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[TheFuriousWombat]

Oh man, my mistake. I meant "pre" not "post." I'm tired methinks. I think the album bears more listens before I decide for sure how I feel about it but I feel like it lacks the emotional power and intensity of their earlier work which was initially one of the big draws for me. Somehow the songs seem like nice rock songs now and, while certainly really good ones, that's not what I love about the band.

[Hljómalind]

Alright, I've changed my mind. The new Ryan Adams makes it to my top 10. But it's still not close to his best.

[spoon_of_grimbo]

kinda coinciding with what's gonna be my first visit to Gainesville's The Fest, a lot of my top 10 so far is punk rock of the gruff, raw-throated variety (i guess the amount of it i've listened to this year has played a part in persuading me to part with the cash to go over the US for The Fest).  i had a shortlist of about 40 albums, and although maybe 10 or so were fairly easy to get rid of, it was real fucking hard to get it down to ten.  so here's my top ten of 2008 so far, plus a few special mentions that were oh-so-close to making the ten:

1. Glass and Ashes - "Glass and Ashes"
2. Ginger - "Market Harbour"
3. Dillinger Four - "C I V I L W A R"
4. Banner Pilot - "Resignation Day"
5. Off With Their Heads - "From the Bottom"
6. The Gaslight Anthem "The '59 Sound"
7. Less Than Jake - "GNV FLA"
8. Fighting With Wire - "Man Vs. Monster"
9. Anchor Arms - "Cold Blooded"
10. The Riot Before - "Fists Buried In Pockets"


Special Mentions:

Bridge and Tunnel - "East/West"
Clouds - "We Are Above You"
The Night Marchers - "See You In Magic"
Ninja Gun - "Restless Rubes"
Pendulum - "In Silico"
Rise Against - "Appeal to Reason"
Torche - "Meanderthal"

[dancarter]

I fell kind of bad because I always mention something Skinny Puppy related here, but there need be made mention of the 2nd edition of the Subconcious Studios series From the Vault.  They rock hard and are all at the top of my list. 
Included are:

Doubting Thomas - The Infidel Special Edition Double CD (includes The Infidel, Father Don't Cry and 6 unreleased tracks)
Download - Furnace Special Edition Double CD (with Furnace and second disc of the original Furnace jam sessions)
Download - fIxEr
PlaTEAU - Music for Grassbars 2xLP (10 Year Special Edition)
The Tear Garden - The Secret Experiment
Hilt - Patsy/Minoot Bowl Dropped The Ball
Skinny Puppy - Back and Forth Volume Seven
Subconscious Studios - Rare (compilation)

[spoon_of_grimbo]

I fell kind of bad because I always mention something Skinny Puppy related here, but there need be made mention of the 2nd edition of the Subconcious Studios series From the Vault.  They rock hard and are all at the top of my list. 
Included are:

Doubting Thomas - The Infidel Special Edition Double CD (includes The Infidel, Father Don't Cry and 6 unreleased tracks)
Download - Furnace Special Edition Double CD (with Furnace and second disc of the original Furnace jam sessions)
Download - fIxEr
PlaTEAU - Music for Grassbars 2xLP (10 Year Special Edition)
The Tear Garden - The Secret Experiment
Hilt - Patsy/Minoot Bowl Dropped The Ball
Skinny Puppy - Back and Forth Volume Seven
Subconscious Studios - Rare (compilation)

kind of a long shot, but you're not dan carter from t' radio here in the UK are you?

[dancarter]

Nope.

Oddly enough, I am from London though.  Just the poorer, Canadian version.

[spoon_of_grimbo]

Nope.

Oddly enough, I am from London though.  Just the poorer, Canadian version.

i know the feeling.  i'm from the smaller, shittier, English version of Boston. 

[baroquebleakbrutal]

Wee first post!

