Best Albums of 2008 (Selected Lists)

[DudeAsInCool]

Muzzle of Bees - Favorite Albums of 2008

30. The Celebrated Workingman - Herald The Dickens

29. Q-Tip - The Renaissance

28. No Kids - Come Into My House

27. Throw Me the Statue - Moonbeams

26. The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers

25. Deerhunter - Microcastle

24. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology

23. Jason Collett - Here’s To Being Here

22. Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal

21. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark

20. Centro-matic/South San Gabriel - Dual Hawks

19. The Cool Kids - Bake Sale

18. Matt Bauer - The Island Moved in the Storm

17. Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation’s Dark

16. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

15. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

14. Black Mountain - In The Future

13. TV on the Radio - Dear Science,

12. Justin Townes Earle - The Good Life

11. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

10. Horse Feathers - House with No Name

9. Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim

8. Dr. Dog - Fate

7. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

6. The Walkmen - You & Me

5. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

4. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight

3. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

2. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

1. Blitzen Trapper - Furr

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

Jodi Root

1. Girl Talk - “Feed the Animals”

2. TV on the Radio - “Dear Science”

3. Bon Iver - “For Emma, Forever Ago”

4. Robyn - “Robyn”

5. The Hood Internet - “Mixtape 3”

6. Atmosphere - “When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold”

7. Santogold - “Santogold”

8. Vampire Weekend - “Vampire Weekend”

9. Mates of State - “Re-Arrange Us”

10. Lykke Li - “Youth Novels”

11. Lil’ Wayne -“Tha Carter III”

12. El Guincho - “Alegranza!”

13. Cool Kids - “The Bake Sale”

14. The Kills - “Midnight Boom”

15. Of Montreal - “Skeletal Lamping”

Daniel Brielmaier

1. Portishead - Third

2. Blitzen Trapper - Furr

3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

4. TV on the Radio - Dear Science,

5. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

6. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

7. Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy Of The Soul

8. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie

9. The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent

10. The Walkmen - You & I

Maybe Next Time: Beck Modern Guilt

Soundtrack: Flaming Lips Christmas on Mars

Holiday: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Reissues: Pavement, Replacements

Ed Oliver

1. Girltalk - Feed the Animals

2. The Dodos - The Visitor

3. Santogold - Santogold

4. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

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

6. Cool Kids - The Bake Sale

7. She & Him - Volume One

8. The Black Keys - Attack & Release

9. Eef Barzelay - Lose Big

10.Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Eric Mahollitz

1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jajaguwar)

2. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles (Warp)

3. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park (4AD)

4. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale (Chocolate Industries)

5. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)

6. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (DFA)

7. Quiet Village - Silent Movie (!K7)

8. Why? - Alopecia (Anticon)

9. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (Modular)

10. The Dodos - Visiter (Frenchkiss)

Pete Donahue

1. Fleet Foxes - s/t

2. The Kills - Midnight Boom

3. The Virgins - s/t

4. Little Joy - s/t

5. Beck - Modern Guilt

6. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

7. Vampire Weekend - s/t

8. M83 - Saturdays = Youth

9. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

10. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

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[DudeAsInCool]

Wire Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2008

50. Sao Paulo Underground - The principle of intrusive relationship

49. Ellen Fullman and Monique Buzzarte - Fluctuations

48. Sic Alps - US EZ

47. Mark Stewart - Edit

46. Alva Noto - Unitxt

45. Peter Rehberg - Works for GV

44. Josephine Foster - This Coming Gladness

43. Murcof - Versailles Sessions

42. Vajra - Live

41. David Grubbs - An Optimist Notes the Dusk

40. Jakob Ullmann - Voice, Books and Fire 3

39. Toumani Diabate - Mande Variations

38. Portishead - Third

37. Maryanne Amacher - Sound Characters 2

36. Emeralds - Solar Bridge

35. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

34. Harvey Milk - Life...

33. Stereo Image - Stereo Image

32. Christina Carter - Masque Femine

31. Malcolm Goldstein - A Sounding of Sources

30. Terry Riley - The Last Camel in Paris

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

28. Scorces - I Turn Into You

27. Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me

26. Tricky - Knowle West Boy

25. Robert Ashley - Concrete

24. Jandek - Glasgow Sunday 2005

23. Group Inerane - Guitars From Agadez

22. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair

21. Lukas Ligeti - Afrikan Machinery

20. Stephan Mathieu - Radioland

19. Bill Dixon - 17 Musicians in search of sound

18. Luomo - Convivial

17. Dusk + Blackdown - Margins Music

16. Autechre - Quaristice

15. Kasai Allstars - In the 7th Moon

14. Eric Chenaux - Sloppy Ground

13. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig

12. Ryoji Ikeda - Test Pattern

11. Kevin Drumm - Imperial Distortion

10. Caretaker - Persstant Repetition of Phrases

09. The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent

08. William S Burroughs - Real English tea made here

07. Evangelista - Hello Voyager

06. Advisory Circle - Other Channels

05. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna

04. John Butcher - Resonant Spaces

03. The Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace

02. Philip Jeck - Sand

01. The Bug - London Zoo

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[DudeAsInCool]

