Music Blog Zeitgeist 2008
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| 50 ALBUMS | 50-41 | 40-31 | 30-21 | 20-11 | 10-1 |
The Hype Machine & Blog Fresh Radio have teamed up to present each set of 10 albums as a radio show featuring songs from the albums & interviews with key music bloggers.
Download #30-21 show (127mb MP3)
Explore The Top 50 Albums of 2008
Click on the album cover to stream each album in its entirety or browse through reviews by music blogs on the right!
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30Why? • Alopecia
My album of the year. A self-contained universe of found sounds and marble-mouthed rhymes that trip off the tongue like lyrical hairballs. READ POST »
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29Hot Chip • Made In the Dark
The major off-putting thing about this album is the disturbing repetition of the vocals on some songs. Other than that, a solid dance album. READ POST »
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28Department of Eagles • In Ear Park
An album beamed in from an alternate history of pop music, existing in its own era (even if it does sound a bit like Grizzly Bear). READ POST »
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27Beach House • Devotion
It's dark, a little creepy, and if it happens to be raining where you are, it'll provide the perfect soundtrack. READ POST »
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26My Morning Jacket • Evil Urges
Nonplussed with it. MMJ are wildly inconsistent. READ POST »
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25Kanye West • 808s & Heartbreak
Kanye=rapper, producer, and, now, song-writer. This is a love it or hate it album. I, for one, love it. READ POST »
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24Okkervil River • The Stand Ins
Music about musicians, while slightly masturbatory, works out for the better on this finely wrought, lyrically superb concept record. READ POST »
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23Kings of Leon • Only By the Night
Every song bests the previous. Fun to rock out on full blast. READ POST »
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22Lil Wayne • Tha Carter III
OK, it’s true: he really is the best rapper alive. READ POST »
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21She & Him • Volume One
Their acoustic vibe conjures up a time-travel fantasy of key parties, hot tubs and Chablis-crazed groping behind the spider plants. READ POST »
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