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Posted 21 November 2008 - 12:09 PM

We posted a thread awhile back devoted to The Best Music of 2008 ... So Far, and now it's that time again for the year end roundup. Many of these lists come with MP3s - so please check the source page.

LargeHeartedBoy posts extensive links to both books and music year end lists - definitely worth checking out. Beatking attempts to take the best the top music lists, and posts them in their entirety here. You can peruse The Best Albums of 2007 HERE.

Paste Magazine is the first to join the fray ....

Paste's Top 50 Albums of 2008

50 TV On The Radio - Dear Science (Interscope)
49 Sandra McCracken - Red Balloon (Towhee)
48 REM - Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
47 Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim (Astralwerks)
46 Lykke Li - Youth Novels (LL)
45 M83 - Saturdays = Youth (Mute)
44 Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers (Zoë)
43 Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)
42 Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings & All (KRS)
41 The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave (Gravitation)
40 Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords (Sub Pop)
39 The Dodos - Visiter (Frenchkiss)
38 Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp)
37 Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit - A Larum (Lost Highway)
36 The Bridges - Limits of the Sky (Verve)
35 Colour Revolt - Plunder, Beg and Curse (Fat Possum)
34 Torche - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)
33 Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)
32 Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)
31 The Walkmen - You & Me (Gigantic)
30 I'm From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini? (Mute)
29 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (Cash Money/Universal)
28 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (Columbia)
27 Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning (Yep Roc)
26 Lee Ann Womack - Call Me Crazy (MCA Nashville)
25 Mugison - Mugiboogie (Ipecac)
24 Santogold & Diplo - Top Ranking
 (Mad Decent)
23 Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)
22 No Age - Nouns (Sub Pop)
21 The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust (Vice)
20 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark (Astralwerks)
19 Gentleman Jesse and His Men - Introducing Gentleman Jesse and His Men (Douchemaster)
18 Death Cab
 for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
 (Atlantic)
17 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light (Drag City)
16 My Morning Jacket
 - Evil Urges (ATO)
15 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Mute)
14 Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim (Kemado)
13 Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart (Waterfall/RCA)
12 of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl)
11 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (Vagrant)
10 Deerhunter - Microcastle (Kranky)
09 Lucinda Williams - Little Honey (Lost Highway)
08 Sun Kil Moon - April (Caldo Verde)
07 Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (Illegal Art)
06 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
05. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
04. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
03. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL)
02. Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust (XL)
01. She & Him - Volume One (Merge)


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Posted 21 November 2008 - 02:36 PM

Austin Keon's Best Albums of 2008

Beach House - Devotion
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
White Denim - Exposion
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
The Walkmen - You and Me
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
David Bowie - Live in Santa Monica ‘72
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Little Joy - Little Joy

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Posted 21 November 2008 - 02:58 PM

Stereogum has opened it polls for its 2008 Annual Gummy Awards. I will post the winners when they are announced. In the meantime, you can check out some of the commenter's favorites:

GUMMY AWARDS 2008: POLLS ARE OPEN!

1)MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
2)Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping
3)Wolf Parade- At Mt. Zoomer
4)Deerhunter- Microcastle
5)Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend

Helio Sequence

Wolf Parade

1) MGMT Oracualr Spectacular(still counts because this got famous this year and would have gotten consideration last year if the album came out in time, plus every single track is amazing)
2) Portishead - Third (after the billionth listen this album still gives me shivers)
3) tie between
She & Him - Volume One (i love her and she is my indie crush)
Crystal Castles (never thought id like electro this much)

ra ra riot, tv on the radio, dr dog, white denim, okkervil river, dodos, walkmen

Best Albums...TVOTR, Fleet Foxes, White Fang, Colourmusic, Vampire Weekend, Langhorne Slim, Deerhunter, M83, The Hold Steady

Tokyo Police Club, Destroyer, Wolf Parade, Devotchka, Beck, Vampire Weekend and lets throw in Dr. Dog's fantastic album.
AOTY is Santogold, though the new Q-Tip is making a strong showing on my short list.

Bjork - Wanderlust...definitely!

Vampire Weekend gets my vote.

1) deerhunter
2) sigur ros
3) of Montreal

if fleet foxes win any kind of award for anything other than making decent, pleasant, inoffensive music, i'll be shocked

1.) Deerhunter
2.) Portishead
3.) M83
but there were many that came too close, like Marnie Stern, Sigur Ros, Wolf Parade, of Montreal, Plants & Animals, TVOTR, Lykke Li, and yes, Bloc Party.

Number one album belongs to Sigur Ros.
And more people need to start watching Supernatural.

Best albums
1. Fleet Foxes
2. White Fang
3. Okkervil River
Most overrated: Wolf Parade, and yes i've seen them live

1. Blitzen Trapper - Furr
2. Deerhunter - Microcastle
3. Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts

Why Langhorne Slim is not the biggest band in America, I'll never know!

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
Alegranza!, El Guincho
Watercurses EP, Animal Collective
Mediocre, Ximena Sarinana
...., Sigur Ros
The Carter III, Lil' Wayne
Little Joy, Little Joy
Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
MTV Unplugged, Julieta Venegas
Hoy A Las Ocho, Hello Seahorse!

hercules and love affair for best album.
and yes, vampire weekend is overrated. fun, but overrated.


I forgot about Born Ruffians. Loving that album.
And Tilly and the Wall.

EVIL URGES!

don't forget those amazing EP's though.
by Antony & The Johnsons, and by Air France.

Top other artists: 1. Portishead, 2. M83, 3. Crystal Castles

BEACH HOUSE PEOPLE!!!

1.) Deerhunter
2.) Portishead
3.) M83

MGMT definitely came out Jan. 22 of THIS YEAR, fyi. So it's def. eligible and deserves recognition.

Best album: Deerhunter, Vampire Weekend, Portishead

Albums: Hold Steady - SP, Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper - Furr, The Dodos - Visiter
Live Act: Radiohead, with Hold Steady and Grizzly Bear close behind

Don't forget Foals!!! Antidotes was really, really, really good.

the felice brothers
langhorne slim
jason collett
conor oberst
the tallest man on earth
grand archives

1. Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping
2. The Walkmen- You and Me
3. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours
Overrated: Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend

Best albums
M83
Langhorne Slim
Conor
The Hold Steady
Fleet Foxes
Vampire Weekend
Blitzen Trapper

Best album- Langorne Slim
overrated- Blitzen Trapper

1.Fleet Foxes
2. Gnarls Barkley
3. The Raconteurs

LANGHORNE SLIM AND THE WAR EAGLES!!!!

Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer is fantastical and my #1 but Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago is tight second.

David Byrne's new album and tour have been inexplicably absent from "best of" conversations and from this blog in general.

Top 10:
1) Deerhunter- Microcastles
2) Lil Wayne-Tha Carter III
3) The Ruby Suns- Sea Lion
4) Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping
5) Bonnie Prince Billy- Lie Down In The Light
6) El Guincho- Alegranza
7) No Age- Nouns
8) Beach House- Devotion
9) Hercules And Love Affair- Hercules And Love Affair
10) TV On The Radio- Dear Science,

How's Takka Takka's "Migration" for a change?
Also, The Dodos, The Walkmen, Portishead and Deerhunter.

Top 10:
1) Deerhunter- Microcastles
2) Lil Wayne- Tha Carter III
3) The Ruby Suns- Sea Lion
4) Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping
5) Bonnie Prince Billy- Lie Down In The Light
6) El Guincho- Alegranza
7) No Age Eraser
8) Beach House- Devotion
9) Hercules And Love Affair- Hercules And Love Affair
10) TV On The Radio- Dear Science,

MGMT MGMT MGMT!!

I think that Los Campesinos! album is pretty underrated too. It's sugary, but it's got some killer punk undertones.

If MGMT came out this year, I don't know how I'm going to pick between that and Santogold. Good thing I get three choices....

no love for cold war kids?

the winner is...
1) Deerhunter-microcastles
2) fleet foxes -fleet foxes
3) horse feathers- house with no home
4) the republic tigers-keep color
5) chad vangaalen- soft airplane
6) sigur ros- med sud
7) beach house- devotion
8) islands- arm's way


Don't forget Animal Collective.

Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, Wolf Parade, Le Loup?

I guess maybe it isn't one of the "auto-fill albums" because it was released at the very beginning of 2008, but Stereogum blogged positively about Thao with The Get Down Stay Down's album "We Brave Bee Stings and All" and it is definitely one of my choices for album of the year. Everyone ought to listen to it...

1- Evil Urges
2- Dear Science
3- Night Ripper
4- Tha Carter III
5- Fleet Foxes
... Who would have thought my #1 album of the year would be something Rolling Stone called the breakthrough album of the year and something Pitchfork gave a 4.7

Best Album - I gotta put in a vote for Helio Sequence

I really liked these albums this year:
Man Man - Rabbit Habbits
Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Bowerbirds - Hymns For A Dark Horse
Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
The Black Keys - Attack and Release
Tilly and the Wall - o
Taraf de Haidouks - Ma*karada
Devotchka - A Mad and Faithful Telling

I dunno why, it seems, no one has mentioned/joined me in my quest to have Friendly Fires be one of the top albums. Their stuff is pretty rad. It's much more accessible than some of the other stuff mentioned without a lack in quality.

Boyhowdy, Cover Lay Down

Album: Grace Jones - Hurricane. This album is BRILLIANT! Collaborations with Tricky, Brian Eno and Massive Attack + Grace Jones' brilliance.

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Posted 21 November 2008 - 04:49 PM

Gnarls Barkley and Grace Jones were the only 2 in that entire post that I have ever heard of.

....and I'm proud of it. :lol:
Always right since the mid 1800s.
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Posted 21 November 2008 - 06:11 PM

There is still a month and 10 days to go yet - that is over a tenth of the year!

Still, good lists. I'll start downloading when my broadband gets its (measly) upgrade on Wednesday.
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Posted 23 November 2008 - 04:26 AM

Blender's Top 33 Albums of 2008

33 Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind
32 Taylor Swift - Fearless
31 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
30 Young Jeezy - The Recession
29 Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
28 Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
27 Mariah Carey - E=MC²
26 Usher - Here I Stand
25 Santogold - Santogold
24 The Roots - Rising Down
23 The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale
22 Coldplay - Viva La Vida
21 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: Pt. One (4th World War)
20 Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
19 Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
18 Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
17 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
16 Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
15 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
14 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
13 Al Green - Lay It Down
12 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
11 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
10 Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
09 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
08 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
07 of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
06 Robyn - Robyn
05 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
04 Metallica - Death Magnetic
03 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
02 Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
01 Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III

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Posted 23 November 2008 - 04:32 AM

Cinematically Correct

"2008’s Best Albums That Are So Good That They Are The Best Good Albums Of 2008"

10. The Hold Steady, “Stay Positive”
9. Conor Oberst, “Conor Oberst”
8. Horse Feathers, “House With No Home”
7. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, “Cardinology”
6. Vampire Weekend, “Vampire Weekend”
5. Okkervil River, “The Stand Ins”
4. Wolf Parade, “At Mount Zoomer”
3. Drive By Truckers, “Brighter Than Creations Dark”
2. Shearwater, “Rook”
1. Fleet Foxes, “Fleet Foxes”

Complete & Total Disappointments of 2008

5. Ben Folds, “Way To Normal”
4. The Music Tapes, “Music Tapes for Clouds & Tornadoes”
3. TV On The Radio, “Dear Science”
2. Kings Of Leon, “Only By The Night”
1. My Morning Jacket, “Evil Urges”

Best Albums By Cute Girls

Jenny Lewis, “Acid Tongue”; She & Him, “Volume One”

Best Albums By Seasoned Artists That Didn’t Go Through The Motions

Elvis Costello & The Impostors, “Momofuku”; Beck, “Modern Guilt”

Most Funnest Album Of 2008

Little Joy, “Little Joy”

Loudest Album Of 2008

The Raconteurs, “Consolers Of The Lonely”

Best Albums By A Novelty Act That Also Has A TV Show

Flight Of The Conchords, “Flight Of The Conchords”; Flight Of The Conchords, “The Distant Future” (EP)

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Posted 24 November 2008 - 11:35 PM

Pirates & PBR 'top twelve albums of 2008'

