Best of 2008

Either because 2008 was a busy year for me and I didn't get much of a chance to really give things the time they deserved, or just because the music of 2008 didn't get me as excited as previous years have, I don't have too much to say here. So we're just gonna do a straight list broken into 3 or 4 tiers.

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Tier 1 - Great

Murder By Death - Red of Tooth and Claw

The Bronx - The Bronx (2008)

The Subways - All Or Nothing

Norma Jean - The Anti Mother

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

Metallica - Death Magnetic

Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy

Tier 2 - Good

Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On

Funeral For A Friend - Memory and Humanity

Tom Gabel - Heart Burns (EP)

The Night Marchers - See You In Magic

The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath

Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV: Air & Earth

Thursday / Envy - Split EP

Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

Bloc Party - Intimacy

Tier 3 - Interesting

This Is Hell - Misfortunes

The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)

These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower and Dove

TV On The Radio - Dear Science

The Faint - Fasciinatiion

The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV

Nine Inch Nails - The Slip


Just disappointing

Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux

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Hopefully 2009 will be more interesting - the odd years seem to be the active release years for the bands I really like.

So far in 2009:

Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
The Von Bondies - Love, Hate, And Then There's You
Hellmouth - Destroy Everything. Worship Nothing.
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - The Century of Self
Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Thursday - Common Existence

Looking ahead:
A Wilhelm Scream
Every Time I Die
Streetlight Manifesto
Lostprophets
Brand New
Head Automatica
Glassjaw
Alexisonfire
Thrice
and hopefully many more.

Comments always welcome, take care!