Favourite Albums of 2008 so far....

Any choices?

Mine:

For Emma, Forever Ago (Bon Iver)
The Seldom Seen Kid (Elbow)
The Midnight Organ Fight (Frightened Rabbit)
Do You Like Rock Music? (British Sea Power)
Hold On Now, Youngster... (Los Campesinos!)
Distortion (The Magnetic Fields)
Third (Portishead)
Sea Lion (The Ruby Suns)
Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (Sigur Ros)
Vampire Weekend (Vampire Weekend)

Untitled - Nas :p

Angony and Irony - Alkaline Trio

Angles - dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip

So far my favourites are (random order):

- Martha Wainwright - "I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too".
- Santogold - "Santogold".
- Cat Power - "Jukebox".

wolf parade - at mount zoomer

Death Cab - Narrow Stairs

Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia

Everything else was a huge disappointment.

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Weezer - the Red Album

MGMT is so refreshing and unique! "Time to Pretend" is the best song I've heard in years. Their live show was awesome aswell.

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Originally Posted by Pete for President

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Weezer - the Red Album

MGMT is so refreshing and unique! "Time to Pretend" is the best song I've heard in years. Their live show was awesome aswell.

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"Time to Pretend" is a great song. I've thought about buying their album, since they kinda remind me of a more electronic version of The Flaming Lips or something, and I love me some Flaming Lips.

mc chris - mc chris is dead

I haven't really listened to many 2008 albums, but that one really is fantastic.

"Viva la Vida" by Coldplay. Done.

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Originally Posted by Rye

Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia

Everything else was a huge disappointment.

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My favourite song from this was on the Japanese release of "Yes, Virginia", so I didn't put it down =/.

I'm digging Ladytron's Velocifero at the moment.

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Originally Posted by Bert

Untitled - Nas :p

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COMPLETELY AGREED


You Can't Stop Us Now
Hero
Sly Fox
N.I.*.*.E.R
Project Roach
Y'all My Ni**ers
We're Not Alone
Black President
Middle Finger
Association


NEED I SAY MORE?! Nas came stronger than ever on this CD!:cool:

I refuse to pick only one.

Ihsahn - aNGL (it's got Ihsahn and Mikael Akerfelt, what more do you want?)
Opeth - Watershed
Protest the Hero - Fortress
Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Mirrorthrone - Gangrene

Nothing matters until Detox comes out.

self titled 3 Doors Down

THE JACKEL

The Roots - Rising Dawn

The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale EP

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

So far these are my favorites of 2008.

Edit: Oh man, I totally forgot the new Girl Talk album came out this year.

Girl Talk - Feed the Animals is my favorite album of the year right now. Good ol' illegal music.

Testament - The Formation Of Damnation

Vampire Weekend (self-titled) and Consolers of the Lonely by The Raconteurs are both smurfing amazing.

1. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
2. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
3. Panic at the Disco - Pretty.Odd.
4. Electric President - Sleep Well
5. Counting Crows - Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings
6. Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
7. The Grand Archives - Grand Archives
8. Goldfinger - Hello Destiny

I doubt anyone's heard of Electric President or The Grand Archives, but they're both excellent indie bands that deserve checking out.

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Kleos - Picture Atlantic
Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Vampire weekend wonderful band. Picture Atlantic is a band from San Jose/Oakland, Ca area. Wonderful band was one of the openers for Coldplay's Viva La Vida concert in San Jose (which I went to). and Coldplay what can I say.

Hm, I liked the new City And Colour, and then Russian Circles' Station was great. I guess those would be my favourites, though I haven't really been on the ball with new music this year.

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Originally Posted by I Took the Red Pill

Nothing matters until Detox comes out.

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Will be either November or December.

and uhh, I'm gonna say Viva la Vida for now.

I dont have many albums from this year. the ones i would say are
Stop, Drop and Roll!!! - Foxborough Hot Tubs
The Lord Of The Rings Musical Soundtrack
Pretty. Odd. - Panic At The Disco
Rotation - Cute Is What We Aim For
and All Hope Is Gone - Slipknot when that comes out

I think I am missing a couple but...

Opeth - Watershed
To-Mera - Delusions
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
Draconian - Turn Season Within
Therion - Live Gothic
Virgin Black - Requiem: Fortissimo

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Originally Posted by Egami

I think I am missing a couple but...

Opeth - Watershed
To-Mera - Delusions
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
Draconian - Turn Season Within
Therion - Live Gothic
Virgin Black - Requiem: Fortissimo

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I'm gonna start sounding like a broken record, but my most frequented forum Five Eight Forums is home to some of the absolute biggest fans of Opeth, To-Mera, Esoteric, and Virgin Black you will ever meet. Therion and Draconian are not unrepresented themselves. You really would find a home in the music discussion board, either talking about bands like these or getting recommendations for stuff in a similar vein.

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So far this year I haven't payed attention to a lot of new releases. I've gotten the latest by a few core favorite bands but I've spent most of the year catching up on old (not necessarily ancient, but a mix of stuff spanning hundreds of years ago to just a few years ago) music that I really wanted to hear and it all seemed a lot more pressing & highly recommended than just the newest stuff on the block. That's kind of how my priorities have been lately. I don't usually get into all the newest albums from a given year until at least the following year, after hype has died-down and settled and I can get a more accurate opinion of where exactly this new music falls relative to all the other music out there, and specifically in that particular artist's catalogue.

1. Watershed by Opeth
2. The White by Agalloch
3. Tulimyrsky by Moonsorrow
4. Board Up The House by Genghis Tron

Literally the only four albums this year to impress me.

No wait I forgot Thrice's last two volumes of The Alchemy Index, I listened to those nonstop when I first picked them up.

It's good to see everyone has pretty good taste in music here.

Let's see here:

My Favorites

• Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (Simply excellent)
• Beach House - Devotion
• Coldplay - Viva La Vida
• Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
• Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
• Death Cab - Narrow Stairs
• Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
• Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
• Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
• M83 - Saturdays = Youth (Love love love M83)
• MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (I listened to this album alone for months)
• My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
• Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue
• Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heaven's Gate
• Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (Probably their best to date)
• The Black Keys - Attack and Release
• The Dodos - Visiter
• The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath
• The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

Here's a list of albums that could make this list but I haven't listened to much of yet:

Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Beck - Modern Guilt
Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
Ratatat - LP3
Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It Off
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

Good mention of The Dodos, that just came out here in the UK the other week and I'm really liking it.

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Originally Posted by Chzn8r

I'm gonna start sounding like a broken record, but my most frequented forum Five Eight Forums is home to some of the absolute biggest fans of Opeth, To-Mera, Esoteric, and Virgin Black you will ever meet. Therion and Draconian are not unrepresented themselves. You really would find a home in the music discussion board, either talking about bands like these or getting recommendations for stuff in a similar vein.

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Oh, thanks! I bookmarked the site and will check it out.

St Jude- The Courteeners
Viva La Vida- Coldplay (awesome)
Lightspeed Champion- can't member the name think its sitting under the lavender bridge?

I love love LOVE the new Coldplay album.