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Post by nickos on Dec 10, 2008 16:48:43 GMT -5
1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
3. Black Mountain - In The Future
4. Dungen - 4
5. Portishead - Third
6. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
7. The Accidental - There Were Wolves
8. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
9. Howlin' Rain - Magnificent Fiend
10. Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue/Bambu (ok doesn't really count but you know, anyway)
11. Calexico - Return to Dust
12. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig
13. Vetiver - Thing of the Past
14. Felice Brothers - Felice Brothers
15. DBT - Brighter than Creation's Dark
16. Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
17. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
18. Ass - My Get Up And Go Just Got Up And Went
19. The Alps - III
20. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
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Post by parock on Dec 10, 2008 21:23:33 GMT -5
I don't know why I picked 26.
26. Deerhunter - Microcastle
25. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
24. Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts.
23. Blitzen Trapper - Furr
22. Black Mountain - In The Future
21. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
20. Off With Their Heads - From The Bottom
19. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
18. Billy Bragg - Mr. Love & Justice
17. Wale - Mixtape About Nothing
16. LaGrecia - On Parallels
15. Emilyn Brodsky - Greatest Tits
14. The Loved Ones - Build and Burn
13. The Walkmen - You and Me
12. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
11. Al Green - Lay It Down
10. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
9. Lil Wayne - The Carter III
8. Titus Andronicus - The Airing Of Grievances
7. The Constantines - Kensington Heights
6. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
5. No Age - Nouns
4. The Black Keys - Attack & Release
3. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
2. Jay Reatard - '08 Matador Singles
1. Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
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Post by stevedave on Dec 11, 2008 15:42:57 GMT -5
1. Stay Positive - The Holding Of The Steady
2. Dig Lazarus Dig - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3. The '59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem
4. Brighter Than Creations Dark - Drive By-Truckers
5. Accelerate - REM
6. The Bake Sale - Cool Kids
7. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
8. More Modern Short Stories - Hello Saferide
9. Saturnalia - The Gutter Twins
10.Intimacy - Bloc Party
OK albums with brilliant singles include The Ting Tings, Glasvegas and MGMT and disappointment comes from GNR and Counting Crows
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Post by 212margarita on Dec 11, 2008 16:45:43 GMT -5
There are really three albums this year that I can easily rank
1. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
2. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
3. The Raconteurs – Consolers on the Lonely
The rest are really in no particular order.
The Dodos – Visiter
The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
The Roots – Rising Down
Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold
Black Mountain – In the Future
Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer
Why? – Alopecia
Bloc Party – Intimacy
Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
Bon Iver – For Emma Forever Ago
Doseone – Skeleton Repellent
Subtle – Exitingarm
DBT – Brighter Than Creations Dark
Fucked Up – The Chemistry of Common Life
Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple
Local H – 12 Angry Months
Man Man – Rabbit Habits
Portishead – Third
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john k
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Post by john k on Dec 13, 2008 12:29:55 GMT -5
1 mudhoney - lucky ones
2 dirtbombs - we have you surrounded
3 night marchers - see you in magic
4 fleshtones - take a good look
5 jay reatard - matador singles
6 hold steady - stay positive
7 robert forster - the evangelist
8 fucked up - chemistry of common life
9 baseball project - frozen ropes and dying quails
10 boston spaceships - brown submarine
next 10
11 supersuckers - get it together
12 robert pollard - off to business
13 you am i - dilettantes
14 aimee mann - smilers
15 whigs - mission control
16 disciplines - smoking kills
17 melvins - nude with boots
18 raconteurs - consolers of the lonely
19 sloan - parallel play
20 black francis - svn fngrs
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Post by Mahoney on Dec 13, 2008 13:00:15 GMT -5
6 hold steady - stay positive is SP your favorite song on the album, or did you pick it b/c it's a single? i think my fave on the album is magazines. |
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Post by parock on Dec 13, 2008 13:12:28 GMT -5
6 hold steady - stay positive is SP your favorite song on the album, or did you pick it b/c it's a single? i think my fave on the album is magazines. ?  |
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Post by Mahoney on Dec 13, 2008 13:14:19 GMT -5
is SP your favorite song on the album, or did you pick it b/c it's a single? i think my fave on the album is magazines. ? whoa!! belay my last, i guess i thought it was a list of songs i need to pay more attention. |
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Post by flashfantastic on Dec 15, 2008 1:00:40 GMT -5
10. Fleet Foxes
9.The Hold Steady-Stay Positive
8. Kid Cudi-A Kid Named Cudi
7.Fuck Buttons-Street Horrrsing
6. Cadence Weapon-Afterparty Babies
5.M83-Saturdays=Youth
4.Wale-The Mixtape About Nothing
3.No Age-Nouns
2.Why?-Alopecia
1.TV on the Radio-Dear Science
This is the list, for now at least. I'll probably think completely differently about it next week.
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Post by gushingblood on Dec 15, 2008 13:36:37 GMT -5
I've been deliberating my choice. Here is the revised version
10.Laura Marling, Alas I Cannot Swim
9.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
8.The Gaslight Anthem, The '59 Sound
7.Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
6.We Are Scientists, Brain Thrust Mastery
5.The Mountain Goats, Heretic Pride
4.Beck, The Modern Guilt
3.Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs
2.Tegan & Sara, The Con
1.The Hold Steady, Stay Positive
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Post by parock on Dec 15, 2008 14:21:30 GMT -5
"The Con" came out in 07.