12. Jack's Mannequin - "The Glass Passenger"
11. Copeland - "You Are My Sunshine"
10. Oasis - "Dig Out Your Soul"
9. Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"
8. Atmosphere - "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold"
7. Sigur Ros - "Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust"
6. Girl Talk - "Feed the Animals"
5. My Morning Jacket - "Evil Urges"
4. Emarosa - "Relativity"
3. Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago"
2. Death Cab For Cutie - "Narrow Stairs"
1. Vampire Weekend - "Vampire Weekend"

Honorable Mentions:

Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
Gym Class Heroes - "The Quilt"
Protest the Hero - "Fortress"
Greeley Estates - "Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East"
Metallica - "Death Magnetic"

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Posted 24 November 2008 - 11:46 PM

WXPNs Best Albums of the Year

Bob Bumbera, News & Sports Director, XPN Morning Show

Top Ten Albums
1. Joe Jackson - Rain
2. Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
3. R.E.M. - Accelerate
4. Donovan Frankenreiter - Pass It Around
5. The B-52s - Funplex
6. Amos Lee - Last Days at the Lodge
7. Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
8. The Pretenders - Break Up the Concrete
9. Randy Newman - Harps & Angels
10. Duffy - Rockferry

John Diliberto, Producer/Host of Echoes

Top Ten Albums
Digitonal - Save Your Light For Darker Days
Sumner McKane - What A Great Place to Be
Alu - Lobotomy Sessions
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - Holon
Saul Stokes - Villa Galaxia
Niyaz - Nine Heavens
Lights Out Asia - Eyes Like Brontide
Beck - Modern Guilt
Dandy Warhols - Earth to Dandy Warhols
Qntal - Translucidia


David Dye, Host of World Cafe and Funky Friday

Top Ten Albums
1. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
2. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
3. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
4. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
5. The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers
6 The Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
7. The Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation
8. The Walkmen - You and Me
9. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
10. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It

Chuck Elliot, Host of Sleepy Hollow, Saturdays

Top Ten Albums
Keola Beamer - The Coming of the Snow
Flutar - Encantada (Philly Local)
Jeb Loy Nichols - Days are Mighty
Tony Trishka - Territory
Jake Shimabukuro - My Life
Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin'
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet - self-titled
Charlie Haden - Rambling Boy
Venissa Santi - Bienvenida
Janet Reno, et al (multiple producers) - Songs of America Anthology

Dan Gutierrez, Weekend Host

Top Ten Albums
1. Santogold - Santogold
2. Firewater - The Golden Hour
3. Delta Spirit - Ode to Sunshine
4. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen today
5. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
6. The Verve - Forth
7. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
8. Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity
9. Radiohead - In Rainbows
10. Beck - Modern Guilt


Josh T. Landow, Host, Y-Rock on XPN

Ten Ten Albums
1. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
2. Santogold - Santogold
3. Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
4. Ben Folds - Way To Normal
5. Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead
6. We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery
7. Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
8. Electric Six - Flashy
9. Bloc Party - Intimacy
10. Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads

Helen Leicht, Host of XPN Midday, Leicht Lunch and Philly Local

Top Ten Albums
(in no particular order)
Various Artists - XPN Local CD Vol #2
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Ray Lamontagne - Gossip in the Grain
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Joe Jackson - Rain
Rachael Yamagata - Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinolgy
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
David Ford - Songs for the Road


Helen's Best of XPN Local (in no particular order)

Amos Lee - Last Days at the Lodge
Sharon Little - Perfect Time for a Breakdown
Matt Duke - Kingdom Underground
Andrew Lipke - Mother Pearl and Dynamite
Farewell Flight - Sound.Color.Motion
Perkasie - Little Pony
Mutlu - Livin' It
Dr Dog - Fate
Phil Roy - The Great Longing
Jim Boggia - Misadventures in Stereo

Michaela Majoun, Host of the XPN Morning Show

Top Ten Albums
1. Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
2. Jonatha Brooke - The Works
3. Sheryl Crow - Detours
4. Joe Jackson - Rain
5. Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity
6. Ryan Bingham - Mescalito
7. Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal
8. Rachael Yamagata - Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart
9. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
10. Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers

Jim McGuinn, Program Director, Y-Rock on XPN and Host of XPN Afternoons

Top Ten Albums
1. MMJ - Evil Urges
2. Sigur Ros - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
3. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
4. Clash - Live at Shea Stadium
5. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
6. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
7. Glen Campbell - Meet Glen Campbell
8. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
9. Santogold - Santogold
10. Dr. Dog - Fate

Jonny Meister, Host of The Blues Show and Blues and Beyond

Top Ten Blues Show Albums
1. John Lee Hooker, Jr. - All Odds Against Me (Steppin' Stone)
2. Super Chikan - Sum' Mo' Chikan (Vizztone)
3. Mac Arnold & Plate Full O'Blues - Backbone & Gristle (PFOB)
4. V. A. - M For Mississippi: A Road Trip Through The Birthplace Of The Blues soundtrack (Broke & Hungry)
5. Buddy Guy - Skin Deep (Silvertone)
6. B.B. King - One Kind Favor (Geffen)
7. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - Full Tilt (Alligator)
8. Eddy Clearwater - West Side Strut (Alligator)
9. Mavis Staples - Live: Hope At The Hideout (Anti)
10. Kenny Neal - Let Life Flow (Blind Pig)

Blues & Beyond: "Beyond Top Ten" Albums

1. McCoy Tyner - Guitars (Half Note)
2. Hiromi's Sonicbloom - Beyond Standard (Telarc)
3. Lionel Loueke - Karibu (Blue Note)
4. Kronos Quartet - Terry Riley: The Cusp Of Magic (Nonesuch)
5. Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak (World Village)
6. Lyambiko - Saffronia (Sony/Classical)
7. Jamshied Sharifi - One (Ceres)
8. Ursula Rucker - Ruckus Soundsysdom (Rucker)
9. S. M. V. - Thunder (Heads Up)
10. Silk Road Ensemble & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago (CSO-Resound)

Joey O., Host, Y-Rock on XPN

Top Ten Albums
1. R.E.M. - Accelerate
2. The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
3. Santogold - Santogold
4. Beck - Modern Guilt
5. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
6. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
7. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
8. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
9. She & Him - Volume One
10. Ben Folds - Way To Normal


Kathy O'Connell, Host, Kids Corner

Favorite Non-Kids Corner Albums

1. Joan Osborne - Little Wild Thing
2. The B-52's - Funplex
3. Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
4. Pete Seeger - Pete Seeger at 89
5. Randy Newman - Harps & Angels
6. Dr. John - City That Care Forgot
7. She & Him - Volume One
8. Taj Mahal - Maestro
9. Mary Weiss - Dangerous Game
10. B.B. King - One Kind Favor

Kathy's Favorite Kids Corner Albums

1. Trout Fishing in America - Big Round World
2. Lisa Loeb - Camp Lisa
3. Justin Roberts - Pop Fly
4. Gunnar Madsen - Growing Up!
5. Scribblemonster - Songs with No Character
6. Randy Kaplan - Loquat Rooftop
7. Ham & Burger - Pharm Phresh
8. Various Artists - Boo Moon
9. Ellis Paul - Dragonfly Races
10. Medeski, Martin & Wood - Let's Go Everywhere!

Dan Reed, WXPN Music Director and Host, Highs in the Seventies

Top Ten Albums
1. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
2. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
3. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
4. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
5. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
6. Duffy - Rockferry
7. Delta Spirit - Ode To Sunshine
8. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
9. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
10. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It


Gene Shay, Host of The Folk Show

Ten Top Folk Albums (listed in no special order)

Joe Crookston - Able Baker Charlie and Dog
Kathy Mattea - Coal
Chuck Brodsky - Two Sets
Darrell Scott - Modern Hymns
Various Artists - Erik Balkey - Mission Street Project Vol. 2
Various Artists - Woody Guthrie Tribute Ribbon of Highway
Jonatha Brooke - The Works
Garnet Rogers - Get A Witness
Pat Wictor - Sunset Waltz
Red Molly - Love And Other Tragedies

Mike Vasilikos, Assistant Music Director and Host, Jamnation

Ten Ten Albums
1. Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
2. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
3. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
4. Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers
5. The Duke Spirit - Neptune
6. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
7. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
8. Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim
9. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
10. Dr. Dog - Fate