The Yellow Stereo’s Albums of 2008

PJs PicksJ

The Lucksmiths First Frost (Matinée)

Shearwater - Rook (Matador)

Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna (The Social Registry)

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (Polydor)

Sigur Rós - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (XL)

Lykke Li - Youth Novels (LL)

Frida Hyvönen - Silence Is Wild (Secretly Canadian)

School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms (Ghostly)

M83 - Saturdays=Youth (Mute)

Shugo Tokumaru - Exit (Almost Gold)

Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim (Astralwerks)

Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (Type)

The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me (Morr Music)

Beach House - Devotion (Carpark)

Moscow Olympics - Cut The World (Lavender)

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Pablo’s Picks:

Top 35

Alias :: Resurgam

Anathallo :: Canopy Glow

Basia Bulat :: Oh My Darling

Beach House :: Devotion

Beck :: Modern Guilt

Boy Eats Drum Machine :: Boomboxxx

Calexico :: Carried to Dust

Coldplay :: Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends

Death Cab for Cutie :: Narrow Stairs

Decomposure :: Humidity Patient Guide

Deerhunter :: Microcastle

DJ /rupture :: Uproot

Friendly Fires :: Friendly Fires

Girl Talk :: Feed the Animals

Glavegas :: Glasvegas

Gnarles Barkley :: The Odd Couple

Hot Chip :: Made In the Dark

Jamie Lidell :: Jim

Les Philippes :: Odisea Ultramarina

Marching Band :: Spark Large

Mates of State :: Re-Arrange Us

Okkervil River :: The Stand Ins

Pas/Cal :: I Was Raised on Matthew, Mark, Luke and Laura

Q-Tip :: The Renaissance

R.E.M. :: Accelerate

Ra Ra Riot :: The Rhumb Line

Santogold :: Santogold

Shearwater :: Rook

Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down :: We Brave Bee Stings & All

The Black Keys :: Attack & Release

The Mighty Underdogs :: Droppin’ Science Fiction

The Submarines :: Honeysuckle Weeks

Tobacco :: Fucked Up Friends

Truckasauras :: Tea Parties, Guns and Valor

Welcome Wagon :: Welcome to the Welcome Wagon

The Very Most :: The Very Most Mixtape

Why? :: Alopecia

Wolf Parade :: At Mount Zoomer

And now, the top 10:

10. Allá :: Es Tiempo

9. Sigur Rós :: Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

8. Bon Iver :: For Emma, Forever Ago

7. David Byrne and Brian Eno :: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

6. Fleet Foxes :: S/T

5. Elbow :: The Seldom Seen Kid

4. Flight of the Conchords :: S/T

3. Air France :: No Way Down

2. Flying Lotus :: Los Angeles

1. TV on the Radio :: Dear Science

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Val’s Picks:

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

10) Sic Alps :: U.S. EZ

9) Fleet Foxes :: S/T

8) Cut Copy :: In Ghost Colours

7) Lykke Li :: Youth Novels

6) Pattern Is Movement :: All Together

5) Wolf Parade :: At Mount Zoomer

4) Jukebox the Ghost :: Live and Let Ghosts

3) Deerhunter :: Microcastle

2) The Mae Shi :: Hlllyh

1) The Dodos :: Visiter

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

5) Battles :: Mirrored

4) Caribou :: Andorra

3) Georgie James :: Places

2) White Rabbits :: Fort Nightly

1) Animal Collective :: Strawberry Jam

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Andie’s Picks:

10. Ra Ra Riot :: Rhumb Line

9. French Kicks :: Swimming

8. The Black Keys :: Attack & Release

7. Ruby Suns :: Sea Lion

6. Bon Iver :: For Emma, Forever Ago

5. The Dodos :: Visitor

4. Blitzen Trapper :: Furr

3. Lykke Li :: Youth Novels

2. Department of Eagles :: In Ear Park

1. Fleet Foxes :: S/T

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Andy’s Picks:

1) M83 :: Saturdays=Youth

2) Fleet Foxes :: Fleet Foxes & Sun Giant EP

3) Women :: Women

4) Deerhunter :: Microcastle

5) Beach House :: Devotion

6) The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit) :: ‘The Very Best’ Mixtape

