Best Albums of 2008 (Selected Lists)
#61
Posted 17 December 2008 - 07:46 PM
Aaron Parks
Invisible Cinema
(BLUE NOTE; US: 19 AUG 2008; UK: 18 AUG 2008)
AMAZON
1
Avishai Cohen Trio
Gently Disturbed
(RAZDAZ/SUNNYSIDE; US: 20 MAY 2008; UK: 5 MAY 2008)
AMAZON
2
Eri Yamamoto
Duologue
(AUM FIDELITY; US: 24 JUN 2008; UK: 30 JUN 2008)
AMAZON
3
Mostly Other People Do the Killing
This Is Our Moosic
(MOPPA MUSIC; US: 28 OCT 2008; UK: IMPORT)
AMAZON
4
William Parker Quartet
Petit Oiseau
(AUM FIDELITY; US: 14 OCT 2008; UK: IMPORT)
AMAZON
5
Cassandra Wilson
Loverly
(BLUE NOTE; US: 10 JUN 2008; UK: 9 JUN 2009)
AMAZON
6
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis
Two Men with the Blues
(BLUE NOTE; US: 8 JUL 2008; UK: 7 JUL 2008)
AMAZON
7
Nicholas Payton
Into the Blue
(NONESUCH; US: 22 APR 2008; UK: 21 APR 2008)
AMAZON
8
Fight the Big Bull
Dying Will Be Easy
(CLEAN FEED; US: 16 SEP 2008; UK: 15 SEP 2008)
AMAZON
9
Rudresh Mahanthappa
Kinsmen
(PI; US: 23 SEP 2008; UK: 22 SEP 2008)
AMAZON
10
Todd Sickafoose
Tiny Resistors
(CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE; US: 10 JUN 2008; UK: 30 JUN 2008)
AMAZON
11
Uri Caine Ensemble
The Othello Syndrome
(WINTER AND WINTER; US: 12 AUG 2008; UK: 11 AUG 2008)
AMAZON
12
Steven Bernstein
Diaspora Suite
(TZADIK; US: 22 JAN 2008; UK: IMPORT)
AMAZON
13
Steve Lehman Quintet
On Meaning
(PI; US: 6 NOV 2007; UK: 6 NOV 2007)
AMAZON
14
Miles Davis
Kind of Blue
(LEGACY; US: 30 SEP 2008; UK: IMPORT)
AMAZON
15
Read the reviews, check out the samples @ PopMatters
#62
Posted 17 December 2008 - 10:57 PM
30Beach House
Devotion
29The Helio Sequence
Keep Your Eyes Ahead
28Girl Talk
Feed The Animals
27Department Of Eagles
In Ear Park
26Sigur Rós
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
25Flying Lotus
Los Angeles
24Flight Of The Conchords
Flight Of The Conchords
23Wolf Parade
At Mount Zoomer
22The Cool Kids
The Bake Sale
21Black Mountain
In The Future
20Frightened Rabbit
The Midnight Organ Fight
19Drive-By Truckers
Brighter Than Creation's Dark
18Mates Of State
Re-arrange Us
17American Music Club
The Golden Age
16 Sun Kil Moon
April
15Hercules And Love Affair
Hercules And Love Affair
14Lupe Fiasco
The Cool
13The Gaslight Anthem
The '59 Sound
12Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
11Lil Wayne
Tha Carter III
1. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
2. Chemistry Of Common Life by Fucked Up
3. You & Me by The Walkmen
4. Hold On Now, Youngster by Los Campesino
5. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
6. Stay Positive by The Hold Steady
7. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
8. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
9. Narrow Stairs by Death Cab for Cutie
10. Third by Portishead
Read the review, stream some of the samples, check out the comments @ The AV Club
#63
Posted 17 December 2008 - 11:10 PM
50: Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
49: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday At Devil Dirt
48: Thomas Tantrum - Thomas Tantrum
47: Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
46: Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster
45: Weezer - Weezer (The Red Album)
44: Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
43: Girls Aloud - Out Of Control
42: Grace Jones - Hurricane
41: The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
40: Blood Red Shoes - Box Of Secrets
38: The Matthew Herbert Big Band - There's Me And There's You
37: Spiritualized - Songs In A&E
36: The Kills - Midnight Boom
35: Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
34: White Denim - Workout Holiday
33: Simon Bookish - Everything, Everything
32: Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
31: Mystery Jets - Twenty One
30: Lykke Li - Youth Novels
29: Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
28: British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
27: Teddy Thompson - A Piece Of What You Need
26: Shearwater - Rook
25: Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
24: The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
23: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
22: Neon Neon - Stainless Style
21: Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
20: Joan As Police Woman - To Survive
19: Glasvegas - Glasvegas
18: Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
17: Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
16: Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
15: Johnny Flynn - A Larum
14: Foals - Antidotes
13: Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
