TOP ALBUMS OF ’08!

December 8, 2008 5 Comments

Disclaimer: I didn’t listen to everything that came out this year (I know, it’s a shocker). There are albums that I know are good but that I didn’t listen to till way later than I should have (i.e. Fleet Foxes, She & Him), so I can’t really justify putting them on this list. Also, I can’t get the freakin’ apostrophe in the ’08 to go the other way and it’s really bothering me. Anyway:

15. Mates of State – Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)
14. Okkervil River – The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
13. Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
12. Adele – 19 (Sony)
11. Hercules and Love Affair – s/t (Mute)
10. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular (Sony)
9. Kaki King – Dreaming of Revenge (Velour)
8. Santogold – s/t (Downtown)
7. Amanda Palmer – Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)
6. Noah and The Whale – Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down (Cherry Tree)

Top 5 after the jump!

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New music feature: Lykke Li

September 24, 2008 Leave a comment

Lykke Li on Billboard.com

Lykke Li (pronounced something like “licky-lee”) is awesome, but I’ll be completely honest: This interview was tough. I had a huge list of questions and my interview was over in less than 12 minutes. I was pretty sure she had been doing press all day and she’s probably sick of it, so she gave me a lot of short answers and I kinda freaked out afterward. After I got over it I think the story turned out OK. I still think she’s rad though, so check out her MySpace and Web site, and her album Youth Novels, which is definitely going on my best of ’08 list.

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