We were too busy giving thanks this week to write out the usual Top 10, so instead, we've unrolled this list of our favorite albums of the year. Without further ado, we present, in no particular order (besides the fact that titles are alphabetized), the XLR8R staff's quick 'n' dirty 2008 Top 25.
Atlas Sound Let the Blind Lead Those Who See But Cannon Feel kranky
Beach House Devotion Carpark
Brenda Ray Walatta EM
Bun-B Il Trill Rap-a-lot
Daedelus Love to Make Music To Ninja Tune
Dizzee Rascal Maths + English Def Jux
Flying Lotus Los Angeles Warp
Foals Antidotes Sub Pop
Glass Candy Beatbox Italians Do It Better
Jeremy Jay A Place Where We Could Go K
Kelley Polar I need to Hold on While the Sky is Falling Environ
Lindstrøm Where You Go I Go Too Smalltown Supersound
Lone Lemurian Dealmaker
M83 Saturdays = Youth Mute
MGMT Oracular Spectacular Sony
The Notwist The Devil, You + Me Domino
Portishead Third Mercury
Syclops I've Got My Eye on You DFA
Spiritualized Songs in A & E Universal
The Mole High as the Sky Wagon Repair
Throw Me the Statue Moonbeams Secretly Canadian
Tobacco Fucked Up Friends anticon.
Xiu XiuWomen as Lovers Kill Rock Stars
Yelle Pop-Up Carolina
Zomes Zomes Holy Mountain
where's los angeles?!
where's los angeles?!
where's los angeles?!
glass candy + dizzee rascal are 2007.
california
no london zoo? i'm shocked
van she? cut copy? the presets? :(
LA aint all that!! Good top 25......props to Lone!
Love that Tobacco made the list, but no Cut Copy?
THAT TOBACCO ALBUM IS DA' BOMB, YO!!!!!
The ‘Best Music’ of 2008 (Part 1)
(1.) TODD RUNDGREN - ARENA
(2.) JEFF BECK - LIVE AT RONNIE SCOTT’S JAZZ CLUB
(3.) STEVE WINWOOD - NINE LIVES
(4.) WALTER BECKER - CIRCUS MONEY
(5.) GUNS N’ ROSES - CHINESE DEMOCRACY
(6.) NADA SURF – LUCKY
(7.) NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - DIG!!! LAZARUS DIG!!!
(8.) DIDO - SAFE TRIP HOME
(9.) PORTISHEAD - THIRD
(10.)BUDDY GUY - SKIN DEEP
* (BONUS) DAVID BOWIE - LIVE IN SANTA MONICA 72
** BONUS (BEST CHRISTMAS CD 08) KARL MORASKI - WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? – This exceptional Christmas cd can be purchased at
http://www.karlssongs.net