12: Santogold - Santogold
11: Deerhunter - Microcastle
1. The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
2. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
3. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
4. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
5. Third by Portishead
6. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
7. Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
8. Alas I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling
9. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
10. Street Horrrsing by Fuck Buttons
Read the reviews at Music OMH
#64
Posted 17 December 2008 - 11:14 PM
50. Sao Paulo Underground - The Principle Of Intrusive Relationships
49. Ellen Fullman & Monique Buzzarte - Fluctuations
48. Sic Alps - US EZ
47. Mark Stewart - Edit
46. Alva Noto - Unitxt
45. Peter Rehberg - Works For GV 2004-2008
44. Josephine Foster - This Coming Gladness
43. Murcof - The Versailles Sessions
42. Vajra - Live
41. David Grubbs - An Optimist Notes The Dust
40. Jakob Ullmann - Voice, Books And FIRE 3
39. Toumani Diabate - The Mande Variations
38. Portishead - Third
37. Maryanne Amacher - Sound Characters 2
36. Emeralds - Solar Bridge
35. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
34. Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town
33. Stereo Image - S/T
32. Christina Carter - Masque Femine
31. Malcolm Goldstein - A Sounding Of Sources
30. Terry Riley - The Last Camel In Paris
29. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
28. Scorces - I Turn Into You
27. Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
26. Tricky - Knowle West Boy
25. Robert Ashley - Concrete
24. Jandek - Glasgow Sunday 2005
23. Group Inerane - Guitars From Agadez (Music Of Niger)
22. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
21. Lukas Ligeti - African Machinery
20. Stephan Mathieu - Radioland
19. Bill Dixon - 17 Musicians In Seach For A Sound: Darfur
18. Luomo - Convivial
17. Dusk + Blackdown - Margins Music
16. Autechre - Quaristice
15. Kasai Allstars - In The 7th Moon...
14. Eric Chenaux - Sloppy Ground
13. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
12. Ryoji Ikeda - Test Pattern
11. Kevin Drumm - Imperial Distortion
10. The Caretaker - Persistent Repetition Of Phrases
9. The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
8. William S Burroughs - Real English Tea Made Here
7. Evangelista - Hello, Voyager
6. The Advisory Circle - Other Channels
5. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
4. John Butcher - Resonant Spaces
3. The Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace
2. Philip Jeck - Sand
1. The Bug - London Zoo
Source: Antville.org
#65
Posted 17 December 2008 - 11:23 PM
1. Third by Portishead
2. Robyn by Robyn
3. Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair
4. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
5. Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne
6. Kleerup by Kleerup
7. Saturdays=Youth by M83
8. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
9. Santogold by Santogold
10. Alopecia by Why?
Read the full review @ Slant Magazine
#66
Posted 17 December 2008 - 11:30 PM
1. M83, Saturdays=Youth” (Mute)
2. The Whigs, “Mission Control” (ATO)
3. The Futureheads, “This Is Not the World” (Nul Records)
4. Friendly Fires, “Friendly Fires” (Beggars/XL)
5. Cut Copy, “In Ghost Colours” (Modular)
6. Portishead, “Third” (Island)
7. MGMT, “Oracular Spectacular” (Columbia)
8. Mercury Rev, “Snowflake Midnight” (Yep Roc)
9. The Duke Spirit, “Neptune” (Shangri-La)
10. Lightspeed Champion, “Falling Off the Lavender Bridge” (Domino)
11. The Helio Sequence, “Keep Your Eyes Ahead”
12. Darker My Love, “2″
13. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”
14. Lykke Li, “Youth Novels”
15. The Fireman, “Electric Arguments”
16. British Sea Power, “Do You Like Rock Music?”
17. Neon Neon, “Stainless Style”
18. TV on the Radio, “Dear Science”
19. Headlights, “Some Racing, Some Stopping”
20. Frightened Rabbit, “The Midnight Organ Fight”
Read the review, sample the music @ Buzz Bands
#67
Posted 18 December 2008 - 12:04 AM
100. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
99. Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) - Donkey
98. Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
97. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
96. Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
95. Torche - Meanderthal
94. Robots in Disguise - We’re In the Music Biz
93. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig! Lazarus! Dig!
92. Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreaks
91. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
90. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
89. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
88. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Vol. 1
87. Ratatat- LP3
86. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale
85. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Lie Down in the Light
84. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
83. Ben Folds - Way To Normal
82. Blind Melon - For My Friends
81. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
80. Opeth - Watershed
79. Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation
78. Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini
77. T.I. - Paper Trail
76. Brazilian Girls - New York City
75. Alan Licht and Aki Onda - Everydays
74. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
73. Jukebox the Ghost - Let Live and Let Ghosts
72. WHY? - Alopecia
71. La Grecia - On Parallels
70. Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
69. Uh Huh Her - Common Reaction
68. The Bridge - Blind Man’s Hill
67. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
66. Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
65. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
64. The Walkmen - You and Me
63. Sons & Daughters - This Gift
62. Flogging Molly - Float
61. The Verve - Forth
60. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
59. Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now…Youngster
58. The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
57. Swallows - Songs for Strippers (and other professionals)
56. The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
55. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
54. Rhys Chatham - Guitar Trio is My Life
53. Sun Kil Moon - April
52. The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
51. Q-Tip - The Renaissa
50. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
49. Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling
48. Santogold - Santogold
47. Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
46. The Minneapolis Henrys - The Way of the Albatross
45. The Gaslight Anthem - The ‘59 Sound
44. Foals - Antidotes
43. Voxhaul Broadcast - Voxhaul Broadcast
42. Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
41. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
40. Beck - Modern Guilt
39. Pocahaunted - Island Diamonds/Chains/Mirror Mics
38. K’naan - Dusty Foot Philosopher
37. Blind Pilot - 3 Rounds and a Sound
36. The Parlor Mob - And You Were A Crow
35. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
34. Protest The Hero - Fortress
33. Neon Neon - Stainless Style
32. Grouper - Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill
31. Thrice - The Alchemy Index III & IV
30. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
29. The Dandy Warhols - …Earth to the Dandy Warhols
28. Dr. Dog - Fate
27. Tea Leaf Green - Raise Up the Tent
26. Flobots - Fight With Tools
25. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
24. Spiritualized - Songs in A & E
23. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
22. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
21. Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
20. The Black Keys - Attack & Release
19. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
18. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
17. The Presets - Apocalypso
16. Does it Offend You, Yeah? -You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
15. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
14. Man Man - Rabbit Habits
13. Guns N’ Roses - Chinese Democracy
12. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
11. R.E.M. - Accelerate
10. Sigur Rós - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
09. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons…
08. Metallica - Death Magnetic
07. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
06. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
05. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
04. Portishead - Third
03. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
02. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
01. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Read the reviews, stream some samples @ Consequence of Sound
#68
Posted 18 December 2008 - 01:32 AM
1 M83 - Saturday = Youth
2 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
3 Deerhunter - Microscastle
4 Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
5 Moscow Olympics - Moscow Olympics (EP)
6 Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To Mali
7 Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
8 Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
9 Sun Kil Moon - April
10 MGMT: Oracular Spectacular
11 Cut Copy In Ghost Colours (Modular)
12 Sam Amidon - All is Well
13 Kleerup - Kleerup
14 Robyn by Robyn
15 Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair
16 Vampire weekend - Vampire Weekend
17 Santogold - Santogold
18 Coldplay: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
19 Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) (2008)
21 Trentemoller - Moan
20 Al green - Lay It Down
21 Tycho - ISO50
22 Goddamn Electric Bill - Topics For Gossip
23 The Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation
24 Nine Inch Nails, "The Slip"/Ghosts I-IV
25 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
And in no particular order ....