Bruce Warren, Program Director

Top Ten Albums
1. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
3. Lil Wayne - The Carter III
4. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
5. Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket
6. Portishead - Third
7. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
8. Rachael Yamagata - Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart
9. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
10. Black Kids - Partie Traumatic

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Posted 24 November 2008 - 11:51 PM

Beats So Fast's Favorite Albums of 2008

Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
No Age - Nouns
Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park
Love Is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Kelly Polar - I Need You to Hold On While the Sky Is Falling
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
El Guincho - Alegranza
Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts
Glass Candy - Deep Gems
Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista
Valet - Naked Acid
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritural
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
The Walkmen - You & Me
Eleanoora Rosenholm - Vanajan Muotokuva
Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It And She Is It And It Is It And That Is That
The Bug - London Zoo
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Zombie Zombie - A Land For Renegades
Chairlift - Does You Inspire You
I’m From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini?
Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
The Mae Shi- Hlllyh
Deastro - Keeper’s
Metronomy - Night’s Out
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
Passion Pit - Chunk Of Change (EP)
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Posted 25 November 2008 - 12:05 AM

Rough Trade's Best Albums of 2008

1 BON IVER
For Emma, Forever Ago

2 FLEET FOXES
Fleet Foxes

3 VAMPIRE WEEKEND
Vampire Weekend

4 WHITE DENIM
Workout Holiday

5 METRONOMY
Nights Out

6 EL GUINCHO
Algranza

7 BENGA
Diary Of An Afro Warrior

8 ZOMBIE ZOMBIE
A Land For Renegades

9 VIVIAN GIRLS
Vivian Girls

10 LADYHAWKE
Ladyhawke

11. TVOTR - Dear Science
12. Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
13. Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park
14. Hold Steady - Stay Positive
15. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
16. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
17. Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
18. Santogold - Santogold
19. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
20. Apollo Sunshine - Shall Noise Upon
21. Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
22. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
23. Peter Broderick - Home
24. Crystal Stilts - Alight Of Night
25. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
26. Spiritualized - Songs In A and E
27. The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
28. Dodos - Visiter
29. Baltic Fleet - Baltic Fleet
30. David Holmes - Holy Pictures
31. Bug - London Zoo
32. Dengue Fever - Venus On Earth
33. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
34. 2562 - Aerial
35. The Heart Strings - Try Fly Blue Sky
36. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
37. Byrne and Eno - Eveything That Happens Will Happen Today
38. Headless Heroes - The Silence Of Love
39. Breeders - Mountain Battles
40. Johnny Flynn - A Larum
41. Portishead - Third
42. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
43. Pete And The Pirates - Little Death
44. Torche - Meanderthal
45. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
46. Shearwater - Rook
47. Foals - Antidotes
48. Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of Understatement
49. Sonny J - Disastro
50. Shortwave Set - Replica Sun Machine

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Posted 25 November 2008 - 12:43 AM

The UK Times Online's Best Albums of 2008

NOVEMBER

Kanye West: 808s & Heartbreak
The Fireman: Electric Arguments (Paul McCartney)
Jools Holland: The Informer
Dido: Safe Trip Home
The Killers: Day & Age
Q-Tip: The Renaissance
Death Vessel: Nothing is Precious Enought For Us
Tony Christie: Made in Sheffield
Jolie Holland: The Living and the Dead
Nina Simone: To Be Free - The Nina Simone Story
Victoria Hart: The Lost Gershwin
Girls Aloud: Out of Control


OCTOBER

Damien Jurado: Caught in the Trees
Peter Broderick: Home
Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts: Temporary People
The Saturdays: Chasing Light
Philip Clemo: The Rooms
The Cure: 4.13 Dream
Arthur Russell: Love is Overtaking Me
Gang Gang Dance: Saint Dymphna
Kaiser Chiefs: Off With Their Heads
Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Is it the Sea?
Sugababes: Catfights and Spotlights
The Acorn: Glory Hope Mountain
The Dears: Missile
Attic Lights: Friday Night Lights
John Mellencamp: Life Death Love and Freedom=
F***ed Up: The Chemistry of Common Life
The Unabombers: Electric Chair Saved My Life
Jim White: A Funny Little Cross to Bear
Eugene McGuinness: Eugene McGuinness
Oasis: Dig Out Your Soul
Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series: Vol 8
Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping
El Guincho: Alegranza
Juana Molina: Un Dia
The Clash: Live at Shea Stadium


