Wow. 2008 was the quickest year ever, and full of good music. I hafta throw a quick and gigantic thanks to fellow Muffin Authors for sharing your finds with me.!! My most favorite listens of the year are from this very blog!!!
Please enjoy my top 5 finds of 2008!
1. Avett Brothers – The Second Gleam
Avett Brothers – Tear Down the House
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Saw these boys several times this year and was never disappointed. They’re my all time fav and I hope I never ever have a year where a new Avett Bros album isn’t on the top 5. 2008′s The Second Gleam is a super sweet and mellow collection of 6 songs.
2. The Dodos – Visiter
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This was my favorite find that ever happened to me in a car, on a road, listening to NPR in 2008. I was captured by the song “Walking”, but here is “God?” for ya – cause I already posted a few others back in April.
3. Okkervil River – The Stand Ins
Okkervil River – Lost Coastlines
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Fellow Muffiners turned me into an Okkervil River fan a little while back, so I gladly snatched up this 2008 release as soon as it hit the market. I’ll never get over Lost Coastlines.
4. Vetiver – Thing of the Past
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It takes me to a field of tall grass, big blue sky and uh… maybe a decade that I never lived in. A recurring theme of 2008 is that I wish to be where I’m not (no matter where I am). So I’ve been thankful for this to be a part of my soundtrack to 2008′s discontented life.
5. Maps & Atlases – You and Me and the Mountain
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Deemed Math Rock, Freak Folk, or Euro Pop!! Makes me dance in my chair and stuff. Enough Said?
hey- great list! glad to see avett brothers getting some attention- i agree they’re one of the best live acts around and tear down the house is an amazing tune!!
Wow, you listen to that Avett Brothers song a few times and you’re like, “Damn, this song is fucked up – but so damn good.”
Lets write lyrics like these