The Best Music of 2008 ... So Far

[DudeAsInCool]

Yep, the lists are starting to crop up, and they're useful in case you don't want to miss anything.

The Onion's AV Club has just weighed in with their roundup of "The best tracks of 2008 so far." And here are their nominees:

1. American Music Club, "All My Love"

From The Golden Age

2. Animal Collective "Street Flash"

From Water Curses

3. Eef Barzelay, "Lose Big"

From Lose Big

4. Beach House, "Gila"

From Devotion

5. Black Mountain, "Tyrants"

From In The Future

6. Bon Iver, "Re: Stacks"

From For Emma, Forever Ago

7. British Sea Power, "Waving Flags"

From Do You Like Rock Music?

8. Cloud Cult, "Everybody Here Is A Cloud"

From Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)

9. Coldplay, "42"

From Viva La Vida

10. The Cool Kids, "What Up Man"

From The Bake Sale

You can read the full review, download, stream, or watch the videos (if available) @ The AV Club

[DudeAsInCool]

Michigan's MLive/Plugged In Blog has posted their favorite indie albums and tracks of the year, including some sample downloads and videos:

1. The Raconteurs, "Consolers of the Lonely"

Favorite track: "Salute Your Solution," but the fiddle-infused country stomp of "Old Enough" has the most plays on the ol' iPod.

2. Nada Surf, "Lucky"

Favorite track: "Whose Authority"

3. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"

Favorite track: The title track.

4. Death Cab for Cutie, "Narrow Stairs"

Favorite tracks: "I Will Possess Your Heart," "Cath"

5. Cloud Cult, "Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)"

Favorite track: "Journey of the Featherless"

Honorable mentions (albums):

R.E.M., "Accelerate"

British Sea Power, "Do You Like Rock Music?"

Drive-By Truckers, "Brighter Than Creation's Dark"

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, "Pershing"

Mates of State, "Re-Arrange Us"

Read the reviews, check out the offerings right HERE

[DudeAsInCool]

Japanator, a website that focuses on anime and video games, offers up the Top 30 Albums of Japanese Music for 2008 ... so far:

"From electro to indie-rock to some of the craziest punk-jazz you'll ever hear (and really, how much punk-jazz have you heard?) Japan has but pumping out a dizzying range of superb music. It's not all from visionary, road weary bands either. Some of the best music has arrived in the form of anime and video-game soundtracks."

I have posted a number of things here that I thought were worth sampling - you might find even more to your liking.

Bespa Kumamero - Romantic Waves (Industrial Dance)

Boris - Statement (Rock)

Karen/Maggot in Tears - Lorraine

Ketchup Mania - Bad! Bad! Bad!

Lunkhead - Fuka

Mass of Fermenting Dregs - Highlight (Indie Rock)

Denki Groove - Mononoke (Euro Dance)

Miki Furukawa - Candy Girl (Indie Pop)

Sakanaction - Word (Electro Pop)

Tsushimamire - Sakuran boy (Art punk)

Read the full review and check out all the offerings at Japanator

[DudeAsInCool]

Berkeley Place lists their favorite (hip hop) mix tapes of the year ... so far ... which are all available for download:

The Best Street Tapes of 2008 . . . So Far

Here’s some mixtapes you need to find and get. Now.

1. Wale.

W.a.l.e.f.r.i.e.n.d.s. (Justice Remix)-Wale

2. Atmosphere.

The Things That Hate Us-Atmosphere

3. AC-”This is Staten 2.”

Does She Spitzer Swallow?-AC.

4. Bun-B-”Southern Royalty.”

5. Joe Budden-”Mood Musik 3.” J

Still My Hood (Produced By Wyks)-Joe Budden

6. Reup Gang-”We Got It For Cheap Vol. 3-Spirit Of Competition.”

7. Tanya Morgan-”Tanya Morgan is a Rap Group.” Truly brilliant, real hip hop ...

Read the reviews and get them HERE @ BERKELEY PLACE

[DudeAsInCool]

Host Bob Boilen of NPRs All Songs Considered takes a look at the best music of 2008 ... so far. According to NPR listeners, Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and Vampire Weekend are leading the pack.

l've listed all the nominees below - and you can participate if you like by VOTING HERE

You can listen to the whole radio special right @ NPRs 'ALL THINGS CONSIDERED'.

[NelsonG]

I haven't heard but about HALF of that music... wow.

[DudeAsInCool]

In his column at the LA Weekly, Jeff Weiss (aka The Passion of Weiss) has put together two mix tapes of his favorite hip hop songs of the years, appropriately titled as such below:

Weiss' Muxtape #3: The Best Hip-Hop Songs of the Year Part 1

Cool Breeze feat. Outkast and Goodie Mob - Watch For The Hoood

Cappadonna - Slang Editorial

Capone -N- Noreaga - L.A., L.A. (Kuwait Mix By Marley Marl) (Feat. Mobb Deep & Tragedy Khadafi)

Gang Starr - Jfk 2 Lax

N.O.R.E. - Banned From TV

5:12 BUY THIS MP3

Positive K - I Got A Man

The Dove Shack - Summertime In The LBC

Birdman & Lil' Wayne - 1st Key

Pharoahe Monch - Ill Collabo (feat. Cella Dwellas & Prince Po)

Big Punisher - Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)

The Beatnuts - Stone Crazy

Aesop Rock - Preservation

Weiss' Muxtape #4: The Best Hip-Hop Songs of the Year Part II

Redman - Pick It Up

Das EFX - They Want EFX

Marley Marl - The Symphony (Feat. Master Ace, Craig G., Kool G. Rap and Bi

Goodie Mob - Black Ice

The Cool Kids - I (Mikey) Rock

Camp lo - Milky Lowa

Hi Tek...(Feat:Common) - The Sun God

Nature f/Nas - The Ultimate High

Prefuse 73 Feat. Ghostface And EL-P - Hide Ya Face

De La Soul - Itsoweezee (Hot)

Ice Cube - Bop Gun (One Nation) (Featuring george clinton)

Luniz - I Got 5 On It (remix with E-40)

Read the full review and listen to the mixes at the LA Weekly or The Passion of Weiss

[DudeAsInCool]

Jeff is ambitious this year and has also put together his list of favorite indie singles for 2008 ... so far.

