top 50 of 2008
01) The Hold Steady, Stay Positive
02) No Age, Nouns
03) Women, Women
04) Hot Chip, Made in the Dark
05) Cut Copy, In Ghost Colours
06) Ladytron, Velocifero
07) Ponytail, Ice Cream Spiritual
08) Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
09) Marnie Stern, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
10) The Breeders, Mountain Battles
11) Be Your Own PET, Get Awkward
12) The Night Marchers, See You in Magic
13) Fucked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life
14) Fennesz, Black Sea
15) Times New Viking, Rip It Off
16) Vivian Girls, Vivian Girls
17) M83, Saturday=Youth
18) Portishead, Third
19) She & Him, Volume One
20) No-Neck Blues Band, Clomeim
21) Windy & Carl, Songs for the Broken Hearted
22) Atlas Sound, Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
23) Boris, Smile
24) Fuck Buttons, Street Horrrsing
25) Los Campesinos!, Hold On Now, Youngster...
26) Air France, No Way Down
27) Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
28) Religious Knives, The Door
29) R.E.M., Accelerate
30) Russian Circles, Station
31) The Mae Shi, HLLLYH
32) TV on the Radio, Dear Science,
33) The Silver Jews, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
34) Lake, Oh, the Places We’ll Go
35) Deerhunter, Microcastle
36) Hush Arbors, Hush Arbors
37) Spiritualized, Songs in A&E
38) Beck, Modern Guilt
39) Los Campesinos!, We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
40) Wilderness, (K)no(w)here
41) The Walkmen, You & Me
42) Titus Andronicus, The Airing of Grievances
43) Mika Miko, CYSLABF
44) Abe Vigoda, Skeleton
45) The Long Blondes, Couples
46) Hercules and Love Affair, Hercules and Love Affair
47) School of Seven Bells, Alpinisms
48) Grails, Doomsdayer’s Holiday
49) Shearwater, Rook
50) Gentleman Auction House, Alphabet Graveyard
02) No Age, Nouns
03) Women, Women
04) Hot Chip, Made in the Dark
05) Cut Copy, In Ghost Colours
06) Ladytron, Velocifero
07) Ponytail, Ice Cream Spiritual
08) Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
09) Marnie Stern, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
10) The Breeders, Mountain Battles
11) Be Your Own PET, Get Awkward
12) The Night Marchers, See You in Magic
13) Fucked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life
14) Fennesz, Black Sea
15) Times New Viking, Rip It Off
16) Vivian Girls, Vivian Girls
17) M83, Saturday=Youth
18) Portishead, Third
19) She & Him, Volume One
20) No-Neck Blues Band, Clomeim
21) Windy & Carl, Songs for the Broken Hearted
22) Atlas Sound, Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
23) Boris, Smile
24) Fuck Buttons, Street Horrrsing
25) Los Campesinos!, Hold On Now, Youngster...
26) Air France, No Way Down
27) Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
28) Religious Knives, The Door
29) R.E.M., Accelerate
30) Russian Circles, Station
31) The Mae Shi, HLLLYH
32) TV on the Radio, Dear Science,
33) The Silver Jews, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
34) Lake, Oh, the Places We’ll Go
35) Deerhunter, Microcastle
36) Hush Arbors, Hush Arbors
37) Spiritualized, Songs in A&E
38) Beck, Modern Guilt
39) Los Campesinos!, We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
40) Wilderness, (K)no(w)here
41) The Walkmen, You & Me
42) Titus Andronicus, The Airing of Grievances
43) Mika Miko, CYSLABF
44) Abe Vigoda, Skeleton
45) The Long Blondes, Couples
46) Hercules and Love Affair, Hercules and Love Affair
47) School of Seven Bells, Alpinisms
48) Grails, Doomsdayer’s Holiday
49) Shearwater, Rook
50) Gentleman Auction House, Alphabet Graveyard