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Best Albums of '08 so far

BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
edited October 2008 in Other Music
Figured a new thread would be appropriate now that the shitty new Kings of Leon has dropped and they get so much love on this board. What are your top albums so far...seriously though a ton of great new stuff has come out lately and I'm curious to see what people think of it.

1.Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust - Sigur Ros
2. Dear Science - TV on the Radio
3. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
4. The Hawk is Howling - Mogwai
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  • lephtylephty Posts: 770
    The Gutter Twins - Satunalia.... AMAZING

    right now, that trumps everything released that i have heard this year. I CAN'T WAIT FOR NOV 6TH!
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
    The Black Crowes - War Paint
    Conor Oberst - S/T
    Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things
    R.E.M. - Accelerate
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • Present Tense 64Present Tense 64 Posts: 8
    1. Fleet Foxes- s/t
    2. Tv on the radio- Dear Science
    3. Portishead- Third
    4. Deerhunter- Microcastle
  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
    got my vote...
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket
    Shots - Ladyhawk
    In the Future - Black Mountain
    Strength in Numbers - The Music
    Consolers - Raconteurs
    Accelerate - R.E.M


    Love all these.
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    1. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
    2. The Black Keys - Attack & Release
    3. Beck - Modern Guilt

    With the Hold Steady, Raconteurs, Sigur Ros, and Gutter Twins all on about the same level as Black Keys and Beck.

    The only one of those three I ranked that I have really been floored by is "Dear Science", the other two are among a handful of quality albums this year that make for a really good listen, but fall short of spectacular IMO.

    I think it's been a good year for really good albums, but a bad year for knock-you-on-your-ass fantastic albums.
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    nada surf ~ lucky
    tv on the radio ~ dear science
    sigur ros ~ buzz
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
    Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
    Kris Delmhorst - Horses Swimming
    Death Cab - Narrow Stairs
    Andrew Bird - Soldier On
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    TV on the Radio- Dear Science

    most underated (not talked about much but good):
    The Sword- Gods of the Earth
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
    Ohana Festival 24 x2
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    There is already a thread about this with the exact same title

    and the answer is Oasis- Dig Out Your Soul
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    MGMT, Coldplay, The Verve, Oasis
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • NotForMeNotForMe Posts: 100
    Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
  • pirlo21pirlo21 Posts: 534
    The Raconteurs
    TV on the Radio
    Gutter Twins
    Cold War Kids
    Black Keys
    Cymru Am Byth

    PJ albums, at the moment!! -
    1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    Drowned Out wrote:
    got my vote...

    Still consolers for me as well
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • jamminpearlsjamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    head
    slipknot
    Go Birds!!!!
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Not necessarily in order....
    DBT
    Black Crowes
    Black Keys
    MMJ
    KOL
    Metallica
    Raconteurs
    ....and the new Oasis will be there too
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • tylerdurden23tylerdurden23 Posts: 7
    Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
    The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
    The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
    Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    I think Massive Attack's new one will be my #1 (if it gets finished in time), but so far..

    Boris - Smile
    Beck - Modern Guilt
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    In no particular order...

    Gutter Twins - Saturnalia/Adorata
    DBT - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
    MMJ - Evil Urges
    Hold Steady - Stay Positive
    Mark/Isobel - Sunday at Devil Dirt
    KoL - Only By The Night
    Jeff Ament - Tone

    Oooh - I'll throw in She & Him's album too, just cos Zooey Deschanel is involved.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • mertmert Posts: 167
    Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
    Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning

    And possibly Jeff's CD, but I've had it less than a week and haven't listened to it nearly enough to judge it (one thing I've learned from Three Fish and Pearl Jam is that Jeff's music doesn't always punch you in the gut, but often will be your favourite stuff later on ;)).
  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    Mine hasn't changed since April:

    Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers

    This weekend I'll listen to Jenny Lewis' new one and we'll see if anything changes.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,541
    i'm going with >>>>>THE RECOUNTERS latest it is amazing ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • DjangoDjango Posts: 152
    MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
    The Vinny Club - The Rocky IV reckyrd
    Fight like apes - And The Mystery Of The Golden Medallion
    Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

    They're my fav's so far
  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    Evil Urges
    Loyalty to Loyalty
    The Lucky Ones
    At Mount Zoomer
    Fight with Tools
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    I've also enjoyed the hell out of BB King's 'One Kind Favor'....maybe not the best but damn good
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    metallica - death magnetic
    my morning jacket - evil urges
    the racontuers - consolers of the lonely
    fleet foxes - fleet foxes
    r.e.m. - accelerate
    death cab for cutie - narrow stairs
    kings of leon - only by the night
  • antholiniantholini Posts: 56
    36 Crazyfists - The Tide and its Takers

    fan-fucking-tastic album

    http://www.myspace.com/36crazyfists
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Sigur Ros
    KoL
    Black Keys
  • KingofFunk412KingofFunk412 Posts: 32
    Only thing I can think of right now is

    Black Stone Cherry - Folklore and Superstition

    Great rock n' roll record.
  • dirtdirt Posts: 398
    I like Death Cab's latest and NIN's The Slip best so far.
    drive less - RIDE MORE!
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