Best of 2008

The year is over. Time for some Best of Lists. Leave some comments in the replies if you think I should check out something I may have missed this year. Unless numbered, everything is in alphabetical order. 

Top 15 Albums

Bloc Party – Intimacy 

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 

The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound 

Gentleman Auction House – Alphabet Graveyard 

Girl Talk – Feed the Animals  

Jack's Mannequin - The Glass Passenger  

Los Campesinos - Hold on Now, Youngster... 

Lydia – Illuminate 

The Matches - A Band in Hope   

MGMT – Oracular Spectacular 

Phantom Planet – Raise The Dead

Radiohead – In Rainbows 

Right Away, Great Captain - The Eventually Home
Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell 

Valencia - We All Need a Reason to Believe

Honorable Mentions

Anathallo – Canopy Glow

Beck - Modern Guilt 

Colour Revolt - Plunder, Beg and Curse 

Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs 

Good Old War - Only Way to Be Alone 

The Hold Steady – Stay Positive 

Islands – Arm’s Way 

Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground – S/T 

Los Campesinos - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed 

Mates of State – Re-arrange Us 

Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain 

Thrice - Alchemy Index (3 & 4) 

Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Grievances 

TV on the Radio - Dear Science

Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend

Top EPs:

Manchester Orchestra - Let My Pride Be What's Left Behind 

Stars – Sad Robots 

Straylight Run - Un Dos Mas 

Thursday / Envy – Split 

You, Me, and Everyone We Know - So Young, So Insane   

Favorite Mixtapes: 

Diplo and Santogold - Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub 

Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing

I still have a list of about 100 albums to listen to that came out this year, so I imagine this list will change in a couple of months.

Top Movies

1. Dark Knight
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Milk
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Cloverfield
6. Iron man
7. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

I’m usually behind on movies because I wait to Netflix most films. What should I add to my Netflix queue?

Top Tours:

1.  Say Anything, Manchester Orchestra, Biffy Clyro, Weatherbox @ Avalon 3/13 

2. Jesse Lacey (of Brand New), Kevin Devine, Brian Bonz @ Roxy 7/21 

3. RX Bandits, Kay Kay and the Weathered Underground, & Portugal. The Man @ Troubadour 9/16 

4. KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas Night 2 @ Gibson 12/14 

5. Jack’s Mannequin, Eric Hutchinson @ Troubadour 11/4 

6. The Who, Flaming Lips, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Incubus, Tenacious D @ UCLA 7/12 

7. Person L, Anthony Green, Good Old War @ Troubadour 8/20 

8. Nico Vega @ the Hammer 7/3 

9. Titus Andronicus & No Age (Free) @ Troubadour 12/2 

10. Colour Revolt, Night Marchers @ the Echo 9/3 

11.  Jenny Lewis (of Rilo Kiley) @ the Echo 9/12

Thing I Miss Most about Orange County:

1. Bagels and Brew in Mission Viejo and Lake Forest

2. Free Parking Everywhere

Most Anticipated Releases of 2009:

1. Manchester Orchestra (Spring)
2. Brand New
3. Weatherbox (3/3)
4. Say Anything
5. Moneen
6. Radiohead
7. Arcade Fire
8. Two Tongues (Say Anything & Saves the Day - Spring)
9. Set Your Goals
10. Kevin Devine
11. Fun (The Format, Steel Train - February)
12. Blikk Fang (MGMT & Of Montreal)
    
13. Cursive 
14. Jimmy Eat World
15. Bright Eyes
16. Saves the Day
17. Against Me!
18. The Dear Hunter
19. I Am the Avalanche
20. The Decemberists (3/24)
    
21. Animal Collective (1/20)
22. Ace Enders
    
23. New Found Glory (3/10)
24. Antony and the Johnsons (1/20)
25. Morrissey (2/17)
26. Battles
27. Architecture in Helsinki
28. Silversun Pickups
29. Thursday (2/17)
30. Tegan and Sara
31. Four Year Strong (June)
32. Biffy Clyro
33. Mute Math (March)
34. Fireworks (3/24)
35. Lilly Allen (2/10)
36. Portugal. The Man (June)

Motion City Soundtrack? The Matches? Radiohead? 

I also just want to say thank you to all of my wonderful friends. I have so many amazing memories of 2008 and it's because of all of you. Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe time rining in the New Year.