I'll say my piece and then hide from the rotten vegetables.
2008 has disappointed me so far, music-wise. There really hasn't been an album that I have latched onto like in the last few years. Sure, I've liked a couple releases a lot - the Portishead disc is solid, Girl Talk is a lot of fun, I listened to the Fleet Foxes about 10 times in a row when I first got it, the Silver Jews album is a Silver Jews album - but nothing has made that big of an impression on me. In fact, looking back, so far the year has been littered with disappointments (to me at least) both major and minor: Death Cab for Cutie, Fratellis, Islands, Malkmus, Nick Cave, Gutter Twins, Breeders and so on. I don't know how to explain it. Well, admittedly part of it was a rejection of the internet music babbling scene due to its overall elitism, but I think I've gotten over that, but I'm still waiting for my "disc of 2008" to be released.
However, if you had to pin me to it, my top 5 so far, it might be
1. Portishead: Third
2. Los Campesinos!: Death to Los Campesinos!
3. Hot Chip: Made in the Dark
4. Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
5. Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
With honorable mentions to Girl Talk, Silver Jews, Xiu Xiu, Young Knives
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Erik Gonzalez said on July 2, 2008:
I'll say my piece and then hide from the rotten vegetables.
2008 has disappointed me so far, music-wise. There really hasn't been an album that I have latched onto like in the last few years. Sure, I've liked a couple releases a lot - the Portishead disc is solid, Girl Talk is a lot of fun, I listened to the Fleet Foxes about 10 times in a row when I first got it, the Silver Jews album is a Silver Jews album - but nothing has made that big of an impression on me. In fact, looking back, so far the year has been littered with disappointments (to me at least) both major and minor: Death Cab for Cutie, Fratellis, Islands, Malkmus, Nick Cave, Gutter Twins, Breeders and so on. I don't know how to explain it. Well, admittedly part of it was a rejection of the internet music babbling scene due to its overall elitism, but I think I've gotten over that, but I'm still waiting for my "disc of 2008" to be released.
However, if you had to pin me to it, my top 5 so far, it might be
1. Portishead: Third
2. Los Campesinos!: Death to Los Campesinos!
3. Hot Chip: Made in the Dark
4. Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
5. Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
With honorable mentions to Girl Talk, Silver Jews, Xiu Xiu, Young Knives
Here's to the rest of 2008!