7) Portishead :: Third

Air France :: No Way Down

9) Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Lie Down in the Light

10) Mount Eerie, Julie Dorion, & Fred Squire :: Lost Wisdom

11) Grouper :: Dragging a Deer Up the Hill

12) Sun Kil Moon :: April

13) Abe Vigoda :: Skeleton

14) Department of Eagles :: In Ear Park

15) Girl Talk :: Feed the Animals

16) Ruby Suns :: Sea Lion

17) Plant & Animals :: Parc Avenue

18) TV on the Radio :: Dear Science

19) Destroyer :: Trouble in Dreams

20) Little Joy :: Little Joy

Sample some tunes, read the review @ The Yellow Stereo

[DudeAsInCool]

Passion of Weiss: The 50 Best Albums of the Year

50. Benoit Pioulard-Temper (Kranky)

49. The P Brothers-The Gas (Heavy Bronx)

48. Times New Viking-Rip It Off (Matador)

47. Dub Colossus-“A Town Called Addis” (Real World Records)

46. Tobacco-Fucked Up Friends (Anticon)

45. Koushik-Out My Window (Stones Throw)

44. Karl Hector & The Malcouns-Sahara Swing (Now-Again)

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

42. Damu the Fudgemunk-Overtime (Self-Released)

41. Okkervil River-The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)

40. No Age-Nouns (Sub Pop)

39. Blitzen Trapper-Furr (Sub Pop)

38. Gza-Pro Tools (Babygrande)

37. Love is All-100 Things Keep Me Up At Night (What’s Your Rupture?)

36. Beach House-Devotion (Car Park)

35. El-P Wearegoingtoburninhellmegamixx 2 (Def Jux)

34. The Black Keys-Attack and Release (V2)

33. Zilla Rocca-Bring Me the Head of Zilla Rocca (Beat Garden)

32. Hot Chip-Made in the Dark (Astralwerks)

31. Brightblack Morninglight-Motion to Rejoin (Matador)

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

30. Los Campesinos-Hold On Now, Youngster (Wichita/Arts & Crafts)

29. Seun Kuti + Fela’s Egypt80-Seun Kuti + Fela’s Egypt80 (Tot ou Tard)

28. Black Milk-Tronic (Fat Beats)

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

26. Gang Gang Dance-Saint Dymphna (The Social Registry)

25. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too (Feedelity)

24. Menahan Street Band-Make the Road By Walking (Dap Tone)

23. The Hold Steady-Stay Positive (Vagrant)

22. Q-Tip-The Renaissance (Universal/MoTown)

21. Vivian Girls-Vivian Girls (In The Red)

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

20. Al Green-Lay It Down (Blue Note)

19. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend (XL)

18. Sic Alps-U.S. EZ (Siltbreeze)

17. Wolf Parade-At Mount. Zoomer (Sub Pop)

16. DJ Rupture-Uproot (Agriculture)

15. Islands-Arms Way (Anti)

14. Cut Copy-In Ghost Colours (Modular)

13. The Kills-Midnight Boom (Domino)

12. Esau-Mwamwaya + Radioclit-The Very Best (Self-Released)

11. Flying Lotus-Los Angeles (Warp)

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

10. Why? Alopecia (Anticon)

9. Portishead-Third (Island)

8. Elzhi-Europass (Self-Released)

7. Wale-Mixtape About Nothing (Self-Released)

6. The Knux-Remind Me in Three Days (Interscope)

5. M83-Saturdays=Youth (Mute)

4. Dungen-4 (Kemado)

3. Madlib-Beat Konducta V0l. 5: Dil Cosby Suite (Stones Throw)

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

1. Kanye West-Heartbreak & 808s (Roc-A-Fella)

Read the review, sample the wares @ The Passion of Weiss

[DudeAsInCool]

