Top 10 of ‘08, except for the first in no particular order:

• Frightened Rabbit: The Midnight Organ Fight
• Gutter Twins: Saturnalia
• The Dutchess & The Duke: She’s the Dutchess, He’s the Duke
• Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
• The Tallest Man on Earth: Shallow Grave
• Sam Amidon: All Is Well
• Fennesz: Black Sea
• Shearwater: Rook
• Deerhunter: Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
• Hold Steady: Stay Positive

On its own list because I’m credited on it:

• Oxford Collapse: Bits

Top 5, Reissues division:

• Damon & Naomi: More Sad Hits
• Microphones: The Glow, Pt. 2
• Willie Nelson: Stardust
• Victor Uwaifo: Guitar Boy Superstar
• Big Dipper: Supercluster

Random thoughts on What This All Means to come. Also, Michaelangelo Matos’s take on Girl Talk is spot-on.