In no particular order:

1. Opeth - Watershed
2. The Sword - Gods of the Earth
3. Ihsahn - AngL
4. Eluveitie - Slania
5. Arsis - We Are The Nightmare
6. The Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia...
7. The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Ocean and the Sun

[Inlander]

The new Mountain Goats E.P. Satanic Messiah is really good. Like, I know it's only got four songs, but after the first listen to it I seriously think it might be the best Mountain Goats recording since the Sunset Tree.

Oh hey, you can download it! http://satanicmessiah.com/

[JUSTICE GARCIA]

My list so far;

1 - Los Campesinos!'s We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
2 - TV on the Radio's Dear Science,
3 - Wolf Parade's At Mount Zoomer
4 - Ratatat's LP3
5 - Los Campesinos!'s Hold On Now Youngster...
6 - Electric Six's Flashy
7 - Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip's Angles
8 - MGMT'S Oracular Spectacular
9 - Why?'s Alopecia
10 - Of Montreal's Skeletal Lamping

Yep.

[TheFuriousWombat]

Man, everybody loves that new Why? album and I admit it's pretty good but I can't help listening to it and thinking to myself that Hood did all this so much better half a decade ago.

[gospel]

A few months have passed, and I"ve absorbed a few more albums since my last list:

Honorable Mention
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
Local H - Twelve Angry Men
Hercules Love Affair - s/t
White Hinterland - Phylactery Factory
Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down in the Light

List
1. Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
2. Fleet Foxes - s/t
3. Titus Andronicus - Airing of Grievances
4. Shearwater - Rook
5. Wolf Parade - At. Mt. Zoomer
6. Drive by Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
7. Sun Kill Moon - April
8. Shugo Tokumaru - Exit
9. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig! Lazerus Dig!
10. The Dodos - Visiter

[mattgcn]

Is this better, imagist?

1. Fleet Foxes - s/t
2. TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
3. Okkervil River - The Stand-ins
4. The Notwist - The Devil, You & Me
5. Hercules & Love Affair - s/t
6. Women - s/t
7. El Guincho - Alegranza!
8. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
9. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
10. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Yay! Finally a list where I've heard most of its contents!

(Wait, didn't Alegranza come out last year? Or was that just its native release?)

Also I think I'm gonna wait till the year is out to make my proper list again. My last one could have so many additions now!

[the_pied_piper]

So far, in no particular order

Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Ben Folds - Way To Normal
Horse Feathers - House With No Home
The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Vetusta Morla - Un Día En El Mundo
The Weepies - Hideaway

and soon to be out with much anticipation
Alaska In Winter - Holiday

[KickThatBathProf]

Wait, didn't Alegranza come out last year? Or was that just its native release?

I know it was released in october in the states.  I have no idea about the release in spain.

[MobyDickhole]

It's getting to be about time to actually choose...

um, let's see

The order changes depending on the day

1. Girl Talk -Feed The Animals
2. The Dodos -Visitors
3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -Dig, Lazuras, Dig!!!
4. Man Man -Rabbit Habbits
5. TV on the Radio -Dear, Science
6. Does it Offend You, Yeah? -You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
7. The Mountain Goats -Heretic Pride
8. of Montreal -Skeletal Lamping
9. Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks -Real Emotional Trash
10. Okkervil River -The Stand Ins


Honorable Mentions:
Animal Collective -Water Curses EP
The Decemberists -Always The Bridesmaid: A Singles Series
Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever ago
Sigur Rós -Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Islands -Arm's Way
N.E.R.D.- Seeing Sounds
Grails -Doomsdayer's Holiday (Will likely make the list once I get a chance to give it a decent listen)


Oh, And Momus just came out with a new album today, so, hopefully that album will be awesome.