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Cardinology
Crystal Castles- Crystal Castles
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
Nick cave and the Bad Seeds
Aimee Mann - Smilers
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Beach House - Devotion
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
My Morning Jacket, “Evil Urges
los campesinos
Duffy - Rockferry
Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Foals - Antidotes
Q-Tip: The Renaissance
Beck - Modern Science
Dandy Warhols – Earth to the Dandy Warhols (World’s Fair)
Frightened Rabbit-Midnight Organ Fight
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stair
Air France - No Way Down (EP)
Paul McCartney - The Fireman
Hot Chip - Various EPs
Ratatat - LP3
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel & Various EPs
Los Campesinos - Hold On Now, Youngster...
The Black Keys - Attack & Release
Portishead - Third
Tokyo Police Club, "Elephant Shell"
School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music
No Age: Nouns
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen ...
Department of Eagles
The Real Tuesday Weld - At the End of the World
Benoît Pioulard - Temper
and the two fucks ...
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
#69
Posted 18 December 2008 - 02:50 AM
1. Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow, and Blue - "Foxes Mate For Life"
2. Ladyhawk - Shots - "I Don't Always Know What You're Saying"
3. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping - "Nonpareil of Favor"
4. Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams - "My Favorite Year"
5. Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto - "Brave, Bulging, Buoyant, Clairvoyants"
6. Hologram - Summer Jammer - "Mommies"
7. Lykke Li - Youth Novels - "Breaking it Up"
8. The Whiskers - Distorted Historian - "Heat Death"
9. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea - "Party Barge
10. Diamonds - Diamonds - "Diamonds"
Read the review @ SaidtheGramophone
#70
Posted 19 December 2008 - 10:45 AM
50 Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
49 Crystal Stilts - Alight Of Night
48 High Places - High Places
47 The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
46 Beach House - Devotion
45 Lykke Li - Youth Novels
44 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
43 Shearwater - Rook
42 Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down in the Light
41 David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
40 The Very Best - Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit are the Very Best
39 Times New Viking - Rip It Off
38 The Bug - London Zoo
37 Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
36 Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
35 Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
34 Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
33 Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
32 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
31 Fennesz - Black Sea
30 Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngster...
29 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
28 Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
27 Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
26 Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
25 Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
24 Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
23 Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
22 Santogold - Santogold
21 Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
20 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
19 The Walkmen - You & Me
18 The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
17 Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
16 Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
15 Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
14 Air France - No Way Down
13 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
12 Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too
11 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
10 DJ/rupture - Uproot
09 Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
08 M83 - Saturdays=Youth
07 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
06 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
05 Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
04 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
03 No Age - Nouns
02 Portishead - Third
01 Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP/Fleet Foxes
Brandon@Stereogum for compiling the list.
Read the review @ Pitchfork. Thanks to
#71
Posted 20 December 2008 - 12:08 AM
Andy Butler, Hercules and Love Affair
Fredo Viola: Red States
M83: Saturdays = Youth
Cut Copy: In Ghost Colours
Portishead: Third
Antony and the Johnsons: Another World
Russian Circles: Station
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
M.I.A.: Kala
Jesu / Battle of Mice: Robotic Empire
Acephalix: demo
Marnie Stern
1. Ponytail: Ice Cream Spiritual
2. Zach Hill: Astrological Straits
3. Krallice: Krallice
4. Talk Normal: Talk Normal
5. Gang Gang Dance: Saint Dymphna
6. Extra Life: Secular Works
7. Pterodactyl: Blue Jay and Upcoming Pterodactyl Record
8. Women: Women
9. High Places: High Places
10. Gay Beast: 2nd 3" CD-R
Fucked Up
Blank Dogs: "The Crystal Ladies"
Mind Eraser: "Collective Consciousness"
Sex Vid: "Always Home"
Lindstrøm: "Where You Go I Go Too"
Crystal Stilts: "The SinKing"
Betty and the Werewolves: "Francis"
Catatonic Youth: "Out of Control"
Adam K: "Twilight"
Strange Boys: "To Turn a Tune or Two"
Vivian Girls: "I Believe in Nothing"
Deerhunter: "Nothing Ever Happened"
Douglas Sound: "Do Right"
James Talk: "Remote (Deadmau5 Remix)"
Nodzzz: "In the City"
Gun Outfit: "Troubles like Mine"
Katie Stelmanis: "I'm Sick"
Let's Wrestle: "I Won't Lie to You"
Mystery Jets: "Young Love"
No Age: "Teen Creeps"
Richard Bartz: "Diamond Girl"
Justice: "Planisphere, Pt. 3"
Cassie Ramone, Vivian Girls
Titus Andronicus: The Airing of Grievances
The Breeders: Mountain Battles
Times New Viking: Rip It Off
Catatonic Youth: "Piss Scene" 7"
The Bananas: New Animals
Fucked Up: The Chemistry of Common Life
Crystal Stilts: Crystal Stilts EP
caUSE co-MOTION: It's Time!
