2008 Top Music Lists

[Ro]

Originally Posted by peter12

Thanks, Ro. I'll check some of those out for sure.

Cool! I highly recommend the first four albums from the second list. I think I've made it known that I'm loving the Kanye album, but Metaform, Flying Lotus, & Zo! & Tigallo are all fantastic efforts and worthy on a list that spans all genres IMO.

As for the hip hop stuff, it's Black Milk's year. He handled most of the production on Elzhi's record (on my list) as well as a couple of other artists (Guilty Simpson...a few others), put out two collab/mixtape type albums that are both solid (Caltroit with Bishop Lamont & The Set Up with Fat Ray), and dropped a banger of a sophomore LP.

The Grip Grand record sort of came out of nowhere for me- it's upbeat with some great lyricism. The Roots are The Roots- every album takes a minute to absorb, as it has a subtle shift in sound texture (somewhat of a rare feat for a hip hop group), but once it does you realize how damn good it is. Nas dropped his best LP in a handful of years, and the beats on the Nicolay & Kay record are beautifully done. Most of the others (Akrobatik, Pacewon, Jake One) are throwback style hip hop- just solid head-nodding beats, and dope rhymes.

Re: The Royce 5'9" inclusion- although none of those releases are official albums (Street Hop is coming early 2009- executive produced by DJ Premier!!...I haven't been this excited for a record for a while), he drops so much material and the majority of it is so good that I had to include him.

[troutman]

Uncut Magazine Top 20 2008:

1. Portishead- Third
2. Fleet Foxes- s/t
3. TV On The Radio- Dear Science,
4. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
5. Vampire Weekend- s/t
6. Elbow- The Seldom Seen Kid
7. Neon Neon- Stainless Style
8. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
9. Kings of Leon- Only By The Night
10. Paul Weller- 22 Dreams
11. Drive By Truckers- Brighter Than Creation's Dark
12. The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
13. James Blackshaw- Litany of Echoes
14. Randy Newman- Harps & Angels
15. Hot Chip- Made In The Dark
16. Wild Beasts- Limbo, Panto
17. Goldfrapp- Seventh Tree
18. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks- Real Emotional Trash
19. Shearwater- Rook
20. My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges

Blender Top 33

http://www.blender.com/Channel/33Bes...show/4430.aspx

[Ronald Pagan]

F'ed up:

http://www.metacritic.com/music/arti...ryofcommonlife

[flamingreen]

Originally Posted by Ro

4. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles

Their video for Parisian Goldfish is absolutely hilarious and completely NSFW.

My top 15 in no particular order:

• Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons .. / Sad Clown Bad Season Series
• The Streets - Everything is Borrowed
• Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
• Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning - Something For All Of Us
• The Coast - Expatriate
• Foals - Antidotes
• Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
• Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
• The Music - Strength In Numbers
• People In Planes - Beyond the Horizon
• Q-Tip - The Renaissance
• Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
• Mystery Jets - Twenty One
• Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
• Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

[Flame Of Liberty]

Originally Posted by troutman

Uncut Magazine Top 20 2008:

I thought this is a family friendly forum?!

[Magnum PEI]

1. The Kooks-Konk
2. Last Shadow Puppets-Age of the Understatement
3. My Morning Jacket-Evil Urges

[GreenLantern]

Tegan and Sarah - Call it off!

[troutman]

Paste Magazine:

http://www.pastemagazine.com/article...est-music.html

5. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins [Jagjaguwar] Rough, lush and magniloquent, this album is far more than a postscript to 2007’s The Stage Names. Singer Will Sheff wails “we have lost our way,” but the claim couldn’t be further from the truth on this brilliant, cacophonous cataloging of fame and misfortune.

4. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago [Jagjaguwar]Justin Vernon’s rags-to-riches story only adds to the beautiful depth of this folky debut. Stitched together during a self-imposed winter isolation in a Wisconsin cabin, this nine-song heartbreaker brims with a quiet intensity and a hushed vibrato that’s raw and addictive enough to leave Sam Beam jealous.

3. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend [XL]
Proudly trumpeting its Afro-pop influences, this scholastic quartet of Columbia grads made the year’s most rambunctiously inventive (and hyped) debut. From its pulsating symphonic flourishes to frontman Ezra Koenig’s sprightly falsetto, Vampire Weekend’s infectious pop rock never strikes a false note.

2. Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust [XL] This record’s most exhilarating peaks are found in its hushed sonic valleys, especially the anguished opening strains of “Festival.” The first half of the song scrapes away all sonic clutter, featuring a minimalist aria of keyboard swells and lead singer Jónsi Birgisson’s falsetto soaring beyond heaven to an even more blissful plateau.

1. She & Him - Volume One [Merge]Maybe it’s just a sweet little folk record—a tiny, flawless diamond. Or maybe it’s a pristine distillation of harmony and craft; 50 years of songwriting experience served up on a spinning silver platter. Either way, it’s our album of the year. Produced with touches of girl-group splendor and arranged with a dreamy, old-fashioned vibe, She & Him’s debut couldn’t be more adorable.

[troutman]

Uncut (also post #62) and Mojo Top 50:

http://stereogum.com/archives/yearen...08_038561.html

Mojo:

10 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
9 The Bug - London Zoo
8 The Week That Was - The Week That Was
7 Glasvegas - Glasvegas
6 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
5 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
4 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
2 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
1 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

[troutman]

Q's Top 50:

http://stereogum.com/archives/yearen...08_038321.html

10 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
09 The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
08 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
07 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
06 Duffy - Rockferry
05 Glasvegas - Glasvegas
04 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
03 Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
02 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
01 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

[DuffMan]

I absolutely loathe Sigur Ros

[troutman]

Rough Trade Top 50:

http://www.roughtrade.com/site/conte...theyear08.html

[troutman]

Here is a plethora of Top 2008 Lists:

http://blog.largeheartedboy.com/

[rubecube]

Heh, some of these have "Oracular Spectacular" by MGMT on their lists. Definitely one of my favorite albums of the past two years but I'm pretty sure it was "officially" released in 2007. Anyone who hasn't heard these guys should pick this up

"Kids"

[troutman]

Issac Brock (Modest Mouse) performs recently with Broken Social Scene:

http://katuwapitiya.com/?p=237

[troutman]

Rolling Stone:

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...ms_of_the_year

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...ms_of_the_year

1 | TV on the Radio: Dear Science
2 | Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs — The Bootleg
Series Vol. 8
3 | Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
4 | My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
5 | John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Love
and Freedom
6 | Santogold: Santogold
7 | Coldplay: Viva la Vida or
Death and All His Friends
8 | Beck: Modern Guilt
9 | Metallica: Death Magnetic
10 | Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend


Lots of 2008 lists:

http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/...rend_on_1.html

Stereogum:

http://stereogum.com/gummys/2008/best-album.html

[troutman]

Spin:

http://www.spin.com/articles/40-best...008?page=0%2C4

Pitchfork Top 100 Singles:

http://www.spin.com/articles/40-best...008?page=0%2C4

Rolling Stone Top 100 Singles:

http://stereogum.com/archives/yearen...08_040851.html

[troutman]

woxy.com is playing the top 97 albums of 2008 right now:

www.woxy.com

Metacritic is starting to compile EOY lists now:

http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2008.shtml

[rubecube]

Man, I don't know what took me so long to buy My Morning Jacket's new album. I'm a huge MMJ fan but for some reason I didn't get around to it and I'm clearly an idiot for it. The album is awesome.

[troutman]

Pitchfork's Top 50, posted today:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/articl...albums-of-2008