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.