So we're halfway through 2008; what are your top 10 albums of this year, so far?

I forgot Santogold, which would be about #20 or so.

you didnt forget anything rev

here's a rough version of the top 50 I will continue to tinker with over the next month:

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: 4th World War
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Parts & Labor - Receivers
Jaguar Love - Take Me To The Sea
Robin Thicke - Something Else
Evangelista - Hello, Voyager
Pink - Funhouse
A.B.N. - It Is What It Is
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind The Melody
Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild
Sloan - Parallel Play
My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth
Prodigy - Product Of The 80s
Sheek Louch - Silverback Gorilla
T.I. - Paper Trail
Walter Becker - Circus Money

The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
Rich Boy - Bigger Than The Mayor
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
John Legend - Evolver
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
T-Pain - Thr33 Ringz
Termanology - Politics As Usual
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Grand Buffet - King Vision
Blake Leyh - X-Ray Yankee Zulu Tango

The B-52s - Funplex
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
R.E.M. - Accelerate
Dan Friel - Ghost Town
Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
Nas - Untitled
Statik Selektah - Stick 2 The Script
Dwele - Sketches Of A Man
Prodigy - H.N.I.C. 2
Mike Doughty - Golden Delicious

various artists - The Wire: " … and all the pieces matter"
Firewater - The Golden Hour
Foxboro Hottubs - Stop Drop And Roll!!
Slim - Love's Crazy
The Roots - Rising Down
AZ - Undeniable
Apollo Sunshine - Shall Noise Upon
The Pretenders - Break Up The Concrete
Little Feat - Join The Band
The Alchemist - The Cutting Room Floor Vol. II

Top 20 I submitted in a couple of places

1 Be Your Own Pet ‘Get Awkward’ (XL)
2 The Doubtful Guest ‘Acid Sauna’ (Planet Mu)
3 Blood Ceremony ‘Blood Ceremony’ (Rise Above)
4 Silver Jews ‘Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea’ (Drag City)
5 Billy Bao ‘Dialectics Of Shit’ (Parts Unknown)
6 Hercules & Love Affair ‘Hercules & Love Affair’ (DFA)
7 Geoffrey Oi!Cott ‘The Good, The Bad & The Googly’ (Boss Tuneage)
8 RTX ‘JJ Got LIve RATX’ (Drag City)
9 Jex Thoth ‘Jex Thoth’ (I Hate)
10 Fucked Up ‘The Chemistry Of Common Life’ (Matador)
11 Gnaw Their Tongues 'An Epiphanic Vomiting Of Blood' (Crucial Blast)
12 Half Man Half Biscuit 'CSI: Ambleside' (Probe Plu)
13 Volcano! 'Paperwork' (Leaf)
14 Krallice ‘Krallice’ (Profound Lore)
15 Harvey Milk 'Life... The Best Game In Town' (Hydra Head)
16 Lords ‘Everyone Is People’ (Gringo)
17 Racebannon 'Acid Or Blood' (Southern)
18 Koushik ‘Outside My Window’ (Stones Throw)
19 Black Mountain ‘In The Future’ (Jagjaguwar)
20 Dimension X ‘Dimension X’ (KML)

Top Twenty:

The-Dream - Love/Hate
Luomo - Convivial
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
V/A: Wighnomy Brothers - Metawuffmischfelge
Air France - No Way Down (UK Version)
DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
Shy Child - Noise Won't Stop

Trus'me - Working Nights
Lee Jones - Electronic Frank
Taylor Swift - Fearless
El Guincho - Alegranza!
V/A: Fred Deakin - Nu-Balearica
School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs From The Beehive
TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
Noze - Songs on the Rocks
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood

Brightblack Morning Light - Motion To Rejoin
Alex Moulton - Exodus
Dungen - 4
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
Air France- No Way Down
Endless Boogie - Focus Level
D. Lissvik - 7Trx + Intermission
Hercules and Love Affair - S/T
Quiet Village - Silent Movie
Trusme - Working Nights

also loved:

