia
The Teenagers - Reality Check
David Bowie - Low (I told you I've been slack). best wishes all. j
Why have my choices been neglected?! A travesty...
1) Charlottefield - What Are Friends For
2) Lower Definition - The Greatest Of All Lost Arts
3) Tim Ten Yen - Everything Beautiful Reminds Me Of You
4) Wild Beasts - Limbo Panto
5) Down I Go - Tyrant
6) Rotary Ten - These Are Our Hands
7) Heavy Heavy Low Low - Turtle Nipple And The Toxic Shock
8) Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics
Being from Australia
it makes me really happy that the editor of such a well-respected music forum would pick Cut/Copy as his favourite album for the year. It's a little bit surprising though, seeing as it has lost out heavily here to our other current indie/dance export, The Presets. But In Ghost Colours is a much better album, i agree.
I would post my top 8, but i haven't compiled it yet
My Top 8 for '08 (thus far)
1.Fleet Foxes
2.Wolf Parade
3.The Kills
4.Vampire Weekend
5.Los Campesinos (Youngster)
6.Frightened Rabbit
7.Glasvegas
8. perhaps something released in Dec will fit in here, but if not - British Sea Power
.
liam finn and bloc party too.
2008 didn't quite rip as much as 2007 for me, but...
1. Why? - Alopecia
2. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
5. Islands - Arm's Way
6. Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Heartcore
7. Joan As Police Woman - To Survive
8. Death Vessel - Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us
Leaving out Laura Marling, Portishead, Metronomy, Lykke Li, M83, Foals, No Age, Shearwater, Conor Oberst's s/t, The Acorn, Hercules & Love Affair, The Dodos The War On Drugs, Black Mountain, Lovvers, Crystal Castles, Wild Beasts, Mirah's rarities...more, I'm sure.
In conclusion then, 2008: still pretty sweet.
brrrap
in no particular order:
mt eerie - lost wisdom
the wave pictures - instant coffee baby
grouper - dragging a dead dear up a hill
dot rotten - rip dot rotten
lil wayne - the carter 3
trim - soulfood 3
times new viking - rip it off
arthur russell - love is overtaking me
2008 was great.
1. Deerhunter, Microcastle (hands down, best record in awhile)
2. No Age, Nouns (also an easy pick)
3. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
4. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
5. Kanye West, 808s and Heartbreak
6. Times New Viking, Rip It Off
7. The Last Shadow Puppets, The Age Of The Understatement
8. Los Campesinos!, Hold On Now, Youngster
This was the best year of music since a long time.
I think these are all from this year...
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Josh Pyke - Chimneys Afire
Belle and Sebastian - BBC Sessions
Adam Green - Sixes and Sevens
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles
The Grates - Teeth Lost, Hearts Won
Billy Childish - Thatcher's Children
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
I think these are all from this year...
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Josh Pyke - Chimneys Afire
Belle and Sebastian - BBC Sessions
Adam Green - Sixes and Sevens
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles
The Grates - Teeth Lost, Hearts Won
Billy Childish - Thatcher's Children
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
1. FOALS - ANTIDOTES
2. Why? - Alopecia
3. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
4. Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
5. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
6. Portishead - Third
7. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
8. Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia
9. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
10. El Guincho - Alegranza (is that '08?)
My Priceless Top 10 of 2008
10. Man Man: The circus comes to town! From Philadelphia!
09. Portishead: Old black shivers...
08. Destroyer: Dan Bejar, our modern dandy
07. Why?: Why not?
06. The Chap: So good! But in small doses...
05. Deerhunter: 2 cds for the price of one... Thanks Bradford!
04. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: His voice like old, velvet wine.