Passion of the Weiss Muxtapes #5 and #6: The Best “Indie” Songs To Get An Asymmetrical Haircut To (2008 Edition)

(Part 1)

1. Hot Chip - Hold On

2. The Hold Steady - Sequestered In Memphis

3. Vampire Weekend - I Stand Corrected

4. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

5. Cloudland Canyon - Krautwerk

6. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules Theme

7. Times New Viking - Drop-Out

8. Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Crystal Castles VS HEALTH)

9. Lykke Li - I’m Good, I’m Gone

10. Black Mountain - Wucan

11. Santogold - Say Aha

12. The Black Keys - So He Won’t Break

(Part 2)

1. Erykah Badu - The Healer

2. The Kills - Tape Song

3. Muslims - Extinction

4. Mezzanine Owls-Ghost Ship

5. No Age - Ripped Knees

6. The Raconteurs - Carolina Drama

7. The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave

8. King Khan & the Shrines - Torture

9. The Raveonettes - Aly, Walk With Me

10. Islands - Creeper

11. Wolf Parade - Fine Young Cannibals

12. My Morning Jacket - Touch Me I’m Going To Scream Part 2

Listen Here

[DudeAsInCool]

Here's the current rankings from MetaCritic ... I'm tempted to chime in and ask where is Sam Amidon, M83 only 69, no Deerhunter, no Cloud Cult, Kleerup or Kiln!!!! Well, everyone has different tastes, which is why I just try and mix it up here rather than impose my own on everyone else. But for the hell of it, I'll bold the one's I really like

sort by score

90 Dennis Wilson

90 Steinski

88 Fleet Foxes

87 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

87 Opeth

86 Robyn

86 Shearwater

86 Alejandro Escovedo

85 Portishead

85 Hercules And Love Affair

85 HEALTH

84 Sam Phillips

83 Bun B

83 Lil Wayne

83 Bonnie "Prince" Billy

82 Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog

82 Cassandra Wilson

82 Elbow

82 eMC

81 Sun Kil Moon

81 Jakob Dylan

81 Los Campesinos!

81 Al Green

80 Sigur Rós

80 James McMurtry

80 Jim Noir

80 Frightened Rabbit

79 Animal Collective

79 Flight Of The Conchords

79 Plants and Animals

79 Robert Forster

79 Joan As Police Woman

79 The Explorers Club

79 Cut Copy

79 The Cool Kids

79 Neil Diamond

79 The Fall

79 The Roots

79 Emmylou Harris

79 Aimee Mann

79 Matmos

79 Mudcrutch

79 R.E.M.

78 No Age

78 Wolf Parade

78 The Constantines

78 Elvis Costello & The Impostors

78 Silver Jews

77 James Hunter

77 The Last Shadow Puppets

77 Sloan

77 Tim Fite

77 Mudhoney

77 The Notwist

77 Santogold

77 The Black Keys

77 John Hiatt

77 Nine Inch Nails

77 Spiritualized

76 Thrice

76 Tilly And The Wall

76 Martha Wainwright

76 The Raconteurs

76 Vetiver

76 The Night Marchers

75 Prodigy [of Mobb Deep]

75 Was (Not Was)

75 Four Tet

75 Boris

75 Subtle

75 Foals

75 Duffy

75 Mystery Jets

75 The M's

74 Midnight Juggernauts

74 The Breeders

74 Man Man

74 Kidz In The Hall

74 Ladytron

73 Sam Sparro

73 The Futureheads

73 Joan Of Arc

73 The Long Blondes

73 Estelle

73 Fern Knight

73 Dresden Dolls

73 Death Cab For Cutie

73 Coldplay

72 Billy Bragg

72 Jamie Lidell

72 The Virgins

72 The Heavy

72 The Rolling Stones

72 Local H

72 Old 97's

72 Firewater

72 Ed Harcourt

72 Russian Circles

71 Lil Mama

71 The Sword

71 Phantom Planet

71 French Kicks

71 My Morning Jacket

70 My Brightest Diamond

70 Colin Meloy

70 Adem

70 Ecstatic Sunshine

70 Islands

70 Panic At The Disco

69 Atmosphere

69 Van Morrison

69 Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band

69 9th Wonder & Buckshot

69 Dub Pistols

69 Lady Antebellum

69 Jewel

69 M83

69 The Apples In Stereo

69 Robert Pollard

69 John & Jehn

68 Clinic

68 Adele

68 The Gossip

68 The Black Angels

67 Cyndi Lauper

67 Justin Townes Earle

67 Three 6 Mafia

67 The Watson Twins

67 Tokyo Police Club

67 The Charlatans

66 Les Savy Fav

66 Nine Inch Nails

66 Supergrass

66 Jason Mraz

66 Donna Summer

66 Lyrics Born

66 dEUS

66 Mates Of State

65 Mariah Carey

65 El Perro del Mar

65 Anti-Flag

65 We Are Scientists

65 The Proclaimers

65 Elf Power

65 T Bone Burnett

65 Kylie Minogue

65 Madonna

65 The Kooks

65 Usher

65 The Wedding Present

65 Weezer

64 Leona Lewis

64 The Fratellis

64 N.E.R.D. [The Neptunes]

64 The Ting Tings

63 Ashlee Simpson

63 Counting Crows

63 The Zutons

63 Moby

63 Alanis Morissette

62 B-52s

62 James Pants

61 Disturbed

61 Steve Winwood

61 Gavin DeGraw

61 Tapes 'n Tapes

60 The Courteeners

60 Guillemots

60 Carly Simon

59 Scarlett Johansson

59 Heloise And The Savoir Faire

59 Judas Priest

59 Does It Offend You, Yeah?

58 The Orb

57 Free Kitten

57 Motley Crue

56 The Pigeon Detectives

55 3 Doors Down

54 The Offspring

54 Ashanti

53 Craig David

51 Tokio Hotel

50 Katy Perry

48 Gavin Rossdale

47 Def Leppard

47 The Brian Jonestown Massacre

47 Foxy Brown

[DudeAsInCool]

Amazon's Best Albums of 2008 ... So Far.

1. Street Horrrsing by Fuck Buttons

2. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

3. Visiter by The Dodos

4. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson by Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson

5. Women as Lovers by Xiu Xiu

6. Water Curses by Animal Collective

7. Sea Lion by The Ruby Suns

8. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend

9. Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles

10. Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust by Sigur Rós

11. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver

12. Alegranza by El Guincho

13. Rook by Shearwater

14. Narrow Stairs by Death Cab For Cutie

15. Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel by Atlas Sound

Read more at Amazon

[DudeAsInCool]

Amazon's 'The Best Damn Electronic Dance Albums Of 2008 (...So Far)'

1. Metaverse by Orkidea

2. In Silico by Pendulum

3. Elevate by Morgan Page

4. You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into by Does It Offend You Yeah?

5. Tba by Danny Byrd

6. Authenticity by Ernesto Vs Bastian

7. Headthrash by Plump Dj's

8. Better Late Than Never by Lange

9. Big Monster by Baobinga & I.D.

10. Supernaturalistic by Sander VanDoorn

11. Off The Grid by Morphonix

12. Phoenix by System 7

13. The Sun & the Neon Light by Booka Shade

14. Sabretooth by Sabretooth

15. Touareg by Airwave

In Addition: You should all also check out these albums not available on Amazon (No wonder "Electronic" music doesn't sell here in the "States"; places like Amazon don't carry any of the good stuff)

"Jaytech - Everything Is OK"

