My Top 10 Releases, Favorites of 2008,What's Yours

[Guest Admin]

David from Suicide Squeeze each year posts top 10s from people all over the world. This year, he asked me to contribute mine. I am sure I missed something, but I put together 10 faves of 2008 as well as some highlights from the year. I highly recommend you all check out the top tens as lots of interesting people posted there including folks from Minus the Bear, These Arms Are Snakes, Russian Circles and more. You can find the lists here http://suicidesqueezerecords.blogspot.com/

And in case you don't feel like going through all of the lists, here is my list. Please feel free to post your tops of the year in the comments of this post or on our message board. If we weren't so busy, I would love to do something like this for our site.

Here are my top 10 releases we didn't put

1. Austin Lucas "At War With Freak Folks"

2. The Gaslight Anthem "the 59' Sound"

3. Portugal the Man "Censored Colors"

4. Justin Townes Earle "The Good Life"

5. Mike Hale "Broken With No Hope"

6. Dillinger Four "Civil War'

7. Dr. Dog "Fate"

8. Matt Pryor "Confidence Man"

9. Able Baker Fox "Voices"

10. Human Highway "Moody Motorcycle"

And I didn't just put Human Highway because this is going on the Suicide Squeeze site. Other notables include:

Favorite Song: Bon Iver "Skinny Love"

Favorite Book: "I Just Want My Pants Back" by David Rosen

Best Shows; "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia", "Metalocalypse", "Dexter"

Favorite Movie: Pineapple Express, Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Best Moments: Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground album release show in Seattle, Going to the Fest and having a fucking blast, and having our best year ever after 13 rocky years. I feel really lucky to still be playing this game.

[momentumlost]

Favorite Book: "I Just Want My Pants Back" by David Rosen

this book was so good. and a great overall list!

[troymess]

2. The Gaslight Anthem "the 59' Sound"

5. Mike Hale "Broken With No Hope"

6. Dillinger Four "Civil War'

9. Able Baker Fox "Voices"

Nice list Virgil. A great year for music overall...

[sgoodcore]

The more I think about it, there's quite a few songs I enjoy but not a lot of albums I fell for this year.

[cosmonaut]

2008 was a good year for music.

Top releases:

1. Young Widows - Old Wounds

2. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

3. Capsule - Blue

4. Olehole - Holemole

5. Helms Alee- Night Terrors

6. Gods & Queens - s/t

7. In The Red - Volume I

Non-music things that ruled:

Obama!

The awesome fifth season of The Wire, the best show of all time.

Having an awesome little baby girl.

[minty]

A great year for music overall...

Best year for music in...well...years!

Top 10 releases:

1: The Steal - Bright Grey

2: Off With their Heads - From The Bottom

3: Dead To Me - Little Brother

4: O Pioneers!!! - Neon Creeps

5: Gaslight Anthem - Senor and the Queen

6: Virgins - Miscarriage

7: Bridge and Tunnel - East / West

8: Shorebirds - It's Gonna Get Ugly

9: The Loved Ones - Build and Burn

10: LaGrecia - On Parallels

[Guest Admin]

2008 was a good year for music.

Top releases:

1. Young Widows - Old Wounds

2. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

3. Capsule - Blue

4. Olehole - Holemole

5. Helms Alee- Night Terrors

6. Gods & Queens - s/t

7. In The Red - Volume I

Non-music things that ruled:

Obama!

The awesome fifth season of The Wire, the best show of all time.

Having an awesome little baby girl.

damn, that olehole and in the red records almost made my top 10.

[geezfools]

have to think about this one for a little bit, so many great albums, damn!

[enjoyadrian]

This is my top ten list so far:

1. portugal the man - censored colors

2. vampire weekend - vampire weekend

3. tokyo police club - elephant shell

4. kay kay and his weathered underground - kay kay and his weathered underground

5. sigur ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum end

6. kanye west - 808's and heartbreak

7. girl talk - feed the animals

8. cut copy - in ghost colours

9. human highway - moody motorcycle

10 . the faint - fasciinatiion

The shifts and dares I heard in music this year were fantastic. I hope next year is just as good.

[suburbanargyle]

I''ve been working on my list, but there have been a ton of albums and 7"s released this year to choose from. I'm relatively sure that nothing is gonna beat "From The Bottom" as my favorite. As of right now, my list includes (not in order)...

