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Top 10 Records of 2008

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

Quiet, catchy, sad, deeply confident.

Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie Down in the Light

Shivers!

Boris - Smile
Boris - Smile

Epic metal/synth meanderings… that are catchy?!

Crystal Castles - S/T
Crystal Castles - S/T

Obnoxiously trendy, undeniably fun

Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams
Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams

David Bowie + Bob Dylan = Dan Bejar

El Perro Del Mar - From the Valley to the Stars
El Perro Del Mar - From the Valley to the Stars

I’m not even sure this is a great record, the songs just resonate with me really personally…

Fennesz - Black Sea
Fennesz - Black Sea

It seems easy to slap together some mellow fuzzy samples, but it must not be, because this is the first record to do it as well as Fennesz’s own 2001 Endless Summer.

Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom
Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom

It’s rare that I want to hear a record 2 or 3 times a day.  Simple tunes, brilliant lyrics, zenlike understatement.

No Age - Nouns
No Age - Nouns

Hey noisy punk music, I thought they didn’t make you like this anymore!

Women - S/T
Women - S/T

Lo-fi indie rock done right!

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