listenterror: beste alben 2008

update november

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1.) portishead – third
2.) fleet foxes – s/t
3.) of montreal - skeletal lamping

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4.) the magnetic fields – distortion
5.) liz durrett – outside our gates
6.) frontier ruckus – the orion songbook
7.) ida – lovers prayer
8.) evangelista – hello voyager
9.) lucksmiths – first frost
10.) mia doi todd – gea
11.) merz - moi et mon camion
12.) the felice brothers – s/t
13.) samamidon – all is well
14.) shearwater – rook
15.) peter broderick – home
16.) mary hampton – my mother’s children
17.) chad vangaalen – soft airplane
18.) said the shark – silly killings

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19.) beatbeat whisper – wonder continental
20.) talkdemonic – eyes at half mast
21.) nalle – the sirens wave
22.) headless heroes – the silence of love
23.) wild beasts – limbo, panto
24.) bodies of water – a certain feeling
25.) rose kemp – unholy majesty
26.) plants and animals – parc avenue
27.) lau nau – nukkuu
28.) alina simone – everyone is crying out to me, beware
29.) the dodos – visiter
30.) robert forster – the evangelist
31.) cat power – jukebox

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32.) matt bauer – the island moves in the storm
33.) essie jain – the inbetween
34.) billy bragg – mr love & justice
35.) joanne robertson – the lighter
36.) malcolm middleton – sleight of heart
37.) scott matthew – s/t
38.) toumani diabate - the mande variations
39.) johnny flynn – a larum
40.) jayber crow – two short stories
41.) thao nguyen & the get down stay down - we brave bee stings and all
42.) white hinterland – phylactery factory
43.) kaki king – dreaming of revenge

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44.) bowery boy blue – stalk that myth
45.) constantines – kensington heights
46.) ignatz - III
47.) vampire weekend – s/t
48.) benjamin wetherill – laura
49.) the moondoggies – don’t be a stranger
50.) okkervil river – the stand ins
51.) pocahaunted – island diamonds
52.) adem - takes
53.) mates of state – re-arrange us
54.) glorytellers – s/t
55.) tall firs – to old to die young
56.) baby dee – safe inside the day
57.) silver summit – s/t
58.) sharron kraus – the fox’s wedding
59.) the last shadow puppets – the age of the understatement
60.) pia fraus – after summer
61.) carcrashlander – s/t
62.) foot foot – trumpet
63.) monade – monster comic
64.) little annie and paul wallfisch - when good things happen to bad pianos
65.) the ruby suns – sea lion
66.) ports of call – like thieves
67.) beach house – devotion
68.) spires that in the sunset rise – curse the traced bird
69.) my morning jacket – evil urges
70.) micah p. hinson and the red empire orchestra – s/t
71.) me and the grownups – battling the mountains, the sky and the sea
72.) dead meadow – old growth
73.) brighton, ma – amateur lovers
74.) deus – vantage point

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75.) bonnie prince billy – lie down in the light
76.) domingo – s/t
77.) welcome to the cinema – blocks and hills
78.) autistic daughters – uneasy flowers
79.) duffy – rockferry
80.) a weather – cove
81.) sunny day sets fire – summer palace
82.) the helio sequence - keep your eyes ahead
83.) xiu xiu – woman as lovers
84.) tindersticks – the hungry saw
85.) audrey – the fierce and the longing
86.) hills like white elephants – himalaya
87.) 22 pistepirkko - (well you know) stuff is like
88.) the war on drugs – wagonwheel blues
89.) teitur – the singer
90.) jens carelius – the first songs
91.) levon helm – dirt farmer
92.) lightspeed champion - falling off the lavender bridge
93.) free kitten - inherit
94.) colin meloy – sings live
95.) july skies – the weather clock

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96.) k.d. lang - watershed
97.) get well soon - rest now, weary head, you will get well soon
98.) the mountain goats – heretic pride
99.) the billionaires - really real for forever
100.) school of language - sea from shore

ein update war vonnöten. es hat sich viel neues angesammelt. 2008 bleibt ein gutes musikjahr. folk und seine folgen, wie dave schramm formulierte. unberücksichtigtes stapelt sich weiterhin, ich hänge nach, wiederholt.