03. Department Of Eagles: Have you heard of Grizzly Bear?
02. Of Montreal: Kevin Barnes is my idol (naked or covered with mud...)
01. TVOTR: Michael Jackson is back! Ouuuuuuuuuh!
My top 8
Pattern is movement - All together
Why? - Alopecia
Wild Beasts - Limbo, panto
Extra life - Secular works
Department of eagles - In Ear park
Au - Verbs
Fleet foxes - Fleet foxes
Nat Baldwin - MVP
Many music critics are blind and deaf :
4. Fleet Foxes: a poor substitute of Band of Horses
3. Shearwater: it's just ok
2. Excepter: it's suck
1. Vampire Weekends: take my blood and go away!
Gee, that year went by quick. Anyway, My Top 8
1.Bloc Party - Intimacy (still cannot understand why people seem to hate it more that a weekend in the city)
2.Vampire Weekend
3.TV On The Radio - Dear Science
4.MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
5.Ladyhawke
6.The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
6.Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
7.Late of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
Other Notable Mentions
Foals, Ratatat, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Kills, Wolf Parade and Cut Copy
school of
seven bells!
remaining 7 - in no particular order
2.Cut Off Your Hands - you and i
3.These New Puritans - beat pyramid
4.Bon Iver - for emma...
5.Yeasayer
6.British Sea Power -Do You Like...
7.The Duke Spirit - Neptune
8.Deerhunter
No
its not a tie for 6, just a typo
Portishead!
1. Portishead - Third
2. M83 - Saturdays=Youth
3. Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
4. Sigur Rós - Med Sud...
5. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
6. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
7. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
8. Bon Iver - For Emma, Long Ago
that's it. if there was a possibility to make top10, there would be:
9. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
10. A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons
My Top 8
1. Deerhunter - Microcastles/Weird Era Continued
2. Portishead - Third
3. M83 - Saturdays=Youth
4. The Walkmen - You & Me
5. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
6. TV On The Radio - Dear Science,
7. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
8. Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
Kanye, Lykke Li, Horse Feathers, Air France, School of Seven Bells, Cut Copy, Amadou & Mariam. They all came very close.
i'm surprised more people haven't said bloc party...
1.Johnny Foreigner-Waited up til it was light
2.Bloc Party-Intimacy (the physical release as the extra tracks were mint)
3.Sigur Ros-Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
4.Foals-Antidotes
5.Radiohead-In Rainbows (physical release was 08 if that counts)
6.Katy Perry-One of the Boys
7.Mogwai-The hawk is howling
8.Late of the pier-Fantasy Black channel
9.M83-Saturdays=Youth
10.Los campesinos!-hold on now youngster...
NOT EVEN A MENTION.........
..........of Chinese Democracy?!
WTF peoples?!
I'd go for...
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Haunts - Haunts
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Anberlin - New Surrender
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Ladytron - Velocifero
Ashlee Simpson - Bittersweet World (fuck off, it's my favourite pop album)
Jim Noir - Jim Noir
I like The Gaslight Anthem's album too.
...
Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
Cats In Paris - Courtcase 2000
Keyboard Choir - Mizen Head
Fuck Buttons - Street horrrrrssssiiiiiiing
Beach House - Devotion
Simon Bookish - Everything/Everything
Parenthetical Girls - Entanglements
Marnie Stern - This is it...
And Atlas Sound!
Fuck.
In no particular order
Wild Beasts - Limbo Panto
Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
Vetiver - Vetiver
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Rook - Shearwater
Port O'Briend - All We Could Do Was Sing
In some kind of order...
Late Of The Pier – Fantasy Black Channel
Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke
Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
Metronomy – Nights Out
Black Kids – Partie Traumatic
Lykke Li – Youth Novel
Portishead – Third
And the token honourable mentions to British Sea Power, Crystal Castles, Goldfrapp, Foals, Long Blondes and Fleet Foxes.
I think mine are.....
Portishead - Third
Bon Iver - For Emma
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Nick Cave - Dig Lazarus Dig
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
David Holmes - Holy Pictures
Deerhunter - Microcastle
With notable hallelujahs to these re-issues.....
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
Loop - Heavens End and Fade Out
and one that I hoped would be better is Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
reverse order
8 Deerhunter - Microcastles
7 R.E.M. - Accelerate
6 Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
5 The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
4 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
2 Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light
1 Why? - Alopecia
8
Delays_Everything's The Rush
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy_Lie Down In The Light
Gregory Isaacs_Brand New Me
Fuck Buttons_Street Horssing
The Fall_Imperial Wax Solvent
Atlas Sound_Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Junior Boys Own_A Boy's Own Odyssey (Volume II)
David Holmes_The Holy Pictures
1) Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
The others in no order...
