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#16 DudeAsInCool

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 05:11 PM

Decibel's Top 40 metal albums

40. Coffins, Buried Death (20 Buck Spin)
39. Withered, Folie Circulaire (Prosthetic)
38. Graveyard (Tee Pee)
37. North, What You Were (Cavity)
36. Decrepit Birth, Diminishing Between Worlds (Unique Leader)
35. Witch, Paralyzed (Tee Pee)
34. Aura Noir, Hades Rise (Tyrant Syndicate)
33. Cynic, Traced in Air (Season of Mist)
32. Meshuggah, obZen (Nuclear Blast)
31. This Comp Kills Fascists Vol. 1 (Relapse)
30. Samothrace, Life's Trade (20 Buck Spin)
29. Blacklisted, Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God (Deathwish, Inc.)
28. Bloodbath, The Fathomless Mastery (Peaceville)
27. Testament, The Formation of Damnation (Nuclear Blast)
26. 5ive, Hesperus (Tortuga)
25. Hennes Siste Host, Host (Init)
24. Gridlink, Amber Gray (Hydra Head)
23. Trap Them, Seizures in Barren Praise (Deathwish, Inc.)
22. Hour of 13 (Shadow Kingdom)
21. Hail of Bullets, Of Frost and War (Metal Blade)
20. Intronaut, Prehistoricisms (Century Media)
19. Gods and Queens (Robotic Empire)
18. Toxic Holocaust, An Overdose of Death (Relapse)
17. Esoteric, The Maniacal Vale (Season of Mist)
16. Enslaved, Vertebrae (Nuclear Blast)
15. Gojira, The Way of All Flesh (Prosthetic)
14. Pyramids (Hydra Head)
13. Amon Amarth, Twilight of the Thunder God (Metal Blade)
12. Krallice (Profound Lore)
11. Harvey Milk, Life . . . the Best Game in Town (Hydra Head)
10. Disfear, Live the Storm (Relapse)
9. Made Out of Babies, The Ruiner (The End)
8. Wetnurse, Invisible City (Seventh Rule)
7. Origin, Antithesis (Relapse)
6. Rotten Sound, Cycles (Spinefarm)
5. The Gates of Slumber, Conqueror (Profound Lore)
4. Opeth, Watershed (Roadrunner)
3. Genghis Tron, Board Up the House (Relapse)
2. Nachmystium, Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 (Century Media)
1. Torche, Meanderthal (Hydra Head)

The Metal Edge Top 50 of 2008

49. TIE: Motörhead, Motörizer/Prostitute Disfigurement, Descendants Of Depravity
48. Belphegor, Bondage Goat Zombie
47. In Flames, A Sense Of Purpose
46. Hate Eternal, Fury And Flames
45. Moonspell, Night Eternal
43. TIE: Iced Earth, The Crucible Of Man/Staind, The Illusion Of Progress
41. TIE: Eluveitie, Slania/Saviours, Into Abaddon
40. DragonForce, Ultra Beatdown
38. TIE: Blessed By A Broken Heart, Pedal To The Metal/Boris, Smile
37. Ayreon, 01011001
36. Into Eternity, The Incurable Tragedy
35. Cynic, Traced In Air
34. Intronaut, Prehistoricisms
33. Disfear, Live The Storm
32. Coffins, Buried Death
31. Gates Of Slumber, Conqueror
28. TIE: Annihilation Time, Annihilation Time III/Melvins, Nude With Boots/Trivium, Shogun
27. Equilibrium, Sagas
26. All That Remains, Overcome
25. Lair Of The Minotaur, War Metal Battle Master
23. TIE: Bleeding Through, Declaration/Mötley Crüe, Saints Of Los Angeles
22. Children Of Bodom, Blooddrunk
21. Made Out Of Babies, The Ruiner
20. GridLink, Amber Gray
19. Disturbed, Indestructible
17. TIE: Genghis Tron, Board Up The House/Wetnurse, Invisible City
16. The Sword, Gods Of The Earth
15. Judas Priest, Nostradamus
14. Neuraxis, The Thin Line Between
13. Krallice, Krallice
11. TIE: Cavalera Conspiracy, Inflikted/Torche, Meanderthal
10. Testament, The Formation Of Damnation
9. Enslaved, Vertebrae
8. Nachtmystium, Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1
7. Harvey Milk, Life…The Best Game In Town
6. Amon Amarth, Twilight Of The Thunder God
5. Gojira, The Way Of All Flesh
4. Slipknot, All Hope Is Gone
3. Meshuggah, obZen
2. Metallica, Death Magnetic
1. Opeth, Watershed