The Juan Maclean - Happy House 12"
TV on the Radio - Dear, Science,,
Sea and Cake- Car Alarm
Jacques Renault - RVNG EP"
Boris - Smile
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
VA- After Dark (Italians Do It Better 3x12")
Voodoo Chili - Titans EP
Chaz Jankel - Get Myself Together 12"
Betty Botox - Mmm Betty
VA - Computer Incarnations for World Peace 2
Clinic - Do It!
Morten Sorensen - Start Something 12"
MIA - Paper Planes DFA mix 12"

albums that come to mind:

free agents brass band, 'we made it through that water'
rebirth brass band '25th anniversary'
seun kuti, 'many things'
blind boys of alabama, 'down in new orleans'
raphael saadiq, 'the way i see it'
brian blade & the fellowship, 'season of changes'
mint condition, 'e-life'
parts & labor, 'recever'

what is this "ragged wood" and is it as boring as their self-titled?

"Ragged Wood" is a song from the self-titled.

Tim, is that DJ Sprinkles out/coming out in 2008?

a "no particular order, off the top of my head stuck at work on thanksgiving" selection

Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Oneida - Preteen Weaponry
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
Quiet Village - Silent Movie
El Guincho - Alegranza
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Lil Wayne - Carter III
Glass Candy - B/E/A/T/B/O/X
Indian Jewelry - Free Gold

tie for 10th place - Sic Alps, No Age, High Places, Hercules, TV on the Radio, Vivian Girls, Nu-Balerica, Endless Boogie ...

still need to hear new Dungen and Brightblack. and psyched for that Dan Lissvik record if I can get my hands on it.

los campesinos! - hold on now youngster
the-dream - love/hate
vampire weekend - s/t
deerhunter - microcastle/weird era cont
young jeezy - the recession
kanye west - 808s & heartbreak
t-pain - thr33 ringz
cut copy - in ghost colours
hercules & love affair - s/t
jay reatard - matador singles 08

lil boosie - da beginning
hot chip - made in the dark
tv on the radio - dear science
alex moulton - exodus
lil wayne - tha carter III
ne-yo - year of the gentleman
los campesinos! - we are beautiful, we are doomed
air france - no way down
the game - l.a.x.
lindstrom - where you go i go too

1. Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista
2. Jacaszek - Treny
3. Scott Tuma - Not for nobody
4. Shed - Shedding the Past
5. High Places -
6. Fleet Foxes - s/t
7. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
8. Bruno Pronsato - Why Cant We Be Like Us
9. Grouper - Dragging a dead deer up a hill
10. Zdzislaw Piernik & Piotr Zabrodzki - Namanga
11. Air France - No Way Down Ep
12. Clark - Turning Dragon
13. Four Tet - Ringer Ep
14. Death Vessel - Nothing is good enough for us
15. Tape - Luminarium

^^are you the motel de moka guy??

forgot about that Grouper album, that's a good one too

guess I need to hear Air France huh

young jeezy - the recession
esham - sacrificial lambz
doap nixon - it's been a long time
t-rock - roaches n da ashtray
rip one - epitome
cut copy - in ghost colors
reks - gray hairs
king magnetic - the co-$ign
catalyst - fuck the radio
some atl mixtape ish
i dunno was mood muzik 3 this year???

that gorilla zoe dj noize mixtape

1. Los Campesinos – Hold On Now, Youngster
2. Half Man Half Biscuit – CSI: Ambleside
3. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
4. Royce Da 5’9” – The Bar Exam 2
5. Los Campesinos – We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
6. Elzhi- The Preface
7. Corb Lund – Horse Soldier Horse Soldier
8. Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It
9. Ballboy – I Worked On The Ships
10. eMC – The Show

dom what the fuck is a los campesinos?? the only ish i heard off your list is raphael saadiq (decent) and emc (got played out in a week & a half for me). you heard any of mine??

actually my boy played me that elzhi and i was sleepin

need 2 check 4 the royce

dom what the fuck is a los campesinos??

― dat dude delmar (and what), Thursday, 27 November 2008 21:57 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Welsh sugar rush indie band consisting of seven vegans who used to refuse MySpace friend requests from people if they found their profile misogynistic.

^^^best track on the album in my opinion

EMC isn't a great album, I get that, but I just find it massively comforting. I said it elsewhere, it just reminds me of a kinda legends' sports match, all the highspots being formed at half the speed and yeah you're cutting them a lot of slack because of what they did before, but you gotta show love.

Royce probably isn't the 4th best album of the year, but I've not enjoyed one artist more in the 08. That verse on "Motown 25" on the Elzhi album, man...

I actually dl'd the Esham album after you repped for it on here as well... I dunno, I liked it, but I think I would have gone gaga for it if I was 16. I think I was listening to shit like Molotov back then, it would have filed alongside well.

Heard enough of the Cut Copy at a friend's house, not really my thing. The rest I'll have to do the Myspace run on at some point.

you'll be feelin this --- catalyst - fuck the radio

heres 1 of the joints off that

http://artwork.datpiff.com/mc11e259/Catalyst_Fuck_The_Radio-front-large.jpg
11-STYLIN ON YOU _PROD. THE CATALYST http://www.zshare.net/audio/5193791919590f39/

lol raz b diss

btw los campesinos youtube vid sucked major dick

i've liked lots of music this year but these are the main ones i got really in to and that lasted more than a week or so of serious listening

sic alps - us ez
nick cave & bad seeds - dig lazarus dig
the dutchess and the duke - she's the dutchess, he's the duke
harvey milk - life ... the best game in town
prairie spies - surplus enjoyment
the spectacles - home
wilderness - (k)no(w)here

other stuff i liked: fucked up, krallice, oh sees, flying lotus, gang gang dance, excepter, born ruffians, deerhoof, elf power/vic chesnutt

oh and guys don't forget my band's album is eligible for all your top ten list

ethan i think that reks album is hot too -- way better than dudes like skyzoo imo

its too bad i just realized the nyg'z was october of last year, was all ready to vote for it (tho i guess like half of it was more than a year old already anyway -- giantz ta this came out in like '04)

the-dream
erykah badu
q-tip
speedknot mobstaz
rebirth brass band
young jeezy
frankie knuckles "the gift" mix
gucci mane
webbie
peven everett

im excited about the scarface -- thats still coming out this year right??

and hon. mention for NYG'z

slight changes from the last time i posted in this thread lol

Props for choosing the Corb Lund album. Has this just came out in the UK or something? It was released in 2007 here in Canada.

(numerous xposts by the way)

We are no good at this.

As usual, our list goes to 11 and is in no particular order.

Quiet Village - Silent Movie
Santogold - s/t
Throw Me the Statue - Moonbeams
Okkervil River - The Stand Insalubrious
Julie Ocean - Long Gone and Nearly There
Jim Noir - s/t
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Blackblack - s/t
Army Navy - s/t
The Kills - Midnight Boom

Honorable mention:

All-Girl Summer Fun Band, Antietam, Beck, Eagles of Death Metal, Earlimart, Envelopes, Girl Talk, Islands, Jay Reatard, Jolie Holland, Los Campesinos! (X2), Love Is All, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Mogwai, Mount Eerie w/Julie Doiron & Fred Squire, Nada Surf, No Age, School of Seven Bells, Shannon McArdle, Sigur Ros, Silver Jews, The Last Shadow Puppets
The Notwist, The Ting Tings, The Uglysuit, Vetiver, Vivian Girls, Wire

i've only heard one track off the army navy but it's great - need to get the whole lp

OK, The Stand Insalubrious is a pretty hilarious auto-complete error, no?

Also , I can't believe we forgot Deerhunter _and_ Deerhoof.