Torche - Meanderthal
Foals - Antidotes
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Neon Neon - Stainless Style
Roar
Torche - Meanderthal
Charlottefield - What Are Friends For?
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower and Dove
Boris - Smile
TV On the Radio - Dear Science
Russian Circles - Station
Earth - Bees Made Honey In the Lions Skull
mine..
in no particular order:
8. Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
7. Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
6. Hjaltalin - Sleepdrunk Sessions
5. The Envy Corps - Dwell
4. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
3. Amadou and Mariam - Welcome to Mali
2. Kyte - Kyte
1. The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
Why are there so few mentions of the Acorn??
My top Five
1//Minilogue - Animals
2//The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
3//Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4//Vessels - White Fields and Open Devices
5//Foals - Antidotes
1. CSI:Ambleside - HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT
2. American Devil Songs (1920s - 1950s) - VARIOUS
3. I worked on the ships - BALLBOY
4. The Hungry Saw - TINDERSTICKS
5. Clipse presents The Re-Up Gang
6. El Ray - THE WEDDING PRESENT
7. Live at the Heeley Institute, Sheffield - MV/VV
8. Sixes and Sevens - ADAM GREEN
1) Nick Cave
2)Why?
3)Johnny Foreigner
4)Seasick Steve
5)Fleet Foxes
6)Dodos
7)Amadou and Mariam
8)British Sea Power
I agree with the fact it's not been a vintage year, but still some great albums in there.
8408
1. TVOTR Dear Science
2. Black Mountain In The Future
3. Santogold Santogold
4. David Holmes Holy Pictures
5. Beck Modern Guilt
6. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
7. Fuck Buttons Street Horssing
8. Crystal Castles s/t
just out of shot:
Portishead Third
MGMT Oracular Spectacular
Nick Cave Dig Lazarus Dig
Bon Iver For Emma
OK
1. Duchess Says - Anthologies des 3 Perchoirs
2. The Indelicates - American Demo
3. Autodrone - Strike A Match
4. Super Baby Face
5.Vampire weekend
6.Bodies Of Water - A Certain Feeling
7. Why?- Alopecia
8. Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
8
Torche
Dead Meadow
TVOTR
Cut Copy
Johhny Foriegner
No age
Titus Andronicus
Wooden Shjips - Vol1
in no particular order...
a place to bury strangers
los campesinos (hold on now)
wild beasts
william
the bookhouse boys
johnny foreigner
the kingsize five
these new puritans
notable mentions; wave pictures, thee vicars, white denim, white rabbits, silvery, port o'brian
Jesus
Just 8? There've been so many great albums this year! I am going to defy your rules and go for 10.
Devotion by Beach House
Field Manual by Chris Walla
In Ear Park by Department Of Eagles
The Hollow Of Morning by Gemma Hayes
Some Racing, Some Stopping by Headlights
Trading Water For Air by James Yiull
Volume One by She & Him
Starf**ker by Starf**ker
Oceans Will Rise by The Stills
Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
This means I had to leave out excellent albums by Brett Anderson, Crystal Castles, Guns N' Roses, Lykke Li, M83, Mercury Rev, Nada Surf, REM and The Weepies. DAMN YOU.
mine
cut copy-in ghost colours
deerhunter-microcastle
fleet foxes-fleet foxes
crystal castles-crystal castles
thats it really, though its been a year of looking backwards for music rather than looking forwards
hold on a minute
late of the pier-fantasy black channel
top 8 -
hot chip - made in the dark
lindstrom - where you go i go too
fleet foxes - fleet foxes
vampire weekend - vampire weekend
bon iver - for emma forever ago
david holmes - the holy pictures
girl talk - feed the animals
eine klein nacht muzik
...
"...its impact as an amalgam of art-pop and prog-pop"
My worst 8 words of the year.
PS
I didn't include Bon Iver as it came out in 2007 over here.
