Best album of 2008 so far is.....................

Lakefork
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Post by Lakefork »

Mr. Hoops:

Have you seen Bon Iver live?

Incredible.

They were so good that people actually shut the hell up and paid attention at the show I was at (Canopy Club in Champaign, IL).

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Post by Hoops »

1. Bon Iver

No one else is close.

My other favorite release of 2008 is the Bob Dylan Bootleg set.

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Post by saratoga jay »

my top few...
The Black Keys
Bon Iver
Frightened Rabbit
Hayes Caryll

middle few...
Alejandro Escovedo
The Baseball Project
The Hold Steady
The Whigs

bottom few...
Jason Collett
Marah
The Pretenders
Ron Sexsmith


fave ep- Ben Kweller
reissue- Dennis Wilson
07 found in 08- Ryan Bingham

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Post by calexico »

I also forgot albums by the following:

Chris Difford
Calexico
Damien Jurado
Gutter Twins
Howlin Rain
Kathleen Edwards
Jenny Lewis
Lindsey Buckingham
Micah P. Hinson
Nick Cave
Opeth
Orange Goblin
Paul Weller
Silver Jews
Hold Steady
The Notwist
Thea Gilmore
Vetiver
Okkervil River

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Post by calexico »

I have really tried to like that Bob Mould album and I am just not feeling it. The Black Mountain album is superb. The Black Crowes Warpaint is another good one. I am one of the few that like the Counting Crows album. REM and Accelerate. The Black Keys cd is outstanding, top three for me at least. Willard Grant Conspiracy and Lambchop turned in good ones. Metallica, Fleet Foxes and John Hiatt gave us good stuff. MMJ , Sigur Ros, David Byrne/Brian Eno, Black Stone Cherry, TV On The Radio...all good stuff.

Top for me so far this year has been Elbow's best album yet, The Seldom Seen Kid.

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Post by Lakefork »

Black Mountain--Into the Future

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Post by seger_and_priest »

Right Now there'ere at least three-four dogs in the hunt:

Bob Mould, District Line
Walkmen, You & Me
Make Believe, Goin' to the Bone Church
Prisonshake, Dirty Moons

(and let's not forget there's a new Cardinals coming soon...when is the Gob coming our way?)

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Post by wrick »

Definitely Weller for me too. (Mostly) missing the amazing touch of Steve White, but rolls all the same. Right on Zak!

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Post by H-Bomb Henry »

DBT's latest has been my favorite of the year. I've enjoyed that more than any other DBT album as well as any other album I've bought this year. However I'm broke so I haven't bought as many as usual.

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Post by lewhoney »

Loving the Fleet Foxes.... Son Volt in the Spring? New Gob Iron?

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Post by Rarefied Farrar »

The Hold Steady- Stay Positive... far and away.
Fleet Foxes
The new Mudhoney is actually pretty decent too.

Hardwood, what's the story with that Matt Keating album? Love the title and the artwork. How's the music?

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You were so right!!!

Post by Grifterwithafunnylittleha »

Ah, gdavis darling, baby best record loving friend!

You are right: The Hold Steady - Stay Positive ... Big Poppie says, "Yes, sign."

Love it, automatically cause I'm anticipating how the band will sound closing the show with DBT opening at the Moon in early November, Tallahassee ...

I'll record every bit of it for you, and send along a copy in 15 years. :D

BADASS SHOW,
Your real bossie Pony

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Post by Teh Rube »

Bill Carson wrote:
Teh Rube wrote:Funny how an album that may not even come out this year and no one has heard any tracks from can be album of the year. :evil:

I doubt it'll be better than this:

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Oh please. Even the guy who worked on that album said Ready For the Flood blows it away.
We won't find out 'til 2009, which makes it silly to have put it on your best of 2008 list before it came out.

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Post by Bill Carson »

Teh Rube wrote:Funny how an album that may not even come out this year and no one has heard any tracks from can be album of the year. :evil:

I doubt it'll be better than this:

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Oh please. Even the guy who worked on that album said Ready For the Flood blows it away.

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Grifterwithafunnylittleha wrote:Here are a couple I like real good:

Mars Volta, Bedlam in Goliath
Witch, Paralyzed
DCFC, Narrow Stairs
Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
Grand Archives, Self-titled

Did Dinosaur's Beyond come out this year? I think I recall it's an 07, and I love it. I'm ghey for Jhey.

Oh, and the latest Charlie Daniels record, too. Whatever year; Charlie kicks all ass.

Hopeful for the remainder of the year:

B.B. King
Dead Confederate
Mastodon
Tallicur

Yours,
Sweet Pony
Firstly - Mastodon.
Typically not a huge fan of this genre; but you can't help but love Mastodon. Same with Messhugah, in my opinion. Just undeniably, freakishly good.

And the Volta.
A bad ass band; super tight and absurdly nice to my son back when he was all sick and bald, bleh.
there aren't many photos of this band in their entirety.
Thomas Prigden is maybe one of the most amazing drummers I have ever seen in my life.
I took photos at their last Houston show several months back.


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