Nodzzz: Nodzzz and "I Don't Wanna Smoke Marijuana" 7"
Anthony Gonzalez, M83
1. Chairlift: Does You Inspire You
2. MGMT: Oracular Spectacular
3. Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
4. Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
5. Hercules and Love Affair: Hercules and Love Affair
6. Cut Copy: In Ghost Colours
7. No Age: Nouns
8. Free Kitten: Inherit
9. James Blunt: All the Lost Souls
10. Sun Kil Moon: April
Matthew Woodley, Plants and Animals
Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Lie Down in the Light
Wolf Parade: At Mount Zoomer
Black Mountain: In the Future
Various Artists: Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds and Nigerian Blues
Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
Radio Radio: Cliché Hot
Portishead: Third
Chad VanGaalen: Soft Airplane
Land of Talk: Some Are Lakes
Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
Tom Lunt, Minister of Culture, The Numero Group
Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples
Eccentric Soul: Twinight's Lunar Rotation (vinyl edition)
Wee: You Can Fly on My Aeroplane
Plush: Fed [Broken Horse]
Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It
Doll By Doll: Gypsy Blood
Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue
Ken Shipley, The Numero Group
Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue
Mission of Burma: Signals, Calls and Marches
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Les Stances a Sophie
Various Artists: Give Me Love: Songs of the Brokenhearted, Baghdad, 1925-1929
Arabian Prince: Innovative Life: The Anthology, 1984-1989
Replacements reissues (well, six and half of them anyway)
Michael Chapman: Time Past Time Passing
Metallica vinyl reissues
Michael Slaboch, Tape Archivist, The Numero Group
Various Artists: Well Hung [Finders Keepers]
Various Artists: 70's Algerian Proto-Rai Underground [Sublime Frequencies]
Michael Chapman: Time Past Time Passing [Electric Ragtime]
Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra: Secrets Of The Sun
Various Artists: Nigeria Disco Funk Special
Cooley-Munson: In Debt
Plush: Fed
O.W.L.: Of Wonderous Legends
Karen Dalton: Green Rocky Road
Various Artists: Andy Votel Presents Brazilika
Luomo
Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War
Al Green: Lay It Down
Tricky: Knowle West Boy
Ø (Mika Vainio): Oleva
Rihanna: "Disturbia"
MGMT: Oracular Spectacular
Metallica: Death Magnetic
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band: Season of Changes
Forthcoming .snd album on Raster-Noton
AGF/Delay: Symptoms [BPitch 2009 release]
Lindstrøm:
1. Department of Eagles: In Ear Park
2. Dungen: 4
3. Scarlett Johansson: Anywhere I Lay My Head
4. Motorpsycho: Little Lucid Moments
5. S.T. Mikael: In Harmony
6. Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve
7. Beach House: Devotion
8. Juana Molina: Un Día
9. Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald: Recomposed Vol. 3: Music by Maurice Ravel & Modest Mussorgsky
10. Morgan Geist: Double Night Time
Sam Amidon
1. The-Dream: Lovehate
2. R. Kelly: 12 Play: Fourth Quarter
3. Ceramic Dog: Party Intellectuals
4. GZA/Genius: Pro Tools
5. Jeff Davis: Some Fabulous Yonder
Special Mention: Ronald Jenkees: The last 10 videos he put up on YouTube; Barack Obama: "A More Perfect Union" ($9.99 on iTunes!); Nas: Untitled; Mitch Hedberg: Do You Believe in Gosh? Best Song: "Re: Stacks" by Bon Iver
John Darnielle, Mountain Goats
Wetnurse: Invisible City [Seventh Rule]
Larkin Grimm: Parplar [Young God]
Tata Young: One Love [Sony BMG]
Kaki King: Dreaming of Revenge [Velour]
Aura Noir: Hades Rise [Peaceville/Tyrant Syndicate]
CeCe Winans: Thy Kingdom Come [EMI Gospel]
Killer Mike: I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II [SMC]
The Breeders: Mountain Battles [4AD]
Blood Ceremony: Blood Ceremony [Rise Above]
DJ Muggs & Planet Asia: Pain Language [Gold Dust Media]
Extremely honorable mentions who'd be in the top 10 on any given day: American Music Club, Enslaved, The Donkeys, Coffins, Hate Eternal, Origin, Prostitute Disfigurement, Amon Amarth, Jucifer, GZA, Jamie Liddell. Labels who wait 'til November to unleash your heavy hitters: November is too late for a great record to really be able to assert itself, so get that stuff out by September. You may not have noticed but it's a new world.
