Best Albums of 2008 (Selected Lists)

[DudeAsInCool]

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

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

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

Paste's Top 50 Albums of 2008

50 TV On The Radio - Dear Science (Interscope)

49 Sandra McCracken - Red Balloon (Towhee)

48 REM - Accelerate (Warner Bros.)

47 Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim (Astralwerks)

46 Lykke Li - Youth Novels (LL)

45 M83 - Saturdays = Youth (Mute)

44 Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers (Zoë)

43 Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)

42 Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings & All (KRS)

41 The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave (Gravitation)

40 Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords (Sub Pop)

39 The Dodos - Visiter (Frenchkiss)

38 Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp)

37 Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit - A Larum (Lost Highway)

36 The Bridges - Limits of the Sky (Verve)

35 Colour Revolt - Plunder, Beg and Curse (Fat Possum)

34 Torche - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)

33 Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)

32 Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)

31 The Walkmen - You & Me (Gigantic)

30 I'm From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini? (Mute)

29 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (Cash Money/Universal)

28 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (Columbia)

27 Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning (Yep Roc)

26 Lee Ann Womack - Call Me Crazy (MCA Nashville)

25 Mugison - Mugiboogie (Ipecac)

24 Santogold & Diplo - Top Ranking
 (Mad Decent)

23 Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)

22 No Age - Nouns (Sub Pop)

21 The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust (Vice)

20 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark (Astralwerks)

19 Gentleman Jesse and His Men - Introducing Gentleman Jesse and His Men (Douchemaster)

18 Death Cab
 for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
 (Atlantic)

17 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light (Drag City)

16 My Morning Jacket
 - Evil Urges (ATO)

15 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Mute)

14 Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim (Kemado)

13 Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart (Waterfall/RCA)

12 of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl)

11 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (Vagrant)

10 Deerhunter - Microcastle (Kranky)

09 Lucinda Williams - Little Honey (Lost Highway)

08 Sun Kil Moon - April (Caldo Verde)

07 Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (Illegal Art)

06 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)

05. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)

04. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

03. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL)

02. Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust (XL)

01. She & Him - Volume One (Merge)

Source: Stereogum

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Austin Keon's Best Albums of 2008

Beach House - Devotion

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

White Denim - Exposion

M83 - Saturdays = Youth

Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

The Walkmen - You and Me

Deerhoof - Offend Maggie

David Bowie - Live in Santa Monica ‘72

Lykke Li - Youth Novels

Little Joy - Little Joy

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

GUMMY AWARDS 2008: POLLS ARE OPEN!

1)MGMT- Oracular Spectacular

2)Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping

3)Wolf Parade- At Mt. Zoomer

4)Deerhunter- Microcastle

5)Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend

Helio Sequence

Wolf Parade

1) MGMT Oracualr Spectacular(still counts because this got famous this year and would have gotten consideration last year if the album came out in time, plus every single track is amazing)

2) Portishead - Third (after the billionth listen this album still gives me shivers)

3) tie between

She & Him - Volume One (i love her and she is my indie crush)

Crystal Castles (never thought id like electro this much)

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

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

Tokyo Police Club, Destroyer, Wolf Parade, Devotchka, Beck, Vampire Weekend and lets throw in Dr. Dog's fantastic album.

AOTY is Santogold, though the new Q-Tip is making a strong showing on my short list.

Bjork - Wanderlust...definitely!

Vampire Weekend gets my vote.

1) deerhunter

2) sigur ros

3) of Montreal

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

1.) Deerhunter

2.) Portishead

3.) M83

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

Number one album belongs to Sigur Ros.

And more people need to start watching Supernatural.

Best albums

1. Fleet Foxes

2. White Fang

3. Okkervil River

Most overrated: Wolf Parade, and yes i've seen them live

1. Blitzen Trapper - Furr

2. Deerhunter - Microcastle

3. Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts

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

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:

Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes

Alegranza!, El Guincho

Watercurses EP, Animal Collective

Mediocre, Ximena Sarinana

...., Sigur Ros

The Carter III, Lil' Wayne

Little Joy, Little Joy

Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend

MTV Unplugged, Julieta Venegas

Hoy A Las Ocho, Hello Seahorse!

hercules and love affair for best album.

and yes, vampire weekend is overrated. fun, but overrated.

I forgot about Born Ruffians. Loving that album.

And Tilly and the Wall.

EVIL URGES!

don't forget those amazing EP's though.

by Antony & The Johnsons, and by Air France.

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

BEACH HOUSE PEOPLE!!!

1.) Deerhunter

2.) Portishead

3.) M83

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

Best album: Deerhunter, Vampire Weekend, Portishead

Albums: Hold Steady - SP, Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper - Furr, The Dodos - Visiter

Live Act: Radiohead, with Hold Steady and Grizzly Bear close behind

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

the felice brothers

langhorne slim

jason collett

conor oberst

the tallest man on earth

grand archives

1. Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping

2. The Walkmen- You and Me

3. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours

Overrated: Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend

Best albums

M83

Langhorne Slim

Conor

The Hold Steady

Fleet Foxes

Vampire Weekend

Blitzen Trapper

Best album- Langorne Slim

overrated- Blitzen Trapper

1.Fleet Foxes

2. Gnarls Barkley

3. The Raconteurs

LANGHORNE SLIM AND THE WAR EAGLES!!!!

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

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

Top 10:

1) Deerhunter- Microcastles

2) Lil Wayne-Tha Carter III

3) The Ruby Suns- Sea Lion

4) Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping

5) Bonnie Prince Billy- Lie Down In The Light

6) El Guincho- Alegranza

7) No Age- Nouns

8) Beach House- Devotion

9) Hercules And Love Affair- Hercules And Love Affair

10) TV On The Radio- Dear Science,

How's Takka Takka's "Migration" for a change?

Also, The Dodos, The Walkmen, Portishead and Deerhunter.

Top 10:

1) Deerhunter- Microcastles

2) Lil Wayne- Tha Carter III

3) The Ruby Suns- Sea Lion

4) Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping

5) Bonnie Prince Billy- Lie Down In The Light

6) El Guincho- Alegranza

7) No Age Eraser

8) Beach House- Devotion

9) Hercules And Love Affair- Hercules And Love Affair

10) TV On The Radio- Dear Science,

MGMT MGMT MGMT!!

