my top albums of 2008

From the better late than never files... Even though it's the middle of January already I was determined to get this list done. I have vowed this year that I will not listen to as many new albums as I did in 2008.

So here it is, with links to TLOBF reviews where applicable:

50

Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park
TLOBF review

49

Centro-Matic - Dual Hawks
I like the South San Gabriel half, but it wouldn't make top 50 on its own...
TLOBF review

48

Sun Kil Moon - April
TLOBF review

47

Boston Spaceships - Brown Submarine

46

Giant Sand - ProVISIONS
TLOBF review

45

Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada

44

Hello Saferide - More Modern Stories From Hello Saferide

43

The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead

42

Bowerbirds - Hymns For A Dark Horse
TLOBF review

41

The Dodos - Visiter
TLOBF review

40

Islands - Arm's Way

39

Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind

38

The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
TLOBF review

37

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
TLOBF review

36

Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
TLOBF review

35

Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
TLOBF review

34

The Walkmen - You & Me
TLOBF review

33

Will Quinlan & The Diviners - Navasota

32

Born Ruffians - Red Yellow & Blue
TLOBF review

31

Horse Feathers - House With No Home

30

Shearwater - Rook
TLOBF review

29

You Am I - Dilettantes

28

The Whigs - Mission Control
TLOBF review

27

Man Man - Rabbit Habits

26

13Ghosts - The Strangest Colored Lights

25

Port O'Brien - All We Could Do Was Sing
TLOBF review

24

Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim
TLOBF review

23

Pete And The Pirates - Little Death
TLOBF review

22

Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)

21

Dr. Dog - Fate

20

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
TLOBF review

19

The Capstan Shafts - Fixation Protocols
TLOBF review

18

Noah And The Whale - Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
TLOBF review

17

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster...
TLOBF review

16

Glasvegas - Glasvegas
TLOBF review

15

Grand Archives - The Grand Archives
TLOBF review

14

The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
TLOBF review

13

The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
TLOBF review

12

The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave

11

Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling

10

The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

09

Evangelicals - The Evening Descends
TLOBF review

08

Blitzen Trapper - Furr
TLOBF review

07

Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light
TLOBF review

06

Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows

05

Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
TLOBF review

04

The Wooden Sky - When Lost At Sea

03

The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee, Baby
TLOBF review

02

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
TLOBF review

01

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
TLOBF review

What I'm looking forward to (or in some cases already enjoying) in 2009:

A.C. Newman
Andrew Bird
Animal Collective
Art Brut
Asobi Seksu
Ben Kweller
Bishop Allen
The Boy Least Likely To
Dan Deacon
The Decemberists
Great Northern
Handsome Furs
Heartless Bastards
J. Tillman
Loney, Dear
M. Ward
Malajube
Matt And Kim
Neko Case
P.O.S.
Papercuts
Phosphorescent
Swan Lake
Thermals