1. mount eerie - dawn (1st best album of 2008 written in a wintery cabin)
2. Grouper - dragging a dead dear up a hill
3. Conor Oberst - s/t
4. Bon Iver - for emma for ever ago (2nd best album of 2008 written in a wintery cabin, take note iver artic norway is more hardcore than wisconsin, you need to rais your game)
5. Beach House - DEvotion
6. High Places - High Places
7. Times New Viking - Rip it off
8. A silver mt zion - 13 blues (soley on the strength of blindblindblind)
hmmm whilst the PR those DIS favs made them appear amazing to those lacking free thinking ears
Thalia Zedek Band-Liars and Prayers
Bottomless Pit-Hammer of the Gods
Frida Hyvonen-Silence is Wild
The New Year-The New Year
American Werewolf Acedemy-Tricertops
1. Bon Iver
2. Fuck Buttons
3. Elbow
4. Maybeshewill
5. Why?
6. The Airborne Toxic Event
7. British Sea Power
8. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
yeasayer
fuck buttons
fleet foxes
deerhunter
foals
no age
TVoTR
yoofmovies
Ipanema
Ipanema's self titled anthology, released January 2008 in memory of frontman Darren 'Wiz' Brown (Mega City Four) who tragically passed away in December 06. The record company donated all proceeds to the Forward 4 Wiz Trust, set up to provide assistance to talented musicians and bands.
The album contains 17 tracks comprising singles, their mini-album and a number of superb demos recorded before Wiz died.
My album of 2008 IS.....
Alien Alright - The Exodus Is Here... made me want to pick up a guitar again
Top 10 of 2008
I'd have to agree with Cut Copy, but where's Foals' Antidotes?! I'd probably have Tokyo Police Club's 'Elephant Shell' in there too.
top ten minus mgmt & bon iver =
fleet foxes
foals
youthmovies
minilogue
beach house
tvotr
lightspeed champion
metronomy
ROLO TOMASSI
LOS CAMPESINOS - the 2nd one
WHY?
JOFO
FRIGHTENED RABBIT
ELLE MILANO
FUCKED UP
BRITISH SEA POWER
Best Album 0f 2008
MORIS TEPPER - "Stingray In The Heart"
best...
.Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
2.Bloc Party- Intimacy
3. Tv On the Radio- Dear Science
4.MGMT- Orracular Spectacular
5.Kings of Leon- By the Night
6.Sigur Ros- Meo...
7. God Is An Astronaut- S/T
8.Seasick Steve
Jape!
Hurrah, that's a great album. Cruelly ignored outside Ireland. It's in my top 20.
For now
1. Why? – Alopecia
2. Frightened Rabbit – Midnight Organ Fight
3. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
4. Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing
5. Portishead – Third
6. David Holmes - The Holy Pictures
7. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
8. No Age – Nouns
Albums of 2008
British Sea Power's Do You Like Rock Music? and REM's Accelerate were two of my faves from this year!
Top Ten (Rough Order)
1.Dear Science - TVOTR
2.Oracular Spectacular - MGMT
3.Elephant Shell - Tokyo Police Club
4.Intimacy - Bloc Party
5.Vampire Weekend - S/T
6.I Want To Know That There Is Always Hope - I Was A Cub Scout
7.Fantasy Black Channel - Late of The Pier
8.Made In The Dark - Hot Chip
9.Alopecia - Why?
10.Bedlam In Goliath - The Mars Volta
Followed by: Microcastle, Those Dancing Days, Skeletal Lamping (All Require More Listens).
Mine are
1. Foals- Antidotes
2. Lightspeed Champion- Falling Off The Lavander Bridge
3. Late Of The Pier- Fantasy Black Channel
4. Eugene Mcguiness- s/t
5. Johnny Forigner- Eyes Wide Terified
6. Friendly Fires- s/t
7. The Kills- Midnight Boom
8 Bloc Party- Intimacy.
some others that are worth a mention
Protest The Hero - Fortress
Textures - Silhouettes
Portishead - Third
Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
NIN - The Slip
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
The Faint - Fasciination
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles
top 9...
