Best of 2008

NotGood · Post by **NotGood** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:09 pm

I think I am incapable of getting a CD in the year it is released. I mean, even if i go to a show, it seems like the one I end up with came out in the previous calendar yr. That's my excuse.

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:47 pm

s'alright. i am unable to buy a cd in the decade it's released...

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:59 am

There was a ton but all I can think of at 4 in the morning are these. . .

Walter Becker - Circus Money
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster
Soundtrack to the Movie Choke

SaneMan · Post by **SaneMan** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:52 am

Dub Trio - Another Sound is Dying
Marc Ribot - Asmodeus: The book of Angels Vol. 7
Portishead - Third
and I guess the Melvins - Nude with boots(though I preferred A Senile Animal)

Honorable mentions that I'm sure would be on this list but I haven't got around to buying yet: Marc Ribots Ceramic Dog, the Mountain Goats, and the new Hank III

SaneMan · Post by **SaneMan** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:59 am

Oops, I just looked up Marc Ribot, and Asmodeus was actually released last year. I'm gonna leave it up though, I got it this year and I love it. Some of the best guitar tone I've heard in a long time. Add Trevor Dunn on bass, and what more could you want.

kraigmason · Post by **kraigmason** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:12 pm

Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight

j_howell · Post by **j_howell** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:40 pm

Has Ribot ever done anything that wasn't amazing? Definitely one of the best films I saw this year (I dunno when it came out, though) was Le Corde Perdue, the Ribot doc...damn!

Hmmm...this year, I've been catching up a lot on things I should've bought last year. Some things I've enjoyed this year, whether they came out in ought-eight or not:

His Name Is Alive: Xmmer
Castanets: City of Refuge
Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
Portishead: Third
Theresa Andersson
Daniel Lanois: Here Is What Is (great movie, too)
Byrne & Eno
Silver Jews
Giant Sand
PJ Harvey: White Chalk
a bunch of other stuff that escapes me at present...

2009 should be good...looking forward to new John Parish & Polly Harvey, M. Ward, Neko Case...

SaneMan · Post by **SaneMan** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:09 pm

Sweet, I just queued it up on Netflix, thanks for the heads up. I've know who he was for a long time, but only recently discovered his solo stuff and have become slightly obsessed.

davepinkham · Post by **davepinkham** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:29 am

+1 on The Walkmen's "You & Me" for being my favorite album this year.

kuene · Post by **kuene** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:29 am

1. War on drugs. This is a classic record from the day it came out.

2. Built to spill- you in reverse. Sorry I know this is 06 but I found it this year.

3. Walkmen / you and me. Another one of these records that doesn't let on what decade it was made in.

4. Neil young live at MSG from up close. Aside from some new clunkers this was the most rockin show I've seen in years.

5. Skeletal Lamping. Bowie on additional drugs. Love it. Pleasure puss.

6. Microcastle. Just a good record.

7. Breeders- mountain battles. Kinda goes with the deerhunter for me.

8. Malkmus. Real emotional trash. I love the jams and steely evidence.

9. Paul Westerberg - 49:00. Feels like a long drive with a touch n go radio in the 80s and 90s Midwest.

10. Plants and animals - parc avenue. Not all perfect, but when it hits it hits.

themagicmanmdt · Post by **themagicmanmdt** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:42 am

let 2008 be forgotten as a year of uninspired, drifting music by musicians who are affected by commercialism and 'playing' to people's ears even though they swear they're not.

the emotion was lost. inpiration was forced. production was addd for the sake of 'a sound' that everyone else seems to be doing. no veils exist on 2008 music. everything is clear and hi-fi.

my last hope is the new mount eerie record. i just got it yesterday.

i'm just glad it's not the hardcore 'black window ceiling opening' stuff.

i don't think i bought anything other than reissues this year!

let downs:

black keys (magic potion and rubber factory smoked the new one)
dead meadow (it's evolving in the wrong direction)
chad vangaalen (two songs are GREAT - the rest just blah out)
black mountain (no hits....no hits....no hits...)

Mklein · Post by **Mklein** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:41 pm

Nada Surf - Lucky
A Silver Mt Zion - 13 Blues for 13 Moons
Death Vessel - Nothing is Precious Enough For Us
Don Caballero - Punkgasm (enough with the stupid titles!)
The New Year - S/T
Shearwater - Rook

And a big "Hell Yeah" To Mac, Laura ,and everyone at Merge Recs for putting out the Big Dipper discography this year (for a stupid low price of $15). I love what Merge records has been doing with the classics, and if I could afford it, I'd be all over that $200 mega box-set they're peddling right now.

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:13 am

Fucked Up - Chemistry of Common Life.

Holy cow - this is an amazing sounding record. The songs are awesome, it rocks, and then there is an astonishing amount of ear candy buried in there. According to allmusic and/or wikipedia (I forget) their resident recording geek layered about 70 tracks of little interlocking guitar parts after they had the basics all recorded. And in this instance I think that was the perfect thing to do.

Again: HOLY COW this is a good record.

chuckfurok · Post by **chuckfurok** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:29 am

on the recommendations here I have been listening to the Bon Iver and man is it good. So beautifully recorded.

And the Bonnie Prince Billy album I think needs to be upgraded to my top 10. Soooo good.

thieves · Post by **thieves** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:50 am

1. Portishead - Third
2. Why? - Alopecia
3. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
4. Autechre - Quaristice
5. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
6. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
7. Vivian Girls - s/t
8. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
9. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
10. Times New Viking - Rip it Off
11. The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
12. Crystal Castles - s/t
13. Cause Co-Motion! - It's Time! (Singles & Eps 2005-08)
14. Sigur Ros - Me? su? ? eyrum vi? spilum endalaust
15. The Notwist - The Devil, You & Me
16. Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Con't.
17. Karl Blau - Nature's Got Away
18. The Teenagers - Reality Check
19. Crystal Stilts - Alight of the Night
20. Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
21. Mt. Eerie - Lost Wisdom
22. Trouble Books - The United Colors of Trouble Books
23. Kate Nash - Made of Bricks
24. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
25. Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
26. Stereolab - Chemical Chords
27. Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers
28. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak

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