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

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

no love for cold war kids?

the winner is...

1) Deerhunter-microcastles

2) fleet foxes -fleet foxes

3) horse feathers- house with no home

4) the republic tigers-keep color

5) chad vangaalen- soft airplane

6) sigur ros- med sud

7) beach house- devotion

8) islands- arm's way

Don't forget Animal Collective.

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

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

1- Evil Urges

2- Dear Science

3- Night Ripper

4- Tha Carter III

5- Fleet Foxes

... Who would have thought my #1 album of the year would be something Rolling Stone called the breakthrough album of the year and something Pitchfork gave a 4.7

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

I really liked these albums this year:

Man Man - Rabbit Habbits

Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty

Lykke Li - Youth Novels

Bowerbirds - Hymns For A Dark Horse

Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely

The Black Keys - Attack and Release

Tilly and the Wall - o

Taraf de Haidouks - Ma*karada

Devotchka - A Mad and Faithful Telling

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

Boyhowdy, Cover Lay Down

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

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

....and I'm proud of it.

[Malicious Intent]

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

Still, good lists. I'll start downloading when my broadband gets its (measly) upgrade on Wednesday.

[DudeAsInCool]

Blender's Top 33 Albums of 2008

33 Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind

32 Taylor Swift - Fearless

31 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

30 Young Jeezy - The Recession

29 Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It

28 Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash

27 Mariah Carey - E=MC²

26 Usher - Here I Stand

25 Santogold - Santogold

24 The Roots - Rising Down

23 The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale

22 Coldplay - Viva La Vida

21 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: Pt. One (4th World War)

20 Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing

19 Katy Perry - One Of The Boys

18 Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual

17 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst

16 Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward

15 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

14 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

13 Al Green - Lay It Down

12 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

11 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

10 Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux

09 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

08 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels

07 of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

06 Robyn - Robyn

05 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark

04 Metallica - Death Magnetic

03 TV On The Radio - Dear Science

02 Girl Talk - Feed The Animals

01 Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III

Source: Stereogum

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Cinematically Correct

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

10. The Hold Steady, “Stay Positive”

9. Conor Oberst, “Conor Oberst”

8. Horse Feathers, “House With No Home”

7. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, “Cardinology”

6. Vampire Weekend, “Vampire Weekend”

5. Okkervil River, “The Stand Ins”

4. Wolf Parade, “At Mount Zoomer”

3. Drive By Truckers, “Brighter Than Creations Dark”

2. Shearwater, “Rook”

1. Fleet Foxes, “Fleet Foxes”

Complete & Total Disappointments of 2008

5. Ben Folds, “Way To Normal”

4. The Music Tapes, “Music Tapes for Clouds & Tornadoes”

3. TV On The Radio, “Dear Science”

2. Kings Of Leon, “Only By The Night”

1. My Morning Jacket, “Evil Urges”

Best Albums By Cute Girls

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

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

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

Most Funnest Album Of 2008

Little Joy, “Little Joy”

Loudest Album Of 2008

The Raconteurs, “Consolers Of The Lonely”

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

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

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Pirates & PBR 'top twelve albums of 2008'

12. Jack's Mannequin - "The Glass Passenger"

11. Copeland - "You Are My Sunshine"

10. Oasis - "Dig Out Your Soul"

9. Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"

8. Atmosphere - "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold"

7. Sigur Ros - "Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust"

6. Girl Talk - "Feed the Animals"

5. My Morning Jacket - "Evil Urges"

4. Emarosa - "Relativity"

3. Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago"

2. Death Cab For Cutie - "Narrow Stairs"

1. Vampire Weekend - "Vampire Weekend"

Honorable Mentions:

Radiohead - "In Rainbows"

Gym Class Heroes - "The Quilt"

Protest the Hero - "Fortress"

Greeley Estates - "Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East"

Metallica - "Death Magnetic"

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WXPNs Best Albums of the Year

Bob Bumbera, News & Sports Director, XPN Morning Show

Top Ten Albums

1. Joe Jackson - Rain

2. Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings

3. R.E.M. - Accelerate

4. Donovan Frankenreiter - Pass It Around

5. The B-52s - Funplex

6. Amos Lee - Last Days at the Lodge

7. Lucinda Williams - Little Honey

8. The Pretenders - Break Up the Concrete

9. Randy Newman - Harps & Angels

10. Duffy - Rockferry

John Diliberto, Producer/Host of Echoes

Top Ten Albums

Digitonal - Save Your Light For Darker Days

Sumner McKane - What A Great Place to Be

Alu - Lobotomy Sessions

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - Holon

Saul Stokes - Villa Galaxia

Niyaz - Nine Heavens

Lights Out Asia - Eyes Like Brontide

Beck - Modern Guilt

Dandy Warhols - Earth to Dandy Warhols

Qntal - Translucidia

David Dye, Host of World Cafe and Funky Friday

Top Ten Albums

1. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

2. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

3. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

4. TV on the Radio - Dear Science

5. The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers

6 The Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

7. The Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation

8. The Walkmen - You and Me

9. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

10. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It

Chuck Elliot, Host of Sleepy Hollow, Saturdays

Top Ten Albums

Keola Beamer - The Coming of the Snow

Flutar - Encantada (Philly Local)

Jeb Loy Nichols - Days are Mighty

Tony Trishka - Territory

Jake Shimabukuro - My Life

Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin'

Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet - self-titled

Charlie Haden - Rambling Boy

Venissa Santi - Bienvenida

Janet Reno, et al (multiple producers) - Songs of America Anthology

Dan Gutierrez, Weekend Host

Top Ten Albums

1. Santogold - Santogold

2. Firewater - The Golden Hour

3. Delta Spirit - Ode to Sunshine

4. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen today

5. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

6. The Verve - Forth

7. TV On The Radio - Dear Science

8. Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity

9. Radiohead - In Rainbows

10. Beck - Modern Guilt

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

Ten Ten Albums

1. TV on the Radio - Dear Science

2. Santogold - Santogold

3. Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends

4. Ben Folds - Way To Normal

5. Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead

6. We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery

7. Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath

8. Electric Six - Flashy

9. Bloc Party - Intimacy

10. Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads

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

Top Ten Albums

(in no particular order)