1. why - alopecia
2. asmz - 13 blues for 13 moons 9hated it when i first heard it)
3. high dependecy unit - metamathics
4. fuck buttons - street horsssing (also hated this at first)
5. pissed jeans - hope for men (is this 2008?)
6. young widows - old wounds
7. harvey milk - life the best game in town
8. wino - a bottle of pills with a bullet chaser
9. deerhunter - microcastles
10. no age - nouns
hon mentions...bvon iver, final, tim hecker & aidan baker, nadja, belong, earth, mogwai, bonnie prince billy (good but he has done much better), russian circles, fucked up, nadja grails...most overrated - torch - meanderthal no actually even more overrated the horrible pap that is fleet foxes and i'm seeing them open for isis this week...oh and shearwater - rook sounded great atv first but faded fast, conor obersts was a bit patchy too....and tvotr suck grnerally so i had the pleasure of ruling that a bad album without even listening to it based on the shiteness of return to cookie mountain...oh and track title of the year has to go to harvey milks - a maelstrom of bad decisions...have yet to listen to the jesu split/s and the broadrick/aaron turner side project grey machine has goodness written all over it....
im seeing torche open for isis....
not fleet foxes that is...still expecting a pretty good show from them even though i though meanderthal was ave - really just runined by the terrible hair metal vox...
top 8 08
1.Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
2.Fuck Buttons - Street Horrsing
3. Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns
4. Bon Iver - For Emma
5. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
6. Foals - Antidotes
7. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ
8. TV On Radio - Dear Science
Just Missing: Hold Steady, Marching Band, Dodos, Coldplay
Bring It On
Dot Rotten & Trim!!!!
nice one I love both of those.
Top 8
Not sure about order as it changes on a regular basis, but as it stands...
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Why? - Alopecia
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light
Shield Your Eyes - Shield Your Eyes
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
Frank Turner - Love Ire and Song
There's about 10 amazing records I've forgotten or missed out like Down I Go, The Bug, Bon Iver/HEALTH (both technically last year but released in UK this year), Portishhead etc. I could go on for ages.
My album of 2008 IS.....
Alien Alright - The Exodus Is Here... not a very well known album, but really explosive. it made me want to pick up a guitar
...
1. of Montreal: SKELETAL LAMPING
2. TV on the Radio: DEAR SCIENCE
3. The Notwist: THE DEVIL, YOU AND ME
4. Late of the Pier: FANTASY BLACK CHANNEL
5. The Mountain Goats: HERETIC PRIDE
6. Brett Anderson: WILDERNESS
7. Robert Pollard: IS OFF TO BUSINESS
8. Deerhoof: OFFEND MAGGIE
mostly current records by bands/acts I've liked for a long time, so not a very interesting list this year...
In no particular order...
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Ladytron - Vecocifero
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
In no particular order...
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty
Foals - Antidotes
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
White Denim - Workout Holiday
Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
1. Why? - Alopecia
2. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
3. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
4. Protest The Hero - Fortress
5. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
6. The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
7. Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies
8. The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Ocean & The Sun
Music Emissions Editor Top 10
Here you go:
Michael Franti and Spearhead - All Rebel Rockers (Anti)
Torche - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)
TV On The Radio - Dear Science, (Interscope)
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL)
Meshuggah - obZen (Nuclear Blast)
Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid (Geffen)
The Black Keys - Attack & Release (Nonesuch)
Hold Steady - Stay Positive (Vagrant)
Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (XL)
Opeth - Watershed (Roadrunner)
Link:
http://www.musicemissions.com/blog/2008/12/01/top-albums-of-2008/
probably me next
1) Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
2) Polysics - We Ate The Machine
3) Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
4) Agaskodo Teliverek - Psycho Goulash
5) Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
6) Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics
7) TV On The Radio - Dear Science
8) Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
I LIKE THESE
El Guincho - Alegranza
The War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues
Luciano - Fabric 41
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Little Joy - Little Joy
Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
Top 8
1. Vampire Weekend
2. The Last Shadow Puppets
3. MGMT
4. Ladyhawke
5. Crystal Castles
6. Panic at the Disco
7. Santogold
8. TV on the Radio
Really wish I had more space...
