Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 2008 Year in Review

25 Best Albums of 2008

1. Johnny West - The Chicken Angel Woman with a Triangle - "He Was Saved by Poultry from the Shadow of Beef"

2. Portishead – Third – "Magic Door"

3. TV on the Radio – Dear Science, - "Dancing Choose"

4. The Bug – London Zoo – "Judgement"

5. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes - "Blue Ridge Mountains"

6. Deerhunter – Microcastle/Weird Era Continued – "Agoraphobia"/"VHS Dream"

7. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago – "For Emma"

8. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus, Dig!!! – "Hold On to Yourself"

9. Steinski – What Does it All Mean? – "It’s Up to You (Television mix)"

10. Amadou & Mariam – Welcome to Mali – "Ce N’est Pas Bon"

11. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive – "Constructive Summer"

12. No Age – Nouns – "Sleeper Hold"

13. M83 – Saturdays=Youth – "We Own the Sky"

14. Shearwater – Rook – "Rooks"

15. Marnie Stern - This Is It & I Am It… - "Transformer"

16. Shugo Tokumaru – Exit – "Parachute"

17. The Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark - 'The Home Front'

18. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles - 'Robertaflack'

19. Q-Tip - The Renaissance - 'Shaka'

20. The Dodos - Visitor - 'Fools'

21. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie - 'Numina O'

22. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) - 'The Cell'

23. Harvey Milk - Life...The Best Game in Town - 'Motown'

24. Brian Eno & David Byrne - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today - 'Poor Boy'

25. Glasvegas - Glasvegas - 'Daddy's Gone'

Canadian Short List

Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer – “Bang Your Drum”....
Nicole Lizzee – This Will Not Be Televised – “Girl, You’re Living a Life of Crime”....
Elliott Brood – Mountain Meadows – “Woodward Avenue”....
Born Ruffians – Red, Yellow, & Blue – “Barnacle Goose”....
What Seas, What Shores – Threnodies – “Twice, Twice, Twice”....
Golden Hands Before God – Here – “The Ladder”....
The Dears – Missiles – “Crisis 1&2”....
The Buttless Chaps – Cartography – “Complications May Arise”....
Lowfish – Frozen and Broken – “Engine”....
Martha Wainwright - I Know You’re Married, But I Got Feelings Too – “So Many Friends”
Islands – Arm’s Way – “Creeper”