"Mirco De Govia - Iconic Path"

"Tican - 2am"

"Tegma - Lo-Fi Adventures"

"Scott Hardkiss - Technicolor Dreamer" (Summer)

"X-Press 2 - Raise Your Hands (Best Of)"

"Kos - Zero To Hero"

"D-Nox & Beckers - City Lights" (2008)"

Read more at Amazon

[DudeAsInCool]

About's Best Country Albums - First Half of 2008

10. Jewel - Perfectly Clear

9. Dolly Parton - Backwoods Barbie

8. Montgomery Gentry - Back When I Knew It All

7. James Otto - Sunset Man

6. Chuck Wicks - Starting Now

5. Ashton Shepherd - Sounds So Good

4. Anne Murray - Duets: Friends & Legends

3. Alan Jackson - Good Time

2. Lady Antebellum - Lady Antebellum

1. George Strait - Troubadour

Read the full reviews at About

[DudeAsInCool]

Rolling Stone's Best of Rock, 2008 (So Far)

Best Breakthrough: My Morning Jacket

Best Festival Band: Radiohead

Best Band T-Shirts: Rock's New Look

Best Rock Clubs

Best Jam Session: Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble

Best Live Band: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Best MC: Lil Wayne

Best Radio Station: Indie 103

Best Metal Band: Mastadon

Best Rookies of 2008

Best Album Cover Designer: Brian Roettinger

Best Producer: Danger Mouse

Best New Rock Books

Best New Reggae: Mavado

Best Reunion: Led Zeppelin

Best African Band: Tinariwen

Best New Michal Jackson: Chris Brown

Best Hitmakers: Stargate

Best DIY Reissues: Beatles Remasters

Best Songwriter: Conor Oberst

Best Plan to Save the Record Biz: Bill the ISPs, Make File-Sharing Legal

Best Festival: Bonnaroo

Best Fringe Festivals

Best Metal Alloys

Best Indie Hip-Hop

Best Drummer: Jason Bonham

Best Punk Band: Against Me!

Best Tribute Band: Zappa Plays Zappa

Best DJ: Flosstradamus

Best Digital Turntable: Crosley Keepsake

Best Bootlegger: America's Top Taper

Best New Reissues

Best Scene: Baltimore

Best Music Blogs

Best Costume Designer: Cassette Playa

Best Jam Band: The Word

Best Rock Movies

Best Prog-Rock Band: The Mars Volta

Best Record Stores

Best Guitar Hero Band: DragonForce

Best Headphones: Ultrasone Edition 9

Best Secret Weapon: Crystal Taliefro

Best Guitar Tech: Dallas Schoo

Best Modern Song Lyrics

Read the full writeups at Rolling Stone

[DudeAsInCool]

Drowned In Sound's Best Albums and Tracks in 2008 ... so far

Best Albums

Foals, Portishead, British Sea Power, Mystery Jets

No Age, Bon Iver, Cut Copy, Why?

Times New Viking, Atlas Sound, Wild Beasts, The Ruby Suns

No Age, Wild Beasts and Mystery Jets

Best Tracks

Artists: Nine Inch Nails, Weezer, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Death Cab For Cutie, The Notwist, The Kills, Clark, The Roots, M83, Growing, Rolo Tomassi, Panic At The Disco, Fuck Buttons, These New Puritans, I Was A Cub Scout, Russian Circles, Crystal Castles, Johnny Foreigner, Lovvers, One More Grain, Flying Lotus, Broken Records, Telepathe, Lykke Li, Hercules & Love Affair, el Guincho, Invisible Conga People

Death Cab For Cutie, ‘I Will Possess Your Heart’

M83, You, Appearing

Panic at the Disco, ‘That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)’

Crystal Castles, ‘Reckless’

Nine Inch Nails, ‘1,000,000

The Kills, ‘Sour Cherry’

Lykke Li, ‘Little Bit’

Weezer, ‘Pork and Beans’

These New Puritans, ‘Numerology (aka Numbers)’

I Was A Cub Scout, ‘Close to Me’

Russian Circles, ‘Station’

Johnny Foreigner. ‘Hennings Favourite’

Broken Records, ‘If The News Makes You Sad, Don’t Watch It’

The Notwist, ‘Where In This World’

The Roots, ‘Criminal’

Chris Clark, ‘Volcan Veins’

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, ‘Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!’

Fuck Buttons, ‘Bright Tomorrow’

Lovvers, ‘Search Of Gold’

Rolo Tomassi, ‘Beat Rotter’

Zomby, ‘Spliff Dub’ (Rustie Remix)

Flying Lotus, ‘Breathe’

El Guincho, ‘Kalise’

TRC, ‘Junior Riddim’

Invisible Conga People, ‘Cable Dazed’

Growing, ‘Lateral’

Hercules and Love Affair, ‘Blind’

Prodigy of Mobb Deep, ‘When I See You’

Telepathe, ‘Chrome’s On It’

Dananananaykroyd, ‘The Greater Than Symbol And The Hash’

One More Grain, ‘Confession Time’

Read the full reviews, listen to the cuts/watch the videos @ Drowned In Sound

DIS Commenters:

Futureheads 'Beginning Of The Twist'

National Shite Day by Half Man Half Biscuit and....

Call the Shots by Girls Aloud National Shite Day - HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT

Old fools - MAGNETIC FIELDS

Je ne parle pas francais - GIRLS ALOUD

Come feel the sun - TINDERSTICKS

Soup - THE WEDDING PRESENT

Cinema vs house - BROKEN FAMILY BAND

Shugo Tokamaru-Parachute

Ruby Suns-Kenya Dig It

Bon Iver-Creature Fear

Hammock-Elm

Frightened Rabbit-The Twist

The Walkmen-In The New Year

M83-Coleurs

El Guincho-errrm, the second track

Portishead-Machine Gun

Rustie and FlyLo

Zomby - Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)

Flying Lotus - GNG BNG

Lil' Wayne - Dr. Carter

2562 - Kameleon

Jasper Leyland - Taken

Atlas Sound - Scraping Past

M83 - Couleurs

Youthmovies - Cannulae

Ellen Allien - Elphine

The Mae-Shi - Run To Your Grave

crystal castles SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

panic at the disco - nine in the afternoon

Mystery Jets ft. Laura Marling - Young Love

Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down

Skeleton Man - Evangelicals

Libby's First Sunrise - Destroyer

Winter - Dodos

Where In This World - Notwist

Good Friend - Plants and Animals

Something For All of Us - Brendan Canning

You In Color - Black Angels

Fort - Pumice

A Needle in your Eye - War on Drugs

The Listener - Canopy

Salt, Pepa and Spinderella

No Age - Sleeper Hold

Beach House - Heart Of Chambers

Usher - Love In This Club

Lil' Wayne – Love Me Or Hate Me

Be Your Own Pet - Becky

Jay Reatard - See/Saw

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

Islands - Creeper

Tapes N' Tapes - Hang Them All

Shawty Lo - Dey Know (Remix)

vsvsvs | 27 Jun '08, 18:32 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Ugh

