*NOTE: I originally posted this on my Facebook page but have since edited it slightly for this post.
The idea of a Top 10 List is a little ridiculous. We all need and want different things from music; it is the soundtrack to different moments in our lives. Therefore opinions will vary from person to person. And with the vast array of music available to us, there is and was certainly lots of it to keep us company and fulfill our every need. That being said Top 10’s are fun and provide opportunities for people to explore and share musical ideals. Year end lists also allow us to open doors to new music for our friends who may love something completely different and vice versa. I’ve always been a huge music fan/nerd and love a lot of different types of music (new country and any Idol programs don’t count), I’m also a music snob…and with those polar opposite views, here is a glimpse into my soundtrack for 2008.
TOP 10 of 2008 (in no particular order):
1. Kings of Leon ‘Only By The Night’
2. TV on the Radio ‘Dear Science’
3. Bon Iver ‘ For Emma, Forever Ago’
4. She and Him ‘Volume One’
5. Fleet Foxes ‘Fleet Foxes’
6. The Gaslight Anthem ‘The 59 Sound’
7. Polar Bear Club ‘Sometimes Things Just Disappear’
8. Torche ‘Meanderthal’
9. Arkells ‘Jackson Square’
10. Constantines ‘Kensington Heights’
There were tons of albums I never got to listening to yet, and I’m sure I’m missing some gems from this past year, but here are some other albums that got me dancing…at least in my mind grapes!
HONOURABLE MENTION:
City and Colour “Bring Me Your Love”
Glasvegas ‘Glasvegas’
Bison B.C. “Quiet Storm’
Kanye West ‘808s and Heartbreak’
Sigur Ros ‘Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust’
Lyyke Li ‘Youth Novels’
Russian Circles ‘Station’
Young Widows ‘Old Wounds’
Thrice ‘The Alchemy Index – Volume 1-4′ (2007, 2008)’
Thrice ‘Live at the House of Blues’
The Gutter Twins ‘Saturnalia’
Anathallo ‘Canopy Glow’
Black Mountain ‘In The Future’
Ours ‘Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)’
Muse ‘HAARP’
The Walkmen ‘You & Me’
Death Cab For Cutie ‘Narrow Stairs’
MGMT ‘Oracular Spectacular’ (I know this was late 2007, but…)
Coldplay ‘Viva La Vida…’
Santogold ‘Santogold’
The Roots ‘Rising Down’
The Bronx ‘The Bronx’
Sebastien Grangier & The Mountains ‘Sebastien Grangier & The Mountains’
The Sword ‘Gods of the Earth’
Meshuggah ‘obZen’
The Mars Volta ‘Bedlam in Goliath’
My Morning Jacket ‘Evil Urges’
The Hold Steady ‘Stay Positive’
Plants and Animals ‘Parc Avenue’
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals ‘Cardinology’
Vampire Weekend ‘Vampire Weekend’
Common ‘Universal Mind Control’
Estelle ‘Shine’
Adele ‘19′
Elbow ‘The Seldom Kid’
Beat Union ‘Disconnected’
Paper Rival ‘Dialog’
Make Do & Mend ‘Bodies of Water’
Bridge & Tunnel ‘East/West’
Q-Tip ‘The Renaissance’
The Loved Ones ‘Build & Burn’
Jamie Lidell ‘Jim’
Eli “Paper Boy” Reed ‘Roll With You’
Chad VanGaalen ‘Soft Airplane’
Underoath ‘Lost in the Sound of Separation’
GUILTY PLEASURES:
Rihanna ‘Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded’
Katy Perry ‘One of the Boys’
TI ‘Paper Trail’
Girl Talk ‘Feed the Animals’
Panic at the Disco ‘Pretty Odd’ (such a Beatles rip off but a fun record)
LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW ALBUMS IN 2009 BY:
Mute Math
Mew
Wilco
Cursive
Pearl Jam
Bruce Springsteen
Muse
Malajube
Tom Waits (I really hope so, and a tour in Canada)
Propagandhi
Deftones
Jaga Jazzist (I can wish, can’t I)
COMING SOON IN 2009 FROM DINE ALONE RECORDS:
Attack in Black “Years (By One Thousand Fingertips) – Mar 10
Bedouin Soundclash “Where Have The Songs Played Gone To EP – June 16
Hunter “4″ – June 16
Alexisonfire “Old Crows / Young Cardinals” – June 23
Moneen “New Album – TBA” – September 15
The Living End – Aug/Sept 2009
Children Collide – Aug/Sept 2009
Bedouin Soundclash “New Album – TBA” – Spring 2010
Links:
http://www.dinealonerecords.com
http://dinealonegrub.blogspot.com
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http://www.myspace.com/dinealonerecords
