[Music] List your favorite albums of 2008 List your favorite albums of 2008 whatever genre you listen to. I listen to mostly indie rock, so most of these bands listed fit in this genre. Overall it was another solid year for music with alot of dream pop indie rock coming to the forefront. Also alot of great foreign acts from UK, France, and Canada. 1. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours * 2. Plants and Animals- Parc Avenue 3. M83- Youth 4. Chairlift- Does You Inspire You 5. The Killers- Day and Age 6. The Teenagers- Reality Check 7. Air France- No Way Down 8. Born Ruffians- Red, Yellow and Blue 9. Foals- Antidotes 10. Wolf Parade- At Mount Zoomer 11. Ratatat- LP3 12. Mystery Jets- 21 13. Sebastian Tellier- Sexuality 14. Tokyo Police Club- Elephant *(I would have Bon Iver at #1 position, but people debate whether his album came out in 2007 or 2008.) These albums disappointed me this year: Aqualung- Words and Music Coldplay- Viva La Vida TV on the Radio- Dear Science Keane - Perfect Symmetry Death Cab for Cutie- Narrow Stairs The Kooks-Konk Looking forward to in 2009: Grizzly Bear Royksopp
1. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath 2. Tech N9ne - Killer 3. Weezer - Red Album 4. Opeth - Watershed 5. N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds 6. T.I. - Paper Trail 7. Nas - Untitled 8. Slipknot - All Hope is Gone 9. Mudvayne - The New Game 10. 36 Crazyfists - The Tide and it's Takers
I have yet to find one that compares to the Kings of Leon from '08' I jammed it on the iPod all throughout Ike, so that makes it that much better. More memories and stuff.
I don't think I purchased a single album this year. I didn't illegally download any new music, either. I just haven't been into any new releases.
T.I. - Paper Trail Freeway - Free At Last Nas - Untitled Young Jeezy - The Recession Sheek Louch - Silverback Gorilla Styles P - Super Gangster
My Top 25 (still a lot of stuff I need to listen to) 1.) TV on the Radio - Dear Science 2.) Portishead - Third 3.) Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams 4.) Deerhunter - Microcastle 5.) Sigur Ros - Me.. 6.) Vampire Weekend 7.) Black Keys - Attack & Release 8.) Hold Steady - Stay Positive 9.) Raveonettes - Lust, Lust, Lust 10.) Walkmen - You & Me 11.) Magnetic Fields - Distortion 12.) Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash 12.) Q-Tip - Renaissance 13.) MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 14.) Spiritualized - Songs in A&E 15.) Torche - Meanderthal 16.) Futureheads - This Is Not the World 17.) Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer 18.) M83 - Saturdays = Youth 19.) Racounteurs - Consolers of the Lonely 20.) Kanye West 808s and Heartbreak 21.) Weezer - Red Album 22.) Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple 23.) My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges 24.) Beck - Modern Guilt 25.) Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
in no particular order, here's what i voted for in the npr.org all songs considered poll Vampire Weekend - self titled Shearwater - rook Okkervil river - the stand ins My Morning Jacket - evil urges Lightspeed Champion - falling off the lavender bridge laura marling - alas cannot swim Fleet Foxes - self titled Flight of the Conchords - self titled Conor Oberst - self titled Bon Iver - for emma, forever ago my number 1 pick would easily be the Bon Iver album
A few that come to my mind T.I. - Paper Trail The Killers - Day and Age Rise Against - Appeal to Reason Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
Trolleyvox - Your Secret Safe Tripwires - Big Electric Light julie Ocean - Long Gone and Nearly There Secret Shine - All of the Stars British Sea Power - So You Like Rock'n 'Roll Music?
AZ - Undeniable Devin the Dude - Landing Gear Scarface - Emeritus Biggest Surprise had to be... Q-Tip - The Renaissance Disappointed with... Nas - Untitled GZA - Pro Tools Also, I'm sure I'm gonna get harassed for this but I've been listening to "Kind Of Blue" by Miles Davis recently and WOW... Incredible!
Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges Ray Lamontagne - Gossip in the Grain
I saw Bon Iver live last night in concert. He mentioned that his band was going to "meet David Letterman on Thursday." Then a second later he jokingly goes "we're probably not going to meet him at all." Bon Iver is really great and the story of how his album was created is even better. He went into a cabin in the wilderness of Wisconsin and stayed there all by himself for 7 months. He wrote and composed all the songs on his album while in this cabin. Definitely check out his album. It is the best of 2008, in my opinion.
I just got the latest Wolf Parade album yesterday. I love it. I loved Apologies to the Queen Mary a ton as well. I can't judge fairly without more listens, but Apologies... seemed a little more unique or inspired, but just by a hair. Both albums are really solid. I have to say that I've never really cared for the Killers. Plenty of other people who's music tastes are usually similar and who's music opinion I respect, love the Killers. I think I like one song, and hate one song of theirs' from both albums. I also hate their cover version of Shadowplay. They ruined an awesome song. The rest of their songs are just OK. Maybe I'm just missing something Vampire Weekend would have to be on my list of the best as well. It was a breath of retro fresh air.
Butthole Surfers - Live Here Now (London 26/7/2008) Vampire Weekend MGMT - Oracular Spectacular I can't even think of anything else that was released in 2008...
The Best of 2008 in Blues & Rock: (in alphabetical order) AC DC - Black Ice Buddy Guy - Skin Deep James Hunter - The Hard Way Los Lonely Boys - Forgiven Lucinda Williams - Little Honey Queen+ Paul Rodgers - The Cosmos Rocks Smokin' Joe Kubek - Blood Brothers Sonny Landreth - From the Reach Susan Tedeschi - Back To The River The Black Crows - Warpaint The Hold Steady - Stay Positive TV On The Radio - Dear Science The Verve - Forth And my favorite new CD of 2008 ........ Mudcrutch
