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Top 14 of 2008!!!

January 4th, 2009 by Discology

As in previous years, I like to post my top list of favorite listens from the last year and ask that everyone include their list in the comments section. Please make your list as short or long as you would like– there are no wrong lengths for lists. And please feel free to ask each other about particular albums and artists that made it onto someone else’s list. Here we go!

1.  Mogwai: The Hawk is Howling

The remaining list is purely alphabetical…

2.  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus Dig!!!

3.  Death Cab For Cutie: Narrow Stairs

4.  Enya: …And Winter Came

5.  Gutter Twins:  Saturnalia

6.  Nine Inch Nails: The Slip

7.  Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts I-IV

8.  Portishead: Third

9.  Radiohead: In Rainbows

10.  Red Sparowes: Aphorisms EP

11.  Russian Circles: Station

12.  Sigur Ros: Med Sud I Vid Spilum Endaulast

13. Chris Walla: Field Manual

14. Wovenhand: Ten Stones

Best discovery of a band that’s been around for a few years: Coastal

Favorite Local Artist CD: Kung Fu Sophie: Short Kiss Bliss EP

Favorite Reissues: U2: Boy, October, War, Under A Blood Red Sky

Worst Reissue: New Order: Movement

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10 Responses to “Top 14 of 2008!!!”

  1. on 05 Jan 2009 at 1:30 pm1 T. Keck

    1. Bon Iver “for emma, forever ago”
    2. Tv on the Radio “Dear Science”
    3. Portishead “Third”
    4. Murs “Murs for president”
    5. Mogwai “Hawk is howling”
    6. The Gaslight Anthem “The’59 Sound”
    7. Hercules and Love Affair “self-titled”
    8. M83 “Saturdays=Youth”

  2. on 05 Jan 2009 at 1:36 pm2 T. Keck

    Best New Sound:
    Fuck Buttons “Street Horrrsing”

    Best Come-Back Album:
    The Walkmen “You & Me”

  3. on 07 Jan 2009 at 6:55 pm3 Austin

    Mine are posted at:

    http://austintayeshus.blogspot.com

    Dave, you really think In Rainbows counts as an ‘08 release?

    haha..

    ~Austin

  4. on 14 Jan 2009 at 5:30 am4 Mike

    Here is my list. I had to up the number from 50 to 60 this year. My general thoughts on this year is that there was a lot of great music out there… you just had to find it.

    1 SHEARWATER – ROOK
    2 SIGUR ROS – MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM ENDALAUST
    3 OKKERVIL RIVER – THE STAND INS
    4 TV ON THE RADIO – DEAR SCIENCE
    5 THE DODOS – VISITER
    6 FRIGHTENED RABBIT – THE MIDNIGHT ORGAN FIGHT
    7 BLOC PARTY – INTMACY
    8 PORTISHEAD – THIRD
    9 ELBOW – THE SELDOM SEEN KID
    10 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE – NARROW STAIRS
    11 MOGWAI – THE HAWK IS HOWLING
    12 M83 -SATURDAYS=YOUTH
    13 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS – ALPINISMS
    14 THE RAVONETTES – LUSTLUSTLUST
    15 THE STILLS – OCEANS WILL RISE
    16 SNOW PATROL – A HUNDRED MILLION SUNS
    17 BON IVER – FOR EMMA, FOREVER AGO
    18 RAY LAMONTAGNE – GOSSIP IN THE GRAIN
    19 PARTS & LABOR – RECEIVERS
    20 SHE & HIM – VOLUME 1
    21 GUTTER TWINS – SATURNALIA
    22 THE DAYSLEEPERS – DROWNED IN A SEA OF SOUND
    23 HELIO SEQUENCE – KEEP YOU EYES AHEAD
    24 SAY HI – THE WISHES & THE GLITCH
    25 BLACK MOUNTAIN – IN THE FUTURE
    26 SUN KIL MOON – APRIL
    27 RUSSIAN CIRCLES – STATION
    28 BLACK ANGELS – DIRECTIONS TO SEE A GHOST
    29 NINE INCH NAILS – THE SLIP
    30 THE POSTMARKS – BY THE NUMBERS
    31 COLD WAR KIDS – LOYALTY TO LOYALTY
    32 THE NOTWIST – THE DEVIL YOU + ME
    33 BECK – MODERN GUILT
    34 SHE KEEPS BEES – NEST
    35 COLDPLAY – VIVA LA VIDA
    36 GRAND ARCHIVES – GRAND ARCHIVES
    37 THE WALKMEN – YOU & ME
    38 BRENDAN CANNING – SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US
    39 DAVID KARSTEN DANIELS – FEAR OF FLYING
    40 FLEET FOXES – FLEET FOXES
    41 NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!!
    42 THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM – THE ‘59 SOUND
    43 TRICKY – KNOWLE WEST BOY
    44 SANTOGOLD – SANTOGOLD
    45 THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN – WE BRAVE BEE…
    46 BLACK KEYS – ATTACK & RELEASE
    47 DEERHUNTER – MICROCASTLE
    48 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS – HERETIC PRIDE
    49 CONOR OBERST – CONOR OBERST
    50 FUCK BUTTONS – STREET HORRRSING
    51 JACK JOHNSON – SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC
    52 MURDER BY DEATH – RED OF TOOTH & CLAW
    53 TRAVIS – ODE TO J. SMITH
    54 LADYTRON – VELOCIFERO
    55 FOALS – ANTIDOTE
    56 ONE DAY AS A LION – ONE DAY AS A LION
    57 MGMT – ORACULAR SPECTACULAR
    58 THE WAR ON DRUGS – WAGONWHEEL BLUES
    59 VIVIAN GIRLS – VIVIAN GIRLS
    60 MESHUGGAH – OBZEN

