wow this is a dryyyyy year man. and yet i remember being even more into music as the decade progressed. god knows what i was listening to
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Saturday, 30 March 2024 20:00 (two months ago) link
Write in for In Ghost Colours
― groovypanda, Saturday, 30 March 2024 20:34 (two months ago) link
Would have voted In ghost colours tooWent for Portishead over Vivian girls
― nxd, Sunday, 31 March 2024 02:53 (two months ago) link
The ones that I went back to most recently would be London Zoo, The Evangelist, Third, Vivian Girls and Lookout Mountain Lookout Sea. So maybe one of those. The latter seemed broadly unheralded/underrated such that I missed it altogether at the time, which was unfortunate.
The one I'm most conscious of possessing a somewhat neglected copy, such that I feel compelled to refresh my memory right now: Q Tip
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 31 March 2024 05:11 (two months ago) link
not a great year for me at least as shown here, Bug/Fall/Grouper are my faves, voted The Fall
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Sunday, 31 March 2024 05:27 (two months ago) link
Weak year.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 31 March 2024 05:52 (two months ago) link
with hindsight (physical copies in my library), some faves of mine from this year that are not here:
Carter Tutti - Feral Vapours Of The Silver EtherIndian Jewelry - Free Gold!Pantaleimon - Heart Of The SunKelley Polar - I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling (ty ILM)Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson KukistaMaybe It's Reno - Maybe It's RenoLarkin Grimm - ParplarEmeralds - Solar BridgeLau Nau - NukkuuPierced Arrows - Straight To The HeartAlan Bishop & Richard Bishop - Present The Brothers UnconnectedEinstürzende Neubauten - The JewelsNurse With Wound - The Bacteria MagnetTranko - TrankoWooden Shjips - Vol. 1
pretty good in my world!
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Sunday, 31 March 2024 06:01 (two months ago) link
Fonal Records ruled my world around this time, I think there is a good Islaja CD from this year as well
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Sunday, 31 March 2024 06:02 (two months ago) link
Frightened Rabbit AOTY by a distance, but saving that, it's Grouper.
Write-ins for Darkspace, DJ Sprinkles, Earth, Meshuggah, Raphael Saadiq & The Tallest Man on Earth.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Sunday, 31 March 2024 10:20 (two months ago) link
One of my favourite albums of all time came out in 2008: Azeda Booth - In Flesh Tones. And then the band fell apart, and nobody knows about them.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nthdVGc9nk
Other favorites: Vampire Weekend, Paavoharju, Parts & Labor. Great year!
― Frederik B, Sunday, 31 March 2024 11:15 (two months ago) link
Lindstrom (this is the only time solo L had clicked for me, and clicked hard).
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 31 March 2024 12:16 (two months ago) link
wish i still had my "Oh Shit Gang Gang" shirt :(
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, March 29, 2024 9:58 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Oh I would’ve bought that shirt, if I’d known there was one!!!
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 31 March 2024 12:17 (two months ago) link
Lol
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 31 March 2024 12:18 (two months ago) link
Badu's album is one of the best of all time.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 March 2024 14:28 (two months ago) link
hard to vote for anything but third
― ivy., Sunday, 31 March 2024 14:33 (two months ago) link
everyone's saying it's a weak year, but it has new amerykah, and third, and london zoo, and a dozen great albums that didn't make the list (dear science, limbo panto, tha carter iii, savage life 2, etc.)
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Sunday, 31 March 2024 14:46 (two months ago) link
2008 faves of mine not on the list:
Seun Kuti - Many ThingsRebirth Brass Band - 25th AnniversaryBrian Blade Fellowship - Season of ChangesBlind Boys of Alabama - Down in New OrleansParts & Labor - Receivers
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Sunday, 31 March 2024 15:09 (two months ago) link
Great list, a lot of albums I wanna revisit (Nouns, So7B, Robert Forster) and others I wanna listen to for the first time (Half Man Half Biscuit, the Malkmus album)
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 31 March 2024 15:15 (two months ago) link
If anyone ignored it at the time, that Mudhoney album is on par with their classic stuff.
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Sunday, 31 March 2024 15:23 (two months ago) link
Damn, a supremely weak year.
― octobeard, Sunday, 31 March 2024 18:54 (two months ago) link
Portishead (got my vote), Badu, SVIIB, GGD and Fleet Foxes are the only albums of note surrounded by a sea of meh
― octobeard, Sunday, 31 March 2024 18:56 (two months ago) link
everyone's saying it's a weak yearyeah don't agree at all but then I don't do this strong/weak years thingHappy to vote for Badu now as I did then
― nashwan, Sunday, 31 March 2024 19:34 (two months ago) link
I'm strongly inclined toward Third, but I've got to say I still really like MGMT's debut. Lots to revisit here
― Duane Barry, Sunday, 31 March 2024 19:40 (two months ago) link
I found my own old list from 2008
5ive - Hesperus ,Apostle of Solitude - Sincerest Misery ,Ascend - Ample Fire Within ,Asva - What You Don't Know Is Frontier ,Blood Ceremony - Blood CeremonyBoris - Smile, Darkspace - III ,Caïna - Temporary Antennae ,Cave - Hunt Like Devil ,Coffins - Buried Death ,Colour Haze - All ,Darkspace - Dark Space IIIEarth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull ,Emeralds - Solar Bridge ,Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale -Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday ,Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill ,Gutter Twins - SaturnaliaHammers of Misfortune - Fields / Church of Broken Glass ,Harvey Milk - Life . . . The Best Game In Town ,Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness ,In Solitude - In Solitude ,Jex Thoth - Jex ThothJourney To Ixtlan - Journey to IxtlanKrallice - Krallice ,Melvins - Nude With BootsMenace Ruine - The Die Is Cast ,Meshuggah - obZen ,Morkobot - MortoMoss - Sub Templum ,Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Part I ,Nadja - Desire In Uneasiness ,Ocean - Pantheon Of The Lesser ,Portishead - Third ,Skepticism - Alloy ,Spritualized – Songs In A&ESunn 0))) - Domkirke ,The Austrasian Goat - pieces to oblivian ,The Bug - London ZooThe Gates of Slumber - Conqueror ,The Goslings - Occasion ,Torche - Meanderthal ,Trees - Lights BaneUfomammut - IdolumUnearthly Trance - ElectrocutionVirus - The Black Flux
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Sunday, 31 March 2024 20:25 (two months ago) link
Portishead Third is one of the best albums of any year
― kraudive, Sunday, 31 March 2024 20:25 (two months ago) link
here's my old 2008 list
Morgan Geist - Double Night TimeBelong - ColorlossHercules & Love Affair - S/TFranco - FrancophonicDavid Byrne/Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen TodayVampire Weekend - Vampire WeekendMax Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads YouKelley Polar - I Need You to Hold On While the Sky Is FallingLes Savy Fav - After the Balls DropThe Raveonettes - Lust Lust LustEarth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's SkullDennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue / BambuVa - Nigeria '70: Lagos Jump: Original Heavyweight Afrobeat, Highlife & Afro-FunkFucked Up - Chemistry Of Common LifeCut Copy - In Ghost ColoursTV On the Radio - Dear ScienceNine Inch Nails - The Slip
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 31 March 2024 21:17 (two months ago) link
Was tough. Toss up between Grouper, No Age and Portishead. Went with Grouper because I still listen to that all the time.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 1 April 2024 15:37 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whPSvi3Czeg
2008 also had this gem, from _The Golden Age_. "Decibels..." is an AMC catalog highlight for me.
Pulled out my 2008 faves cdrs to be reminded of good records from You Am I, Empire of the Sun, Robyn, Styrofoam, Firefox AK, The Notwist, At the Close of Every Day, Shearwater, Ida, Get Well Soon, and others.
Every year rewards me if I keep looking for new music.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 1 April 2024 16:08 (two months ago) link
I think I was mainly listening to old music this year. Vampire Weekend is my pick, followed by Fleet Foxes, Santogold, and Malkmus.
