Year In Review
Aggressive Tendencies: Year in Review 2008
PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2008
1. Genghis Tron Board Up The House (Relapse) "The cliché is that as you get older, you soften up in terms of musical taste, and our ba...
Wood Wires & Whiskey: Year in Review 2008
PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2008
1. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Lie Down In the Light (Drag City) Fifteen years after releasing his first record, Will Oldham continues to compose...
Pop Rocks: Year in Review 2008
PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2008
1. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold was once a tenth-grade dropout with an insatiable curiosity about music. L...
No Future: Year in Review 2008
PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2008
1. Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador) "I'm almost completely satisfied with the way it turned out," Damian Abraham, lead voca...
Groove: Year in Review 2008
PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2008
1. Erykah Badu New Amerykah Pt. 1: 4th World War (Motown) When one-time neo-soul torchbearer Erykah Badu dropped the particularly direction...
Frequencies: Year in Review 2008
PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2008
1. Cut Copy In Ghost Colours (Modular) There are many effective ways of gauging if a band has had a breakout year. The first is usually rec...
Destination Out: Year in Review 2008
PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2008
Instead of building one top ten list from the many disparate styles of electronic ambience, non-linear improv, experimental rock, avant jaz...
Beats & Rhymes: Year in Review 2008
PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2008
1. Lil Wayne Tha Carter III (Cash Money) The endless period of prosperity that has blessed Cash Money millionaire Lil Wayne these past few...