Scott Irvine

[Scott Irvine]

Favorite Albums of Two Thousand and Eight

1. Aloha - Light Works
2. French Kicks - Swimming
3. Make Believe - Going to the Bone Church
4. Animal Collective - Water Curses
5. Kickball - Everything is a Miracle Nothing is a Miracle Everything is
6. Deerhunter - Microcastle
7. Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader
8. No Age - Nouns
9. The Dodos - Visiter
10. Women - Women
11. Joan of Arc- Boo! Human
12. Bound Stems - The Family Afloat
13. Collections of Colonies of Bees - Birds
14. Maps & Atlases - You & Me & The Mountain EP
15. Pit Er Pat - High Time
16. Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
17. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
18. High Places - High Places
19. Her Space Holiday - XOXO, Panda and the New Kid Revival
20. Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) - Year of the Rabbit 7"

Honorable Mentions

1. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
2. Man Man - Rabbit Habits
3. This Will Destroy You - S/T
4. *** Static - Ficcanaso
5. Capsule - