2008 Album Listing

This is more for my purposes than yours, but here is where I will list everything I listen to this year to help me sort through things when it comes time to make my year end favorites list. Things I enjoy will be in red, things that suck will be blue, and everything else is middle of the road.
hard rock/metal/hardcore
advent – ‘remove the earth’
once nothing – ‘first came the law’
airbourne – ‘runnin’ wild’
bullet for my valentine – ’scream. aim. fire.’
for the fallen dreams – ‘changes’
stonerider – ‘three legs of trouble’
here i come falling – ‘oh grave, where is thy victory?’
our last night – ‘the ghosts among us’
the red death – ‘godmakers’
this is hell – ‘misfortune’
mychildren mybride – ‘unbreakable’
in flames – ‘a sense of purpose’
a girl a gun a ghost – ‘through the eyes of ahab’
emmure – ‘the respect issue’
testament – ‘the formation of damnation’
upon beauty rests – ‘for the days we fear, the air we breathe’
the ghost inside – ‘fury and the fallen ones’
36 crazyfists – ‘the tide and it’s takers’
destroy the runner – ‘i, lucifer’
blessed by a broken heart – ‘pedal to the metal’
embrace the end – ‘ley lines’
from a second story window – ‘conversations’
the famine – ‘the raven and the reaping’
november 5, 1955 – ‘bears of the sea’
house vs hurricane – ‘forfeiture’
knights of the abyss – ’shades’
misery signals – ‘controller’
alestorm – ‘captain morgan’s revenge’ …lolz.
inhale exhale – ‘i swear…’
austrian death machine – ‘total brutal’
guns n’ roses – ‘chinese democracy’
motley crue – ’saints of los angeles’
tiamat – ‘amanethes’
johnny truant – ‘no tears for the creatures’
belle epoque – ‘our bodies (ep)’
various artists – ‘kerrang maiden heaven’
whitechapel – ‘this is exile’
dragonforce – ‘ultra beatdown’
norma jean – ‘the anti-mother’
the acacia strain – ‘continent’
all shall parish – ‘waken the dreamers’
iced earth – ‘the crucible of man’
agraceful – ‘the great i am’
the acacia strain – ‘continent’
slipknot – ‘all hope is gone’
the haunted – ‘versus’
bleeding through – ‘declaration’
underoath – ‘lost in the sound of separation’
amon amarth – ‘twilight of the thunder god’
united nations – s/t
metallica – ‘death magnetic’
all that remains – ‘overcome’
abigail williams – ‘in the shadow of a thousand suns’
unearth – ‘the march’
warship – ’supply and depend’
trivium – ’shogun’
bring me the horizon – ’suicide season’
cradle of filth – ‘godspeed on the devil’s thunder’
haste the day – ‘dreamer’
ac/dc – ‘black ice’
trenches – ‘the tide will swallow us whole’

post rock/instrumental/ambient/electronica
cheer – ’static traps’
july skies – ‘the weather clock’
quantec – ‘thousands of thoughts’
bitcrush – ‘epilogue in waves’
nine inch nails – ‘ghosts I-IV’
the photographic – ‘pictures of a changing world’
peter broderick – ‘float’
beyond sensory experience – ‘no lights in our eyes’
followed by ghosts – ‘dear monsters, be patient’
olafur arnalds – ‘variataions of static’
james blackshaw – ‘litany of echoes’
colm mac con iomaire – ‘the hare’s corner’
glissando – ‘with our arms wide open we march towards the burning sea’
the caretaker – ‘persistent repetition of phrases’
bersarin quartet – s/t
goldmund – ‘the malady of elegance’
the evpatoria report – ‘maar’
max richter – ‘24 postcards in full color’
lights out asia – ‘eyes like brontide’
near the parenthesis – ‘l’eixample’
matthew robert cooper – ‘miniatures’
mogwai – ‘the hawk is howling’
library tapes – ‘fragment’
johan johannson – ‘fordlandia’

indie-ish/whatever/not too heavy rock
beach house – ‘devotion’
chris walla – ‘field manual’
goldfrapp – ’seventh tree’
grand archives – ‘the grand archives’
the helio sequence – ‘keep your eyes ahead’
jettie – ‘kites for charity’
lykke li – ‘youth novels’
the mountain goats – ‘heretic pride’
nada surf – ‘lucky’
tindersticks – ‘the hungry saw’
devotchka – ‘a mad & faithful telling’
someone still loves you, boris yeltzin – ‘pershing’
a weather – ‘cove’
ours – ‘mercy (dancing for the death of an imaginary enemy)’
fleet foxes – ’sun giant’ (ep)
fleet foxes – ‘ragged wood’
my brightest diamond – ‘a thousand shark’s teeth’
the notwist – ‘the devil, you, & me’
wolftron – ‘flesh & fears’
styrofoam – ‘a thousand words’
thrice – ‘the alchemy index vol 3&4′
augustana – ‘can’t love, can’t hurt’
death cab for cutie – ‘narrow stairs’
tears run rings – ‘always, sometimes, seldom, never’
playradioplay – ‘texas’
coldplay – ‘viva la vida’
noah & the whale – ‘peaceful, the world lays me down’
margot & the nuclear so and so’s – ‘the daytrotter sessions ep’
calexico – ‘carried to dust’
the faint – ‘fasciinatiion’
keith canisius – ‘ferris wheel makeout’
the stills – ‘oceans will rise’
mercy arms – s/t
the rosebuds – ‘life like’
stars – ’sad robots’ (ep)
ra ra riot – ‘the rhumb line’
ryan adams & the cardinals – ‘cardinology’
the decemberists – ‘always the bridesmaid: a singles series’
jospeh arthur & the lonely astronauts – ‘temporary people’
pompeii – ‘nothing happens for a reason’
loquat – ’secrets of the sea’
margot & the nuclear so and so’s – ‘animal’
margot – ‘not animal’