Various Artists - XPN Local CD Vol #2

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

Ray Lamontagne - Gossip in the Grain

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Joe Jackson - Rain

Rachael Yamagata - Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinolgy

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

David Ford - Songs for the Road

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

Amos Lee - Last Days at the Lodge

Sharon Little - Perfect Time for a Breakdown

Matt Duke - Kingdom Underground

Andrew Lipke - Mother Pearl and Dynamite

Farewell Flight - Sound.Color.Motion

Perkasie - Little Pony

Mutlu - Livin' It

Dr Dog - Fate

Phil Roy - The Great Longing

Jim Boggia - Misadventures in Stereo

Michaela Majoun, Host of the XPN Morning Show

Top Ten Albums

1. Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark

2. Jonatha Brooke - The Works

3. Sheryl Crow - Detours

4. Joe Jackson - Rain

5. Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity

6. Ryan Bingham - Mescalito

7. Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal

8. Rachael Yamagata - Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart

9. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

10. Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers

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

Top Ten Albums

1. MMJ - Evil Urges

2. Sigur Ros - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

3. TV on the Radio - Dear Science

4. Clash - Live at Shea Stadium

5. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

6. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

7. Glen Campbell - Meet Glen Campbell

8. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

9. Santogold - Santogold

10. Dr. Dog - Fate

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

Top Ten Blues Show Albums

1. John Lee Hooker, Jr. - All Odds Against Me (Steppin' Stone)

2. Super Chikan - Sum' Mo' Chikan (Vizztone)

3. Mac Arnold & Plate Full O'Blues - Backbone & Gristle (PFOB)

4. V. A. - M For Mississippi: A Road Trip Through The Birthplace Of The Blues soundtrack (Broke & Hungry)

5. Buddy Guy - Skin Deep (Silvertone)

6. B.B. King - One Kind Favor (Geffen)

7. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - Full Tilt (Alligator)

8. Eddy Clearwater - West Side Strut (Alligator)

9. Mavis Staples - Live: Hope At The Hideout (Anti)

10. Kenny Neal - Let Life Flow (Blind Pig)

Blues & Beyond: "Beyond Top Ten" Albums

1. McCoy Tyner - Guitars (Half Note)

2. Hiromi's Sonicbloom - Beyond Standard (Telarc)

3. Lionel Loueke - Karibu (Blue Note)

4. Kronos Quartet - Terry Riley: The Cusp Of Magic (Nonesuch)

5. Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak (World Village)

6. Lyambiko - Saffronia (Sony/Classical)

7. Jamshied Sharifi - One (Ceres)

8. Ursula Rucker - Ruckus Soundsysdom (Rucker)

9. S. M. V. - Thunder (Heads Up)

10. Silk Road Ensemble & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago (CSO-Resound)

Joey O., Host, Y-Rock on XPN

Top Ten Albums

1. R.E.M. - Accelerate

2. The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely

3. Santogold - Santogold

4. Beck - Modern Guilt

5. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

6. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

7. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

8. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

9. She & Him - Volume One

10. Ben Folds - Way To Normal

Kathy O'Connell, Host, Kids Corner

Favorite Non-Kids Corner Albums

1. Joan Osborne - Little Wild Thing

2. The B-52's - Funplex

3. Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords

4. Pete Seeger - Pete Seeger at 89

5. Randy Newman - Harps & Angels

6. Dr. John - City That Care Forgot

7. She & Him - Volume One

8. Taj Mahal - Maestro

9. Mary Weiss - Dangerous Game

10. B.B. King - One Kind Favor

Kathy's Favorite Kids Corner Albums

1. Trout Fishing in America - Big Round World

2. Lisa Loeb - Camp Lisa

3. Justin Roberts - Pop Fly

4. Gunnar Madsen - Growing Up!

5. Scribblemonster - Songs with No Character

6. Randy Kaplan - Loquat Rooftop

7. Ham & Burger - Pharm Phresh

8. Various Artists - Boo Moon

9. Ellis Paul - Dragonfly Races

10. Medeski, Martin & Wood - Let's Go Everywhere!

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

Top Ten Albums

1. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night

2. TV on the Radio - Dear Science

3. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

4. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

5. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

6. Duffy - Rockferry

7. Delta Spirit - Ode To Sunshine

8. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

9. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

10. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It

Gene Shay, Host of The Folk Show

Ten Top Folk Albums (listed in no special order)

Joe Crookston - Able Baker Charlie and Dog

Kathy Mattea - Coal

Chuck Brodsky - Two Sets

Darrell Scott - Modern Hymns

Various Artists - Erik Balkey - Mission Street Project Vol. 2

Various Artists - Woody Guthrie Tribute Ribbon of Highway

Jonatha Brooke - The Works

Garnet Rogers - Get A Witness

Pat Wictor - Sunset Waltz

Red Molly - Love And Other Tragedies

Mike Vasilikos, Assistant Music Director and Host, Jamnation

Ten Ten Albums

1. Kings of Leon - Only By the Night

2. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

3. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

4. Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers

5. The Duke Spirit - Neptune

6. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

7. TV on the Radio - Dear Science

8. Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim

9. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

10. Dr. Dog - Fate

Bruce Warren, Program Director

Top Ten Albums

1. TV on the Radio - Dear Science

2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

3. Lil Wayne - The Carter III

4. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

5. Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket

6. Portishead - Third

7. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals

8. Rachael Yamagata - Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart

9. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

10. Black Kids - Partie Traumatic

WXPN Host Pics

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Beats So Fast's Favorite Albums of 2008

Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair

Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna

No Age - Nouns

Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too

Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park

Love Is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night

Deerhunter - Microcastle

Kelly Polar - I Need You to Hold On While the Sky Is Falling

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

El Guincho - Alegranza

Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts

Glass Candy - Deep Gems

Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista

Valet - Naked Acid

Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke

School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms

Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritural

M83 - Saturdays = Youth

Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight

The Walkmen - You & Me

Eleanoora Rosenholm - Vanajan Muotokuva

Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It And She Is It And It Is It And That Is That

The Bug - London Zoo

TV On The Radio - Dear Science

Zombie Zombie - A Land For Renegades

Chairlift - Does You Inspire You

I’m From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini?

Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls

The Mae Shi- Hlllyh

Deastro - Keeper’s

Metronomy - Night’s Out

Abe Vigoda - Skeleton

Passion Pit - Chunk Of Change (EP)

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Rough Trade's Best Albums of 2008

1 BON IVER

For Emma, Forever Ago

2 FLEET FOXES

Fleet Foxes

3 VAMPIRE WEEKEND

Vampire Weekend

4 WHITE DENIM

Workout Holiday

5 METRONOMY

Nights Out

6 EL GUINCHO

Algranza

7 BENGA

Diary Of An Afro Warrior

8 ZOMBIE ZOMBIE

A Land For Renegades

9 VIVIAN GIRLS

Vivian Girls

10 LADYHAWKE

Ladyhawke

11. TVOTR - Dear Science

12. Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost

13. Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park

14. Hold Steady - Stay Positive

15. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

16. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night

17. Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair

18. Santogold - Santogold

19. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires

20. Apollo Sunshine - Shall Noise Upon

21. Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

22. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

23. Peter Broderick - Home

24. Crystal Stilts - Alight Of Night

25. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

26. Spiritualized - Songs In A and E

27. The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain

28. Dodos - Visiter

29. Baltic Fleet - Baltic Fleet

30. David Holmes - Holy Pictures

31. Bug - London Zoo

32. Dengue Fever - Venus On Earth

33. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

34. 2562 - Aerial

35. The Heart Strings - Try Fly Blue Sky

36. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna

37. Byrne and Eno - Eveything That Happens Will Happen Today

38. Headless Heroes - The Silence Of Love

39. Breeders - Mountain Battles

40. Johnny Flynn - A Larum

41. Portishead - Third

42. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

43. Pete And The Pirates - Little Death

44. Torche - Meanderthal

45. Lykke Li - Youth Novels

46. Shearwater - Rook

47. Foals - Antidotes

48. Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of Understatement

49. Sonny J - Disastro

50. Shortwave Set - Replica Sun Machine

Source: Rough Trade

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The UK Times Online's Best Albums of 2008

NOVEMBER

Kanye West: 808s & Heartbreak

The Fireman: Electric Arguments (Paul McCartney)

Jools Holland: The Informer

Dido: Safe Trip Home

The Killers: Day & Age

Q-Tip: The Renaissance

Death Vessel: Nothing is Precious Enought For Us

Tony Christie: Made in Sheffield

Jolie Holland: The Living and the Dead

Nina Simone: To Be Free - The Nina Simone Story

Victoria Hart: The Lost Gershwin

Girls Aloud: Out of Control

OCTOBER

Damien Jurado: Caught in the Trees

Peter Broderick: Home

Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts: Temporary People

The Saturdays: Chasing Light

Philip Clemo: The Rooms

The Cure: 4.13 Dream

Arthur Russell: Love is Overtaking Me

Gang Gang Dance: Saint Dymphna

Kaiser Chiefs: Off With Their Heads

Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Is it the Sea?

Sugababes: Catfights and Spotlights

The Acorn: Glory Hope Mountain

The Dears: Missile

Attic Lights: Friday Night Lights

John Mellencamp: Life Death Love and Freedom=

F***ed Up: The Chemistry of Common Life

The Unabombers: Electric Chair Saved My Life

Jim White: A Funny Little Cross to Bear

Eugene McGuinness: Eugene McGuinness

Oasis: Dig Out Your Soul

Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series: Vol 8

Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping

El Guincho: Alegranza

Juana Molina: Un Dia

The Clash: Live at Shea Stadium

SEPTEMBER

The Aliens: Luna

Seasick Steve: I Started Out with Nothin' and I Still Got Most of it Left

James Morrison: Songs for You, Truths for Me

Ladyhawke: Ladyhawke

TV on the Radio: Dear Science

Absentee: Victory Shorts

Jenny Lewis: Acid Tongue

Kings of Leon: Only by the Night

Lindsey Buckingham: Gift of Screws

Glasvegas: Glasvegas

Giant Sand: Provisions

Metronomy: Nights Out

AUGUST

Bloc Party: Intimacy

James Yorkston: When the Haar Rolls In

Roots Manuva: Slime & Reason

Thomas Tantrum: Thomas Tantrums

Teddy Thompson: A Piece of What You Need

Jackie Leven: Lovers at the Gun Club

The Real Tuesday Weld: The London Book of the Dead

The Week That Was: The Week That Was

The Bookhouse Boys: The Bookhouse Boys

Pivot: O Soundtrack My Heart

Noah and the Whale: Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down

Rivulets: You Are My Home

The Zombies: Odessey & Oracle (Revisited)

The cool Kids: The Bake Sale

Wild Billy Childish & The MBEs: Thatcher’s Children

Conor Oberst: Conor Oberst

JULY

Jakob Dylan: Seeing Things

Stephanie McKay: Tell It Like It Is

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis: Kitty,Daisy & Lewis

Ida Maria: Fortress Round My Heart

Ted Barnes:Portal Nou

Mugison: Mugiboogie

My Bloody Valentine: Loveless

Liam Finn: I'll Be Lightning

CSS: Donkey

Liam Finn: I'll Be Lightning

Pop Levi: Never Never Love

The Hold Steady: Stay Positive

Beck: Modern Guilt

Wire: Object 47

Leon Jean Marie: Bent out of Shape

Leila: Blood Looms and Blooms

Patti Smith and Kevin Shields

Black Kids: Partie Traumatic

JUNE

Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves: Roll With You

Dolly Parton: Dolly!