Stop with the Panic At The Disco nonsense. You wish that The Shins were as epic as them? What the hell is DiS turning into? Next we'll be seeing Lil' Wayne as the album of the year.

antennas | 27 Jun '08, 19:21 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Youthmovies, Islands album

Lil Wayne album

Death Cab - "I Will Possess Your Heart" then sloppily threw together the rest of the tracks Cadence Weapon album

mystery jets - two doors down

frightened rabbit - head rolls off

the dodos - fools

fleet foxes - white winter hymnal

cut copy - strangers in the wind

Frightened rabbit album

Johnny Foreigner - Yes! You Talk Too Fast

Mystery Jets - Young Love

Portishead - Machine Gun

Times New Viking - Times New Viking vs. Yo La Tengo

No Age - Things I Did When I Was Dead

Boris - Next Saturn

Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow

Hot Chip - Ready For the Floor

Frightened Rabbit - Fast Blood

Foals - Heavy Water

M83

Russian Circles

The Notwist..

British Sea Power - Lights out for Darker Skies

Cut Copy - So Haunted

Futureheads - Sleet

The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made for You

Maybeshewill - He Films the Clouds Pt. 2

My Morning Jacket - Smokin' from Shootin'

Neon Neon - Raquel

Portishead - The Rip

The Roots - Rising Down

Stephen Malkmus - Out of Reaches

The Fall - 50 Year Old Man

MGMT - time to pretend

subways - alright

youthmovies - last night of the proms

foals - two steps twice

holy fuck - lovely allen

mae shi - hillyh

we are the physics - you can do athletics btw

The Dodos - Fools

Magic Wands - Heartbreak Whirl

We Have Band - Oh!

Golden Silvers - Magic Touch

The Teenagers - Make it Happen

School of Language - Rockist, Part 2

Johnny Foreigner - Salt, Pepa and Spinderella

Get Well Soon - Prelude

Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Being Bad Feels Pretty Good

Mystery Jets - Veiled in Grey

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

Johnny Foreigner

Foals

goFASTER - She Starts Monday

Team Waterpolo - Problematic Girls.

M83 - Kim and Jessie

The Black Angels - You On The Run

Bon Iver - Skinny Love

The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave

Man Man - Top Drawer

Youthmovies - The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor

Vampire Weekend - A-Punk

Earth - Omens & Portents I: The Driver

Islands - The Arm

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

Foals - Balloons

The Dodos - Fools

Elbow - The Bones Of You

Wild Beasts - The Devil's Crayon

Atlas Sound - Recent Bedroom

Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper

Cut Copy - Unforgettable Season

Ruby Suns - Tane Mahuta

No Age - Eraser

Why? - Song Of The Sad Assassin

MGMT - Weekend Wars

I Was A Cub Scout - Echoes

Sigur Ros - Gobldigook

Torche - Grenades

Feeder - We Are The People

Russian Circles - Youngblood

Silver Jews - Suffering Jukebox

The Notwist - Where In This World

Portishead - Small

Subtle - The Crow

Sun Kil Moon - Heron Blue

Autechre - plyPhon

Hercules & The Love Affair - You Belong

Wolf Parade - Language City

[DudeAsInCool]

Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good

The best of 2008 ... so far

Evangelicals - The Evening Descends

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Quinn Walker - Laughter’s An Asshole / Lion Land

British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride

Sun Kil Moon - April

Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)

Islands - Arms Way

Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us

Shearwater - Rook

Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

Sigur Rós - Með suð i eyrum við spilum endalaust

Favorite EP of the 2008 (so far):

Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP

Just Missed:

Jamie Lidell - Jim

Headlights - Some Racing, Some Stopping

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Honorable Mentions:

Los Campesinos - Hold On Now Youngster

Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams

The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust

The Dodos - Visiter

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

M83 - Saturdays=Youth

No Age - Nouns

Okay - Huggable Dust

[Mister Spong]

Some interesting mentions there. Ox certainly recommends the following:

Bon Iver

Coldplay (yes, really - much more to it than previous efforts.)

REM (best in years.)

Vampire Weekend

Weezer

Elbow (I think this is a MUST "purchase". ;) )

The Black Keys

James Hunter

The Last Shadow Puppets

Foals

Counting Crows

The Hold Steady isn't out in the UK yet but I'm expecting big things from it.

[DudeAsInCool]

Mogster SA and Friends

SA

1. The Foals - Antidotes

2. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster...

3. Wolf Parade Album - Fine Young Cannibals

4. No Age - Nouns

5. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

6. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colors

7. Mystery Jets - 21

8. Fuck Buttons Album- Street Horrrsing

9. Portishead - Album: Third

10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Album: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

Watchbatteries

1.Why-Alopecia?

2. Cadence Weapon-Afterparty Babies

3. M83-Saturdays=Youth

4. Fuck Buttons-Street Horrrsing

5. Cut Copy-In Ghost Colours

6. Jamie Lidell- Jim

7. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale EP

8. Subtle-ExitingARM

9. Steven Malkmus and the Jicks-Real Emotional Trash

10. Chris Joss-Teraphonic Overdubs

Dale

Portishead - Third

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster

The Kills - Midnight Boom

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

Foals - Antidotes

Ladytron - Velocifero

These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid

Sons & Daughters - This Gift

M83 - Saturdays = Youth

The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead

Neill

1. Nick Cave & the Badseeds - Dig Lazarus!!! Dig!!!

2. The Whip - X Marks Desination

3. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

4. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

5. Gutter Twins - Saturnalia

6. Portishead - Third

7. Clinic - Do It!

8. Golfrapp - Seventh Tree

9. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing

10. The Futureheads - This is Not the World

[DudeAsInCool]

PopDose - The Best of Music of 2008 ... So Far

"A number of weeks ago one of the Popdose writers came up with the idea of having each writer rank their top ten favorite albums that were released during the first half of 2008. Someone bitched that ten was too many, so the number was reduced to five. A week later, just about everyone had shared their lists, we all patted each other on the backs, and that’s the way it stayed through most of the month of June. Eventually, someone pointed out that nobody had written the actual post, and that the site’s editor-in-chief hadn’t been included on the original e-mail, so his own picks were then added. And finally, one intrepid soul spent an inordinate amount of time figuring out how to add tables to a WordPress post, and the end result is what you see in front of you. Enjoy!