Mine...
1. Youthmovies - Good Nature
2. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley band
3. Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics
4. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrsing
5. Forward, Russia! - Life Processes
6. Times New Viking - Rip It Off
7. Jaguar Love - Take Me to the Sea
8. Vivian Girls
I've forgotten loads I reckon, but love all the above!
.
1) Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
2) No Age - Nouns
3) Why? - Alopecia
4) British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
5) Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
6) Walkmen - You & Me
7) Times New Viking - Rip it Off
8) Crystal Castles - Crystal - Castles
8 is gr8
1. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
2. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
3. Portishead - Third
4. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
5. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
6. Simon Bookish - Everything/Everything
7. Neon Neon - Stainless Style
8. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
and just 4 fun, here's my next 8:
9. Wire - Object 47
10. Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
11. Bauhaus - Go Away White
12. These New Puritains - Beat Pyramid
13. The Bug - London Zoo
14. Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
15. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
16. Beck - Modern Guilt
8 is gr8
1. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
2. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
3. Portishead - Third
4. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
5. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
6. Simon Bookish - Everything/Everything
7. Neon Neon - Stainless Style
8. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
and just 4 fun, here's my next 8:
9. Wire - Object 47
10. Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
11. Bauhaus - Go Away White
12. These New Puritains - Beat Pyramid
13. The Bug - London Zoo
14. Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
15. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
16. Beck - Modern Guilt
CRYSTAL CASTLES
CRYSTAL CASTLES Crystal Castles
LIL WAYNE The Carter III
Both amazing albums, but Crystal Castles is all that matters right now.
As far as I'm concerned, it's a travesty they're absent from so many of the above posts, I must believe they just haven't been adequately heard.
And I think Alice Glass is 20 years old. As long as Ethan Kath ain't 90, their best is yet to come.
Some I have enjoyed this year
The Breeders - Mountain Battles
Earth - The Bees Made Honey...
Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Pattern Is Movement - All Together
Sun Kil Moon April - April
Sunny Day Sets Fire - Summer Palace
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Plus also the two that I released, Mock Orange - Captain Love and Applicants - Life In The Bus Lane. Ace, obvs.
...
1 Ladytron Velocifero
2 Crystal Castles Crystal Castles
3 Cut Copy In Ghost Colors
4 Fizzy Dino Pop Simple Circuit
5 The Faint Fascination
6 V!xens V for Victory
7 Tic Toc Tokyo Artefacts
11 Die Die Die Promises Promises
Top 8
1. Spiritualized-Songs In A&E
2. TV On The Radio-Dear Science
3. Cut Copy-In Ghost Colours
4. Los Camposinos!-We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
5. Deerhuner-Microcastles
6. Vampire Weekend-Vampire Weekend
7. No Age-Nouns
8. Beck-Modern Guilt
my top 8 albums in 2008
foals - antidotes
the ghost frequency
the verve - forth
modest mouse - we were dead...(older release)
kaiser chiefs - off with their heads
oasis - dig out your soul
the kooks - konk
travis - the boy with no name (older release)
Wild beasts
Forward russia
Ratatat
Bloc Party
Elle Milano
N*E*R*D*
Laura Marling
Mystery Jets
8 of the best... and what about The Smiths?!?
1. Alopecia by WHY?
2. Santogold by Santogold
3. Saturdays=Youth by M83
4. Flight of the Conchords by Flight of the Conchords
5. Pretty.Odd. by Panic at the Disco
6. In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy
7. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
8. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
So many good self-titled albums this year!! :)
Ones I hated leaving out were For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver, Third by Portishead, 19 by Adele, Fantasy Black Channel by Late of the Pier, A Mad and Faithful Telling by DeVotchKa, Crystal Castles' s/t album and Offend Maggie by Deerhoof.
BUT, IF IT COUNTS, THE HANDS-DOWN BEST ALBUM OF 2008 WAS...
The Sound of the Smiths by The Smiths.
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