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 » 2008 Year-End Music Report [composite] - Although 2007 wasn't all that bad, in general the past few years in music have been characterized by a few far-and-away bangers and a bunch of lackluster albums. 2008 changed all that, and as per our usual December tradition the LAS staff has tallied a collective Best Of list.
[12.19.2008 by The LAS Staff]

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 » 2008 Year-End Music Report [individual A-M] - Through a simple mathamatical system of reverse scoring (#1 is worth 10 points, #10 worth 1 point), the year-end top ten picks of 22 current and former LAS staff writers were combined to produce a composite top 20. These are the individual lists, writers A-M.
[12.19.2008 by The LAS Staff]

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 » 2008 Year-End Music Report [individual N-Z] - Yeah, yeah, you get the picture. Individual picks for the best releases of 2008, writers N-Z.
[12.19.2008 by The LAS Staff]

Music Reviews

Past Lives - Strange Symmetry
»Past Lives
Strange Symmetry
Suicide Squeeze
Times New Viking  - Stay Awake
»Times New Viking
Stay Awake
Matador
Palac - Ghosts
»Palac
Ghosts
self-released
Anathallo - Canopy Glow
»Anathallo
Canopy Glow
Anticon
The Distant Seconds - Spectral Evidence
»The Distant Seconds
Spectral Evidence
Sweetheart Contract
The Killers - Day & Age
»The Killers
Day & Age
Island
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» Past Lives
Strange Symmetry
Suicide Squeeze

» Times New Viking
Stay Awake
Matador

» Palac
Ghosts
self-released

» Anathallo
Canopy Glow
Anticon

» The Distant Seconds
Spectral Evidence
Sweetheart Contract

» The Killers
Day & Age
Island

» Micah Blue Smaldone
The Red River
Immune

» Pale Young Gentleman
black forest (tra la la)
Science of Sound

» Johnny Cash
At Folsom Prison Legacy Edition
Legacy

» Belle and Sebastian
BBC Sessions
Matador

» Skeletons
Money
Tomlab

» Little Joy
Little Joy
Rough Trade

» School of Seven Bells
Alpinisms
Ghostly International

» Final Fantasy
Plays to Please
Slender Means Society

» Vivian Girls
Vivian Girls
In The Red

» K'Naan
The Dusty Foot Philosopher
BMG

» Jolie Holland
The Living and the Dead
Anti

» Brightblack Morning Light
Motion To Rejoin
Matador

» Renfro
Mathematics
Meltwater

» Department of Eagles
In Ear Park
4AD

» Tilly and the Wall
O
Team Love

» Deerhunter
Microcastle
Kranky

» Jean Grae & 9th Wonder
Jeanius
Blacksmith

» Crystal Stilts
Alight of Night
Slumberland

» Sebastian Grainger
Sebastian Grainger & The Mountains
Saddle Creek

» Land Of Talk
Some Are Lakes
Saddle Creek

» The Sea and Cake
Car Alarm
Thrill Jockey

» El Guincho
Alegranza
Discoteca Océano/XL

» Wintersleep
Welcome to the Night Sky
Labwork

» Chandeliers
The Thrush
Obey Your Brain

» Her Space Holiday
XOXO, Panda and the New Kid Revival
Mush

» Lambchop
OH (ohio)
City Slang

» Talkdemonic
Eyes At Half Mast
Arena Rock

» Fiasco
Native Canadians
Impose

» Lemonade
Lemonade
True Panther

» Bound Stems
The Family Afloat
Flameshovel

» The Present
World I See
LOAF

» Hilde Marie Kjersem
A Killer For That Ache
Rune Grammofon

» The New Year
The New Year
Touch & Go

» DJ/Rupture
Uproot
Agriculture

» Okkervil River
The Stand Ins
Jagjaguwar

» Jenny Lewis
Acid Tongue
Warner Bros.

» Mogwai
The Hawk Is Howling
Matador/PIAS

» The Lord Dog Bird
The Lord Dog Bird
Jagjaguwar

» Winter Gloves
About a Girl
Paper Bag

» Pidgeon
Might As Well Go Eat Worms
Absolutely Kosher

» Starfucker
Starfucker
Badman

» Little Ones, The
Morning Tide
Chop Shop

» Praveen & Benoit
Songs Spun Simla
Music Related

» The Girls
Yes No Yes No Yes No
Dirtnap

» Model 500
Starlight
Echospace

» Lackthereof
Your Anchor
Barsuk

» Gentleman Auction House
Alphabet Graveyard
Emergency Umbrella

» Hybrid
Soundsystem 01
Nettwerk

» The Uglysuit
The Uglysuit
Touch and Go

» Laura Marling
Alas I Cannot Swim
Astralwerks

» Elsiane
Hybrid
Nettwerk

» Azeda Booth
In Flesh Tones
Absolutely Kosher

» Pink Skull
Zeppelin 3
Free News Projects

» The B-52s
Funplex
Astralwerks

» Einstuerzende Neubauten
The Jewels
Potomak

» Ratatat
LP3
XL Recordings

» The Faint
Fasciinatiion
Blank.Wav

» The Gaslight Anthem
The '59 Sound
SideOneDummy

» Coldplay
Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
EMI

» Lil' Wayne
Tha Carter III
Cash Money

» Harold Nono
The Death of Barra
Rack and Ruin

» Akrobatik
Absolute Value
Fat Beats

» Women
Women
Flemish Eye

» The Chap
Mega Breakfast
Ghostly International

» Sigur Rós
Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
XL

» Time Since Western
A Sun Goes Down
self-released

» Dizzee Rascal
Maths + English
Def Jux

» Tab the Band
Pulling Out Just Enough to Win
North Street

» Imaginary Johnny
Only Chimneys
Unfinished Side

» Starkillers & Austin Leeds
Nervous Nitelife: Vegas
Nervous

» Wolf Parade
At Mount Zoomer
Sub Pop

» Pause Record
Pause Record
self-released

» Gavin Rossdale
Wanderlust
Interscope

» We Are Scientists
Brain Thrust Mastery
Virgin

» Ladytron
Velocifero
Nettwerk

» Supergrass
Diamond Hoo Ha
Astralwerks

» Spiritualized
Songs in A&E
Sanctuary

» Portishead
Third
Mercury

» Jakob Dylan
Seeing Things
Columbia

» Immortal Technique
The 3rd World
Viper

» Baby & Hide
Cozy
TEAM AV

» Midnight Juggernauts
Dystopia
Astralwerks

» The M's
Real Close Ones
Polyvinyl

» A Storm of Light
And We Wept The Black Ocean Within
Neurot

» Sally Shapiro
Remix Romance Vol. 1 & 2
Paperbag

» Flight Of The Conchords
Flight Of The Conchords
Sub Pop

» Bonnie Prince Billy
Lie Down In The Light
Drag City

» El Perro Del Mar
From the Valley To The Stars
Control Group

» Islands
Arm's Way
Anti-

» Lockboxx
Drop Shop
Character

» Scarlett Johansson
Anywhere I Lay My Head
Atco

» No Age
Nouns
Sub Pop

» Subtle
ExitingARM
Lex

» The Roots
Rising Down
Def Jam

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