The Finally Best of 2008 List!
I've been longing to post a 2008 best-of list... and I regret not having done so. It isn't like I haven't tried!!
SO, I'm going to break it down... I do it different every year, if you know or might not know. This year, I'm going to just keep it as a best-of list and only with albums released in 2008 (except for a couple released on the last release date in December 2007 and counts for 2008).
25. Kanye West 808s and Heartbreak
24. John Legend Evolver
23. Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
22. The Last Shadow Puppets The Art of Understanding
21. Portugal. the Man Censored Colors
20. Beanie Sigel The Solution
19. Portishead 3
18. Wale 100 Miles and Running mixtape
17. Nine Inch Nails The Slip
16. Jay Electronica Style Wars EP
15. Kings of Leon Only by the Night
14. My Morning Jacket Evil Urges
13. Nas Nigger
12. Benzi and Diplo present Paper Route Recordz: Fear and Loathing in Huntsvegas
11. Radiohead Scotch Mist
10. Blacklisted Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God
09. Erykah Badu New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War
08. The Mars Volta Bedlam in Goliath
07. Evidence The Layover EP
06. The Roots Rising Down
05. The Black Keys Attack&Release
04. The-Dream Love Me All Summer/Hate Me All Winter
03. The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely
02. Coldplay Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
01. Radiohead In Rainbows
and... definitely not Tha Carter III or Girl Talk. Shit, (ahem, indie mags) if you're going to review music outside of what you normally do, make sure you can correctly analyze what you're hearing... and no, you're not hearing great programming (Girl Talk) or great rapping (uh... really?)... you're hearing hype and accessibility.
... and if you think that some of the records on there are homo, then you can go kill yourself.
2008 records I need to get and dig out:
Torche Meanderthal
Harvey Milk Life... the Best Game in Town
Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life
The Hold Steady Stay Positive
The Tallest Man on Earth Shallow Grave
Joy Electric My Grandfather, The Cubist
Starflyer 59 Dial M
TV on the Radio Dear Science
Killing the Dream Fractures
of Montreal Skeletal Lamping
Santogold Santogold
The Mongoloids Time Trials
SO, I'm going to break it down... I do it different every year, if you know or might not know. This year, I'm going to just keep it as a best-of list and only with albums released in 2008 (except for a couple released on the last release date in December 2007 and counts for 2008).
25. Kanye West 808s and Heartbreak
24. John Legend Evolver
23. Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
22. The Last Shadow Puppets The Art of Understanding
21. Portugal. the Man Censored Colors
20. Beanie Sigel The Solution
19. Portishead 3
18. Wale 100 Miles and Running mixtape
17. Nine Inch Nails The Slip
16. Jay Electronica Style Wars EP
15. Kings of Leon Only by the Night
14. My Morning Jacket Evil Urges
13. Nas Nigger
12. Benzi and Diplo present Paper Route Recordz: Fear and Loathing in Huntsvegas
11. Radiohead Scotch Mist
10. Blacklisted Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God
09. Erykah Badu New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War
08. The Mars Volta Bedlam in Goliath
07. Evidence The Layover EP
06. The Roots Rising Down
05. The Black Keys Attack&Release
04. The-Dream Love Me All Summer/Hate Me All Winter
03. The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely
02. Coldplay Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
01. Radiohead In Rainbows
and... definitely not Tha Carter III or Girl Talk. Shit, (ahem, indie mags) if you're going to review music outside of what you normally do, make sure you can correctly analyze what you're hearing... and no, you're not hearing great programming (Girl Talk) or great rapping (uh... really?)... you're hearing hype and accessibility.
... and if you think that some of the records on there are homo, then you can go kill yourself.
2008 records I need to get and dig out:
Torche Meanderthal
Harvey Milk Life... the Best Game in Town
Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life
The Hold Steady Stay Positive
The Tallest Man on Earth Shallow Grave
Joy Electric My Grandfather, The Cubist
Starflyer 59 Dial M
TV on the Radio Dear Science
Killing the Dream Fractures
of Montreal Skeletal Lamping
Santogold Santogold
The Mongoloids Time Trials