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#1 of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping

Um, duh. It may come as no surprise to many of my valued readers that of Montreal scored the top position this year. I must assure you, however, that the decision was not biased in any way; they earned it. Had of Montreal put out a shitty album this year, [...]

#2 – The Ruby Suns – Sea Lion

Holy Shit. This record is wonderful. The Ruby Suns, hailing from the ever-hip, long time coveted New Zealand have successfully produced the perfect synthesis of indie love-pop and world beats on this glorious record. The sound of The Ruby Suns is hard to describe, but I will try, [...]

#5 – Starfucker – Starfucker

This debut in particular, was one that I had been awaiting for nearly a year… oh man, did they ever deliver. Starfucker’s first full-length is a catchy stroll through a pop-psychedelic dreamland. Simple, darling, beats paired with little fluffs of cotton-candy vocal melodies carry you through the record effortlessly with no [...]

#7 – Mother Mother – O My Heart

Mother Mother’s second full-length would have achieved a much higher ranking if I was basing this list off of how many times I listened to an album throughout the year. At first, I would only listen to this album in secrecy. Partly because it’s brilliant pop glory [...]

This year has become, for me, the most music-packed year of my life. Having immersed myself in the world-famous Portland music scene and, simultaneously, having become obsessed with music blogging, I have collected and listened to more music in the last 365 days than most Americans probably do annually. As this wonderful year of music [...]

A quickie for JM+GC.

Ephemeral Day 2008 is just around the corner! Are you ready? This will be the first annual celebration of the hottest new holiday invented by yours truly. What a better way to say goodbye to the shortest day of the year than building, bonfires, sunsets, and good people? Winter Solstice 2008; what will YOU be [...]

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