|
|
|
Best Of 2008...
Vessels: White Fields And Open Devices (Cuckundoo Records)
Rhythms twist and turn tortuously, thunderous post-rock racket meets electronic glitch and where huge great walloping walls of guitar noise regularly come tumbling around the listeners ears before the collective foot is removed from the go-faster-and-louder pedal to goose bumping effect.
The Bug: London Zoo (Ninja Tune)
Kevin ‘The Bug’ Martin’s latest in a long line of projects - including Techno Animal and God - meshing grimey urban bass’n’beats with digital reggae, roots chatting and some inspired blasts of hardcore noise, this rocks to a completely different beat to anything around it. Astonishing
Silver Jews: Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)
One of the lo-fi, alt-country scenes major unsung talents, David Berman’s Silver Jews have always been a vehicle for his reflective brand of sardonic humour and abstract, reflective lyrics. He attempted suicide in 2003, let’s hope this, generally upbeat, album means he will not now be leaving us anytime soon
Fuck Buttons: Street Horrrsing (ATP Recordings)
As unlikely as it may seem the Buttons actually manage to sculpt melodies from Mogwai style post-rock, Aphex style electronic adventurism, Krautrock style drones and death-metal style distorted gabbling. The sheer colossal, overwhelming enormity of it all, is staggering, like being serenaded by a tectonic plate
Pama International: Love Filled Dub Band (Rockers Revolt)
Exceptionally fine ska fuelled set which will appeal to anyone who loves their reggae rootsy and like their lyrics to actually mean something, this could easily have been passed off as newly discovered ‘70s era tapes found covered with dust in King Tubby’s garden shed Yup it’s that good
|
Not only but also...
Johnny Foreigner: Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light (Best Before Records)
Japanese Popstars: We Just Are (Gung-Ho)
Adem: Takes (Domino)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Mute)
Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun (Capitol)
Half Man Half Biscuit: CSI Ambleside (Probe Plus)
Randy Newman: Harps and Angels (Nonesuch)
Max Richter: 24 Postcards In Full Colour (Fat Cat)
Subtle: ExitingARM (Lex)
Ticklah: Ticklah Vs. Axelrod (Easy Star Records)
Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree (Mute)
Paul Weller: 22 Dreams (Island)
Skyphone: Avellaneda (Rune Grammofon)
Wire: Object 47 (pinkflag)
David Gilmour: Live In Gdansk (EMI)
Think we've missed something? Horrified by our writers selection? Or are you just a bit bored and fancy sounding off? Then why not head over to the forum and let us know your top ten albums, DVD's, gigs, books or favourite shopping channel for this or any other year...
|
|
|
|
|
