midyear music review
top 25 albums of the year so farsigur ros - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
crystal castles - s/t
paavoharju - laulu laakson kukista
girl talk - feed the animals
el guincho - alegranza!
why? - alopecia
no age - nouns
destroyer - trouble in dreams
fuck buttons - street horrrsing
thee silver mt zion memorial orchestra - 13 blues for thirteen moons
tallest man on earth - shallow grave
silver jews - lookout mountain lookout sea
the mountain goats - heretic pride
hercules and love affair - s/t
cut copy - in ghost colours
xiu xiu - women as lovers
matmos - supreme balloon
wolf parade - at mount zoomer
the dodos - visiter
earth - the bees made honey in the lion's skull
boris - smile
spiritualized - songs in a&e
final - fade away
shearwater - rook
grouper - dragging a dead dear up a hill
complete listening log 2008JUNE (33)
venetian snares - dentrimentalist*
lcd soundsystem - big ideas*
sean hayes - alabama chicken
bonnie prince billy - lie down in the light*
casiotone for the painfully alone - pocket symphonies for lonely subway cars
sam sparro - s/t*
boris - smile*
esopus #9 dreams compilation
jesu/eluvium split
suicide - s/t
fleet foxes - s/t*
lykke li - youth novels*
peter broderick - float*
pere ubu - dub housing
grouper - dragging a dead dear up a hill*
mclusky - the difference between me and you is that I'm not on fire
final - fade away*
built to spill - keep it like a secret
mc solaar - prose combat
girl talk - feed the animals*
mount eerie - dances with wolves
crystal antlers - crystal antlers*
sigur ros - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust*
magnolia electric co - what comes after the blues
sean hayes - big black hole and the little baby star
lucky dragons - dream island laughing language*
arborea - s/t*
negativland - escape from noise
deerhunter - microcastles*
brendan canning - something for all of us...*
2562 - aerial*
dead science - bird bones in the bughouse
this song is a mess but so am i - marble mouth
atari teenage riot - the future of war
MAY (27)
matmos - the rose has teeth in the mouth of a beast
beach house - devotion*
the magnetic fields - i
fricara pacchu - stories of the old
family underground - axial
health - disco*
why? - oaklandazulasylum
panda bear - young prayer
es - sateenkaarisuudelma
ratatat - lp3*
einsturzende neubauten - silence is sexy
santogold - diablo silver*
yelle - pop-up
raccoo-oo-oon - behold secret kingdom
swirlies - they spent their wild youthful days in the glittering world of the salons
invisible conga people - cable dazed/weird pains*
shearwater - rook*
anaksimandros - river of finland
avarus - ii
soul messengers - soul messages from demona
the dodos - visiter*
paavoharju - laulu laakson kukista*
quiet village - silent movie*
archers of loaf - icky mettle
rilo kiley - take offs and landings
horseshoe crabs - s/t*
ricardo villalobos - fiezheuer zieheuer
APRIL (33)
portishead - third*
wolf parade - at mount zoomer*
max levine ensemble - how to build an intergalactic time machine
spoonboy - I love you, this is a robbery
tim and eric - awesome songs, great job*
jandek - blue corpse
dr. octagon - dr. octagonecologyst
dosh - white rabbits*
the streets - a grand don't come for free
fursaxa - kobold moon*
beulah - when my heartstrings break
65daysofstatic - the destruction of small ideas
fabio orsi -osci*
el guincho - alegranza*
matmos - supreme balloon*
65daysofstatic - the distant and mechanized glow of eastern european dance parties*
my morning jacket - evil urges*
the frequency - we are the same machine*
the new pornographers - mass romantic
elliott smith - xo
cloud cult - feel good ghosts*
no age - nouns*
ricardo villalobos - enfants*
charles mingus - the black saint and the sinner lady
flight of the conchords - s/t*
