2008 was an interesting musical, and personal, year for me. I listened to a lot of indie rock, electronica and went to a shit-ton of shows (one of which was the best I've ever seen, thanks Of Montreal). I got engaged, interned at two places, continued working full time and started going to school part time. Suffice it to say, in 2008 I was a busy motha f-er.

I had plenty of time to listen to some super tunes though, and here are my picks (in no real order):

Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

Magnetic Fields - Distortion

Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Seat

No Age - Nouns

Department of Eagles - In Ear Park

Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust

Grand Archives - Grand Archives

El Guincho - Alegranza!

Honorable mentions that almost slid into top ten:

HEALTH - Disco

Karl Blau - Nature's Got Away

Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie Down In The Light

Benga - Diary of An Afro Warrior

Deerhunter - Microcastle

Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It...

Deerhoof - Offend Maggie

DJ Rupture - Uproot