Saturday, January 10, 2009

Best of 2008!

Happy 2009 everyone! Here is a list of my favorite albums of 2008. I'm not sure if the order is completely accurate, but I tried my best! 2008 was a great year for new artists, and new albums from old favorites. Our Best of 2008 show will air Wednesday January 20th from 7-9am, so stay tuned!

1. She & Him - Volume One


2. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust


3. Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill


4. M83 - Saturdays = Youth


5. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular


6. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes


7. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago


8. Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron & Fred Squire - Lost Wisdom


9. Beach House - Devotion


10. Deerhunter - Microcastle

11. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles


12. Black Kids - Partie Traumatic


13. Lykke Li - Youth Novels


14. Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin


15. Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista


16. Sun Kil Moon - April


17. Juana Molina - Un Dia


18. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours


19. Megapuss - Surfing


20. Mates of State - Re-arrange Us


21. Yelle - Pop-Up


22. Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers
23. Alaska in Winter - Holiday
24. Shogu Tokumaru - Exit
25. Dr. Dog - Fate
26. Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams
27. Britney Spears - Circus
28. Ratatat - LP3
29. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
30. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down in the Light


Great tracks from other 2008 releases:

"Signs" by Bloc Party, Intimacy
"Bruises" by Chairlift, Does You Inspire You
"Gravity" by The Notwist, The Devil, You + Me
"The Horse" by Alessi's Ark, The Horse [EP]
"Freddie and the Trojan Horse" by The Radio Dept., Freddie and the Trojan Horse
"No One Does it Like You" by Department of Eagles, In Ear Park
"Too Drunk to Dream" by The Magnetic Fields, Distortion
"Birthday Present" by Mirah, The Old Days Feeling
"Arc of an Outsider" by Auburn Lull, Begin Civil Twilight
"Travel," "Swimming Pools," "Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)", by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, We Brave Bee Stings and All
"Birds" by Emiliana Torrini, Me and Armini


Sincerely,
Allison of Good News Radio

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