ladytron - velocifero*
kelley polar - I need you to hold on while the sky is falling*
casiotone for the painfully alone - twinkle echo
guided by voices - under the bushes under the stars
cranes - self non-self
amplive - in rainbows remixes*
guided by voices - vampire on titus
scott walker - 2
MARCH (20)
cut copy - in ghost colours*
hercules and love affair - s/t*
the tallest man on earth - shallow graves*
broken social scene - bee hives
the smiths - meat is murder
m83 - saturdays = youth*
silver jews - lookout mountain lookout sea*
sera cahoone - only as the day is long
mountain goats - nothing for juice
squarepusher - ultravisitor
animal collective - rabbit curses*
parenthetical girls - (((GRRLS)))
songs: ohia - didn't it rain
man man - rabbit hands*
national - sad songs for dirty lovers
jesu - silver
mount eerie - black wooden ceiling opening*
tapes n tapes - walk it off*
gnarls barkley - the odd couple*
earth - the bees made honey in the lion's skull*
FEBRUARY (45)
volcano, i'm still excited - s/t
fuck buttons - street horrrsing*
electrelane - no shouts no calls
my dad is dead - the taller you are the shorter you get
talk talk - the colour of spring
black mountain - in the future*
the brunettes - structure & cosmetics
otis redding - sitting on the dock of the bay
karl blau - am*
white hinterland - phylactery factory*
foals - antidotes*
atlas sound - let the blind lead those who can see but not feel
devotchka - a mad and faithful telling*
neko case - blacklisted
smog - a river ain't too much to love
yeasayer - all hour cymbals
clicks + cuts vol. 1
she & him - volume one*
andrew jackson jihad - issue problems
porter - atemahawke
the ecstasy of saint theresa - watching black
clor - s/t
beulah - when your heartstrings break
eleni mandell - thrill
smog - knock knock
high places - 3/07-9/07 *
one be lo - s.o.n.o.g.r.a.m.
a hawk and a hacksaw - and the hung hangar ensemble
basement jaxx - remedy
beastie boys - paul's boutique
crystal castles - s/t*
cocteau twins - treasure
bikini kill - pussy whipped
blonde redhead - 23
add n to (x) - avant hard
dirty projectors - the new address
bikini kill - anti-pleasure dissertation
marissa nadler - songs iii: bird on the water
john cale - paris 1919
pumice - pebbles
why? - elephant eyelash
nina simone - the best of nina simone
little wings - discover worlds of wonder
jonny greenwood - bodysong
doug rosenberg - fruit*
JANUARY (37)
vampire weekend - vampire weekend*
defiance ohio - the great depression
mgmt - oracular spectacular
hello blue roses - the portrait is finished and I have failed to capture your beauty*
stephen malkmus - stephen malkmus
cadence weapon - afterparty babies *
thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra - 13 blues for thirteen moons*
the jesus and mary chain - psychocandy
why? - alopecia*
andrew bird - soldier on
born ruffians - born ruffians
kat flint - dirty birds*
destroyer - trouble in dreams*
xiu xiu - women as lovers*
john lennon - plastic ono band
ani difranco - little plastic castle
don lennon - routine
the dirty projectors - new attitude
happy mondays - madchester rave on
grizzly bear - friend
nick drake - pink moon
gang starr - daily operation
lo borges - lo borges
black ox orkestar - ver kanzt?
ex-cocaine - keep america mellow
miles davis - kind of blue
souvaris - a hat
little wings - discover worlds of wonder
beat happening - black candy
the moldy peaches - the moldy peaches
the mountain goats - heretic pride*
jackie-o motherfucker - valley of fire
sonic youth - evol
big black - songs for fucking
can - tago mago
excepter - ka
cynic - focus
faust - faust iv
average: 32.5 albums/month (wow)
* denotes 2008 release
still looking forward to:
the dead science
parenthetical girls
final fantasy
of montreal
nas
massive attack
Labels: 2008, lists, music
