[DudeAsInCool]

Muzzle of Bees - Favorite Albums of 2008

30. The Celebrated Workingman - Herald The Dickens
29. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
28. No Kids - Come Into My House
27. Throw Me the Statue - Moonbeams
26. The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers
25. Deerhunter - Microcastle
24. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
23. Jason Collett - Here’s To Being Here
22. Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal
21. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
20. Centro-matic/South San Gabriel - Dual Hawks
19. The Cool Kids - Bake Sale
18. Matt Bauer - The Island Moved in the Storm
17. Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
16. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
15. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
14. Black Mountain - In The Future
13. TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
12. Justin Townes Earle - The Good Life
11. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
10. Horse Feathers - House with No Name
9. Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim
8. Dr. Dog - Fate
7. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
6. The Walkmen - You & Me
5. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
4. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
3. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
1. Blitzen Trapper - Furr

Honorable Mentions: The Rosebuds - Life Like, The Gaslight Anthem - The ‘59 Sound, The Henry Clay People - For Cheap Or For Free, Spiritualized - Songs in A&E, Hayes Carll - Trouble in Mind, Sun Kil Moon - April, The Black Keys - Attack & Release, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig, Lykke Li - Youth Novels, Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst, Shearwater - Rook, Pale Young Gentlemen - Black Forrest (Tra La La), Megafaun - Bury the Square

Jodi Root

1. Girl Talk - “Feed the Animals”
2. TV on the Radio - “Dear Science”
3. Bon Iver - “For Emma, Forever Ago”
4. Robyn - “Robyn”
5. The Hood Internet - “Mixtape 3”
6. Atmosphere - “When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold”
7. Santogold - “Santogold”
8. Vampire Weekend - “Vampire Weekend”
9. Mates of State - “Re-Arrange Us”
10. Lykke Li - “Youth Novels”
11. Lil’ Wayne -“Tha Carter III”
12. El Guincho - “Alegranza!”
13. Cool Kids - “The Bake Sale”
14. The Kills - “Midnight Boom”
15. Of Montreal - “Skeletal Lamping”

Daniel Brielmaier

1. Portishead - Third
2. Blitzen Trapper - Furr
3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
4. TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
5. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
6. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
7. Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy Of The Soul
8. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
9. The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
10. The Walkmen - You & I

Maybe Next Time: Beck Modern Guilt
Soundtrack: Flaming Lips Christmas on Mars
Holiday: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
Reissues: Pavement, Replacements

Ed Oliver

1. Girltalk - Feed the Animals
2. The Dodos - The Visitor
3. Santogold - Santogold
4. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
5. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings and All
6. Cool Kids - The Bake Sale
7. She & Him - Volume One
8. The Black Keys - Attack & Release
9. Eef Barzelay - Lose Big
10.Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Eric Mahollitz

1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jajaguwar)
2. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles (Warp)
3. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park (4AD)
4. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale (Chocolate Industries)
5. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
6. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (DFA)
7. Quiet Village - Silent Movie (!K7)
8. Why? - Alopecia (Anticon)
9. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (Modular)
10. The Dodos - Visiter (Frenchkiss)

Pete Donahue

1. Fleet Foxes - s/t
2. The Kills - Midnight Boom
3. The Virgins - s/t
4. Little Joy - s/t
5. Beck - Modern Guilt
6. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
7. Vampire Weekend - s/t
8. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
9. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
10. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

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[DudeAsInCool]

