Best of the Year 2008 - drowning in a sea of digital of music
1) Nick Cave – Dig Lazurus Dig
An intoxicating blend of song craft and passion.
2) Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal / Live Animal (EP)
A tough as nails journey through the 70’s music scene.
3) Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs
Amazing wide ranging set of outtakes, alternate versions and live cuts.
4) Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
A fragile beauty that just draws you in again and again.
5) James McMurtry – Just Us Kids
A compelling look at the American political landscape and its victims.
6) Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
A mindless fun concoction of Afrobeats and 80’s alternative.
7) Gary Louris – Vagabonds / Acoustic Vagabonds (EP)
The singer-songwriter cd of the year, for fans of 70’s California pop.
8) Lucinda Williams – Little Honey
She finds love and her electric guitar, it rocks from the heart.
9) Mudcrutch – Mudcrutch / EP Live
High school band reforms for a classic country rock homage.
10) Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
The voices and the vibe mix together into an ethereal listening experience.
Slightly flawed favorites:
The Rolling Stones - Shine A Light
B.B. King – One Kind Favor
R.E.M. – Accelerate
She & Him – Volume One
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
Santogold – Santogold
Coldplay – Vival La Vida …
Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
Hayes Carll – Trouble in Mind
Duffy – Rockferry
Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
AC/DC – Black Ice
Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It
From the Vaults:
Clash – Live at Shea Stadium
Neil Young – Live at Canterbury House 1968
T.Rex – The Best of the BBC Recordings
World:
Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall
Amandou & Mariam – Welcome to Mali
Blues:
B.B. King – One Kind Favor
Buddy Guy – Skin Deep
Tab Benoit – Night Train to Nashville
James Hunter – The Hard Way
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