Taylor Long

1. Death Cab for Cutie, Narrow Stairs

2. Dengue Fever, Venus on Earth

3. Kidz in the Hall, The In Crowd

4. Hercules and Love Affair, Hercules and Love Affair

5. Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down, We Brave Bee Stings and All

Darren Robbins

1. Nada Surf, Lucky

2. Local H, Twelve Angry Months

3. The Birthday Massacre, Looking Glass

4. Slow Runner, Mermaids

5. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges

David Medsker

1. Midnight Juggernauts, Dystopia

2. Derek Webb & Sandra McCracken, Ampersand EP

3. Panic at the Disco, Pretty. Odd.

4. The Republic Tigers, Keep Color

5. We Are Scientists, Brain Thrust Mastery

Dave Steed

1. Meshuggah, Obzen

2. Foxboro Hot Tubs, Stop Drop and Roll!!!

3. Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Momofuku

4. Testament, The Formation of Damnation

5. Local H, Twelve Angry Months

Dw. Dunphy

Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend

No-Man, Schoolyard Ghosts

Opeth, Watershed

Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Momofuku

Shelby Lynne, Just a Little Lovin’

Mojo Flucke

1. Marah, Angels of Destruction

2. Joe Jackson, Rain

3. The Lions Rampant, Play Rock N Roll! [EP]

4. Lettuce, Rage

5. Rev. Organdrum, Hi-Fi Stereo

Ken Shane

1. Kathleen Edwards, Asking for Flowers

2. The Gutter Twins, Saturnalia

3. Al Green, Lay It Down

4. Shelby Lynne, Just a Little Lovin’

5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

6. Matthew Ryan, Matthew Ryan Vs. the Silver State

7. Marah, Angels of Destruction

Jeff Giles

1. Dr. John & the Lower 911, City That Care Forgo

2. The Felice Brothers, The Felice Brothers

3. Matthew Ryan, Matthew Ryan Vs. the Silver State

4. The Roots, Rising Down

5. Steve Poltz, Traveling

6. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend

Zack Dennis

1. Say Hi (To Your Mom), The Wishes and the Glitch

2. The Raveonettes, Lust Lust Lust

3. Dodos, Visiter

4. Frightened Rabbit, The Midnight Organ Fight

5. The Pomegranate, Everything Is Alive

Honorable Mention: Cloud Cult, Feel Good Ghosts

Read the full review at PopDose

[NelsonG]

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[DudeAsInCool]

Here are the results for

SA's Mog vote for the Best Album of 2008 Thus Far!

1 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Dig, Lazarus, Dig!- 58 pts

