Albums of the Year

2008 was a strange year for music. While a good year, ultimately it doesn't live up to the standard that 2007 set. For me, 2008 has been an "out with the old, in with the new" year for music: several bands and artists I have liked for a while (Death Cab, Jenny Lewis, Of Montreal) put out less-than-stellar albums, while most of the albums on my best-of list are by bands who are relatively new, or who I discovered recently. (Most of which I was turned onto by my friend James.)

So, with that out of the way, here is my list of Best Albums of 2008:

1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
3. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
4. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
5. Deerhunter - Microcastle
6. Portishead - Third
7. Sun Kil Moon - April
8. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
9. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
10. The Dodos - Visiter
11. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down in the Light
12. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
13. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
14. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
15. The Walkmen - You & Me
16. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
17. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
18. She & Him - Volume One
19. The Black Keys - Attack & Release
20. Tilly & the Wall - o
21. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
22. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
23. Nomo - Ghost Rock
24. Beck - Modern Guilt
25. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

I'm working on putting together my 2008 mix cds. I'll post those when I have them finished. Until then, have a happy new year.