Best of 2008 so far
 

Yeah so, I like making lists and can't really wait 'till the end of the year to make one so let's do one half way through!http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...lpower/yay.gif What's your 2008 breakdown thus far? http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/treptrep.gif

Here's mine:

Bon Iver - For Emma, forever ago 10/10 (technically self-released in 2007 but it got a proper release in 2008).
Cut copy - In ghost colours 9/10
M83 - Saturdays=Youth 8/10
Santogold - Santogold 8/10
Hercules and Love affair - Hercules and Love affair 7/10
My morning jacket - Evil urges 7/10
Coldplay - Viva la vida or Death and all his friends 7/10
Young Knives - Superabundance 7/10
The Black Keys - Attack and release 7/10
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the lonely 7/10
Beck - Modern Guilt 7/10
Fleet foxes - Fleet foxes 7/10
Hot Chip - Made in the dark 7/10
Foals - Antidotes 7/10
Gnarls Barkley - The odd couple 7/10
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 6/10
Mystery jets - Twenty one 6/10
Madonna - Hard candy 6/10
Be your own pet - Get awkward 6/10
The presets - Apocalypso 6/10
Does it offend you, yeah? - You have no idea what you're getting yourself into 6/10
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 6/10 (did this come out in 2008 or last year?*unsure*)
Black kids - Partie Traumatic 6/10
Beach house - Devotion 5/10
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer 5/10
Sigur ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust 5/10
These new puritans - Beat pyramid 5/10

The Kills - Midnight Boom 9/10
Cat Power - Jukebox 8/10
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons 8/10
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!!! 8/10
Portishead - Third 7/10
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 7/10
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing 7/10
No Age - Nouns 7/10
M83 - Saturdays = Youth 7/10
Muse - HAARP 6/10
The Duke Spirit - Neptune 6/10
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer 6/10
Fleet Foxes - S/T 5/10
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head 5/10

Those are the ones worth a mention. Early days though.

A couple of others that haven't been mentioned.

R.E.M. - Accelerate 8/10
Radiohead - In Rainbows 8/10

Animal Collective - Water Curses 6/10
Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom 7/10
Ayreon - 01011001 6/10
Bloodbath - Unblessing the Purity 8/10
Brain Drill - Apocalyptic Feasting 8/10
Coldplay - Viva La Vida 7.5/10
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs 7.5/10
Eluveitie - Slania 6.5/10
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward 7/10
King's X - XV 6.5/10
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath 7/10
Meshuggah - obZen 8/10
Moonlyght - Shining 9/19
Moonsorrow - Tulimyrsky 8/10
Necrovation - Breed Deadness Blood 9/10
Opeth - Watershed 9/10
R.E.M. - Accelerate 7/10
Sahg - Sahg II 7/10
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust 7.5/10
The Sword - Gods of the Earth 7/10
The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book 8/10
Textures - Silhouettes 8/10
Týr - Land 6/10
Zero Hour - Dark Deceiver 9/10

In Rainbows is from 2007. Also, this is a personal best of list, not an attempt to compile a comprehensive list of good albums from this year. So it doesn't matter if people have already mentioned your favorites, I wanna see what they are...;)

i'm in physical pain just trying to think of something that i've enjoyed from this year that isn't grime...
silver jews!!
there we go. i actually have a problem listening to new albums, the way they're mixed. so LOUD and CRISP. too much range. these lists are a good indicator though

It's been a great year so far.

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 10/10
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In The Light 9/10
Cassandra Wilson - Loverly 8/10
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid 9/10
Fleet Foxes - s/t 8/10
Health - HEALTH / DISCO 6/10
Hercules and Love Affair - s/t 7/10
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III 8/10
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool 7/10
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 7/10
Opeth - Watershed 8/10
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely 7/10
Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust 8/10
Vampire Weekend - s/t 9/10

I demand an upload...


...and it'd better be good.

Hoo boy! Is someone condoning full-album uploads? Don't worry, I'll make a nine-track composition of all Bon Iver's works. :wink wink:

Mmm...how long does it take for mediafire to upload?

pm. ;)