Wire Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2008

50. Sao Paulo Underground - The principle of intrusive relationship
49. Ellen Fullman and Monique Buzzarte - Fluctuations
48. Sic Alps - US EZ
47. Mark Stewart - Edit
46. Alva Noto - Unitxt
45. Peter Rehberg - Works for GV
44. Josephine Foster - This Coming Gladness
43. Murcof - Versailles Sessions
42. Vajra - Live
41. David Grubbs - An Optimist Notes the Dusk
40. Jakob Ullmann - Voice, Books and Fire 3
39. Toumani Diabate - Mande Variations
38. Portishead - Third
37. Maryanne Amacher - Sound Characters 2
36. Emeralds - Solar Bridge
35. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
34. Harvey Milk - Life...
33. Stereo Image - Stereo Image
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 Lion's 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
22. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
21. Lukas Ligeti - Afrikan Machinery
20. Stephan Mathieu - Radioland
19. Bill Dixon - 17 Musicians in search of sound
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. Caretaker - Persstant Repetition of Phrases
09. The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
08. William S Burroughs - Real English tea made here
07. Evangelista - Hello Voyager
06. Advisory Circle - Other Channels
05. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
04. John Butcher - Resonant Spaces
03. The Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace
02. Philip Jeck - Sand
01. The Bug - London Zoo

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[DudeAsInCool]

The Yellow Stereo’s Albums of 2008

PJs PicksJ

The Lucksmiths First Frost (Matinée)
Shearwater - Rook (Matador)
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna (The Social Registry)
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (Polydor)
Sigur Rós - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (XL)
Lykke Li - Youth Novels (LL)
Frida Hyvönen - Silence Is Wild (Secretly Canadian)
School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms (Ghostly)
M83 - Saturdays=Youth (Mute)
Shugo Tokumaru - Exit (Almost Gold)
Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim (Astralwerks)
Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (Type)
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me (Morr Music)
Beach House - Devotion (Carpark)
Moscow Olympics - Cut The World (Lavender)
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Pablo’s Picks:

Top 35

Alias :: Resurgam
Anathallo :: Canopy Glow
Basia Bulat :: Oh My Darling
Beach House :: Devotion
Beck :: Modern Guilt
Boy Eats Drum Machine :: Boomboxxx
Calexico :: Carried to Dust
Coldplay :: Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
Death Cab for Cutie :: Narrow Stairs
Decomposure :: Humidity Patient Guide
Deerhunter :: Microcastle
DJ /rupture :: Uproot
Friendly Fires :: Friendly Fires
Girl Talk :: Feed the Animals
Glavegas :: Glasvegas
Gnarles Barkley :: The Odd Couple
Hot Chip :: Made In the Dark
Jamie Lidell :: Jim
Les Philippes :: Odisea Ultramarina
Marching Band :: Spark Large
Mates of State :: Re-Arrange Us
Okkervil River :: The Stand Ins
Pas/Cal :: I Was Raised on Matthew, Mark, Luke and Laura
Q-Tip :: The Renaissance
R.E.M. :: Accelerate
Ra Ra Riot :: The Rhumb Line
Santogold :: Santogold
Shearwater :: Rook
Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down :: We Brave Bee Stings & All
The Black Keys :: Attack & Release
The Mighty Underdogs :: Droppin’ Science Fiction
The Submarines :: Honeysuckle Weeks
Tobacco :: Fucked Up Friends
Truckasauras :: Tea Parties, Guns and Valor
Welcome Wagon :: Welcome to the Welcome Wagon
The Very Most :: The Very Most Mixtape
Why? :: Alopecia
Wolf Parade :: At Mount Zoomer

And now, the top 10:

10. Allá :: Es Tiempo
9. Sigur Rós :: Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
8. Bon Iver :: For Emma, Forever Ago
7. David Byrne and Brian Eno :: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
6. Fleet Foxes :: S/T
5. Elbow :: The Seldom Seen Kid
4. Flight of the Conchords :: S/T
3. Air France :: No Way Down
2. Flying Lotus :: Los Angeles
1. TV on the Radio :: Dear Science

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Val’s Picks:

Honorable mentions: Wye Oak :: If Children… and These New Puritans :: Beat Pyramid