― o. nate, Monday, 1 April 2024 16:18 (two months ago) link
Grouper, Torche, and Marnie Stern were my favs at the time; I could see myself voting for Erykah Badu as well.
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Monday, 1 April 2024 17:19 (two months ago) link
xp love love LOVE that Kelley Polar album, would probably be my pick in an open poll
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Monday, 1 April 2024 17:20 (two months ago) link
Ooh Dømkirke was that year too?? I didn't hear that one until much later (when I started using Bandcamp and left physical media behind entirely) but I think it's my favorite Sunn 0))) release
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Monday, 1 April 2024 17:22 (two months ago) link
I must check out that Kelley Polar album. I've never listened to any of his music.
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Monday, 1 April 2024 17:36 (two months ago) link
Probably gotta go with the Silver Jews album out of these options, just over Real Emotional Trash, Skeletal Lamping, and the Lambchop one.
This is actually one of my favorite music years, but for me it's defined mainly by nerdier stuff:
Simon Bookish - Everything/Everything (one of my favorite albums ever)Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads YouSparks - Exotic Creatures of the DeepMomus - JoemusThe Chap - Mega Breakfast
A few others I like a lot that haven't been mentioned:The Matthew Herbert Big Band - There's Me and There's YouPassing Strange: Original Broadway Cast RecordingThe Magnetic Fields - Distortion
And if we're counting EPs:Final Fantasy - Spectrum, 14th Century EPJesca Hoop - Kismet Acoustic EP
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Monday, 1 April 2024 18:32 (two months ago) link
Portishead - 3rd got my vote. Favorite album of 2008: Earth's - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
― KorovaMilkbar, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 16:44 (two months ago) link
my fav album of 08 is viva la vida. followed probably by weller's 22 dreams. there's always been a Q Magazine Dad side to...
then bloc party's intimacy. then made in the dark. then third.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 16:50 (two months ago) link
i'm very bittersweet for 2008 in general. there hasn't been a better year since in my life. and i'd rank now 69, 70 and 71 decidedly higher than any now album since. but in terms of knockout albums in general it's surprisingly a relatively fallow year compared to 07 and 09.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 16:54 (two months ago) link
oh shit hold steady - stay positive came out in '08? i must've listened to that one every day that summer
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 17:09 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yy3ZRZS9jo
This thread reminded me of this favorite 2008 track. <3!
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 4 April 2024 22:40 (one month ago) link
I must check out that Kelley Polar album. I've never listened to any of his music.bump his thread when you do, also listen to the first (better*) album first...also the decent 'Au Suisse' album from two years ago
― nashwan, Thursday, 4 April 2024 22:52 (one month ago) link
or:
Listen to an album you've never heard by an artist you never listen to and then tell us about it!
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 4 April 2024 23:54 (one month ago) link
Just found a few albums sorely missing from the lists above that def paint 2008 in a slightly better light (all are absolutely phenomenal and would be in my top 10 for the year easy):
Flying Lotus - Los AngelesFennesz - Black SeaHammock - Maybe They Will Sing For Us TomorrowBeach House - DevotionM83 - Saturdays = YouthQuiet Village - Silent Movie
― octobeard, Friday, 5 April 2024 00:11 (one month ago) link
I feel Los Angeles was a seminal record that helped usher in the west coast bass sound and revitalized experimental electronic music in the US the way Burial did in the UK post-Warp/IDM, making it cool.
― octobeard, Friday, 5 April 2024 00:13 (one month ago) link
I finally got around to that Fennesz record last year after being a casual fan for decades, it is indeed great
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2024 00:20 (one month ago) link
echo last 2 posts - los angeles and black sea are so good
― nxd, Friday, 5 April 2024 08:41 (one month ago) link
I was gonna mention M83, still his best album.
― nashwan, Friday, 5 April 2024 09:23 (one month ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 00:01 (one month ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 00:01 (one month ago) link
Respectable 3rd place for Lindstrom. That's the album out of all of these I go back to the most.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 00:03 (one month ago) link