[Thrillho]

Here's my list as it will stand on the website:

1.   Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
2.   United Nations
3.   Chris T-T – Capital
4.   American Music Club – The Golden Age
5.   Slipknot – All Hope Is Gone
6.   The Verve – Forth
7.   Weezer
8.   Funeral for a Friend – Memory And Humanity
9.   Hellsongs – Songs In The Key Of 666
10.   The Mars Volta – The Bedlam In Goliath

[theoryC]

1. Shugo Tukomaru - Exit
2. Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness

[the_pied_piper]

As most albums for the year are already out and most reputable music sources are doing the same, i'll post my finalised top 10 for the year:

1. The Tallest Man On Earth – Shallow Grave
2. Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke
3. The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
4. Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight
5. El Guincho – Alegranza
6. Coconot – Cosa Astral
7. Horse Feathers – House With No Home
8. Algernon Cadwallader – Some Kind Of Cadwallader
9. Johnny Foreigner – Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light
10. Mogwai – The Hawk Is Howling

Honourable Mentions
Does it Offend You, Yeah? -You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself In To
The Mountain Goats – Satanic Messiah EP (Sadly, too short to make it into top 10)
Ben Folds – Way To Normal
Vetusta Morla – Un Día En El Mundo
Alaska In Winter – Holiday
The Weepies – Hideaway

Sidenote: El Guicho – Alegranza was released Oct 2008 outside of it’s native Spain (possibly there also). However, there was another album, Foliás, released before Alegranza in 2007.

[youthcant]

i've thought about it many times, why isn't crystal castles' debut on anyone's list?
respectfully, it was a great release, despite the stealing.

& to counter that respectfulness, i will post my list in a few weeks. i always wait for December.

[look out! Ninjas!]

If I plagiarise for an assignment, even if I only steal a little bit, I fail with an absolute zero, and if I ever try to be admitted to legal practice (law student) it'll be called up as evidence that I'm not fit to practice law.

Fuck Crystal Castles.

[Halitosis]

I agree. Fuck Crystal Castles! No one gets away with sampling a drum loop on 3 songs out of 16 on my watch!

[FireAarro]

Yeah. Their album hadn't much plagarizing apart from some sampled drums. Which I don't have a problem with. How about Girl Talk? Ha! Using an entire track hardly edited as the basis for a song, without credit, is kind of lame though, and the worst was the stuff about the Madonna drawing.

Anyway, even though they're douchebags you shouldn't let that affect your judgment of their music because plenty of famous people making great music are assholes. That being said, I don't rate their album that highly, it's ok, has some great tracks on it but doesn't work that well as a whole IMO.

[_yoda]

Yeah, I couldn't stand the Crystal Castles album. Really grates by the time you're about halfway in, and the album doesn't hit me personally as being much more than overhyped ravey music that happens to be "in" at the moment. It's quite likely that it will just go on the pile of albums that are met with little more than a few eye-rolls in a couple of years, thanks to a fickle audience.

I could be totally missing the point of course - not trying to get on the fans' ire in the least. It just didn't do much for me.

[Spluff]

Anyway, even though they're douchebags you shouldn't let that affect your judgment of their music because plenty of famous people making great music are assholes.

But buying their music sends them money and/or gets them recommissioned to create another album, which rewards musical theft and encourages them to do it more. However, on the other hand, one could argue that their music should appreciated in it's own right, and not in relation to the person who made it.

Would you consider listening to, say, Burzum, to be acceptable (one might argue that, by going to prison, he has already been punished for his crimes)? What about Charles Manson?

[Redlight]

10. Mogwai ~ The Hawk Is Howling 
9. The Esther Caulfield Orchestra ~ Good Morning, Whiskey Breakfast\
8. Chad VanGaalen ~ Soft Airplane
7. Neon Neon ~ Stainless Style
6. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks ~ Real Emotional Trash
5. Helios ~ Caesura
4. School of Seven Bells ~ Alpinisms
3. Byrne/Eno ~ Everything That Happens Happens Today
2. Fleet Foxes ~ Fleet Foxes
1. Portishead ~ Third

[spoon_of_grimbo]

Anyway, even though they're douchebags you shouldn't let that affect your judgment of their music because plenty of famous people making great music are assholes.

really?  personally, i need to feel at least SOME kind of emotional connection to music to truly enjoy it, and several bands i otherwise liked have had the listening experience soured for me when i've found out they're monumental bastards.  this isn't to say that any artist who does the slightest thing that irks me will be cast out of my collection, it's got to be something pretty big or a constant display of asshole-ism.  and even then, i'll still listen now and again, but i just don't enjoy it as much.

