It’s just a few days left of 2008, so it’s about time to start looking forward. There are a lot of exciting releases coming up in the beginning of 2009, Animal Collective, Lightning Bolt, Black Lips, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear and Morrissey, just to mention a few. However, to sum up the year in music [...]
More lists on the best music of 2008, this time courtesy of some of Nylvi’s favorite artists: No Age, Momus, DJ Rupture, Kode 9
No Age:
1 Abe Vigoda Skeleton [Post-Present Medium]
2 Lovvers Think [Wichita]
3 Infinite Body White Hymn [Please Not Today]
4 Soft Circle Full Bloom [Eastern Developments]
5 King Khan & The Shrines The Supreme Genius Of… [...]
The 50 best albums of 2008 chosen by Stereogum’s readers and The Quietus‘ reductive & subjective albums of the year list:
The Quietus Top 30 Albums of 2008
30. Beach House – Devotion
29. Neon Neon – Stainless Style
28. Times New Viking – Rip It Off
27. No Age – Nouns
26. Grace Jones – Hurricane
25. Squarepusher – Just A [...]
2008 has been a great year for 4AD. They have released a lot of quality stuff and quite a few releases ended up on our Best of 2008 list. To celebrate themselves and just in time for Christmas, 4AD is now offering fans a free label compilation featuring tracks by TV On The Radio, Department [...]
More lists. This time from Fact Magazine and Q. Two very different lists, but that’s probably no big surprise. Biggest surprise for us is that Dido released an album this year, that totally flew way below our radar…
Fact Magazine’s Top 20 for 2008
20. M83 – SATURDAYS = YOUTH (MUTE)
19. HUSH ARBORS – HUSH ARBORS (ECSTATIC [...]