Off With Their Heads - From The Bottom

Dillinger Four - C I V I L W A R

Chuck Ragan / Austin Lucas - Bristle Ridge

The Loved Ones - Build & Burn

The Tim Version - Decline Of The Southern Gentleman

Down In The Dumps - Dumps Luck

[rtw88]

The more I think about it, there's quite a few songs I enjoy but not a lot of albums I fell for this year.

[dante3000]

Love "At War With Freak Folk", but it's not really a full album. Still, he's got two dates in the Bay Area coming up and I'm stoked!

[flood]

in no particular order

gaslight anthem - 59 sound

lemuria - get warmer

astronautalis - pomegranate

bomb the music industry - scrambles (if it comes out in 2008)

dillinger 4 - civil war

[Guest Admin]

I felt weird putting my own releases on my top 10, but some of our releases I would have put on my top 10 including

Drag the River "You Can't Live This Way"

Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground s/t

LaGrecia "On Parallels"

Ninja Gun "Restless Rubes"

Two Cow Garage "Speaking In Cursive"

Joey Cape "Bridge"

Tim Barry "Manchester"

Useless I.D. "Lost Broken Bones"

[salaho]

I think it's been a really good year, I think there has been too many 7"s to compile a list, so I stick with LP's:

1. Glass And Ashes - S/t

2. Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life

3. The Measure(sa) - One Chapter In The Book

4. Bridge And Tunnel - East/West

5. Shorebirds - It's Gonna Get Ugly

6. Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue 3 x LP Reissue

7. Able Baker Fox - Voices

8. The State Lottery - Cities We're Not From

9. Cheap Girls - Find Me A Drink Home

10. R.E.M - Accelerate

[minty]

bomb the music industry - scrambles (if it comes out in 2008)

For reals?!

[Guest Admin]

I think it's been a really good year, I think there has been too many 7"s to compile a list, so I stick with LP's:

1. Glass And Ashes - S/t

2. Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life

3. The Measure(sa) - One Chapter In The Book

4. Bridge And Tunnel - East/West

5. Shorebirds - It's Gonna Get Ugly

6. Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue 3 x LP Reissue

7. Able Baker Fox - Voices

8. The State Lottery - Cities We're Not From

9. Cheap Girls - Find Me A Drink Home

10. R.E.M - Accelerate

Cheap girls was another one I was really close to putting on my list.

[heavyheavylowlow]

Why has no-one mentioned The Walkmen - You & Me, that is THE single best album of the year, no need for top tens

but as it goes

2.Portugal. The Man - Censored Colors

3.Genghis Tron - Board Up The House

4.Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground - S/T

5.Underoath - Lost In The Sound Of Seperation

6.Man Man - Rabbit Habbits

7.The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Here At The End Of All Things

8.Manchester Orchestra - Let My Pride Be What's Left Behind

Notable piles of wank that should have been amazing;

Fear Before - S/T

Norma Jean - The Anti Mother

[sgoodcore]

That Walkmen record is one of the few I enjoyed an entire album

[rtw88]

Glass and Ashes - S/T would be my favorite release of the year, but I think it technically came out last year.

[scottheisel]

bomb the music industry - scrambles (if it comes out in 2008)

For reals?!

It's definitely not coming out in 2008, it's not even done.

[rhythmgtr5]

Not in any order and less than 10 hehe

Portugal the Man - Censored Colors

The Bronx - The Bronx III

Thursday / Envy - Split

Local h - 12 angry months

kanye west - 808's and heartbreak

Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. III And IV Air And Earth

[heavyheavylowlow]

oh and 9. Razia's Shadow: A Musical - Forgive Durden (Mainly for Aaron Weiss's narration, but the music was pretty tasty too)

[viperviper]

1. Sigur Rós - 'Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust'

2. Russian Circles - 'Enter'

3. Drag The River - 'You Can't Live This Way'

4. Grave Maker - 'Bury Me At Sea'

5. Tim Barry - 'Manchester'

6. Thrice - 'The Alchemy Index: Earth & Air - Vol. 3 & 4

7. Devin The Dude - 'Landing Gear'

8. Ace Enders And A Million Different People - 'The Secret Wars'

9. Torche - 'Meanderthal'

10. The Bronx - 'III'

[minty]

For reals?!

It's definitely not coming out in 2008, it's not even done.

Yeah that's what I thought. I know the demos are done, but didn't they only just start recording the real deal?