May 01 2008

The Best of 2008 (So Far…) – The 1/3 Edition

Category: Music In My Ears — dryvetyme @ 08:34

Well, I figured that, since the year is officially 1/3 over, it’s time to toss my hat into the ring regarding what I feel to be the best albums of the year (so far). Who know if any of them will be on my list when December 2008 rolls around, but hey — that’s not what we’re about here. It’s about name-dropping who’s made their mark on the music scene at this point in 2008. And now — on with the show!

The Best of 2008 (So Far…)
**In Alphabetical Order Only**


Beach House – Devotion

Buxton – A Family Light


Headlights – Some Racing, Some Stopping


Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair


M83 – Saturdays = Youth


Portishead – Third


The Raveonettes – Lust, Lust, Lust


Times New Viking – Rip It Off


Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend


A Weather – Cove

Honorable Mentions include:
Evangelista – Hello, Voyager!
God’s Revolver – Little Black Horse, Where are You Going With Your Dead Rider?
Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree
Moby – Last Night
The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
The Roots – Rising Down
She & Him – Volume One
Showbread – Anorexia Nervosa
Slingshot Dakota – Their Dreams are Dead, but Ours is the Golden Ghost
Thrice – The Alchemy Index: Volumes 3 & 4 – Air & Earth

Feel free to comment and/or contribute your own lists.

5 Responses to “The Best of 2008 (So Far…) – The 1/3 Edition”

  1. r. matt newton says:
    May 1st, 2008 at 21:40
    Thank you for honorable mentions….! haha.
    but really,
  2. dryvetyme says:
    May 1st, 2008 at 21:44
    Are you saying that my inclusion of “Honorable Mentions” was a bit too indulgent on my part? Tsk tsk….
  3. Nate says:
    May 2nd, 2008 at 00:10
    Since I don’t listen to a lot of music, I can’t really provide a list of great one’s of 08 — I’m still trying to catch up on the first 28 years of good music. And I would give a best of 08 for movies — but I haven’t been able to make it to the theatre as of late either. But I do rent DVD’s quite a bit and there have been a few movies that I have enjoyed this year.

    1. Sweeney Todd — I can say how much I liked this movie. I didn’t realize it was a musical but it was clear within a few minutes into the film – and I was pissed. I hate musicals. I decided to give it a few minutes anyway. And within those minutes I found myself caught up in the movie, forgetting that I hate musicals. Exceptionally gruesome, bloody, dark, and foreboding tragedy — and I enjoyed it immensely. Tim Burton did as Tim Burton does. As did Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.

    2. Lions for Lambs — Another great movie. Can’t say much more about it but like it very, very much.

    3. No Country for Old Men — I liked this movie but I’m not sure why. I don’t know that it was a top film for me but it was good enough to speak about.

    I’m sure there are others that I haven’t been able to watch as of yet but these are the three that have stuck in my mind from this years rentals.

  4. r. matt newton says:
    May 5th, 2008 at 23:50
    Not at all dryvetyme, more along the lines of…. glad that some albums were mentioned. The added support of persons/bands works was appreciated.
  5. Dryvetyme Onlyne » The Best of 2008 (So Far….) — The 2/3 Edition says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 09:28
    [...] speed on what I feel have been the Top 10 Records of 2008. As with my post from earlier this year (The 1/3 Edition), I’ve included some albums that I have loved, but happen to fall just outside of the Top [...]

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