Portishead- Third- 58 points

2. Death Cab For Cutie- Narrow Stairs- 42 points

3. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular- 41 points

4. Gutter Twins- Saturnalia- 36 points

5. My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges - 34 points

6. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes- 33 points

7. Foals- Antidotes- 32 points

8. A Three Way Tie!

Coldplay- Viva La Vida- 31 points

The Kills- Midnight Boom- 31 Points

Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend- 31 points

9. Elbow- The Seldom Seen Kid- 30 points

10. The Raconteurs- Consolers of the Lonely Hearts - 28 points

11. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours - 26

12. These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid - 25

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster… - 25

Ladytron - Velocifero - 25

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree - 25

13 . Lykke Li - A Little Bit EP - 23

Bon Iver -For Emma, Forever Go - 23

14. Sigur Ros - Sigur Ros -22

Santogold -Santogold -22

15. The Whip - X Marks Destination - 21

M83 -Saturdays=Youth -21

British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? - 21

16 .Various Artists -The Juno Soundtrack - 20

Eef Barzelay - Lose Big - 20

17. Presidents of the USA -These Are the Good Times People -19

Murder By Death -Red of Tooth and Claw - 19

The Dodos -Visiter - 19

The Black Keys - Attack and Release - 19

18. The Last Shadow Puppets- Age of the Understatement - 18

19. The Ting Tings- We Started Nothing - 17

Russian Circles -Station -17

Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch - 17

20. Against Me! -New Wave -16

21. Sons and Daughters -This Gift - 15

Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue - 15

Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creations Dark- 15

22. The Roots - Rising Down -14

Madonna - Hard Candy - 14

23. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer - 13

24. She and Him - Volume 1 - 12

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV -12

25. Republic Tigers - Republic Tigers - 11

Martha Wainwright - I Know You’re Married… -11

Man Man - Rabbit Habits - 11

The Duke Spirit - Neptune - 11

The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost - 11

26. Why? - Alopecia - 10

Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances - 10

Neon Neon - Stainless Steel - 10

Muse - HAARP - 10

Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains - 10

The Magnetic Fields - Distortion - 10

Laura Marley -Alas, I Cannot Swim- 10

Jason Anderson -The Hopeful and the Unafraid -10

Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing - 10

Evangelicals-The Evening Descends- 10

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part 1; 4th World War -10

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - In The Limelight -10

Black Crowes -War Paint - 10

Al Green - Lay It Down -10

27. Yelle - Pop Up -9

Sarah Slean -The Baroness - 9

Raveonettes -Lust, Lust, Lust- 9

Radiohead -In Rainbows - 9

Nick Freitas - Sun Down - 9

Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark -9

Moe - Sticks and Stones - 9

Mason Jennings - In The Ever - 9

Jet Black Crayon- In The Interim - 9

Frontier Ruckus - I Am The Water You Are Pumping -9

For Against - Shade Side, Sunny Side - 9

Ed Harcourt -The Beautiful Life - 9

Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia - 9

The Cool Kids - The Bakesale EP - 9

Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Baby -9

Aimee Mann - Smilers - 9

28. System 7 - Phoenix - 8

Spiritualized - Songs in A&E - 8

Ruby Suns - Sea Lions - 8

Opeth - Watershed - 8

Nada Surf - Lucky - 8

The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride -8

Mariah Carey - E=MC2- 8

Cat Power - Jukebox -8

Amosphere - When Life Gives You Melons - 8

29. No Age - Nouns - 7

The Night Marchers - See You In Magic - 7

Nicole Atkins - Neptune City - 7

Matmos - Supreme Balloon -7

Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground - 7

Kasey Chambers and Nickelson - Rattlin’ Bones - 7

Islands - Arm’s Way- 7

Estelle - Shine - 7

City and Colour -Bring Me Your Love - 7

Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow, And Blue - 7

Booka Shade - Sun and the Neon Light - 7

Bell X1 - Flock -7

Barry Adamson - Back to the Cat -7

30. Usher - Here I Stand -6

The Tallest Man On Earth -Shallow Graves -6

Sam Roberts Band -Love at the End of the World -6

Moby -Last Night - 6

Mexican Institute of Sound -Piñata -6

Madrugada -Madrugada - 6

The M’s - Real Close Ones -6

Jakob Dylan -Seeing Things -6

Howlin’ Rain - Magnificent Fields - 6

Flight of the Concords - Flight of the Concords - 6

The Dandy Warhols -Earth to the Dandy Warhols -6

Byzantine -Oblivion Looms - 6

The Breeders - Mountain Battles - 6

Black Mountain - In The Future - 6

31. William F. Gibbs - My Fellow Sophisticates - 5

Times New Viking - Rip It Off -5

R.E.M. - Accelerate - 5

The Notwist - The Devil You And Me - 5

The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath - 5

The Long Blondes -Couples - 5

Lil Wayne - Tha Carty III - 5

Joe Higgs - Life of Contradiction - 5

Jamie Lidell -Jim - 5

Genghis Tron - Board Up The House -5

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight -5

Free From Funky Freqs- Urban Mythology Vol. 1 - 5

The Felice Brothers -The Felice Brothers - 5

Electric President - Sleep Well -5

The Counting Crows -Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings- 5

Clinic - Do It - 5

The Championship -Midnight Golden - 5

Carlene Carter - Stronger - 5

Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward- 5

Bauhaus - Go Away White - 5

Amos Lee-Last Days at the Lodge - 5

32. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals - 4

Port O’Brien-The Wind and the Swell - 4

Omar Rodriguez - Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward- 4

Mystery Jets - Twenty-One - 4

Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us - 4

Made Out of Babies - The Ruiner - 4

Disturbed - Indestructible - 4

Danity Kane - Welcome to the Dollhouse - 4

Blood Red Shoes - Box of Secrets - 4

33. Tyler Ramsay - A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea -3

Tilly and the Wall- O - 3

Subtle - Exiting ARM - 3

Scott Matthew - Scott Matthew - 3

Old 97’s - Blame It On Gravity -3

Hot Chip - Made in the Dark - 3

Danielia Cotton - Rare Child - 3

Cancer Bats- Hail Destroyer- 3

Chairlift - Evident Utensil -3

Bun B - II Thrill - 3

34. White Rabbits - Fort Nightly - 2

Torche - Meanderthal - 2

Stephen Malkmus a/t Jicks -Emotional Trash - 2

Sparks - Exotic Creatures of the Deep - 2

Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro - 2

Protest The Hero -Fortress - 2

The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead -2

Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple - 2

Emily Jane White -Undercoat - 2

Ellen Allien - Sool - 2

Duffy - Rock Ferry - 2

Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts - 2

The Charlatans -You Cross My Path - 2

The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain-2

35. Weezer -Weezer - 1

Tokio Hotel - Scream - 1

The Tom Fun Orchestra- You Will Land With A Thud -1

Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw - 1

Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vol. III & IV - 1

Sun Kil Moon -April - 1

The Secret Shine - All Of The Stars - 1

Sam Phillips- Don’t Do Anything - 1

The Plastic Constellations - We Appreciate You - 1

Nerf Herder - IV - 1

Jason Collett - Here’s To Being Here - 1

The Hood Internet - The Hood Internet vs Chicago - 1

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive - 1

Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind- 1

The Futurehead - This Is Not The World - 1

The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent - 1

Chris Joss- Teraphonic Overdubs - 1

Beach House - Devotion- 1

Animal Collective - Water Curses - 1

Albert Hammond - Como te Llama - 1

[DudeAsInCool]

The Yellow Stereo's Favorite Songs of 2008...So Far. (Visit the website to check out the songs)

PJ’s Picks:

MP3: The Magnetic Fields :: “Drive On, Driver”

MP3: Mates of State :: “The Re-Arranger”

MP3: Beach House :: “You Came To Me”

MP3: Cut Copy :: “Strangers In The Wind”

MP3: The Lodger :: “The Good Old Days”

MP3: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin :: “Think I Wanna Die”

MP3: Fleet Foxes :: “White Winter Hymnal”

MP3: Grizzly Bear :: “While You Wait For The Others”

MP3: Headlights :: “Cherry Tulips”

DeVotchka :: “The Clockwork Witness”

MP3: M83 :: “Kim & Jessie”

MP3: Lykke Li :: “Little Bit”

MP3: Moscow Olympics :: “Ocean Sign”

MP3: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down :: “Beat (Health, Life And Fire)”

MP3: The Submarines :: “You, Me & The Bourgeoisie”

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Ok… here are a few of those songs that had my attention this year. I’m really more of an album man myself, but some songs just do a great job of sticking in my head and taking me somewhere else for 3-5 minutes. Some of these are from albums that will probably continue onto my year-end music list, others are there just because they were fun (like Weezer’s track, which I liked because it took me back a decade… but maybe I should be angry instead because it got my hopes up for the album!)

– Pablo

MP3: Air France :: “Collapsing at Your Doorstep”

Basia Bulat :: “Snakes and Ladders”

The Black Keys :: “Strange Times”

MP3: Bon Iver :: “Skinny Love”

Gnarls Barkley :: “Going On”

Mates of State :: “Get Better”

R.E.M. :: “Man-Sized Wreath”

Shearwater :: “The Snow Leopard”

MP3: Sigur Ros :: “Gobbledigook”

MP3: The Submarines :: “You, Me and the Bourgeoisie”

Thao with The Get Down Stay Down :: “Swimming Pools”

Weezer :: “Pork and Beans”

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Val’s Picks:

MP3: The Dodos :: “Jodi”

Jukebox the Ghost :: “Static”

MP3: Fleet Foxes :: “White Winter Hymnal”

The Black Keys :: “Strange Times”

MP3: Pattern Is Movement :: “Right Away”

Santogold :: “L.E.S. Artistes”

The Twilight Sad :: “Some Things Last A Long Time (Daniel Johnston cover)”

MP3: Sigur Ros :: “Gobbledigook”

Mates of State :: “You Are Free”

Vampire Weekend :: “A-Punk”

Kaki King :: “Pull Me Out Alive”

The Dirtbombs :: “Ever Lovin Man”

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I wanted to include a wide range of tracks encompassing the year so far, and even a little into last year. I DJ and produce my own stuff, so I prefer dancier upbeat stuff mostly because I deal with it all the time. But we all have our down times, and there have been some bangers for me as well. So Here goes (in no particular order). 16 songs, plus other rantings.

– Eric

Bon Iver :: “The Wolves (Act I and II)”

Cloud Cult :: “No One Said It Would Be Easy”

Crystal Castles :: “Black Panther”

Cut Copy :: “Lights and Music”

Yeasayer :: “2080″

Hot Chip :: “Ready For The Floor”

Santogold :: “L.E.S Artistes”

The Teenagers :: “Make it Happen”

The Ting Tings :: “We Started Nothing”

MGMT :: “The Kids”

Why? :: “These Few Presidents”

Black Keys : “I Got Mine”

Islands :: “Creeper”

We are Scientists :: “After Hours”

Cool Kids :: “Bassment Party”

Black Kids :: “Im not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance with you”

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Andie’s Picks:

The Dodos :: “The Season”

Ida :: “For Shame of Doing Wrong”

Cat Power :: “Silver Stallion”

MP3: Atlas Sound :: “Quarantined”

Black Keys :: “Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be”

MP3: Helio Sequence :: “Keep Your Eyes Ahead”

Hercules and the Love Affair :: “True False/Fake Real”

The French Kicks :: “Sex Tourists”

Man Man :: “Doo Right”

Ruby Suns :: “Kenya Dig It?”