Thanks to Matos & UnPerson @ Iloxor.com

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 05:15 PM

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Nic Harcourt

1. Adele - 19 (XL Recordings/Colombia)
2. Mates Of State – Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)
3. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
4. Ting Tings – We Started Nothing (Columbia)
5. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely (Warner Bros)
6. The Broken West – Now or Heaven (Merge)
7.Dandy Warhols – Earth to the Dandy Warhols (World’s Fair)
8. Duffy – Rockferry (Mercury)
9. Tilly and The Wall – o (Team Love Records)
10.Emiliana Torrini – Me and Armini (Rough Trade)

Jason Bentley

1. M83 - Saturday's = Youth (Mute)
2. Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)
3. Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp Records)
4. Adele - 19 (XL Recordings/Colombia)
5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
6. Juana Molina - Un Dia (Domino)
7. Little Dragon - Little Dragon (Peacefrog)
8. The Black Ghosts - The Black Ghosts (IAMSOUND Records)
9. Portishead - Third (Mercury Records)
10. Jazzanova - Of All the Things (Verve)

Ann Litt

1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
2. Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp Records)
3. Randy Newman - Harps And Angels (Nonesuch)
4. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Sony)
5. Little Dragon - Little Dragon (Peacefrog)
6. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
7. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)
8. M83 - Saturday's = Youth (Mute)
9. Juliana Hatfield - How To Walk Away (Ye Olde)
10. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Everythingthathappens.com)

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
1. Johann Johannsson - Fordlandia (4AD)
2. Devotchka - A Mad And Faithful Telling (Anti)
3. Ludovico Einaudi - Devinire (Ponderosa)
4. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
5. She & Him - Volume 1 (Merge)

Chris Douridas

1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
2. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
4. Buika - Niña de Fuego (Warner Music Spain)
5. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Sony)
6. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (Mute)
7. Portishead - Third (Mercury Records)
8. Little Joy - Little Joy (Rough Trade)
9. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
10. Duffy – Rockferry (Mercury)

Raul Campos

1. Adele – 19 (XL)
2. Moby - Last Night (Mute)
3. Various Artists - Verve Remixed 4 (Verve)
4. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
5. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple (Downtown/Atlantic)
6. Brazilian Girls - New York City (Verve Forecast)
7. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
8. Sia - Some People Have Real Problems (Hear Music)
9. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark (DFA)
10. Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain (RCA)

Garth Trinidad

1. Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Atlantic)
2. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Sony)
3. The Roots - Rising Down (Def Jam)
4. Keziah Jones - Nigerian Wood (Because Music)
5. Blk Jks - Blk Jks EP (Blk Jks Ent)
6. Bigga Bush Pres. Lightning Head - 13 Faces of Lightning Head (Lion Head)
7. Seun Kuti - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Disorient)
8. N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds (Interscope Records)
9. Kissey Asplund – Plethora (R2)
10. Grupo Fantasma - Sonidos Gold (High Wire Music)

Tom Schnabel

1. Danilo Perez - Across The Crystal Sea (Decca)
2. Ana Moura - Para Alem da Saudade (World Village/Universal)
3. Jamshied Sharifi - One (Ceres)
4. Marcin Wasilewski - January (ECM Records)
5. Ludovico Einaudi - Divenire (Ponderosa Italy)
6. Seun Kuti - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Disorient)
7. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall Concert (World Circuit / Nonesuch)
8. Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart (Verve)
9. Rachael Price - The Good Hours (Claire Vision Productions)
10. Tito Puente - The Complete 78s [Vols. 1 & 2](Fania/UMGD)

