Comments on: THE 2008 REVIEW

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:14:51 +0000

Where’s Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald’s “Recomposed”? That’s #1 of the year for me, for sure. It was a truly refreshing listen… hearing two masters work together, making something totally fresh and new out of something old. Electronic music in the purest sense. And more generally, I feel like the “Recomposed” record is a culmination of what Murcof started to do / was trying to do back in ‘01 or whenever he released his first record.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:57:42 +0000

great to see the choice of jeremy bible and jason henry there – its a superb piece of work

By: Headphone Commute

Headphone Commute — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:11:41 +0000

Great list! I’m delighted to say that there a few albums on here that I haven’t heard yet. I am looking forward to being wonderfully surprised, as you guy have always picked out some of the best albums. Meanwhile, it took me a week to compile my list, along with an overwhelming response from my readers. Hope you pick out some gems from here : http://www.headphonecommute.com/exclusive/best_of_2008.htm

By: maeda

maeda — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:54:32 +0000

marry Christmas and all the best in 09 to Bruno, David and all other contributors

By: themilkman

themilkman — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:06:32 +0000

Robert, glad you’re enjoying Arve Henriksen. His stuff is brilliant, and Cartography is his best release to date IMO

By: Bubb

Bubb — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:43:51 +0000

Maps,

Thanks for the kudos, much appreciated! These are my ‘BEST’ MUSIC CD’s for 2008 (Part 2)

(11.) THE BLACK CROWES – WARPAINT – ‘The Black Crowes’ are in it for the long haul, which the superb ‘Warpaint’ proves beyond a shadow of a doubt.
(12.) KINGS OF LEON – ONLY BY THE NIGHT – A polarizing ‘Kings of Leon ’ record, flaunting a set of ringing guitars and radio-ready melodies.
(13.) THE RACONTEURS – CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY – The best music the Raconteurs have made yet.
(14.) THE PRETENDERS – BREAK UP THE CONCRETE – A lively deeply felt Pretenders album, one that has better songs and better performances than usual.
(15.) AC DC – BLACK ICE – ‘AC/DC’ hasn’t lost their knack for great, simple rock & roll.
(16.) KAISER CHIEFS – OFF WITH THEIR HEADS – Easily some of the Kaisers’ finest — and most consistent — music. Download ‘GOOD DAYS BAD DAYS’ by the KAISER CHIEFS at http://sportsblognflbybubba.podomatic.com
(17.) R.E.M – ACCELERATE – R.E.M.’S ‘Accelerate’ offers a glimpse of what they could be once again.
(18.) RACHEL YAMAGATA – ELEPHANTS… TEETH SINKING INTO HEART – Strong songcraft with equally strong content.
(19.) TAJ MAHAL – MAESTRO – ‘Maestro’ is a consistently engaging celebration of Taj Mahal’s 40th year as a recording artist.
(20.) BILL FRISELL – HISTORY MYSTERY – ‘History, Mystery’ is among Bill Frisell’s most eclectic yet accessible projects.

* (BONUS) SARA BAREILLES – BETWEEN THE LINES: LIVE AT THE FILLMORE – The live setting by its nature gives her music some punch it lacks in the studio.

By: Tomas Slaninka

Tomas Slaninka — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:06:11 +0000

10. Sigur Rós – með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
9. Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree
8. Nine Inch Nails – The Slip
7. A Silver Mt. Zion – 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons
6. Clark – Turning Dragon
5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!
4. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
3. Deerhunter – Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
2. M83 – Saturdays=Youth
1. Portishead – Third
_more here : http://slaninka.blog.sme.sk/c/176191/Len-to-najlepsie-za-hudobny-rok-2008.html

By: mapsadaisical

mapsadaisical — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:30:38 +0000

Couldn’t get better than even money anywhere, and believe me I tried. Therefore I had to include it as part of an accumulator, along with Arve being in Colin’s top 3, and Charlie Mulgrew to score first in an Aberdeen win over Inverness Caley last weekend. So it all worked out nicely.

Milkman – this site needs more contributions from Bubb. I demand he be given a regular contributor role. I want to see him reviewing the next albums released on 12k and Fonal.

By: Robert Rowlands

Robert Rowlands — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:55:34 +0000

My own list has one notable omission. I’ve somehow missed out on the music of Arve Henriksen up to now, but I’ve been listening to some of his music this evening and it sounds incredible.

By: themilkman

themilkman — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:42:35 +0000

Maps, I hope the odds were OK. It could actually have turned out differently, although I am delighted to see the old P topping the bill, of course, since it is also my personal top album.

And of course good to see it featured on a rather different list Budd. I can’t say i’ve heard muchfrom that list, but there could be some interesting stuff to check out on there