10) Sic Alps :: U.S. EZ
9) Fleet Foxes :: S/T
8) Cut Copy :: In Ghost Colours
7) Lykke Li :: Youth Novels
6) Pattern Is Movement :: All Together
5) Wolf Parade :: At Mount Zoomer
4) Jukebox the Ghost :: Live and Let Ghosts
3) Deerhunter :: Microcastle
2) The Mae Shi :: Hlllyh
1) The Dodos :: Visiter

Top 5 albums that I wish I hadn’t slept on in 2007:

5) Battles :: Mirrored
4) Caribou :: Andorra
3) Georgie James :: Places
2) White Rabbits :: Fort Nightly
1) Animal Collective :: Strawberry Jam
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Andie’s Picks:

10. Ra Ra Riot :: Rhumb Line
9. French Kicks :: Swimming
8. The Black Keys :: Attack & Release
7. Ruby Suns :: Sea Lion
6. Bon Iver :: For Emma, Forever Ago
5. The Dodos :: Visitor
4. Blitzen Trapper :: Furr
3. Lykke Li :: Youth Novels
2. Department of Eagles :: In Ear Park
1. Fleet Foxes :: S/T

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Andy’s Picks:

1) M83 :: Saturdays=Youth
2) Fleet Foxes :: Fleet Foxes & Sun Giant EP
3) Women :: Women
4) Deerhunter :: Microcastle
5) Beach House :: Devotion
6) The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit) :: ‘The Very Best’ Mixtape
7) Portishead :: Third
Air France :: No Way Down
9) Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Lie Down in the Light
10) Mount Eerie, Julie Dorion, & Fred Squire :: Lost Wisdom
11) Grouper :: Dragging a Deer Up the Hill
12) Sun Kil Moon :: April
13) Abe Vigoda :: Skeleton
14) Department of Eagles :: In Ear Park
15) Girl Talk :: Feed the Animals
16) Ruby Suns :: Sea Lion
17) Plant & Animals :: Parc Avenue
18) TV on the Radio :: Dear Science
19) Destroyer :: Trouble in Dreams
20) Little Joy :: Little Joy

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Passion of Weiss: The 50 Best Albums of the Year

50. Benoit Pioulard-Temper (Kranky)
49. The P Brothers-The Gas (Heavy Bronx)
48. Times New Viking-Rip It Off (Matador)
47. Dub Colossus-“A Town Called Addis” (Real World Records)
46. Tobacco-Fucked Up Friends (Anticon)
45. Koushik-Out My Window (Stones Throw)
44. Karl Hector & The Malcouns-Sahara Swing (Now-Again)
43. Raphael Saadiq-The Way I See It (Sony)
42. Damu the Fudgemunk-Overtime (Self-Released)
41. Okkervil River-The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
40. No Age-Nouns (Sub Pop)
39. Blitzen Trapper-Furr (Sub Pop)
38. Gza-Pro Tools (Babygrande)
37. Love is All-100 Things Keep Me Up At Night (What’s Your Rupture?)
36. Beach House-Devotion (Car Park)
35. El-P Wearegoingtoburninhellmegamixx 2 (Def Jux)
34. The Black Keys-Attack and Release (V2)
33. Zilla Rocca-Bring Me the Head of Zilla Rocca (Beat Garden)
32. Hot Chip-Made in the Dark (Astralwerks)
31. Brightblack Morninglight-Motion to Rejoin (Matador)

(#30-21) (Sponsored By Medieval Times)

30. Los Campesinos-Hold On Now, Youngster (Wichita/Arts & Crafts)
29. Seun Kuti + Fela’s Egypt80-Seun Kuti + Fela’s Egypt80 (Tot ou Tard)
28. Black Milk-Tronic (Fat Beats)
27. Hercules & Love Affair-Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)
26. Gang Gang Dance-Saint Dymphna (The Social Registry)
25. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too (Feedelity)
24. Menahan Street Band-Make the Road By Walking (Dap Tone)
23. The Hold Steady-Stay Positive (Vagrant)
22. Q-Tip-The Renaissance (Universal/MoTown)
21. Vivian Girls-Vivian Girls (In The Red)