[theoryC]

Crystal Castles is not nearly as disturbing as seeing Does It Offend You, Yeah? on some of these lists.

[TheFuriousWombat]

At the moment, I have a top 15 list. The order isn't really set in stone at all but here's how it currently stands

15. Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin
14. Marnie Stern - This is....
13. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
12. Park Gregor Samsa - Rest
11. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
10. Shearwater - Rook
9. Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
8. Bohren un der Club of Gore - Dolores
7. Max Richter - 24 Post Cards in Full Color
6. Deerhunter - Microcastle
5. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4. The Drift - Memory Drawings
3. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
2. Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
1. Matthew Robert Cooper - Miniatures

I'll probably post a more concrete list, perhaps with some little comments or something later (actually at the end of the year).

[squawk]

So, what the fuck, the 1900s have a new album out now? And I had no idea about it until today when they just announced it. What the hell. Who puts out an album in late November.

Anyway I need to find this somehow

Regarding top of 2008 lists, I'm not sure if I can make one! I think I'll just give awards out to albums.

[Light Engine]

Pretty sure the Raconteurs' Consolers of the Lonely is the only album released this year I've enjoyed.

So, er, that.

[PassiveTheory]

My current top 15:

1. Portishead - Third
2. Fleet Foxes - s/t
3. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
4. Vampire Weekend - s/t
5. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
6. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
7. Thievery Corporation - Oracular Spectacular
8. dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles
9. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
10. Grand Archives - s/t
11. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
12. Hercules and Love Affair - s/t
13. Grand Ole Party - Humanimals
14. Deerhunter - Microcastle
15. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

[Aegir]

1. Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
2. Dennis Wilson - Bambu (it was recorded mostly in the 70s but unreleased until 2008... that counts, right?)
3. She & Him - Volume One
4. Inara George and Van Dyke Parks - An Invitation
5. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
6. Andrew Nieporent and the Nonspecifics - Sometimes Crazy Works
7. Darrin Bradbury - Spring Time Choir
8. The Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia
9. Chris Farmer - California Dreamin'
10. The No-Shirts - Stuck in Suburbia

I didn't listen to many new albums this year.

[TheFuriousWombat]

I forgot, the new Tarentel album, "Live Edits: Italy/Switzerland" also deserves a spot on my list somewhere. Not too sure where though or what I'll bump off completely since, the more I think about, the more I think the albums I listed will be on my final list, albeit with a possibly mixed up order. Maybe I'll avoid that problem and just do a top 20.

EDIT: The new Wolf Parade might actually have to be on my list too. I dunno...it's just such a fun album and the final track alone pretty much makes it worthy of consideration.

[valley_parade]

No apparent order so far:

Dungen - 4
Chris Walla - Field Manual
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
Boris - Smile (lumping the Japan release and the US release into one)
The Sword - Gods Of The Earth
Sigur Ros - Med Sur whateverthefriggodtheywereamazinglive
Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
Everybody Out! s/t
Cruyff in the Bedroom - Saudargia
Sebastian Grainger & The Mountains - American Names EP

[memann]

(pops out of nowhere)

10.MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
9.Dr. Dog - Fate
8.Beach House- Devotion
7.Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks
6.Boris - Pink
5.Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
4.Xiu Xiu - Women As Lovers
3.Shugo Tokumaru - Exit
2.Portishead - Third
1.Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster...

Honorable mentions - Albums from 2007 that want in on the action.

[David_Dovey]

6.Boris - Pink

Unless this is a typo and you mean "Smile" you're a couple of years too late there, bucko.

[valley_parade]

Nah, it's so good that it carried over three years.

[David_Dovey]

I can live with that.