SEPTEMBER

The Aliens: Luna
Seasick Steve: I Started Out with Nothin' and I Still Got Most of it Left
James Morrison: Songs for You, Truths for Me
Ladyhawke: Ladyhawke
TV on the Radio: Dear Science
Absentee: Victory Shorts
Jenny Lewis: Acid Tongue
Kings of Leon: Only by the Night
Lindsey Buckingham: Gift of Screws
Glasvegas: Glasvegas
Giant Sand: Provisions
Metronomy: Nights Out

AUGUST

Bloc Party: Intimacy
James Yorkston: When the Haar Rolls In
Roots Manuva: Slime & Reason
Thomas Tantrum: Thomas Tantrums
Teddy Thompson: A Piece of What You Need
Jackie Leven: Lovers at the Gun Club
The Real Tuesday Weld: The London Book of the Dead
The Week That Was: The Week That Was
The Bookhouse Boys: The Bookhouse Boys
Pivot: O Soundtrack My Heart
Noah and the Whale: Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down
Rivulets: You Are My Home
The Zombies: Odessey & Oracle (Revisited)
The cool Kids: The Bake Sale
Wild Billy Childish & The MBEs: Thatcher’s Children
Conor Oberst: Conor Oberst


JULY

Jakob Dylan: Seeing Things
Stephanie McKay: Tell It Like It Is
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis: Kitty,Daisy & Lewis
Ida Maria: Fortress Round My Heart
Ted Barnes:Portal Nou
Mugison: Mugiboogie
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
Liam Finn: I'll Be Lightning
CSS: Donkey
Liam Finn: I'll Be Lightning
Pop Levi: Never Never Love
The Hold Steady: Stay Positive
Beck: Modern Guilt
Wire: Object 47
Leon Jean Marie: Bent out of Shape
Leila: Blood Looms and Blooms
Patti Smith and Kevin Shields
Black Kids: Partie Traumatic

JUNE

Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves: Roll With You
Dolly Parton: Dolly!
Eliza Carthy: Dreams of Breathing Underwater
Sigur Ros: Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Nico Muhly: Mothertongue
Things In Herds: Nothing Is Lost
The Presets: Apocalypso
Semifinalists: 2
White Denim: Workout Holiday
My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue
N*E*R*D: Seeing Sounds
Emmylou Harris: All I Intended to Be
Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
Lykke Li
Joan As Police Woman: To Survive

MAY

Ladytron: Velocifero
The Fallen Leaves: It's Too Late Now
Paul Weller: 22 Dreamd
Al Green: Lay it Down
Born Ruffians: Red, Yellow and Blue
Martha Wainwright: I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
Midnight Juggernaughts: Dystopia
Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs
Phil Campbell: After the Garden
The Black Angels: Directions to See a Ghost
Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
Neil Diamond: Home Before Dark
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan: Sunday at Devil Dirt
Lonely Drifter Karen: Grass Is Singing
The Shortwave Set: Replica Sun Machine
No Age: Nouns

APRIL

Big Linda: I Loved You
Portishead: Third
Kathleen Edwards: Asking for Flowers
Kraak & Smaak: Plastic People
Laura Nyro: More Than a New Discovery
The Last Shadow Puppets: The Age of the Understatement
Robert Forster: The Evangelist
Camille: Music Hole
Jim Noir: Jim Noir
Various Artist: MoshiMoshi Singles Club
Sun Kill Moon: April

MARCH

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Black Francis: Svn Fngrs
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Hercules and Love Affair: Hercules and Love Affair
Malcolm Middleton: Sleight of Hand
Adam Green: Sixes and Sevens
The Young Knives: Superabundance
Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid
Van Morrison: Keep it Simple
Jeff Healey: Mess of Blues
Neon Neon: Stainless Style
Foals: Antidotes
Guillemots: Re
Merz: Moi et Mon Camion
Estelle: Shine
Black Keys: Attack and Release
Moby: Last Night
R.E.M: Accelerate
Gnarls Barkley: The Odd Couple
The Dirtbombs: We Have You Surrounded

