Best of 2008

As the magazines and critics compile their lists for the greats of 08, I, of course, feel obliged to voice my opinion. The end product provides the perfect platform for a posting place. Oh, literary devices... 

In retrospect, it's not that easy to formulate a Top Anything List. So please, feel honoured that I decided to make available what my countless hours of procrastination provides: well, nothing really, but perhaps a tidbit of musical knowledge. Feel free to, you know, find some of the music I mention and give it a spin! Or, don't!

Top 30 Albums of 2008

1   Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

2   Friendly Fires  - s/t

3   The Dodos  - Visiter 

4   M83 - Satudays=Youth

5   Kaki King  - Dreaming of Revenge 

6   Cloud Cult -  Feel Good Ghosts 

7   Blitzen Trapper  - Furr

8   Hercules and Love Affair - s/t

9   Portugal. The Man -  Censored Colors 

10 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

11 She & Him  - Volume One 

12 Conor Oberst - s/t

13 TV On The Radio  - Dear Science 

14 Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

15 Beck  - Modern Guilt 

16 Fleet Foxes - s/t

17 Dr. Dog - Fate

18 The Mars Volta  - Bedlam in Goliath 

19 Noah and the Whale - Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down

20 Little Joy - s/t

21 Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

22 The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

23 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

24 Vampire Weekend - s/t

25 Shearwater - Rook

26 Megapuss - Surfing

27 Portishead  - Third

28 Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

29 Black Keys - Attack & Release

30 Black Kids - Partie Traumatic

Highlighting the list: 

• Bon Iver. This is an amazingly passionate album. You listen and you love. You must.
  
• The Dodos. Wow. Alternative Folk. My first listen turned into album on repeat.
  
• M83. Listening=Essential. Relax and get synthesized.
  
• Little Joy. From the Strokes to the incredibly lo-fi folk genre. So chill.
  
• Jenny Lewis. Plethora of guests for the Rilo Kiley frontwoman. Stradles country and folk.
  
• Megapuss. Devendra Banhart defines freak folk. Every project is awesome.
  
• Portishead. New to me. A couple more listens and it would be top 10, for sure. My apologies.
  

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