  5. on 25 Jan 2009 at 4:51 am5 constance

    Thanks for pointing me in the direction of good local music!
    Here is my list:

    1. M83- Saturdays=youth
    2. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
    3. Hercules and love affair- Hercules and love affair
    4. MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
    5. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
    6. Girl Talk- Feed the Animals
    7. Delta Spirit- Ode to Sunshine
    8. She & Him- Vol 1
    9. Sigur Ros: Med Sud I Vid Spilum Endaulast
    10. Dr. Dog- Fate
    11. Mates of State- Re-arrange Us
    12. No Age- Nouns
    13. The Last Shadow Puppets- The Age of Understatement
    14. Glasvegas- glasvegas
    15. and my personal favorite- Black Kids- Partie Traumatic

  6. on 30 Jan 2009 at 10:25 am6 Andrea

    My top 20 can be seen here:

    http://onereallykillerline.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-top-20-albums-of-2008.html

    Dave, I am with Austin, Radiohead was in my 2007 list.

    Hi Andrea and Austin—->
    Here’s my justification that makes Radiohead: In Rainbows also relevant for my 2008 list and not just for my 2007 list:

    It was made available on CD on January 1, 2008, after the download release in October (3rd quarter) of 2007. Sometimes when a release falls so late in the year, it’s hard to see the line as a hard line between early 2007 and 2008. Furthermore, for those that bought the super duper version of the LP/CD box set, they didn’t get theirs till the last week of 2007 (as I did). And ultimately, since Discology is a Music store that sells physical media, I gotta count it!

    I appreciate that this one is such a hard call but I listened to it well into 2008. Thanks for the comments. I would love to hear more from people regarding anything on anybody’s list. And Andrea, I look forward to talking about and playing some Red Sparowes for you next time. For me, each album is “like a soundtrack to a film that doesn’t exist”. David

  7. on 30 Jan 2009 at 10:29 am7 Andrea

    Mike, your list is impressive. I am going to check some of those bands out.

    Dave, next time I am in tell me a little about the Red Sparrows.

  8. on 13 Feb 2009 at 11:35 pm8 Paul

    Here are my ten favorites in alphabetical order:

    1. Auburn Lull – Begin Civil Twilight
    2. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
    3. Deerhunter – Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
    4. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
    5. Lindstrøm – Where I Go You Go Too
    6. M83 – Saturdays = Youth
    7. Portishead – Third
    8. The Raveonettes – Lust Lust Lust
    9. Sun Kil Moon – April
    10. Vivian Girls – Vivian Girls

    Dave, thank you for the Red Sparowes recommendation! I’m really enjoying ‘At the Soundless Dawn’, especially the latter half.

  9. on 26 Feb 2009 at 12:57 pm9 Gilbert

    This list is what albums I listened to most often in 2008 and then, albums that may have come out in 07 or earlier but I did all my listening in 08.

    NIN- ghosts and Slip
    I can’t really add much to this.

    Mogwai- Hawk is Howling
    I<3 Mogwai. That’s all there is to it.

    Sigur Ros- That one with the weird name. You you know the one. Not the old one with the weird name, but that newer one. Yeah, that one.

    TV on the Radio- Dear Science
    I had scattered single songs from TV on the Radio and never plunged for whole albums, but Dave has helped me correct that error now I’ve been listening to a couple of their albums all at once like one giant awesome album.

    Jay Z- American Gangster
    I know. I can hear your eyes rolling. But I have always dug Jay-Z. This album came out in Nov of 2007, and I’ll probably still be rocking it on my iPod in Nov 3007.

    Amanda Palmer- Who Killed Amanda Palmer
    While not quite the Dresden Dolls, Palmer has a style all her own. If you haven’t already, check out her video cycle on you tube.

    Foo Fighters- Echoes Silence Patience and Grace.
    I was worried after “One by One” that Dave and the boys had found a rut to get stuck in. I was wrong.

    Oldies but Goodies
    Interpol- Our Love to Admire
    I know this one is from mid 07 and that’s probably reaching back too far for the main list, but I bought this one during a buying spree and finally got around to really listening to it early 08. I pretty much dig all Interpol’s work and still listen to tracks from this album regularly.

    Rhymefest- Blue Collar
    Holy crap! Another rap album? Yes. From 2006, but I didn’t hear it until 08 and I don’t think I’ve heard a rap album this fun since Method and Red’s “Blackout!” or most EPMD albums.

  10. on 01 Mar 2009 at 5:32 pm10 Courtney

    Here is my list. Some of them came out in late 2007.

    1. Santogold – Santogold
    2. Kate Nash – Made Of Bricks
    3. Katy Perry – One Of The Boys
    4. Lady Gaga – The Fame
    5. Beyonce – I Am… Sasha Fierce
    6. The Veronicas – Hook Me Up [2007]
    7. Jason Mraz – We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
    8. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
    9. Weezer – Weezer [Red Album]
    10. Ne-Yo – Year Of The Gentleman
    11. Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
    12. The Bravery – The Sun & The Moon
    13. Ladytron – Velocifero
    14. Mike Doughty – Golden Delicious
    15. The Cool Kids – Bake Sale

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