Eliza Carthy: Dreams of Breathing Underwater

Sigur Ros: Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust

Nico Muhly: Mothertongue

Things In Herds: Nothing Is Lost

The Presets: Apocalypso

Semifinalists: 2

White Denim: Workout Holiday

My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges

Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue

N*E*R*D: Seeing Sounds

Emmylou Harris: All I Intended to Be

Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes

Lykke Li

Joan As Police Woman: To Survive

MAY

Ladytron: Velocifero

The Fallen Leaves: It's Too Late Now

Paul Weller: 22 Dreamd

Al Green: Lay it Down

Born Ruffians: Red, Yellow and Blue

Martha Wainwright: I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too

Midnight Juggernaughts: Dystopia

Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs

Phil Campbell: After the Garden

The Black Angels: Directions to See a Ghost

Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago

Neil Diamond: Home Before Dark

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan: Sunday at Devil Dirt

Lonely Drifter Karen: Grass Is Singing

The Shortwave Set: Replica Sun Machine

No Age: Nouns

APRIL

Big Linda: I Loved You

Portishead: Third

Kathleen Edwards: Asking for Flowers

Kraak & Smaak: Plastic People

Laura Nyro: More Than a New Discovery

The Last Shadow Puppets: The Age of the Understatement

Robert Forster: The Evangelist

Camille: Music Hole

Jim Noir: Jim Noir

Various Artist: MoshiMoshi Singles Club

Sun Kill Moon: April

MARCH

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Black Francis: Svn Fngrs

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Hercules and Love Affair: Hercules and Love Affair

Malcolm Middleton: Sleight of Hand

Adam Green: Sixes and Sevens

The Young Knives: Superabundance

Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid

Van Morrison: Keep it Simple

Jeff Healey: Mess of Blues

Neon Neon: Stainless Style

Foals: Antidotes

Guillemots: Re

Merz: Moi et Mon Camion

Estelle: Shine

Black Keys: Attack and Release

Moby: Last Night

R.E.M: Accelerate

Gnarls Barkley: The Odd Couple

The Dirtbombs: We Have You Surrounded

FEBRUARY

Hot Chip: Made In The Dark

Dead Meadow: Old Growth

Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia: Pain Disappears

The Duke Spirit: Neptune

Cass McCombs: Dropping the Writ

Robots in Disguise: We’re in the Music Biz

Baby Dee: Safe Inside the Day

Envelopes: Here Comes the Wind

The Feeling: Join With Us

Nada Surf: Lucky

Figurines: When the Deer Wore Blue

Pete & The Pirates: Little Death

Sheryl Crow: Detours

The Coal Porters: Turn the Water on, Boy

Los Campesinos: Hold on Now; Youngster

Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree

JANUARY

Adele: 19

k.d. lang: Watershed

Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend

One More Grain: Isle of Grain

Sons and Daughters: This Gift

American Music Club: The Golden Age

The Lionheart Brothers: Dizzy Kiss

The Whitest Boy Alive: Dreams

Adrian Crowley: Long Distance Swimmer

Tom Baxter: Skybound

British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music

Thistletown: Rosemarie

Cat Power: Jukebox

Black Mountain: In the Future

Rufus Wainwrigth: Live at Carnegie Hall

Lightspeed Champion: Falling off the Lavender Bridge

Aidan John Moffat: I Can Hear Your Heart

Lacrosse: This New Year Will Be for You and Me

Read more at the UK Times Online

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Qs Top Fifty Albums of the Year

50 Dido - Safe Trip Home

49 Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be

48 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

47 Randy Newman - Harps And Angels

46 The Verve - Forth

45 Jack Johnson Sleep Through Static

44 Black Kids - Partie Traumatic

43 Joan As Police Woman - To Survive

42 Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning

41 Lindsey Buckingham - Gift Of Screws

40 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

39 Santogold - Santogold

38 John Mellencamp - Life Death Love & Freedom

37 Lykke Li - Youth Novels

36 R.E.M. - Accelerate

35 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

34 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

33 Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair

32 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

31 Black Mountain - In The Future

30 Portishead - Third

29 AC/DC - Black Ice

28 Paul Weller - Dreams

27 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark

26 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst

25 Metallica - Death Magnetic

24 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement

23 Beck - Modern Guilt

22 The Killers - Day & Age

21 Razorlight - Slipway Fires

20 The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

19 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

18 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

17 Adele - 19

16 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark

15 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

14 Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads

13 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

12 Keane - Perfect Symmetry

11 Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust

10 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

09 The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely

08 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

07 TV On The Radio - Dear Science

06 Duffy - Rockferry

05 Glasvegas - Glasvegas

04 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

03 Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

02 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

01 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

Read more @ Q. Thanks to Brandon @ Stereogum for compiling the list.

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Uncut

20 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

19 Shearwater - Rook

18 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash

17 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

16 Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto

15 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark

14 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels

13 James Blackshaw - Litany of Echoes

12 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

11 Drive-by Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark

10 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams

9 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

8 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!

7 Neon Neon - Stainless Style

6 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

5 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

4 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

3 TV On The Radio - Dear Science

2 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

1 Portishead - Third

Thanks to Scott @ Stereogum

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Mojo

50 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

49 The Neil Cowley Trio - Loud... Louder... Stop

48 AC/DC - Black Ice

47 Flying Lotus - Los Angeles

46 James Hunter - The Hard Way

45 Metallica - Death Magnetic

44 Goldmund - The Malady Of Elegance

43 Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers

42 Juana Molina - Un Día

41 The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent

40 The Black Keys - Attack & Release

39 Abe Vigoda - Skeleton

38 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

37 Gavin Bryars & Philip Jeck & Alter Ego - The Sinking of the Titanic

36 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

35 Our Broken Garden - When Your Blackening Shows

34 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

33 Kasai Allstars - In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic

32 Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left

31 Duffy - Rockferry

30 The Night Marchers - See You in Magic

29 Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals

28 Neon Neon - Stainless Style

27 M83 - Saturdays=Youth

26 Peter Broderick - Home

25 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels

24 Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life

23 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

22 Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight

21 Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali

20 TV on the Radio - Dear Science

19 Beck - Modern Guilt

18 Pete Molinari - A Virtual Landslide

17 Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

16 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)

15 Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves - Roll With You

14 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

13 Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark

12 Don Cavalli - Cryland

11 Portishead - Third

10 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark

9 The Bug - London Zoo

8 The Week That Was - The Week That Was

7 Glasvegas - Glasvegas

6 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

5 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

4 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

3 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams

2 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement

1 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Thanks to Scott @ Stereogum

