2008年 12月 23日 火曜日 12:44

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Here is the list of my 30 favourite albums in 2008, followed by an alphabetical list of other albums I liked. I also added links to the reviews and interviews I wrote.

1. Micah P. Hinson - And The Red Empire Orchestra
2. Daniel Martin Moore - Stray Age
3. Gus Black - Today Is Not The Day... To F#@k With Gus Black
4. Ilya E. Monosov - Seven Lucky Plays, Or How To Fix Songs For A Broken Heart [Intervista :: Interview]
5. The Burning Hell - Happy Birthday [Intervista :: Interview]
6. Misophone - Be Glad You Are Only Human
7. Will Cookson - Songs For A Sunday
8. Ed Laurie - Meanwhile In The Park
9. James Yorkston - When The Haar Rolls In
10. Lambchop - OH (Ohio)

11. John Craigie - Soft Hail [Intervista :: Interview]
12. Right Away, Great Captain! - The Eventually Home
13. Neil Halstead - Oh! Mighty Engine
14. Don Brownrigg - Wander Songs
15. Jon Foreman - Fall Winter Spring Summer
16. Shoreline - Time Well Spent
17. The Delano Orchestra - A Little Girl, A Little Boy, And All The Snails They Have Drawn
18. Tamas Wells - Two Years In April
19. The Accidental - There Were Wolves
20. Weinland - La Lamentor

21. Daniel Ledwell - Two Over Seven
22. Lesser González Alvarez - Why Is Bear Billowing?
23. Ane Brun - Sketches
24. Talons - Songs for Babes
25. Nathan Moomaw - 26
26. Johnny Flynn - A Larum
27. The Chapin Sisters - Lake Bottom
28. Ben Sollee - Learning To Bend
29. Dengue Fever - Venus On Earth
30. Pickering Pick - A Twitch Upon The Thread

also liked:
(listed alphabetically)

A Weather - Cove
Abigail Washburn - Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet
Adem - Takes
Adrian Crowley - Long Distance Swimmer
Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
Alt-Ctrl-Sleep - Alt-Ctrl-Sleep
Andy Yorke - Simple
Ane Brun - Changing of the Seasons
Anna Ternheim - Halfway to Fivepoints
Balmorhea - Rivers Arms
Band'o - Huu
Beatbeat Whisper - Wonder Continental
Benjamin Wetherill - Laura
Blackbird Harmony - Hardwood Exits
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down in the Light
Brown Bird - The Bottom of the Sea
Cat Malojian - Cat Malojian
Chris Brecht - The Great Ride
City and Colour - Bring Me Your Love
Damien Jurado - Caught in the Trees
David Wilcox - Airstream
Death Vessel - Nothing Is Precious Enough for Us
Denison Witmer - Carry the Weight
Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month - Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month
Drew Piston - Drew Piston
Elephant Micah - Exiled Magicians
Frontier Ruckus - The Orion Songbook
Glorytellers - Glorytellers
Holly Throsby - A Loud Call
Homesick Elephant- The Ghost of Philadelphia
Hotel Lights - Firecracker People
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt
Jeff Dernlan - Cobblestone
Jeff Hanson - Madam Owl
Jens Carelius - The First Songs
John Shannon - American Mystic
Joshua Radin - Simple Times
Julian Koster - The Singing Saw at Christmastime
Justin Rutledge - Man Descending
Kate Maki - On High
Le Man Avec Les Lunettes - Plaskaplaskabombelibom
Lonely Drifter Karen - Grass Is Singing
Lorna - Writing Down Things to Say
Matt Bauer - The Island Moved in the Storm
Matt Costa - Unfamiliar Faces
Miwa Gemini - This Is How I Found You
Neva Dinova - You May Already Be Dreaming
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Pete Greenwood - Sirens
Peter Bruntnell - Peter and the Murder of Crows
Radar Bros. - Auditorium
Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain
Saioa - Matrioska Heart
Sam Amidon - All Is Well
Scott Matthew - Scott Matthew
Simon Breed - The Smitten King Laments
Sin Fang Bous - Clangour
Small Sur - We Live in Houses Made of Wood
Solo - Before We Part
South San Gabriel - Dual Hawks
Southern Tenant Folk Union - Revivals, Rituals & Union Songs
Super XX Man - Volume XII: There'll Be Diamonds
The Accident That Led Me to the World - The Island Gospel
The Brendan Hines - Good for You Know Who
The Gentle Guest - We Are Bound to Save Some Souls Tonight
The Moondoggies - Don't Be a Stranger
The Rural Tradition - The Miserable Effects of a Wasted Life
The Softone - These Days Are Blue
The Steeldrivers - The SteelDrivers
The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
The Welcome Wagon - Welcome to the Welcome Wagon
Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw
Vetiver - Thing of the Past
Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, and the Amorphous Strums - Dark Developments
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Pilgrim Road