Zach Hill
Wavves: Wavves
Nisennenmondai: Neji/Tori
Krallice: Krallice
Zomby: Where Were U in '92?
Darkthrone: Frostland Tapes
Santogold/Diplo: Top Ranking
Deerhoof: Offend Maggie
Thee Oh Sees: The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In
Marnie Stern: This Is It...
No Age: Nouns
Dylan Carlson, Earth
Woelv: Tout Seul Dans La Forêt en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur?
Black Tide: Light From Above
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Jacob Cooper, the Mae Shi
The Bumblebeez: Prince Umberto and the Sister of Ill
Deerhoof: Offend Maggie
El Guincho: Alegranza!
These New Puritans: Beat Pyramid
Fuck Buttons: Street Horrrsing
Tim Fite: Fair Ain't Fair
Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
Late of the Pier: Fantasy Black Channel
Metronomy: Nights Out
Notwist: The Devil, You + Me
Britney Spears: Circus
Bill Gray, the Mae Shi
Adam Payne: Organ
Bipolar Bear: Mountain Dewd
Gene Clark: Silverado '75, Live and Unreleased
The Howling Hex: Earth Junk
Abe Vigoda: Skeleton
No Age: Nouns
Dylan Carlson, Earth
Woelv: Tout Seul Dans La Forêt en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur?
Black Tide: Light From Above
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Jacob Cooper, the Mae Shi
The Bumblebeez: Prince Umberto and the Sister of Ill
Deerhoof: Offend Maggie
El Guincho: Alegranza!
These New Puritans: Beat Pyramid
Fuck Buttons: Street Horrrsing
Tim Fite: Fair Ain't Fair
Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
Late of the Pier: Fantasy Black Channel
Metronomy: Nights Out
Notwist: The Devil, You + Me
Britney Spears: Circus
Bill Gray, the Mae Shi
Adam Payne: Organ
Bipolar Bear: Mountain Dewd
Gene Clark: Silverado '75, Live and Unreleased
The Howling Hex: Earth Junk
Abe Vigoda: Skeleton
No Age: Nouns
Popo: Popo
UUVVWWZ: UUVVWWZ
Ponytail: Ice Cream Spiritual
Bad Dudes: Eat Drugs
Hawnay Troof: Islands of Ayle
Love Tan: Misc. Night Feelings
Megafuckers: Megafuckers' 7"s
Rodent Plague: Rodent Plague
Akimbo: Jersey Shores
Foot Village: Anti-Magic
Widow Babies: The Mike Watt E.P.
Sébastien Tellier
Estelle [ft. Kanye West]: "American Boy"
Mr. Oizo: "Positif"
Lil Wayne: "Lollipop"
Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
SebastiAn: "Motor"
Truckasauras
1. Autechre: Quaristice
2. Matmos: Supreme Balloon
3. Portishead: Third
4. Geto Boys: We Can't Be Stopped [bootleg reissue]
5. Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
Edward Droste, Grizzly Bear
1. Beach House: Devotion
2. Department of Eagles: In Ear Park
3. Portishead: Third
4. Nico Muhly: Mothertongue
5. Final Fantasy EPs
6. Hercules and Love Affair: Hercules and Love Affair
7. M83: Saturdays=Youth
8. Ssion: Fool's Gold
9. The Chap: Mega Breakfast
10. John Maus: Love Is Real
Crystal Stilts
1. Various Artists: Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days
2. Randy Newman: Harps and Angels
3. Eric Copeland: Alien in a Garbage Dump
4. Comet Gain: "Love Without Lies"/"Books of California" 7"
5. Rail Band: Belle Epoque Volume 2: Mansa
6. Wooden Shjips: Volume 1
7. Jack Rose: Dr. Ragtime & Pals/Self Titled
8. caUSE co-MOTION!: It's Time! Singles and EPs 2005-2008
9. Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1986-2006
10. Henry Flynt: Dharma Warriors
Wale
The Game: L.A.X.