Michael Barnes

1. Jose James - The Dreamer (Brownswood)
2. David Axelrod - The Warner/Reprise Sessions: the Electric Prunes/Pride (Rhino)
3. Black Keys - Attack & Release (Nonesuch)
4. Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels (Numero)
5. King Khan & the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines (Vice Records)
6. Martina Topley Bird - The Blue God (Phantom Sound and Vision)
7. MRR-ADM featuring Malcolm Catto - Untitled 10” (Self-released)
8. 3 Na Massa- 3 Na Massa (Nublu Records)
9. Estelle - Shine (Atlantic)
10. Merz - Moi Et Mon Camion (Msi Music/Super D)

Jeremy Sole

1. Various Artist - Calypsoul 70: Carribean Soul (Strut Records)
2. Emily Wells - The Symphonies: Dreams Memories & Parties (Creative Control)
3. Bronx River Parkway - San Sebastian 152 (Truth & Soul)
4. Black Keys - Attack & Release (Nonesuch)
5. The Lions - Jungle Struttin' (Ubiquity)
6. Menahan Street Band - Make The Road By Walking (Daptone)
7. Seun Kuti - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Disorient)
8. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part One:4th World War (Universal Motown)
9. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Sahara Swing (Stones Throw)
10. Ratatat - LP 3 (XL)

Aaron Byrd

1. Jose James – The Dreamer (Brownswood)
2. Atjazz - Full Circle (Phantom Sound & Vision)
3. Umalali: The Garifuna Women's Project (Cumbancha)
4. Boom Clap Bachelors - Kort For Dine Laeber (Phantom Sound & Vision)
5. Eddy Meets Yannah - Once In A While (Compost)
6. Kissey Asplund – Plethora (R2)
7. Ntjamrosie – Atouba (Phantom Sound & Vision)
8. Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - The Alchemist Manifesto (Eighteen Street)
9. Various Artist - Calypsoul 70: Carribean Soul (Strut Records)
10. Thief – Sunchild (Sonar Kollektiv / Jazzanova

Honarable Mentions: Tcheka "Lonji" (Time Square Records), Brownout "Homenaje" (Freestyle Records) & Bronx River Parkway "San Sebastian 152" (Truth & Soul Records)

Dan Wilcox

1. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)
2. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part One:4th World War (Universal Motown)
3. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires (XL Recordings)
4. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (Cash Money/Universal)
5. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
6. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
7. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (Red Ink/Columbia)
8. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale EP (Chocolate Industries)
9. The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion (Sub Pop)
10. Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)

Anthony Valadez'

1. The Mathew Hebert Big Band - There's Me And There's You (CFP DOMESTIC)
2. Jose James - The Dreamer (Brownswood)
3. Jazzanova - Of All the Things (Verve)
4. The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind (Hard Boiled)
5. Dwele - Sketches of a Man - (Koch Records)
6. Senor Coconut - Around The World - (Nacional Records)
7. BSTC - Music For A Saturday Evening (All Natural Inc)
8. Damon Aaron - Highlands - (Ubiquity)
9. 88 Keys - The Death of Adam - (Deconstruction)
10. Zuco 103 - After The Carnaval - (Six degrees)

Jason Kramer

1.Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (XL Recordings)
2. TV on the Radio - Dear Science (Interscope)
3.Daniel Lanois - Here Is What Is (Red Floor Records)
4.Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl Records)
5. Does it Offend You Yeah - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into (Almost Gold)
6. Mae Shi - HLLLYH (Phantom Sound & Vision)
7. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
8. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride (4AD)
9. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
10. Bill Frisell - History, Mystery (Nonesuch)

