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Best of 2008 - we select the albums, singles and live acts of the year

Article written by A SoundsXP writer - Dec 24, 2008

2008 was another cracking year for new music and we think our 8th annual writers poll reflects that. A mouthwatering mixture of music from around the world, it's the soundtrack to a party we'd never want to leave.

This was our 2008...

Albums of 2008:

Bon Iver's super doooper LP - yay!

1. Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago (Review)
2. Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby (Review)
3. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (Review)
4. Pete & the Pirates – Little Death (Review)
5. Rosie Taylor Project - This City Draws Maps (Review)
6. David Cronenberg’s Wife - Bluebeard’s Rooms
7. War On Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues
8. Slow Down Tallahassee - The Beautiful Light
9. Deerhunter - Microcastle
10. Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping
11. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
12. TV On the Radio - Dear Science
13. Hayman, Watkins, Trout & Lee – s/t
14. Those Dancing Days – In Our Space Hero Suits
15. James Yorkston - When The Haar Rolls In
16. Noah & the Whales – Peaceful the World Lays Me Down
17. The Headlights – Some Racing Some Stopping
18. Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night
19. Young Republic – 12 Tales from Winter City
20. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

Singles of 2008:

The Tartans mcpurrfect single!!!

1. Tartans – Cats of Camerford (Review)
2. Wave Pictures – I Love You Like A Madman (Review)
3. Pete & the Pirates – She’s Belongs to Me (Review)
4. Manhattan Love Suicides - Veronica (Review)
5. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Everything with You (Review)
6. Those Dancing Days – Hitten
7. Vampire Weekend – A Punk
8. Smoke Fairies - Living With Ghosts
9. White Denim - Let’s Talk About It
10. Mae-Shi – Run To Your Grave
11. White Rabbits – While We Go Dancing
12. Screaming Tea Party - EP
13. British Sea Power - No Lucifer
14. Wave Pictures – Just Like A Drummer EP
15. The Lodger - Let Her Go
16. The School – Let it Slip EP
17. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP
18. Pete & the Pirates – Mr Understanding
19. MGMT – Let’s Pretend
20. Tamborines - 31st Floor

Live acts of 2008:

Screaming Tea Party - Chaotic genius!

1. Screaming Tea Party (Review)
2. Wave Pictures (Review)
3. Bon Iver (Review)
4. Of Montreal (Review)
5. Manhattan Love Suicides (Review)
6. The Mules
7. Hayman, Watkins, Trout & Lee
8. Darren Hayman
9. Fanfarlo
10. Young Republic
11. Vivian Girls
12. The Nuns
13. Shrag
14. Pains of Being Pure at Heart
15. My Bloody Valentine
16. My Sad Captains
17. Absentee
18. The National
19. The School
20. Those Dancing Days

Comps/Reissue albums of 2008:

Education time from Fortuna Pop

1. Various Artists - Be True To Your School (Review)
2. Various Artists - Indietracks (Review)
3. Long Blondes - Singles
4. Various Artists - Songs The Cramps Taught Us Vols 1-3
5. Comet Gain - Broken Record Prayers
6. Hefner – The Fidelity Wars
7. Various Artists - You Heard it here first!
8. Manhattan Love Suicides - Burnt Out Landscapes
9. Various Artists - Popfest! New England 2008
10. Various Artists - Mad Mike Monsters Volumes 1-3

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A selection of some other recent year's polls: 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

Links:
http://www.myspace.com/boniver
http://www.myspace.com/thetartans
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