Every December I try and sum up all of the great albums that have been released during the previous year, but I usually lose motivation and the deed goes undone. Not this year. Here is my Best of 2008 list, filled mostly by my tried-and-true favorite bands and musicians, so it isn’t really that much of a Best of but rather a My Favorites of kind of list. There are a few up-and-comers in there, though. Also, you can count this post as a tribute to Amazon Downloads, which is superior to iTunes in pretty much every way, including better prices, no DRM anywhere, and easier preview sampling (although Amazon doesn’t have Stephen Colbert’s Holiday Special Soundtrack). Enjoy.
American Music Club: The Golden Age
The Bittersweets: Goodnight, San Francisco
The Cribs: Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever
Crooked Fingers: Forfeit / Fortune
Caithlin De Marrais: My Magic City
Kathleen Edwards: Asking for Flowers
Greg Dulli: Live at Triple Door
Headlights: Some Racing, Some Stopping
Jolie Holland: The Living and the Dead
Damien Jurado: Caught in the Trees
Longwave: Secrets are Sinister
The Raveonettes: Lust Lust Lust
Reggie & The Full Effect: Last Stop: Crappy Town
The Terrible Twos: Jerzy the Giant