Ariana Morgenstern

1. Benji Hughes - A Love Extreme (New West)
2. Rachael Yamagata - Elephants... Teeth Sinking Into Heart (Warner
3. Ximena Sarinara - Mediocre (WEA International)
4. Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (Zoe)
5. Shelby Lynne - Just A Little Lovin' (Lost Highway)
6. Sia - Some People Have Real Problems (Hear Music)
7. Juana Molina - Un Dia (Domino)
8. Neil Young - Hawks & Doves (Reprise)
9. Lucinda Williams - Little Honey (Lost Highway)
10. Little Jackie - The Stoop (S-Curve Records)

Liza Richardson

1. James Hunter - The Hard Way (Hear Music)
2. Secret Machines – Secret Machines (TSM Recordings)
3. Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty (Downtown)
4. The Walkmen - You & Me (Gigantic)
5. Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)
6. M83 - Saturday's = Youth (Mute U.S.)
7. David Holmes - The Holy Pictures (Canderblinks/Mercury)
8. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
9. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)
10. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis -- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis (Sunday Best)

Runners Up:

Adrian Quesada & Ocote Soul Sounds - The Alchemist Manifesto (ESL)
Quiet Village - Silent Movie (K7)
The Black Ghosts – The Black Ghosts (IAMSOUND Records)

Jason Eldredge

1. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)
2. Sasha - Invol2ver (Global Underground UK)
3. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (Sony)
4.M83 - Saturdays = Youth (Mute)
5. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires (XL Recordings)
6.Booka Shade - The Sun & The Neon Light (Get Physical Music)
7. Quiet Village - Silent Movie (K7)
8. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
9. The Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks (Nettwerk Records)
10. Various - Cosmic Balearic Beats, Vol. 1 (Eskimo)

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Posted 30 November 2008 - 02:12 AM

I've tried numerous times with the Bon Iver album and I just don't get it. I think it's destined to be one of those albums that passes me by.

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Posted 30 November 2008 - 09:02 AM

The Ox, on Nov 30 2008, 12:12 AM, said:

I've tried numerous times with the Bon Iver album and I just don't get it. I think it's destined to be one of those albums that passes me by.

I like a live version of the song, For Emily ...

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 09:58 AM

Drowned In Sound's Top 8 Albums of the Year

Sean has put together his top favorites and invited members of the DOS community to nominate theirs - check out the link below:

Cut Copy In Ghost Colours (Modular)
Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (Last Gang)
M83 Saturdays = Youth (Mute)
The Stills Oceans Will Rise (Arts & Crafts)
Friendly Fires Friendly Fires (XL)
These New Puritans Beat Pyramid (Angular)
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
Youthmovies Good Nature (Drowned in Sound)

Drowned In Sound's Top 8 Albums of the Year

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Posted 04 December 2008 - 01:46 AM

Exclaim's Top Ten Albums of 2008

1. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Lie Down In the Light (Drag City)
2. Elliott Brood Mountain Meadows (Six Shooter)
3. Kathleen Edwards Asking For Flowers (Maple Music)
4. Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (New West)
5. Justin Rutledge Man Descending (Six Shooter)
6. Angela Desveaux Angela Desveaux & the Mighty Ship (Sonic Unyon)
7. Luke Doucet Blood’s Too Rich (Six Shooter)
8. Calexico Carried To Dust (Quarterstick)
9. Fred Eaglesmith Tinderbox (Sonic Rendezvous)
10. NQ Arbuckle XOK (Six Shooter)

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Posted 04 December 2008 - 02:13 AM

10 Most Popular Albums On Last.fm

1. Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
2. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
3. Portishead – Third
4. Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts I-IV
5. The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
6. The Kooks – Konk
7. Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
8. Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
9. Jack Johnson – Sleep Through The Static
10. Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

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Posted 04 December 2008 - 02:15 AM

10 Most Popular Albums On iTunes

1. Coldplay - Viva la Vida
2. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
3. Juno (Soundtrack)
4. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
5. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice
6. Once (Soundtrack)
7. Jason Mraz - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal.
8. OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud
9. Across the Universe (Soundtrack)
10. Leona Lewis - Spirit