MP3: She & Him :: “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?”

The Magnetic Fields :: “I’ll Dream Alone”

Wolf Parade :: “An Animal in Your Care”

MP3: Bon Iver :: “Skinny Love”

[DudeAsInCool]

In a related article, NMEZ Magazine has published "25 Bands That Are Making America Cool Again, and Stereogum has listed them at their website:

01 Vampire Weekend

02 Lil Wayne

03 Glass Candy

04 Kings Of Leon

05 MGMT

06 Spank Rock

07 TV On The Radio

08 Boy Crisis

09 Black Kids

10 Holy Ghost Revival

11 The Hold Steady

12 Fleet Foxes

13 Amazing Baby

14 Jay Reatard

15 HEALTH

16 The Cool Kids

17 Black Lips

18 Yo Majesty

19 White Denim

20 Telepathe

21 Iglu and Hartly

22 Chester French

23 Girl Talk

24 TheDeathSet

25 Grace Jones

[DudeAsInCool]

Passion of Weiss The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the Half Year' (Visit the website, read the reviews, check out sample mp3s)

10 Nico the Beast-No Beast So Fierce

Danny!-And I Love H.E.R.

9. Kidz in the Hall-The In Crowd

8. Nas & Green Lantern-”The Nigger Tape”

7. Bun B-II Trill

6. The Roots-Rising Down

5. EMC-The Show

4. El-P: Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx2

3. Metaform-Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

2. Wale-The Mixtape About Nothing

1. Elzhi-Europass

On the Bubble

Lil Wayne-Tha Carter III-Some of the year’s best moments but just too many terrible ones to crack the top 10.

Cool Kids-The Bake Sale EP- Fun but ran out of gas towards the end.

Vast Aire-Deuces Wild- Just call Vordul and El-P, Ok?

[DudeAsInCool]

EMusic's THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2008 SO FAR

For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver

The Bake Sale by The Cool Kids=

Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 by Valery Gergiev

Stay Positive by The Hold Steady

Lust Lust Lust by The Raveonettes

Santogold by Santogold

Esperanza by Esperanza Spalding

Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend

YOU HEARD THEM HERE FIRST

Keeper's by Deastro

The Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit

03/07 - 09/07 by High Places

In Loving Memory Of… by Let's Wrestle

Ghost Glacier EP by Breathe Owl Breathe

Verbs by Au

Read the full reviews

[DudeAsInCool]

Coalition of Independent Music Stores - Top Sales as of 8/10/08

TW - This Week

LW - Last Week

TW LW Title Artist

1 D OBERST,CONOR CONOR OBERST

2 D FAINT FASCIINATIION

3 1 BECK MODERN GUILT

4 D GREEN,ANTHONY AVALON

5 D NEWMAN,RANDY HARPS & ANGELS

6 2 FLEET FOXES FLEET FOXES

7 3 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA

8 D DARKER MY LOVE 2

9 5 LIL WAYNE THA CARTER III

10 10 MY MORNING JACKET EVIL URGES

11 7 SIGUR ROS MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM END

12 D AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT

13 D NAPPY ROOTS HUMDINGER

14 8 NELSON/MARSALIS TWO MEN WITH THE BLUES

15 D HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS FRAGILE FUTURE

16 4 HOLD STEADY STAY POSITIVE

17 11 ESCOVEDO,ALEJANDRO REAL ANIMAL

18 14 DR. DOG FATE

19 9 RATATAT LP3

20 19 M.I.A. KALA

21 6 GUY,BUDDY SKIN DEEP

22 25 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR

23 12 NAS NAS

24 16 AVETT BROTHERS SECOND GLEAM

25 15 MAMMA MIA SOUNDTRACK

26 23 SLIGHTLY STOOPID SLIGHTLY NOT STONED ENOUGH TO

27 D NATHANSON,MATT LIVE @ FINGERPRINTS LIVE @ PAR

28 22 DUFFY ROCKFERRY

29 27 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS

30 D GORDON,MIKE GREEN SPARROW

31 D BRAZILIAN GIRLS NEW YORK CITY

32 18 ONE DAY AS A LION ONE DAY AS A LION

33 41 TING TINGS WE STARTED NOTHING

34 13 NINE INCH NAILS SLIP

35 30 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE NARROW STAIRS

36 40 VAMPIRE WEEKEND VAMPIRE WEEKEND

37 33 WEEZER WEEZER (RED ALBUM)

38 54 RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS

39 34 HARRIS,EMMYLOU ALL I INTENDED TO BE

40 20 MAYER,JOHN WHERE THE LIGHT IS: JOHN MAYER

41 36 LOS LONELY BOYS FORGIVEN

42 37 FLOBOTS FIGHT WITH TOOLS

43 56 WOLF PARADE AT MOUNT ZOOMER

44 D NORMA JEAN ANTI MOTHER

45 32 PORTISHEAD THIRD

46 57 SANTOGOLD SANTOGOLD

47 38 RACONTEURS CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY

48 48 PLANT/KRAUSS RAISING SAND

49 D RODRIGUEZ,CARRIE SHE AIN'T ME

50 43 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS

51 51 PEPPER PINK CRUSTACEANS

52 58 SHE & HIM VOLUME ONE

53 24 SOULFLY CONQUER

54 29 WELLER,PAUL 22 DREAMS

55 65 MRAZ,JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN

56 67 WILD SWEET ORANGE WE HAVE CAUSE TO BE UNEASY

57 78 BLACK KIDS PARTIE TRAUMATIC

58 50 LEE,AMOS LAST DAYS AT THE LODGE

59 53 CROPPER/CAVALIERE NUDGE IT UP A NOTCH

60 64 CARLL,HAYES TROUBLE IN MIND

61 26 BLACK KEYS ATTACK & RELEASE

62 46 GRUPO FANTASMA SONIDOS GOLD

63 39 MELLENCAMP,JOHN LIFE DEATH LOVE & FREEDOM

64 76 BON IVER FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO

65 94 FLEET FOXES SUN GIANT EP

66 60 COODER,RY I FLATHEAD

67 74 HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR

68 106 MCMURTRY,JAMES JUST US KIDS

69 21 SCARS ON BROADWAY SCARS ON BROADWAY

70 31 ATMOSPHERE WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS YOU

71 35 HALSTEAD,NEIL OH! MIGHTY ENGINE

72 44 RADIOHEAD BEST OF RADIOHEAD

73 45 CSS DONKEY

74 49 JOHNSON,JACK SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC

75 47 MUDCRUTCH MUDCRUTCH

76 17 COOPER,ALICE ALONG CAME A SPIDER

77 D LLOYD LESSONS IN LOVE

78 52 MELVINS NUDE WITH BOOTS

79 77 HUNTER,JAMES HARD WAY

80 91 WILSON,DENNIS PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE & BAMBU