emo /alternativey
the mars volta – ‘the bedlam in goliath’
secret and whisper – ‘great white whale’
search/rescue – ‘the compound’
the afters – ‘never going back to ok’
counting crows – ’saturday nights & sunday mornings’
ashes divide – ‘keep telling myself it’s alright’
v/a – ‘punk goes crunk’
your vegas – ‘a town and two cities’
filter – ‘anthems for the damned’
tokio hotel – ’scream’
nine inch nails – ‘the slip’
the myriad – ‘with arrows, with poise’
paper rival – ‘dialog’
search the city – ‘a fire so big the heavens can see it’
disturbed – ‘indestructible’
family force 5 – ‘dance or die ep’
lower definition – ‘the greatest of all lost arts’
the classic crime – ‘the silver cord’
the medic droid – ‘what’s your medium?’
brightwood – ‘wake’
the sound of animals fighting – ‘the ocean and the sun’
nevertheless – ‘in the making’
family force 5 – ‘dance or die’
anberlin – ‘new surrender’
portugal the man – ‘censored colors’
lovedrug – ‘the sucker punch show’
the verve – ‘forth’
thursday/envy split
keane – perfect symmetry
copeland – ‘you are my sunshine’

acousticy/folky/singer songwriter/etc
andrew bird – ’soldier on’
city & colour -’bring me your love’
jon foreman – ‘fall and winter’
matt costa – ‘unfamiliar faces’
tyler ramsey – ‘a long dream about swimming’
she & him – ‘volume 1′
kaki king – ‘dreaming of revenge’
nels andrews – ‘off track betting’
the battle of land and sea – s/t
josh radin – ‘unclear sky ep’ (itunes exclusive)
cat power – ‘jukebox’
landon pigg – ‘coffee shop’ (ep)
tristan prettyman – ‘hello’
sarah slean – ‘the baroness’
the tallest man on earth – ’shallow graves’
david karsten daniels – ‘fear of flying’
chuck prophet – ‘dreaming waylon’s dreams’
samadion – ‘all is well’
sun kil moon – ‘april’
jack savoretti – ‘between the minds’
timber timbre – medicinals’
sera cahoone – ‘only as the day is long’
okieson – ‘tomorrow’s gone’
the weepies – ‘hideaway’
gemma hayes – ‘the hollow of morning’
scarlett johansson – ‘anywhere i lay my head’
gavin degraw – ’s/t’
jakob dylan – ’seeing things’
bonnie prince billy – ‘lie down in the light’
steve reynolds – ‘the carnival papers’
priscilla ahn – ‘a good day’
jessie baylin – ‘firesight’
brown bird – ‘the bottom of the sea’
matt bauer – ‘the island moves in the storm’
chris brecht – ‘the great ride’
micah p. henson – ‘micah p henson and the red empire orchestra’
jim bianco – ’sing’
matt sheehy – ‘tigerphobia’
beck – ‘modern guilt’
forest city lovers – ‘haunting moon sinking’
conor oberst – s/t
holly throsby – ‘a loud call’
david vandervelde – ‘waiting for the sunrise’
andy yorke – ’simple’
the rosie taylor project – ‘this city draws maps’
neil halstead – ‘oh! mighty engine’
anthony green – ‘avalon’
hotel lights – ‘firecracker people’
lesser gonzalez alvarez – ‘why is bear billowing?’
angela desveaux – ‘the mighty ship’
sonya kitchell – ‘the storm’
mason jennings – ‘in the ever’
lynne hanson – ‘eleven months’
james jackson toth – ‘waiting in vain’
maria taylor w/ andy lemaster – ’savannah drive’
joshua radin – ’simple times’
jenny lewis – ‘acid tongue’
damien jurado – ‘caught in the trees’
melody gardot – ‘worrisome heart’
horse feathers – ‘house with no name’
drew andrews – ‘only mirrors’
peter broderick – ‘home’
peter bradley adams – ‘leavetaking’
william fitzsimmons – ‘the sparrow & the crow’
emmylou harris – ‘all i intended to be’
gregory & the hawk – ‘moenie and kitchi’
aqualung – ‘words and music’
ray lamontagne – ‘gossip in the grain’
jolie holland – ‘the living and the dead’
ingrid michaelson – ‘be ok’
rachael yamagata – ‘elephants…teeth sinking into heart’

etcetcetc
m83 – ’saturdays = youth’
madonna – ‘hard candy’
negative – ‘karma killer’
she wants revenge – ’save your soul (ep)’
lil wayne – the carter 3
lustmord – [other]
flying lotus – ‘los angeles’
3OH!3 – ‘Want’
mirror – ‘mirror’

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J-RAW’S 2008 Album List