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Posted 04 December 2008 - 01:23 PM

MusicSlut/Matt's Top 50 Albums of 2008

50. Jeremy Jay - A Place Where We Could Go
49. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
48. Jukebox The Ghost - Let Live & Let Ghosts
47. Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
46. Pattern Is Movement - All Together
45. Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park
44. South - You Are Here
43. The Black Ghosts - The Black Ghosts
42. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
41. Sons & Daughters - This Gift
40. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
39. Dosh - Wolves & Wishes
38. Unicycle Loves You - Unicycle Loves You
37. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
36. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
35. Joan As Police Woman - To Survive
34. Health - Disco
33. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
32. Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
31. Birdmonster - From The Mountain To The Sea
30. Clinic - Do It!
29. The Presets - Apocalypso
28. School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
27. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
26. The Verve - Forth
25. Robyn - Robyn
24. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
23. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
22. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
21. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
20. The Walkmen - You & Me
19. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
18. Ryan Adams - Cardinology
17. Spiritualized - Songs In A&E
16. Duffy - Rockferry
15. Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
14. The Secret Machines - The Secret Machines
13. She & Him - Volume 1
12. The Teenagers - Reality Check
11. The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
10. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
9. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
8. Adele - 19
7. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
6. The Dodos - Visiter
5. The Lisps - Country Doctor Museum (MP3)
4. Chairlift - Does You Inspire You? (MP3)
3. Portishead - Third (MP3)
2. Foals - Antidotes (MP3)
1. Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (MP3)

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Berkeley Place: THE 26 BEST ALBUMS OF 2008

1. Frightened Rabbit-Midnight Organ Fight (Fat Cat)(review) Scottish drunken rock
2. Thao Nguyen and the Get Up Stay Down-We Brave Bee Stings and All (Kill Rock Stars)(review) Folkie sweet love
3. Santogold-Santogold (Downtown) Smart hip hop
4. Cloud Cult-Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)(Self-released) Angsty indie
5. LoDeck and Omega One-Postcards From The Third Planet (Groove Attack)(review) Headzy hip hop
6. Gaslight Anthem-The 59 Sound (Side One Dummy)(review) Bar band
7. Grand Archives-The Grand Archives (Sub Pop)(review) Indie pop
8. Hasan Saalam-Children of God (Self-released)(review) Conscious rap
9. Vampire Weekend-Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings) Indie rock/afrobeat
10. Jedi Mind Tricks-A History of Violence (Babygrande) Hardcore hip hop
11. Sebastien Grangier & The Mountains-s/t (Saddle Creek) Punkdancerock
12. C-Rayz Walz and Kosha Dillz-Freestyle vs. Written (Modular Moods)(review) Underground rap
12. Nobunny-Love Visions (Self-released)(review) Retro ’50s rock
13. Chad VanGaalen-Soft Airplane (Sub Pop)(review) Acoustic folktronica
14. Cold War Kids-Loyalty to Loyalty (Downtown)(review) College rock
15. Future of the Left-Last Night I Saved Her From Vampires (Self-released) Live punk
16. Diacon-Panthers-Make it Feel Better (Self-released)(review) Southern indie rock
17. Black Mountain-In the Future (Jagjaguwar)(review) Southern grunge
18. Fuck Buttons-Street Horrrsing (Atp Recordings)(review) Industrial noisepunk
19. Blood on the Wall-Liferz (The Social Registry)(review) Indie/experimental
20. Elzhi-The Preface (Fat Beats) Intelligent hip hop
21. Joseph Arthur-Temporary People (Fargo) (review) Rock/folk/pop
22. Tilly and the Wall-o (Team Love)(review) Rock/folk/pop
23. Curumin-Japan Pop Show (Adrenaline Records)(review) Hip hop/soul/rock
24. Weinland-La Lamentor (Badman)(review) Delicious weirdness
25. Foul Mouth Jerk-Streetlight Music (GFE)(review) Ignorant hip hop
26. Langhorne Slim (Kemado)(review) Americana

