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