Best of '08

Another year with 10 really good records or so.

1. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
2. Vampire Weekend – s/t
3. Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer
4. Los Campesinos – We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
5. The Broken West – Now or Heaven
6. Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
7. The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride/Satanic Messiah EP
8. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
9. Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
10. It Hugs Back – The Record Room
11. Tapes n’ Tapes – Walk it Off
12. Conor Oberst – s/t
13. Okkervil River – The Stand Ins
14. Los Campesinos – Hold On Now, Youngster
15. The Mae Shi – HillyH
16. The Dodos – visiter
17. The Cure – 4:13 Dream
18. French Kicks – Swimming
19. Beck – Modern Guilt
20. Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight

Honorable Mentions: Thao w/ the Get Down Stay Down, the Breeders, Cold War Kids, Oxford Collapse (top ten if I had heard it in 08).