FEBRUARY

Hot Chip: Made In The Dark
Dead Meadow: Old Growth
Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia: Pain Disappears
The Duke Spirit: Neptune
Cass McCombs: Dropping the Writ
Robots in Disguise: We’re in the Music Biz
Baby Dee: Safe Inside the Day
Envelopes: Here Comes the Wind
The Feeling: Join With Us
Nada Surf: Lucky
Figurines: When the Deer Wore Blue
Pete & The Pirates: Little Death
Sheryl Crow: Detours
The Coal Porters: Turn the Water on, Boy
Los Campesinos: Hold on Now; Youngster
Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree

JANUARY

Adele: 19
k.d. lang: Watershed
Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
One More Grain: Isle of Grain
Sons and Daughters: This Gift
American Music Club: The Golden Age
The Lionheart Brothers: Dizzy Kiss
The Whitest Boy Alive: Dreams
Adrian Crowley: Long Distance Swimmer
Tom Baxter: Skybound
British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music
Thistletown: Rosemarie
Cat Power: Jukebox
Black Mountain: In the Future
Rufus Wainwrigth: Live at Carnegie Hall
Lightspeed Champion: Falling off the Lavender Bridge
Aidan John Moffat: I Can Hear Your Heart
Lacrosse: This New Year Will Be for You and Me

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Posted 26 November 2008 - 12:28 PM

Qs Top Fifty Albums of the Year

50 Dido - Safe Trip Home
49 Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be
48 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
47 Randy Newman - Harps And Angels
46 The Verve - Forth
45 Jack Johnson Sleep Through Static
44 Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
43 Joan As Police Woman - To Survive
42 Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
41 Lindsey Buckingham - Gift Of Screws
40 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
39 Santogold - Santogold
38 John Mellencamp - Life Death Love & Freedom
37 Lykke Li - Youth Novels
36 R.E.M. - Accelerate
35 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
34 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
33 Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
32 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
31 Black Mountain - In The Future
30 Portishead - Third
29 AC/DC - Black Ice
28 Paul Weller - Dreams
27 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
26 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
25 Metallica - Death Magnetic
24 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
23 Beck - Modern Guilt
22 The Killers - Day & Age
21 Razorlight - Slipway Fires
20 The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
19 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
18 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
17 Adele - 19
16 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
15 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
14 Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
13 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
12 Keane - Perfect Symmetry
11 Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
10 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
09 The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
08 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
07 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
06 Duffy - Rockferry
05 Glasvegas - Glasvegas
04 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
03 Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
02 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
01 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 05:08 PM

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20 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
19 Shearwater - Rook
18 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
17 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
16 Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto
15 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
14 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
13 James Blackshaw - Litany of Echoes
12 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
11 Drive-by Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
10 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
9 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
8 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!
7 Neon Neon - Stainless Style
6 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
5 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
4 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
2 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
1 Portishead - Third

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 05:09 PM

Mojo

50 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
49 The Neil Cowley Trio - Loud... Louder... Stop
48 AC/DC - Black Ice
47 Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
46 James Hunter - The Hard Way
45 Metallica - Death Magnetic
44 Goldmund - The Malady Of Elegance
43 Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
42 Juana Molina - Un Día
41 The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
40 The Black Keys - Attack & Release
39 Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
38 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
37 Gavin Bryars & Philip Jeck & Alter Ego - The Sinking of the Titanic
36 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
35 Our Broken Garden - When Your Blackening Shows
34 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
33 Kasai Allstars - In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic
32 Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left
31 Duffy - Rockferry
30 The Night Marchers - See You in Magic
29 Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
28 Neon Neon - Stainless Style
27 M83 - Saturdays=Youth
26 Peter Broderick - Home
25 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
24 Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
23 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
22 Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
21 Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali
20 TV on the Radio - Dear Science
19 Beck - Modern Guilt
18 Pete Molinari - A Virtual Landslide
17 Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
16 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
15 Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves - Roll With You
14 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
13 Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
12 Don Cavalli - Cryland
11 Portishead - Third
10 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
9 The Bug - London Zoo
8 The Week That Was - The Week That Was
7 Glasvegas - Glasvegas
6 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
5 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
4 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
2 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
1 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

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