INPO:

Grouper - 'Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill'
The Chap - 'Mega Breakfast'
Paavoharju – 'Laulu Laakson Kukista'
Mount Eerie (et al) - 'Lost Wisdom' (under 25 minutes, but sublime)
Deerhoof - 'Offend Maggie'
7L & Esoteric – ‘..present Esoteric –vs- Japan: Pterodactyl Takes Tokyo’
Lucky Dragons – ‘Dream Island Laughing Language’
Gang Gang Dance – ‘Saint Dymphna’
John Baker - 'The John Baker Tapes Vols 1 & 2'
The Just Joans – ‘Hey Boy…You’re Oh So Sensitive’

I would put in the Telepathe record, but my "copy" appears to vary in tracklisting from the official tracklist, and the album technically comes out in 2009. But it is quite wonderous.

Crap, we also forgot the Future Clouds and Radar which is pretty excellent (I told you we're no good at this).

for against - shade side sunny side
de rosa - appendices 2008
arms - kids aflame
presets - apocalypso
yellow moon band - travels into several remote nations...
the hussy's - super pro
cause co-motion - it's time
friendly fires - s/t
manhattan love suicides - burnt out landscapes
cut off your hands - you and i

the graham day & the gaolers album will probably knock one of those out after i've heard it, on the strength of the EP and single that preceded it

is the new deerhoof more or less lol indie than their debut?

did you mean deerhunter? 'cause the new deerhoof is way less indie that the man the king the girl

The new Drhf rocks and swings, and is a joy. Much better than Friend Opportunity.

i think i meant deerhunter. and i've only heard the 1st one. i can probably find another thread 2 discuss~~

1. Morgan Geist - Double Night Time
2. Belong - Colorloss

then a bunch of stuff i only sort of like

Their aren't nearly as many consensus favorites this year as we had last year.

i don't think there are any consensus favorites this year. that's why i'm eager to see what wins the pazz and jop poll.

^^are you the motel de moka guy??

― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Thursday, 27 November 2008 21:40 (Yesterday)

I am. But I'm not a guy, my name is Julia. How you guess?

top 25 incl. reissues -- will undoubtedly change but this is what i'm thinking maybe:

1 SIC ALPS: US E-Z (Siltbreeze)
2 VIVIAN GIRLS: Vivian Girls (In the Red)
3 WOODEN SHJIPS: Vol 1 (Holy Mountain)
4 GROUPER: Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill (Type)
5 NODZZZ: Nodzzz (What's Yr Rupture)
6 CRYSTAL STILTS: Alight of Night (Siltbreeze)
7 EAT SKULL: Sick to Death (Siltbreeze)
8 MINGERING MIKE: Super Gold Greatest Hits (Emusic)
9 DAN MELCHIOR UND DAS MENACE: X-mas for the Crows (Dagerman)
10 FAMOUS L RENFROE: Children (Big Legal Mess/ Fat Possum)
11 PIERCED ARROWS Straight for the Heart (Tombstone)
12 VARIOUS: VICTROLA FAVORITES (Dust to Digital)
13 JOLIE HOLLAND: The Living and the Dead (Anti-)
14 BLANK DOGS: On Two Sides (Troubleman)
15 VARIOUS: FIGHT ON YOUR TIME AIN'T LONG (Mississippi)
16 LOS LLAMARADA: Take the Sky (S-S)
17 ZOMES: Zomes (Holy Mountain)
18 THE RANK STRANGER: Purgatory (self-released CD-R -- no label)
19 VARIOUS: 1970s ALGERIAN PROTO-RAI UNDERGROUND (Sublime Frequencies)
20 CAUSE CO-MOTION!: It's Time! (Slumberland)
21 ILYAS AHMED: Between 2 Skies/ Towards the Night (Digitalis)
22 ALAN + RICHARD BISHOP: Present the Brothers Unconnected (tour CD, on Abduction)
23 INCA ORE: Birthday of Bless You (Not Not Fun)
24 RAVEONETTES: Lust Lust Lust (Vice)
25 SIC ALPS: Long Way Around to a Shortcut (Animal Disguise)

i really do wonder if people love that vivian girls record because they've heard black tambourine, or because they haven't...