UK Blogger Albums Of 2008 Poll Results

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

50 BLOC PARTY - Intimacy

49 ATLAS SOUND - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

48 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS - Alpinisms

47 JULIAN COPE - Black Sheep

46 MEURSAULT - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues

45 HOT CHIP - Made In The Dark

44 CADENCE WEAPON - Afterparty Babies

43 MARNIE STERN - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It And She Is It And It Is It And That Is That

42 THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS - Animals

41 LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge

40 THESE NEW PURITANS - Beat Pyramid

39 CUT COPY - In Ghost Colours

38 NEON NEON - Stainless Style

37 STARKEY - Ephemeral Exhibits

36 HELLO SAFERIDE - More Modern Short Stories From Hello Saferide

35 NO AGE - Nouns

34 THE WAVE PICTURES - Instant Coffee Baby

33 COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

32 JAMES YORKSTON - When The Haar Rolls In

31 SIGUR ROS - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

30 WILD BEASTS - Limbo, Panto

29 METRONOMY - Nights Out

28 GANG GANG DANCE - Saint Dymphna

27 FUCK BUTTONS - Street Horrrsing

26 FLYING LOTUS - Los Angeles

25 DEERHUNTER - Microcastle

24 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

23 JOHNNY FLYNN - A Larum

22 BRITISH SEA POWER - Do You Like Rock Music?

21 LINDSTROM - Where You Go I Go Too

20 WHY? - Alopecia

19 GLASVEGAS - Glasvegas

18 M83 - Saturdays = Youth

17 LYKKE LI - Youth Novels

16 LAURA MARLING - Alas I Cannot Swim

15 FOALS - Antidotes

14 FRIGHTENED RABBIT - The Midnight Organ Fight

13 THE HOLD STEADY - Stay Positive

12 THE INDELICATES - American Demo

11 DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP - Angles

10 SANTOGOLD - Santogold

9 LATE OF THE PIER - Fantasy Black Channel

8 FLEET FOXES - Fleet Foxes

7 LOS CAMPESINOS! - Hold On Now, Youngster...

6 TV ON THE RADIO - Dear Science

5 VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Vampire Weekend

4 PORTISHEAD - Third

3 JOHNNY FOREIGNER - Waited Up Til It Was Light

2 BON IVER - For Emma, Forever Ago

1 ELBOW - The Seldom Seen Kid

Read more, check out some videos @ Sweeping the Nation

[DudeAsInCool]

The Hype Machine's Top 50 Albums

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

50 Mates of State • Re-Arrange Us

49 The Kills • Midnight Boom

48 Glasvegas • Glasvegas

47 Drive By Truckers • Brighter Than Creation's Dark

46 Shearwater • Rook

45 R.E.M. • Accelerate

44 Flying Lotus • Los Angeles

43 Ra Ra Riot • The Rhumb Line

42 sun kil moon • april

41 Jenny Lewis • Acid Tongue

40 Beck • Modern Guilt

39 Of Montreal • Skeletal Lamping

38 Blitzen Trapper • Furr

37 The Gaslight Anthem • The '59 Sound

36 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds • Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

35 Lykke Li • Youth Novels

34 Death Cab for Cutie • Narrow Stairs

33 The Black Keys • Attack and Release

32 Foals • Antidotes

31Wolf Parade • At Mount Zoomer

30 Why? • Alopecia

29 Hot Chip • Made In the Dark

28 Department of Eagles • In Ear Park

27 Beach House • Devotion

26 My Morning Jacket • Evil Urges

25 Kanye West • 808s & Heartbreak

24 Okkervil River • The Stand Ins

23 Kings of Leon • Only By the Night

22 Lil Wayne • Tha Carter III

21 She & Him • Volume One

20 The Dodos • Visiter

19 No Age • Nouns

18 Elbow • The Seldom Seen Kid

17 Crystal Castles • Crystal Castles

16 The Walkmen • You & Me

15 Coldplay • Viva La Vida

14 Girl Talk • Feed The Animals

13 Frightened Rabbit • The Midnight Organ Fight

12 Santogold • Santogold

11 Deerhunter • Microcastle

10 The Hold Steady • Stay Positive

9 M83 • Saturdays=Youth

8 Sigur Ros • Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust

7 Cut Copy • In Ghost Colours

6 Portishead • Third

5 MGMT • Oracular Spectacular

4 Bon Iver • For Emma, Forever Ago

3 Vampire Weekend • Vampire Weekend

2 TV On The Radio • Dear Science

1 Fleet Foxes • Fleet Foxes

[DudeAsInCool]

Teen Vogue: Top 15 Albums of 2008

15 Lykke Li -- Youth Novels

14 The Ting Tings -- We Started Nothing

13 Kings of Leon -- Only By the Night

12 Fleet Foxes -- Fleet Foxes

11 Adele -- 19

10 Daft Punk -- Alive 2007

9 Augustana -- Can't Love, Can't Hurt

8 My Morning Jacket -- Evil Urges

7 Rachael Yamagata -- Elephants and Teeth Sinking Into Heart

6 Neil Halstead -- Oh! Mighty Engine

5 Girl Talk -- Feed the Animals

4 Laura Marling -- Alas I Cannot Swim

3 The Whigs -- Mission Control

2 Santogold -- Santogold

1 Elbow -- The Seldom Seen Kid

Read more @ TeenVogue