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Decibel's Top 40 metal albums

40. Coffins, Buried Death (20 Buck Spin)

39. Withered, Folie Circulaire (Prosthetic)

38. Graveyard (Tee Pee)

37. North, What You Were (Cavity)

36. Decrepit Birth, Diminishing Between Worlds (Unique Leader)

35. Witch, Paralyzed (Tee Pee)

34. Aura Noir, Hades Rise (Tyrant Syndicate)

33. Cynic, Traced in Air (Season of Mist)

32. Meshuggah, obZen (Nuclear Blast)

31. This Comp Kills Fascists Vol. 1 (Relapse)

30. Samothrace, Life's Trade (20 Buck Spin)

29. Blacklisted, Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God (Deathwish, Inc.)

28. Bloodbath, The Fathomless Mastery (Peaceville)

27. Testament, The Formation of Damnation (Nuclear Blast)

26. 5ive, Hesperus (Tortuga)

25. Hennes Siste Host, Host (Init)

24. Gridlink, Amber Gray (Hydra Head)

23. Trap Them, Seizures in Barren Praise (Deathwish, Inc.)

22. Hour of 13 (Shadow Kingdom)

21. Hail of Bullets, Of Frost and War (Metal Blade)

20. Intronaut, Prehistoricisms (Century Media)

19. Gods and Queens (Robotic Empire)

18. Toxic Holocaust, An Overdose of Death (Relapse)

17. Esoteric, The Maniacal Vale (Season of Mist)

16. Enslaved, Vertebrae (Nuclear Blast)

15. Gojira, The Way of All Flesh (Prosthetic)

14. Pyramids (Hydra Head)

13. Amon Amarth, Twilight of the Thunder God (Metal Blade)

12. Krallice (Profound Lore)

11. Harvey Milk, Life . . . the Best Game in Town (Hydra Head)

10. Disfear, Live the Storm (Relapse)

9. Made Out of Babies, The Ruiner (The End)

8. Wetnurse, Invisible City (Seventh Rule)

7. Origin, Antithesis (Relapse)

6. Rotten Sound, Cycles (Spinefarm)

5. The Gates of Slumber, Conqueror (Profound Lore)

4. Opeth, Watershed (Roadrunner)

3. Genghis Tron, Board Up the House (Relapse)

2. Nachmystium, Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 (Century Media)

1. Torche, Meanderthal (Hydra Head)

The Metal Edge Top 50 of 2008

49. TIE: Motörhead, Motörizer/Prostitute Disfigurement, Descendants Of Depravity

48. Belphegor, Bondage Goat Zombie

47. In Flames, A Sense Of Purpose

46. Hate Eternal, Fury And Flames

45. Moonspell, Night Eternal

43. TIE: Iced Earth, The Crucible Of Man/Staind, The Illusion Of Progress

41. TIE: Eluveitie, Slania/Saviours, Into Abaddon

40. DragonForce, Ultra Beatdown

38. TIE: Blessed By A Broken Heart, Pedal To The Metal/Boris, Smile

37. Ayreon, 01011001

36. Into Eternity, The Incurable Tragedy

35. Cynic, Traced In Air

34. Intronaut, Prehistoricisms

33. Disfear, Live The Storm

32. Coffins, Buried Death

31. Gates Of Slumber, Conqueror

28. TIE: Annihilation Time, Annihilation Time III/Melvins, Nude With Boots/Trivium, Shogun

27. Equilibrium, Sagas

26. All That Remains, Overcome

25. Lair Of The Minotaur, War Metal Battle Master

23. TIE: Bleeding Through, Declaration/Mötley Crüe, Saints Of Los Angeles

22. Children Of Bodom, Blooddrunk

21. Made Out Of Babies, The Ruiner

20. GridLink, Amber Gray

19. Disturbed, Indestructible

17. TIE: Genghis Tron, Board Up The House/Wetnurse, Invisible City

16. The Sword, Gods Of The Earth

15. Judas Priest, Nostradamus

14. Neuraxis, The Thin Line Between

13. Krallice, Krallice

11. TIE: Cavalera Conspiracy, Inflikted/Torche, Meanderthal

10. Testament, The Formation Of Damnation

9. Enslaved, Vertebrae

8. Nachtmystium, Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1

7. Harvey Milk, Life…The Best Game In Town

6. Amon Amarth, Twilight Of The Thunder God

5. Gojira, The Way Of All Flesh

4. Slipknot, All Hope Is Gone

3. Meshuggah, obZen

2. Metallica, Death Magnetic

1. Opeth, Watershed

Thanks to Matos & UnPerson @ Iloxor.com

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KCRW

Nic Harcourt

1. Adele - 19 (XL Recordings/Colombia)

2. Mates Of State – Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)

3. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)

4. Ting Tings – We Started Nothing (Columbia)

5. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely (Warner Bros)

6. The Broken West – Now or Heaven (Merge)

7.Dandy Warhols – Earth to the Dandy Warhols (World’s Fair)

8. Duffy – Rockferry (Mercury)

9. Tilly and The Wall – o (Team Love Records)

10.Emiliana Torrini – Me and Armini (Rough Trade)

Jason Bentley

1. M83 - Saturday's = Youth (Mute)

2. Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)

3. Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp Records)

4. Adele - 19 (XL Recordings/Colombia)

5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)

6. Juana Molina - Un Dia (Domino)

7. Little Dragon - Little Dragon (Peacefrog)

8. The Black Ghosts - The Black Ghosts (IAMSOUND Records)

9. Portishead - Third (Mercury Records)

10. Jazzanova - Of All the Things (Verve)

Ann Litt

1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)

2. Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp Records)

3. Randy Newman - Harps And Angels (Nonesuch)

4. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Sony)

5. Little Dragon - Little Dragon (Peacefrog)

6. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

7. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)

8. M83 - Saturday's = Youth (Mute)

9. Juliana Hatfield - How To Walk Away (Ye Olde)

10. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Everythingthathappens.com)

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

1. Johann Johannsson - Fordlandia (4AD)

2. Devotchka - A Mad And Faithful Telling (Anti)

3. Ludovico Einaudi - Devinire (Ponderosa)

4. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

5. She & Him - Volume 1 (Merge)

Chris Douridas

1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)

2. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)

3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

4. Buika - Niña de Fuego (Warner Music Spain)

5. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Sony)

6. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (Mute)

7. Portishead - Third (Mercury Records)

8. Little Joy - Little Joy (Rough Trade)

9. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)

10. Duffy – Rockferry (Mercury)

Raul Campos

1. Adele – 19 (XL)

2. Moby - Last Night (Mute)

3. Various Artists - Verve Remixed 4 (Verve)

4. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)

5. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple (Downtown/Atlantic)

6. Brazilian Girls - New York City (Verve Forecast)

7. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)

8. Sia - Some People Have Real Problems (Hear Music)

9. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark (DFA)

10. Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain (RCA)

Garth Trinidad

1. Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Atlantic)

2. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Sony)

3. The Roots - Rising Down (Def Jam)

4. Keziah Jones - Nigerian Wood (Because Music)

5. Blk Jks - Blk Jks EP (Blk Jks Ent)

6. Bigga Bush Pres. Lightning Head - 13 Faces of Lightning Head (Lion Head)

7. Seun Kuti - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Disorient)

8. N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds (Interscope Records)

9. Kissey Asplund – Plethora (R2)

10. Grupo Fantasma - Sonidos Gold (High Wire Music)

Tom Schnabel

1. Danilo Perez - Across The Crystal Sea (Decca)

2. Ana Moura - Para Alem da Saudade (World Village/Universal)

3. Jamshied Sharifi - One (Ceres)

4. Marcin Wasilewski - January (ECM Records)

5. Ludovico Einaudi - Divenire (Ponderosa Italy)

6. Seun Kuti - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Disorient)

7. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall Concert (World Circuit / Nonesuch)

8. Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart (Verve)

9. Rachael Price - The Good Hours (Claire Vision Productions)

10. Tito Puente - The Complete 78s [Vols. 1 & 2](Fania/UMGD)

Michael Barnes

1. Jose James - The Dreamer (Brownswood)

2. David Axelrod - The Warner/Reprise Sessions: the Electric Prunes/Pride (Rhino)

3. Black Keys - Attack & Release (Nonesuch)

4. Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels (Numero)

5. King Khan & the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines (Vice Records)

6. Martina Topley Bird - The Blue God (Phantom Sound and Vision)

7. MRR-ADM featuring Malcolm Catto - Untitled 10” (Self-released)

8. 3 Na Massa- 3 Na Massa (Nublu Records)

9. Estelle - Shine (Atlantic)

10. Merz - Moi Et Mon Camion (Msi Music/Super D)

Jeremy Sole

1. Various Artist - Calypsoul 70: Carribean Soul (Strut Records)

2. Emily Wells - The Symphonies: Dreams Memories & Parties (Creative Control)

3. Bronx River Parkway - San Sebastian 152 (Truth & Soul)

4. Black Keys - Attack & Release (Nonesuch)

5. The Lions - Jungle Struttin' (Ubiquity)

6. Menahan Street Band - Make The Road By Walking (Daptone)

7. Seun Kuti - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Disorient)

8. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part One:4th World War (Universal Motown)

9. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Sahara Swing (Stones Throw)

10. Ratatat - LP 3 (XL)

Aaron Byrd

1. Jose James – The Dreamer (Brownswood)

2. Atjazz - Full Circle (Phantom Sound & Vision)

3. Umalali: The Garifuna Women's Project (Cumbancha)

4. Boom Clap Bachelors - Kort For Dine Laeber (Phantom Sound & Vision)

5. Eddy Meets Yannah - Once In A While (Compost)

6. Kissey Asplund – Plethora (R2)

7. Ntjamrosie – Atouba (Phantom Sound & Vision)

8. Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - The Alchemist Manifesto (Eighteen Street)

9. Various Artist - Calypsoul 70: Carribean Soul (Strut Records)

10. Thief – Sunchild (Sonar Kollektiv / Jazzanova

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

Dan Wilcox

1. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)

2. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part One:4th World War (Universal Motown)

3. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires (XL Recordings)

4. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (Cash Money/Universal)

5. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)

6. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)

7. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (Red Ink/Columbia)

8. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale EP (Chocolate Industries)

9. The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion (Sub Pop)

10. Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)

Anthony Valadez'

1. The Mathew Hebert Big Band - There's Me And There's You (CFP DOMESTIC)

2. Jose James - The Dreamer (Brownswood)

3. Jazzanova - Of All the Things (Verve)

4. The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind (Hard Boiled)

5. Dwele - Sketches of a Man - (Koch Records)

6. Senor Coconut - Around The World - (Nacional Records)

7. BSTC - Music For A Saturday Evening (All Natural Inc)

8. Damon Aaron - Highlands - (Ubiquity)

9. 88 Keys - The Death of Adam - (Deconstruction)

10. Zuco 103 - After The Carnaval - (Six degrees)

Jason Kramer

1.Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (XL Recordings)

2. TV on the Radio - Dear Science (Interscope)

3.Daniel Lanois - Here Is What Is (Red Floor Records)

4.Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl Records)

5. Does it Offend You Yeah - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into (Almost Gold)

6. Mae Shi - HLLLYH (Phantom Sound & Vision)

7. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)

8. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride (4AD)

9. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)

10. Bill Frisell - History, Mystery (Nonesuch)

Ariana Morgenstern

1. Benji Hughes - A Love Extreme (New West)

2. Rachael Yamagata - Elephants... Teeth Sinking Into Heart (Warner

3. Ximena Sarinara - Mediocre (WEA International)

4. Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (Zoe)

5. Shelby Lynne - Just A Little Lovin' (Lost Highway)

6. Sia - Some People Have Real Problems (Hear Music)

7. Juana Molina - Un Dia (Domino)

8. Neil Young - Hawks & Doves (Reprise)

9. Lucinda Williams - Little Honey (Lost Highway)

10. Little Jackie - The Stoop (S-Curve Records)

Liza Richardson

1. James Hunter - The Hard Way (Hear Music)

2. Secret Machines – Secret Machines (TSM Recordings)

3. Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty (Downtown)

