Top Albums of 2008

Several weeks in the making, hours of listening later, the jury
returns with the verdict:

The Top 15 Albums of 2008 (Sample size of about 43):

15. Anathallo - Canopy Glow

14. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins

13. Mates of State - Re-arrange Us

12. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride

11. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

10. Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell

9. Sigur Rós - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

8. Greg Laswell - Three Flights From Alto Nido

7. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

6. Breathe Owl Breathe - Ghost Glacier EP

5. Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line

4. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (technically self-released in
2007, but label released in 2008)

3. The Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks

2. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster

1. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight

Honorable Mentions:
JJ Heller - Painted Red
Headlights - Some Racing, Some Stopping
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
The Weepies - Hideaway

Still Processing:
PlusMinus - Xs On Your Eyes
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
She & Him - Volume One
Welcome Wagon - Welcome to the Welcome Wagon
Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue