TTMYL: 2008's Best Albums/EP's/Etc...

Things That Make You Learn: 2008's Best Albums/EP's/Etc...

2008 has been an interesting year. In three days, that "has" will be "was." But for now, I'm still living this year. School has been very interesting, life has been interesting. It's been made of many positives and some negatives. Music has been the same way. A very week year, in my opinion. But anyways, here's what I've enjoyed these past 12 months or so. Happy New Year.

The 20 Best Records of 2008

1. Koufax- Strugglers

2. Forgive Durden- Razia's Shadow
3. Bridges and Tunnels- East/West

4. Ra Ra Riot- The Rhumb Line

5. Deerhunter- Microcastle

6. Beach House- Devotion

7. Atlas Sound- Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

8. City and Colour- Bring Me Your Love

9. Nada Surf- Lucky

10. Obi Best- Capades

11. Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow, Blue

12. Shearwater- Rook

13. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes

14. The Years Gone By- Forever Comes Too Soon

15. Bridges and Powerlines- Ghost Types

16. Brightwood- Wake

17. Deerhunter- Microcastle

18. The Walkmen- You & Me

19. This Town Needs Guns- Animals

20. Annuals- Such Fun

Honorable Mentions:

Tigers Jaw- Tigers Jaw

Good Old War- Only Way To Be Alone

Earlimart- Hymn and Her

The Uglysuit-The Uglysuit

Hit The Lights- Skip School, Start Fights

High Places- High Places

Vivian Girls- Vivian Girls

Sparks The Rescue- Eyes To The Sun

Cale Parks- Sparklace

Socratic- Spread The Rumors

Edison Glass- Time Is Fiction

The Best Pop-Punk EP’s of 2008

The Wonder Years- Won’t Be Pathetic Forever

You, Me, and Everyone We Know- So Young, So Insane

The Crosstown Rivalry- Pull Down The Sky

This Condition- We Don’t Have To Be Alone

Agent- Awake In Their World

Brighten - Early Love

Alaska and Me- I Will Dye In The West

Man Overboard- Hung Up On Nothing

The Best EP's (In General) of 2008

Kevin Devine- I Could Be With Anyone

Library Voices- Hunting Ghosts & Other Collected Shorts

Maps & Atlases- You And Me On The Mountain

Inkwell- Flosum

Matt Pond PA- FREEEP

Chris Bathgate – Wait, Skeleton

Look Mexico- Gasp Asp

2009 Next Big Things:

Peasant

Tigers Jaw

The Crosstown Rivalry

Silk Flowers

The Downtown Fiction

Alaska and Me