4. The Walkmen - You & Me (Gigantic)

5. Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)

6. M83 - Saturday's = Youth (Mute U.S.)

7. David Holmes - The Holy Pictures (Canderblinks/Mercury)

8. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

9. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)

10. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis -- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis (Sunday Best)

Runners Up:

Adrian Quesada & Ocote Soul Sounds - The Alchemist Manifesto (ESL)

Quiet Village - Silent Movie (K7)

The Black Ghosts – The Black Ghosts (IAMSOUND Records)

Jason Eldredge

1. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)

2. Sasha - Invol2ver (Global Underground UK)

3. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (Sony)

4.M83 - Saturdays = Youth (Mute)

5. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires (XL Recordings)

6.Booka Shade - The Sun & The Neon Light (Get Physical Music)

7. Quiet Village - Silent Movie (K7)

8. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)

9. The Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks (Nettwerk Records)

10. Various - Cosmic Balearic Beats, Vol. 1 (Eskimo)

KCRW Music News

[Mister Spong]

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

[DudeAsInCool]

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

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

[DudeAsInCool]

Gorrilla Vs. Bear's Top Albums 0f 2008 (With videos/mp3s)

20. Diplo & Santogold | Top Ranking

19. Lykke Li | Youth Novels

18. Department of Eagles | In Ear Park

17. No Age | Nouns

16. Flying Lotus | Los Angeles

15. Air France | No Way Down

14. Harlem | free drugs;-)

13. Quiet Village | Silent Movie

12. The Very Best | Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit are the Very Best

11. Gang Gang Dance | Saint Dymphna

10. Paavoharju | Laulu Laakson Kukista

09. Beach House | Devotion

08. The Walkmen | You & Me

07. WAVVES | Wavves

06. Little Joy | Little Joy

05. Q-Tip | The Renaissance

04. Vivian Girls | Vivian Girls

03. Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part I (4th World War)

02. Grouper | Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill

01. White Denim | Exposion

David's Top 12 of 2008

12. Vivian Girls | Vivian Girls

11. Quiet Village | Silent Movie

10. Gang Gang Dance | Saint Dymphna

09. Sunset | Bright Blue Dream

08. Beck | Modern Guilt

07. Animal Collective | Water Curses EP

06. No Age | Nouns

05. White Denim | Exposion

04. Various Artists | Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds, and Nigerian Blues 1970-6

03. The Walkmen | You & Me

02. Little Joy | Little Joy

01. Beach House | Devotion

Read more @ Gorilla Vs. Bear

[DudeAsInCool]

Drowned In Sound's Top 8 Albums of the Year

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

Cut Copy In Ghost Colours (Modular)

Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (Last Gang)

M83 Saturdays = Youth (Mute)

The Stills Oceans Will Rise (Arts & Crafts)

Friendly Fires Friendly Fires (XL)

These New Puritans Beat Pyramid (Angular)

Nine in Nails Ghosts I-IV (available free from nin.com)

Trent Reznor not only managed to create this manificent instrumental record of Music For

Youthmovies Good Nature (Drowned in Sound)

Drowned In Sound's Top 8 Albums of the Year

[DudeAsInCool]

Exclaim's Top Ten Albums of 2008

1. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Lie Down In the Light (Drag City)

2. Elliott Brood Mountain Meadows (Six Shooter)

3. Kathleen Edwards Asking For Flowers (Maple Music)

4. Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (New West)

5. Justin Rutledge Man Descending (Six Shooter)

6. Angela Desveaux Angela Desveaux & the Mighty Ship (Sonic Unyon)

7. Luke Doucet Blood’s Too Rich (Six Shooter)

8. Calexico Carried To Dust (Quarterstick)

9. Fred Eaglesmith Tinderbox (Sonic Rendezvous)

10. NQ Arbuckle XOK (Six Shooter)

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[DudeAsInCool]

10 Most Popular Albums On Last.fm

1. Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

2. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular

3. Portishead – Third

4. Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts I-IV

5. The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing

6. The Kooks – Konk

7. Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs

8. Hot Chip – Made In The Dark

9. Jack Johnson – Sleep Through The Static

10. Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

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[DudeAsInCool]

10 Most Popular Albums On iTunes

1. Coldplay - Viva la Vida

2. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static

3. Juno (Soundtrack)

4. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

5. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice

6. Once (Soundtrack)

7. Jason Mraz - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal.

8. OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud

9. Across the Universe (Soundtrack)

10. Leona Lewis - Spirit

Thanks to Mashable for compiling the list

[DudeAsInCool]

MusicSlut/Matt's Top 50 Albums of 2008

50. Jeremy Jay - A Place Where We Could Go

49. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

48. Jukebox The Ghost - Let Live & Let Ghosts

47. Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed

46. Pattern Is Movement - All Together

45. Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park

44. South - You Are Here

43. The Black Ghosts - The Black Ghosts

42. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak

41. Sons & Daughters - This Gift

40. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst

39. Dosh - Wolves & Wishes

38. Unicycle Loves You - Unicycle Loves You

37. M83 - Saturdays = Youth

36. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling

35. Joan As Police Woman - To Survive

34. Health - Disco

33. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

32. Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge

31. Birdmonster - From The Mountain To The Sea

30. Clinic - Do It!

29. The Presets - Apocalypso

28. School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms

27. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires

26. The Verve - Forth

25. Robyn - Robyn

24. Coldplay - Viva La Vida

23. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement

22. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

21. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing

20. The Walkmen - You & Me

19. Lykke Li - Youth Novels

18. Ryan Adams - Cardinology

17. Spiritualized - Songs In A&E

16. Duffy - Rockferry

15. Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line

14. The Secret Machines - The Secret Machines

13. She & Him - Volume 1

12. The Teenagers - Reality Check

11. The Magnetic Fields - Distortion

10. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster

9. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

8. Adele - 19

7. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair

6. The Dodos - Visiter

5. The Lisps - Country Doctor Museum (MP3)

4. Chairlift - Does You Inspire You? (MP3)

3. Portishead - Third (MP3)

2. Foals - Antidotes (MP3)

1. Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (MP3)

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