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Post by gushingblood on Dec 15, 2008 14:56:35 GMT -5
"The Con" came out in 07. Not in UK. And I only got it Friday. Damn that is such a good album. It has been on CONSTANT rotation all weekend |
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Post by motörben on Dec 16, 2008 4:02:01 GMT -5
This thread makes me realise how much stuff I didn't hear this year.  Anyway, since you asked: 20. Spiritualized - Songs in A&E 19. Evlis Costello & The Imposters - Momofuku 18. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple 17. TV on the Radio - Dear Science 16. The Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea 15. Billy Bragg - Mr. Love and Justice 14. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III 13. Atmosphere - When Life You Gives Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold 12. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs 11. The Bronx III 10. Parts & Labor - Recievers 9. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer 8. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah 7. Black Mountain - In The Future 6. The Roots - Rising Down 5. The War On Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues 4. Q-Tip - The Renaissance 3. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride 2. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive 1. Why? - Alopecia |
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Post by lilhan on Dec 16, 2008 5:21:07 GMT -5
good list ben!
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Post by motörben on Dec 16, 2008 9:35:32 GMT -5
Ta Hannah!
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Post by john k on Dec 16, 2008 10:41:50 GMT -5
cant believe i left bob moulds district line and nada surfs lucky off my list
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Post by canwemeetagain on Dec 16, 2008 15:35:23 GMT -5
1.Micah P Hinson and the red empire orchestra
2.Elbow seldom scene kid
3.Laura Marling Alas i cannot swim
4Conor Oberst-Conor Oberst
5.The Hold Steady Stay Positive
6.Cajun Dance Party The Colourfull Life.
7.Los Campesinos We are beautiful! We are Doomed!
8.Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
9.Spritualized Songs In A+E
10.Kings Of Leon-Becuase of the times
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Post by anniehall on Dec 16, 2008 21:21:28 GMT -5
had to do 5 for my school paper (so we could fit about 8 peoples' lists)
1. emilyn brodsky - greatest tits
2. vampire weekend - vampire weekend
3. girl talk - feed the animals
4. dr. dog - fate
5. the hold steady - stay positive
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Post by Rich Tarbell on Dec 17, 2008 17:15:11 GMT -5
this list is by the interesting and talented steve wynn(as in musician in dream syndicate, gutterball, the baseball project .... not las vegas developer / casino owner) :: STAY POSITIVE—HOLD STEADY 4—DUNGEN DIG! LAZARUS DIG!—NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS FLEET FOXES REAL EMOTIONAL TRASH--STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS ACCELERATE—REM PILGRIM ROAD—WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY LIE DOWN IN THE LIGHT—BONNIE PRINCE BILLY YOU ARE ALL MY PEOPLE—I'M NOT JIM EXOTIC CREATURES OF THE DEEP--SPARKS |
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Post by manish on Dec 19, 2008 11:15:09 GMT -5
i had to make two lists for MOJO, one general and one for my underground column
it would have been a conflict of interest to include any bands i work with, hence no Black Mountain, Bon Iver, The War On Drugs, Parts & Labor or Okkervil River...
1. The Hold Steady ‘Stay Positive’
2. Howlin Rain ‘Magnificent Fiend’
3. Yeasayer ‘All Hour Cymbals’ (i realise it came out in late 2007)
4. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks ‘Real Emotional Trash’
5. Kelley Stoltz ‘Circular Sounds’
6. Drive-By Truckers ‘Brighter Than Creation’s Dark’
7. The Night Marchers ‘See You In Magic’
8. Portishead ‘Third’
9. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‘Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!’
10. No Age ‘Nouns’
MOJO Underground Albums of 2008
1. Fuck Buttons ‘Street Horrrsing’
2. Boris ‘Smile’
3. Harvey Milk ‘Life... The Best Game In Town’
4. Hush Arbors ‘Hush Arbors’
5. The Heads ‘Dead In The Water’
6. Mammal ‘Lonesome Drifter’
7. Awesome Color ‘Electric Aborigines’
9. Torche ‘Meanderthal’
8. Earth ‘The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull’
10. Psychedelic Horseshit ‘Magic Flowers Droned’
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Post by Sunny D on Dec 20, 2008 1:56:50 GMT -5
Out of the few 2008 albums I've heard:
1. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
2. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
3. Socratic - Spread The Rumors
4. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
5. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons...
6. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
7. Kaki King - Dreaming Of Revenge
8. Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)
9. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
I need to listen to more:
Beck - Modern Guilt
Nick Cave & The Bad Sees - Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
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Post by gushingblood on Dec 20, 2008 6:29:43 GMT -5
I need to listen to more: Beck - Modern Guilt Nick Cave & The Bad Sees - Dig Lazarus Dig!!! Damn right you do! Those two albums are in my top 10. I think the Beck one is a real return to form. |
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Post by lilhan on Dec 20, 2008 9:12:28 GMT -5
I think the Beck one is a real return to form. i agree. there are some really funky beats on that record. not in my top 10 but definitely a great album of 2008. |
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Post by lilhan on Dec 20, 2008 10:25:04 GMT -5
10. drive-by truckers - brighter than creation's dark
9. fleet foxes - fleet foxes
8. jenny lewis - acid tongue
7. why? - alopecia
6. johnny foreigner - waited up til it was light
5. tv on the radio - dear science
4. emilyn brodsky - emilyn brodsky's greatest tits
3. the gaslight anthem - the 59 sound
untouchable:
2. elbow - the seldom seen kid
1. the hold steady - stay positive
check out my blog for the wee reviews i did of each. orrrrr not.
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Post by brldsguise on Dec 20, 2008 15:39:43 GMT -5
Besides SP there were two albums that came out I thought were great.
1) Stay Positive
2) Asking for Flowers - Kathleen Edwards
3) Real Animal - Alejandro Escovedo.
These three stood out among the rest.
Wayne
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Anyway, since you asked:
