Belated Best of 2008

At this point I'm pretty much over 2008, but alas what is a blog without a year-end list. Some call it lazy writing, others call it linking hell. I hand wrote a list of contenders for a top 20 of '08 but in counting my list I realized I had 44 contenders so I figured WTF I'll just do a top 40. Shall we begin at the end?

• 40

  
  Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line




• 39

  
  DevotchKa - A Mad and Faithful Telling




• 38

  
  Vivian Girls - The Vivian Girls




• 37

  
  {{{Sunset}}} - The Glowing City




• 36

  
  Blitzen Trapper - Furr




• 35

  
  Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping




• 34

  
  Harlem - Free Drugs;-)




• 33

  
  Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain




• 32

  
  Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer




• 31

  
  Coldplay - Viva La Vida




• 30

  
  White Denim - Exposion




• 29

  
  Delta Spirit - Ode to Sunshine




• 28

  
  Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads




• 27

  
  Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue




• 26

  
  Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair




• 25

  
  Hot Chip - Made in the Dark




• 24

  
  Portishead - Third




• 23

  
  Shearwater - Rook




• 22

  
  Santogold - Santogold




• 21

  
  Beck - Modern Guilt




• 20

  
  Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cardinology




• 19

  
  The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely




• 18

  
  The Black Keys - Attack and Release




• 17

  
  Girl Talk - Feed the Animals




• 16

  
  The Hold Steady - Stay Positive





• 15

  
  Deerhunter - Microcastles




• 14

  
  Diplo & Santogold - Top Ranking




• 13

  
  The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead




• 12

  
  My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges





• 11

  
  Department of Eagles - In Ear Park





• 10

  
  Kings of Leon - Only By The Night





• 09

  
  Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust




• 08

  
  Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend




• 07

  
  T.V. on the Radio - Dear Science,




• 06

  
  Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst




• 05

  
  Jamie Lidell - Jim




• 04

  
  MGMT - Oracular Spectacular




• 03

  
  Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours





• 02

  
  Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes




• 01

  
  Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago