December 11, 2008
No matter what music you’re into, 2008 was probably a good year for you. It definitely was for us. Here’s the second half of our year-end list:
| 40 | The Magnetic Fields Distortion A wonderful twisting of pop music. Full review |
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| 39 | Rahim Laughter Not immediately accessible, but deeper study brings impressive rewards from such a young band. Full review |
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| 38 | Lackthereof Anchor Menomena's drummer has serious all-around chops. But you already knew that. Full review |
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| 37 | Clinic Do It! The band's signature highly distorted alt-country gets a little finer and brighter. Full review |
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| 36 | Shearwater Rook Dark and operatic. Beautiful with a rich finish. Full review |
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| 35 | The Futureheads This Is Not the World Pop/punk done right, thanks to English accents and the right attitudes. Full review |
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| 34 | Neon Neon Stainless Style Possibly the most on-point tribute to the 80's yet. Or ever. Full review |
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| 33 | Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Real Emotional Trash The indie icon's alt-guitar jam reaches new heights as his post-Pavement legacy gets bigger and bigger. Full review |
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| 32 | De Novo Dahl Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound It'll gently bend your mind and your knees. Full review |
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| 31 | The Rosebuds Life Like The varied husband-and-wife duo flip to a sadder look back, and it still sounds just as sweet. Full review |
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| 30 | The Verve Forth Welcome. Back. Full review |
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| 29 | Electric President Sleep Well A new high point in indietronica, and the soundtrack to a perfect night of slumber. Full review |
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| 28 | The Presets Apocalypso Aussie duo set dancefloors on fire in tents, arenas, and everywhere between. Full review |
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| 27 | Constantines Kensington Heights Gritty roots-rock rides across today's open landscape. Full review |
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| 26 | Supergrass Diamond Hoo Ha One of britpop's most underrated bands unleashes pure decadent rock. Full review |
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| 25 | The Broken West Now or Heaven Taking the neo-sixties sound and fleshing it out & expanding it on their sophomore release. Full review |
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| 24 | M83 Saturdays = Youth The 80's from a teenager's POV surrounded by gorgeous electro-rock. Full review |
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| 23 | Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago Soul-touching heartbreak on an amazingly accomplished solo debut. Full review |
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| 22 | My Morning Jacket Evil Urges This album covers all the bases. And then some. Full review |
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| 21 | Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning Something For All of Us… The unsung hero of Canada's greatest export since Gretzky keeps the collective's expanse wide. Full review |
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