(#20-11) (Sponsored By Teen Wolf Too)

20. Al Green-Lay It Down (Blue Note)
19. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend (XL)
18. Sic Alps-U.S. EZ (Siltbreeze)
17. Wolf Parade-At Mount. Zoomer (Sub Pop)
16. DJ Rupture-Uproot (Agriculture)
15. Islands-Arms Way (Anti)
14. Cut Copy-In Ghost Colours (Modular)
13. The Kills-Midnight Boom (Domino)
12. Esau-Mwamwaya + Radioclit-The Very Best (Self-Released)
11. Flying Lotus-Los Angeles (Warp)

(#10-1) (Sponsored By My Secret Identity )

10. Why? Alopecia (Anticon)
9. Portishead-Third (Island)
8. Elzhi-Europass (Self-Released)
7. Wale-Mixtape About Nothing (Self-Released)
6. The Knux-Remind Me in Three Days (Interscope)
5. M83-Saturdays=Youth (Mute)
4. Dungen-4 (Kemado)
3. Madlib-Beat Konducta V0l. 5: Dil Cosby Suite (Stones Throw)
2. Erykah Badu-New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War (MoTown)
1. Kanye West-Heartbreak & 808s (Roc-A-Fella)

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[DudeAsInCool]

UK Blogger Albums Of 2008 Poll Results

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This year's contributing music blog roll of honour, then: 17 Seconds, 88 Days in my veins, A New Band A Day, Both Bars On, Breaking More Waves, Broken FM, Buzzin Music Blog, Comfort Comes, Eaten By Monsters, Eyemaylisten, Fact magazine, Fire Escape Talking, Folly Of Youth, Fucking Dance, funfunfun, Ich Luge Bullets, ifblog, Illegal Tender, ireallylovemusic, In League With Paton, It's Getting Boring By The Sea, Just Press Play, Keep Hope Inside, Lots Of Random Words, MFM, Music Liberation, Music Like Dirt, No Ripcord, Parallax View, Mark from Rock Sellout, The Auditorium, The Daily Growl, Themilkfactory, The Pop Cop, The Sonic Minefield, The Von Pip Musical Express, Transparent Magazine and Yer Mam!. We decided our friends at Smalltown America's blog qualified them, so they provided a list too.

50 BLOC PARTY - Intimacy
49 ATLAS SOUND - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
48 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS - Alpinisms
47 JULIAN COPE - Black Sheep
46 MEURSAULT - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues
45 HOT CHIP - Made In The Dark
44 CADENCE WEAPON - Afterparty Babies
43 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
42 THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS - Animals
41 LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
40 THESE NEW PURITANS - Beat Pyramid
39 CUT COPY - In Ghost Colours
38 NEON NEON - Stainless Style
37 STARKEY - Ephemeral Exhibits
36 HELLO SAFERIDE - More Modern Short Stories From Hello Saferide
35 NO AGE - Nouns
34 THE WAVE PICTURES - Instant Coffee Baby
33 COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
32 JAMES YORKSTON - When The Haar Rolls In
31 SIGUR ROS - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
30 WILD BEASTS - Limbo, Panto
29 METRONOMY - Nights Out
28 GANG GANG DANCE - Saint Dymphna
27 FUCK BUTTONS - Street Horrrsing
26 FLYING LOTUS - Los Angeles
25 DEERHUNTER - Microcastle
24 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
23 JOHNNY FLYNN - A Larum
22 BRITISH SEA POWER - Do You Like Rock Music?
21 LINDSTROM - Where You Go I Go Too
20 WHY? - Alopecia
19 GLASVEGAS - Glasvegas
18 M83 - Saturdays = Youth
17 LYKKE LI - Youth Novels
16 LAURA MARLING - Alas I Cannot Swim
15 FOALS - Antidotes
14 FRIGHTENED RABBIT - The Midnight Organ Fight
13 THE HOLD STEADY - Stay Positive
12 THE INDELICATES - American Demo
11 DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP - Angles
10 SANTOGOLD - Santogold
9 LATE OF THE PIER - Fantasy Black Channel
8 FLEET FOXES - Fleet Foxes
7 LOS CAMPESINOS! - Hold On Now, Youngster...
6 TV ON THE RADIO - Dear Science
5 VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Vampire Weekend
4 PORTISHEAD - Third
3 JOHNNY FOREIGNER - Waited Up Til It Was Light
2 BON IVER - For Emma, Forever Ago
1 ELBOW - The Seldom Seen Kid

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[DudeAsInCool]

The Hype Machine's Top 50 Albums

The Hype Machine & Blog Fresh Radio have teamed up to present each set of 10 albums as a radio show featuring songs from the albums & interviews with key music bloggers.

50 Mates of State • Re-Arrange Us
49 The Kills • Midnight Boom
48 Glasvegas • Glasvegas
47 Drive By Truckers • Brighter Than Creation's Dark
46 Shearwater • Rook
45 R.E.M. • Accelerate
44 Flying Lotus • Los Angeles
43 Ra Ra Riot • The Rhumb Line
42 sun kil moon • april
41 Jenny Lewis • Acid Tongue




40 Beck • Modern Guilt
39 Of Montreal • Skeletal Lamping
38 Blitzen Trapper • Furr
37 The Gaslight Anthem • The '59 Sound
36 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds • Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
35 Lykke Li • Youth Novels
34 Death Cab for Cutie • Narrow Stairs
33 The Black Keys • Attack and Release
32 Foals • Antidotes
31Wolf Parade • At Mount Zoomer




30 Why? • Alopecia
29 Hot Chip • Made In the Dark
28 Department of Eagles • In Ear Park
27 Beach House • Devotion
26 My Morning Jacket • Evil Urges
25 Kanye West • 808s & Heartbreak
24 Okkervil River • The Stand Ins
23 Kings of Leon • Only By the Night
22 Lil Wayne • Tha Carter III
21 She & Him • Volume One




20 The Dodos • Visiter
19 No Age • Nouns
18 Elbow • The Seldom Seen Kid
17 Crystal Castles • Crystal Castles
16 The Walkmen • You & Me
15 Coldplay • Viva La Vida
14 Girl Talk • Feed The Animals
13 Frightened Rabbit • The Midnight Organ Fight
12 Santogold • Santogold
11 Deerhunter • Microcastle




10 The Hold Steady • Stay Positive
9 M83 • Saturdays=Youth
8 Sigur Ros • Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
7 Cut Copy • In Ghost Colours
6 Portishead • Third
5 MGMT • Oracular Spectacular
4 Bon Iver • For Emma, Forever Ago
3 Vampire Weekend • Vampire Weekend
2 TV On The Radio • Dear Science
1 Fleet Foxes • Fleet Foxes

[DudeAsInCool]

Teen Vogue: Top 15 Albums of 2008

15 Lykke Li -- Youth Novels
14 The Ting Tings -- We Started Nothing
13 Kings of Leon -- Only By the Night
12 Fleet Foxes -- Fleet Foxes
11 Adele -- 19
10 Daft Punk -- Alive 2007
9 Augustana -- Can't Love, Can't Hurt
8 My Morning Jacket -- Evil Urges
7 Rachael Yamagata -- Elephants and Teeth Sinking Into Heart
6 Neil Halstead -- Oh! Mighty Engine
5 Girl Talk -- Feed the Animals
4 Laura Marling -- Alas I Cannot Swim
3 The Whigs -- Mission Control
2 Santogold -- Santogold
1 Elbow -- The Seldom Seen Kid

Read more @ TeenVogue