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Posted 06 December 2008 - 05:01 PM

New Yorker Critic Sasha Frere Jone's 'Top Albums of 2008'

1. Bon Iver “For Emma, Forever Ago” (Jagjaguwar)
2. Portishead “Third” (Mercury/Island)
3. The Very Best “Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit are The Very Best” (Radioclit)
4. Dungen “4” (Kemado)
5. Taylor Swift “Fearless” (Big Machine)
6. Lil Wayne “Tha Carter III” (Universal)
7. Ashton Shepherd “Sounds So Good” (MCA)
8. Benga “Diary Of An Afro Warrior” (Tempa)
9. Flying Lotus “L.A. EP 1 x 3” (Warp)
10. Cat Power “Jukebox” (Matador)
11. Erykah Badu “New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)” (Universal Motown)
12. Menahan Street Band “Make The Road By Walking” (Dunham)
13. Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
14. Megasoid “Tank Thong” (Weaponshouse)
15. Anna Ternheim “Halfway To Fivepoints” (Decca)
16. Laura Marling “Alas I Cannot Swim” (Virgin)
17. White Denim “Exposion” (Transmission)
18. Of Montreal “Skeletal Lamping” (Polyvinyl)
19. Yelle “Pop Up" (Source/Caroline)
20. Dr. Delay “Eastern Block Party” (Highly Pneumatic Sound)
21. Squarepusher “Just A Souvenir” (Warp)

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Posted 08 December 2008 - 05:30 PM

Stereogum's Top 50 Albums of 2008

50 Islands Arm's Way (Anti)
49 Born Ruffians Red, Yellow & Blue (Warp)
48 Man Man Rabbit Habits (Anti)
47 Bloc Party Intimacy (Atlantic)
46 Flight Of The Conchords Flight Of The Conchord (Sub Pop)
45 Chad VanGaalen Chad VanGaalen (Sub Pop)
44 Gnarls Barkley The Odd Couple (Atlantic)
43 Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (Last Gang)
42 Hercules And Love Affair Hercules And Love Affair (Mute)
41 Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak (Roc-A-Fella)
40 Hot Chip Made In The Dark (Astralwerks)
39 Los Campesinos Hold On Now, Youngster... (Arts & Crafts)
38 The Black Keys Attack & Release (Nonesuch)
37 Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Cardinology (Lost Highway)
36 Dr. Dog Fate (Park The Van)
35 Jenny Lewis Acid Tongue (Warner Bros)
34 Blitzen Trapper Furr (Sub Pop)
33 The Raconteurs Consolers Of The Lonely (Warner Bros
32 Lykke Li Youth Novels (Atlantic)
31 Santogold Santogold (Downtown)
30 Kings Of Leon Only By The Night (RCA)
29 Conor Oberst Conor Oberst (Merge)
28 She & Him Volume One (Merge)
27 Beach House Devotion (Carpark)
26 Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (Capitol)
25 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III (Cash Money)
24 M83 Saturdays = Youth (Mute)
23 The Dodos Visiter (French Kiss)
22 My Morning Jacket Evil Urges (ATO)
21 Okkervil River The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
20 Cut Copy In Ghost Colours (Modular)
19 Department Of Eagles In Ear Park (4AD)
18 Beck Modern Guilt (Interscope)
17 Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight (Fat Cat)
16 Ra Ra Riot The Rhumb Line (Barsuk)
15 No Age Nouns (Sub Pop)
14 Death Cab For Cutie Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
13 WHY Alopecia (Anticon)
12 Sigur Rós Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust (XL)
11 Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer (Sub Pop)
10 The Walkmen You & Me (Gigantic)
9 Girl Talk Feed The Animals (Illegal Art)
8 The Hold Steady Stay Positive (Vagrant)
7 Portishead Third (Mercury)
6 of Montreal Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl)
5 Deerhunter Microcastle (Kranky)
4 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL)
3 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
2 TV On The Radio Dear Science (Interscope)
1 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)

Source: Stereogum