81 D TESTAMENT FORMATION OF DAMNATION

82 70 ADELE 19

83 D CUT COPY IN GHOST COLOURS

84 D TRAPT ONLY THROUGH THE PAIN

85 28 SUGARLAND LOVE ON THE INSIDE

86 82 U2 WAR

87 79 DISTURBED INDESTRUCTIBLE

88 116 RECKLESS KELLY BULLETPROOF

89 66 PERRY,KATY ONE OF THE BOYS

90 72 BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE PRESENTS SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US

91 75 BAND OF HORSES CEASE TO BEGIN

92 90 G. LOVE SUPERHERO BROTHER

93 96 THREE 6 MAFIA LAST 2 WALK

94 127 LADYTRON VELOCIFERO

95 131 N.E.R.D. SEEING SOUNDS

96 81 WINEHOUSE,AMY BACK TO BLACK

97 99 ALKALINE TRIO AGONY & IRONY

98 101 BORIS SMILE

99 103 IRON & WINE SHEPHERD'S DOG

100 132 TECH N9NE KILLER

101 D LANDRETH,SONNY FROM THE REACH

102 D BLACK,LEWIS ANTICIPATION

103 D CLIPSE PRESENTS RE-UP GANG RE-UP GANG

104 61 U2 BOY

105 92 BIG BLUE BALL BIG BLUE BALL

106 112 CHROMEO FANCY FOOTWORK

107 109 HIATT,JOHN SAME OLD MAN

108 119 ECHO BLISS SHED MY SKIN

109 142 AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE TOTAL BRUTAL

110 59 IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE & DJ GREEN 3RD WORLD

111 73 BOWIE,DAVID LIVE SANTA MONICA '72

112 111 PLIES DEFINITION OF REAL

113 86 GREEN,AL LAY IT DOWN

114 141 STS9 (SOUND TRIBE SECTOR 9) PEACEBLASTER

115 D EARLIMART HYMN & HER

116 62 CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG CSNY/DEJA VU LIVE

117 87 WILLIAMS,SAUL INEVITABLE RISE & LIBERATION O

118 107 SILVER JEWS LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT SEA

119 113 U2 OCTOBER

120 117 DUTCHESS & THE DUKE SHE'S THE DUTCHESS HE'S THE DU

121 123 JUNO SOUNDTRACK

122 D RAY,AMY DIDN'T IT FEEL KINDER

123 71 TEA LEAF GREEN RAISE UP THE TENT

124 110 KING KHAN & THE SHRINES SUPREME GENIUS OF KING KHAN

125 120 CRYSTAL CASTLES CRYSTAL CASTLES

126 145 REHAB GRAFFITI THE WORLD

127 194 DEVOTCHKA MAD & FAITHFUL TELLING

128 88 CARLIN,GEORGE IT'S BAD FOR YA

129 137 BANNER,DAVID GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD

130 153 MOTLEY CRUE SAINTS OF LOS ANGELES

131 184 MARGOT AND THE NUCLEAR SO AND DAYTROTTER SESSIONS

132 D DR. DOG EASY BEAT

133 D OXFORD COLLAPSE BITS

134 95 DYLAN,JAKOB SEEING THINGS

135 147 PHAIR,LIZ EXILE IN GUYVILLE

136 158 BITTER: SWEET DRAMA

137 D LASWELL,GREG THREE FLIGHTS FROM ALTO NIDO

138 D SEETHER FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPA

139 129 TILLY & THE WALL O

140 162 SHEARWATER ROOK

141 D 3 DOORS DOWN 3 DOORS DOWN

142 D WAR OF AGES ARISE & CONQUER

143 89 SUGA FREE SMELL MY FINGER

144 164 RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD: RELOADED

145 D RODRIGO Y GABRIELA RODRIGO Y GABRIELA

146 D GOURDIN,NOEL AFTER MY TIME

147 D ZOZOBRA BIRD OF PREY

148 D ADAMS,PETER BRADLEY LEAVETAKING

149 100 SPALDING,ESPERANZA ESPERANZA

150 151 BUG LONDON ZOO

151 187 BONNIE PRINCE BILLY LIE DOWN IN THE LIGHT

152 D SPOON GA GA GA GA GA

153 D ROOTS RISING DOWN

154 D VEDDER,EDDIE MUSIC FOR THE MOTION PICTURE I

155 D ONCE SOUNDTRACK

156 D KERLI LOVE IS DEAD

157 D 3OH!3 WANT

158 D SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS

159 D SAFETYSUIT LIFE LEFT TO GO

160 D NIGERIA 70: LAGOS JUMP NIGERIA 70: LAGOS JUMP

161 D BRUNI,CARLA COMME SI DE RIEN N' ETAIT

162 55 CYRUS,MILEY BREAKOUT

163 105 OLD 97'S BLAME IT ON GRAVITY

164 124 JONES,SHARON & THE DAP-KINGS 100 DAYS 100 NIGHTS

165 130 COOL KIDS BAKE SALE

166 140 O.A.R. ALL SIDES

167 150 GNARLS BARKLEY ODD COUPLE

168 D GILKYSON,ELIZA BEAUTIFUL WORLD

169 D WINWOOD,STEVE NINE LIVES

170 D SHINS WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY

171 D BALL,MARCIA PEACE LOVE & BBQ

172 D SCAR SYMMETRY HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE

173 D SWORD GODS OF THE EARTH

174 D REV THEORY LIGHT IT UP

175 D CLINIC FUNF

176 69 NOTWIST DEVIL YOU + ME

177 84 FEIST REMINDER

178 118 HAVENS,RICHIE NOBODY LEFT TO CROWN

179 155 JENNINGS,MASON IN THE EVER

180 154 RETURN TO FOREVER ANTHOLOGY

181 168 WILCO YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT

182 178 OPETH WATERSHED

183 189 SATURDAY KNIGHTS MINGLE

184 191 CAVE,NICK & THE BAD SEEDS DIG LAZARUS DIG!!!

185 D HAMMOND,ALBERT JR. COMO TE LLAMA?

186 D BROTHERS & SISTERS FORTUNATELY

187 D REATARD,JAY SINGLES 06-07

188 D ROSS,RICK TRILLA

189 D WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM TWO HUNTERS

190 D MORRISON,VAN STILL ON TOP-GREATEST HITS

191 83 BAYSIDE WALKING WOUNDED

192 85 SALGADO,CURTIS CLEAN GETAWAY

193 102 WINEHOUSE,AMY FRANK

194 126 OFFSPRING RISE & FALL RAGE & GRACE

195 133 WATSON TWINS FIRE SONGS

196 197 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAY OF THE FIST

197 D LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP

198 D KILLER MIKE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE GRI

199 D BEATLES LOVE

200 D IDA MY FAIR MY DARK EP

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