[Skibas_clavicle]

I've really enjoyed these bands'/artists' albums released this year:

Land Of Talk
Fleet Foxes
Noah & The Whale
Adele
Islands
Kidz in the Hall
Crystal Castles (whatever)
Spritualized
Radius & Helena
Mogwai

Albums I will soon have heard that I will most likely adore:
Jenny Lewis' Acid Tongue
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals' Cardinolgy
Amanda Palmer
The Bronx

Artists I haven't heard yet but have a feeling I will enjoy:
Marnie Stern
Parts & Labour
Love is All

[spoon_of_grimbo]

that bronx album is the tits.  you won't be dissappointed.

[the_pied_piper]

One thing that puzzles me about these charts is how people rate Fleet Foxes so highly. To me, there is one good song on the album, 'White Winter Hymnal', and everything else strives to be that song and falls pretty far short.

Also, MGMT are pretty overrated (unless you like hallucinogenics then maybe it really is better).

[AanAllein]

MGMT have a couple good songs ('Time to Pretend,' 'Kids' - I personally don't get 'Electric Feel') but the album itself is a vast disappointment after the first couple of listens.

I agree that Fleet Foxes only really have one good song, but for me it was 'Your Protector'

[TheFuriousWombat]

Posted this in Listravaganza but, what the hell, I'll do it here too:
30. Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom
29. Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin
28. Marnie Stern - This is....
27. Seaworthy - Codes Adrift
26. Aughra - Proof of Dark Matter
25. Stars - Sad Robot EP
24. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
23. Eksi Ekso - I am Your Bastard Wings
22. Helios - Caesura
21. Barn Owl - Raft of Serpents
20. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
19. Higuma - Haze Valley
18. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
17. Gregor Samsa - Rest
16. The Tumbled Sea - Songs by the Tumbled Sea
15. Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
14. Shearwater - Rook
13. Steven R. Smith - Anchorite
12. Young Widows - Old Wounds
11. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
10. Taiga Remains - Ribbons of Dust
9. The North Sea - Gated Community
8. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
7. Max Richter - 24 Post Cards in Full Color
6. Deerhunter - Microcastle
5. Bohren un der Club of Gore - Dolores
4. The Drift - Memory Drawings
3. The Alps - III
2. Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
1. Matthew Robert Cooper - Miniatures

[2HourHiatus]

on February the 11th this year I stated in this thread how I was excited about the new Phoenix album coming this year. too bad it's due next year... goddamn it...
anyways
in no order:

Something For All of Us - Broken Social Scene Presents... Brendan Canning
Microcastle - Deerhunter
Offend Maggie - Deerhoof
Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp
Hawk Is Howling - Mogwai
Dear Science - TV On The Radio
Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket
Parc Avenue - Plants and Animals
Bright Blue Dream - {{{Sunset}}}
Parallel Play - Sloan

Plants and Animals, please tell me someone listens to them here.
same with {{{Sunset}}}, for that matter.

[Thrillho]

Albums I will soon have heard that I will most likely adore:
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals' Cardinolgy

I doubt it.

[theoryC]

Plants and Animals, please tell me someone listens to them here.
same with {{{Sunset}}}, for that matter.

They're pretty good.

[jackhammer]

I can't do it in order though 

Nick Cave - Dig, Lazarus, Dig
Cranes - Cranes
Lulu Rouge - Bless You
Gojira - The Link Alive
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Benga - Diary Of An Afro Warrior
The Durutti Column - Sunlight to Blue... Blue to Blackness
Foals - Antidotes
The Presets - Apocalypso
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

[Scandanavian War Machine]

Man, everybody loves that new Why? album and I admit it's pretty good but I can't help listening to it and thinking to myself that Hood did all this so much better half a decade ago.

do you want me to fight you? is that what you want?

admittedly i've never heard of Hood, but goddamn the new Why? album is so jam-packed full of clever and witty lyrics that i'm surprised they can fit it all onto a cd. shit.

[KickThatBathProf]

Gojira - The Link Alive