Dave 3000's Top 10 New Releases of 2008

(Just my opinion!)

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1

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks "Real Emotional Trash"

 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
"Real Emotional Trash" (Matador)

2

Matmos "Supreme Balloon"

 Matmos
"Supreme Balloon" (Matador)

3

Various Artists (Miles Davis) "Miles From India"

 Various Artists (Miles Davis)
"Miles From India" (Times Square)

4

Dungen "4"

 Dungen
"4" (Kemado)

5

Black Mountain "In The Future"

 Black Mountain
"In The Future" (Jagjaguwar)

6

Unio & Petitio "Cheers Fanx Ta"

 Unio & Petitio
"Cheers Fanx Ta" (self release)

7

Earthling Society "Beauty & The Beast"

 Earthling Society
"Beauty & The Beast" (4Zero)

8

The Mars Volta "The Bedlam In Goliath"

 The Mars Volta
"The Bedlam In Goliath" (Universal)

9

The Black Angels "Directions To See A Ghost"

 The Black Angels
"Directions To See A Ghost" (Light In The Attic)

10

Stereolab "Chemical Chords"

 Stereolab
"Chemical Chords" (4AD)

   

Honorable Mentions: 

(in alphabetical order)
   
Antrilon   "Mind Erase" (Dead Earnest)
Big Block 454   "Bratislava" (self release)
Blood Ceremony   "Blood Ceremony" (Rise Above)
Boris   "Smile" (Southern Lord)
David Byrne & Brian Eno   "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" (Todo Mundo)
Company Inc   "Mr. Person" (self release)
Deerhoof   "Offend Maggie" (Kill Rock Stars)
Die! Die! Die!   "Promises, Promises" (s.a.f.)
The Dirtbombs   "We Have You Surrounded" (In The Red)
Duchess Says   "Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs" (Alien8)
The Fall   "Imperial Wax Solvent" (Castle)
The Fiery Furnaces   "Remember" (Thrill Jockey)
Free Kitten   "Inherit" (Ecstatic Peace)
Guns N' Roses   "Chinese Democracy" (Geffen)
The High Places   "The High Places" and "03/07 - 09/07" (Thrill Jockey)
Hush Arbors   "Hush Arbors" (Ecstatic Peace)
Jex Thoth   "Jex Thoth" (I Hate)
Mogwai   "The Hawk Is Howling" (Matador)
Of Montreal   "Skeletal Lamping" (Polyvinyl)
Oneida   "Preteen Weaponry" (Jagjaguwar)
Serpentina Satelite   "Nothing To Say" (Trip In Time)
Sinkane   "Color Voice" (Emergency Umbrella)
Spectrum   "Meets Captain Memphis - Indian Giver" (Birdman)
Tobacco   "Fucked Up Friends" (Anticon)
Wire   "Object 47" (Pink Flag/Revolver)
    

Best Local Albums (from Madison, WI):

(in alphabetical order)

Banana Slidewhistle  "Banana Slidewhistle" (self release)
Cribshitter  "Cry A Little Rainbow" (Medicated G)
Drunjus  "Enceladus" (Peasant Magik)
Shazy Hade  "Angel Marie Mexico" (Shortwave)
Zebras  "Parasitic Clones Under The Strong Arm Of The Robotic Machine" EP (Secret)

 

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