Young Jeezy: The Recession
Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
Plies: Definition of Real
N.E.R.D.: Seeing Sounds
Seun Kuti: Many Things
T.I.: Paper Trail
Coldplay: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Duffy: Rockferry
Al Green: Lay It Down
Santogold: Santogold
Bun B: II Trill
John Legend: Evolver
Ne-Yo: Year of the Gentleman
Leona Lewis: Spirit
Nas: Untitled
James Morrison: Undiscovered
Erik Menteer, Blitzen Trapper
Beach House: Devotion
Drew Laughery, Blitzen Trapper
Fleet Foxes' self-titled album
Real Emotional Trash by Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks.
Ryan McPhun, the Ruby Suns
El Guincho album Alegranza! a lot.
Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit (aka "The Very Best")
Arch M,
Mountain Tan Commercials
[São Paulo vocalist Claudio
Enya
Architecture in Helsinki
The Radioclit remixes
Gang Gang Dance album
M. Ward
Becky Stark: "Ocean and Ground"
Fleet Foxes: "White Winter Hymnal"
T-Pain [ft. Lil Wayne]: "Can't Believe It"
Read their inspirations @ Pitchfork
#72
Posted 20 December 2008 - 12:21 AM
1. Fleet Foxes - S/T - AD
1. Deerhunter – Microcastle / Weird Era Cont - m. garner
1. Portishead – Third - j. neas
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago - AD
2. Blitzen Trapper – Furr - j. neas
2. Plants and Animals – Parc Avenue - m. garner
3. The Walkmen - You & Me - AD
3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - m. garner
3. Drive-by Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark - j. neas
4. Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Lie Down In The Light - AD
4. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive - m. garner
4. The Whigs – Mission Control - j. neas
5. Little Joy - S/T - AD
5. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash - j. neas
5. Silver Jews – Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea : - m. garner
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#73
Posted 21 December 2008 - 01:44 AM
1. TV ON THE RADIO “Dear Science” (DGC/Interscope)
2. PORTISHEAD “Third” (Mercury/Island).
3. TOUMANI DIABATÉ “The Mandé Variations” (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
4. ERYKAH BADU “New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)” (Universal Motown)
5. DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES “In Ear Park” (4AD).
6. JAMEY JOHNSON “That Lonesome Song” (Mercury Nashville)
7. WOLF PARADE “At Mount Zoomer” (Sub Pop).
8. DEERHUNTER “Microcastle” (Kranky)
9. LAURA MARLING “Alas, I Cannot Swim” (Astralwerks)
10. ‘SANTOGOLD’ (Downtown).
Read the full review at the New York Times
#74
Posted 21 December 2008 - 04:38 PM
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#75
Posted 22 December 2008 - 12:37 PM
M83 - Saturday = Youth
The Dodos - Visiter
Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
Beck - Modern Guilt
Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
The Walkmen - You & Me
The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
Sigur Rós - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Forest Fire - Survival
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
El Guincho - Alegranza!
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Santogold - Santogold
Beach House - Devotion
Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
Ratatat - LP3
Arizona - The Glowing Bird
Golden Animals - Free Your Mind And Win A Pony
Arms - Kids Aflame
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
HONORABLE MENTION:
The Black Keys - Attack & Release
Sunset - The Glowing City
Chad Van Gaalen - Soft Airplane
The Shaky Hands - Lunglight
Quiet Village - Silent Movie
Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
Pacific - Reveries
Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground - S/T
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
Human Highway - Moody Motorcycle
High Places - S/T
Get Well Soon - Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon
Future Islands - Wave Like Home
Apollo Sunshine - Shall Noise Upon
Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit - The Very Best
Read the review, sample some tunes @ I Guess I'm Floating
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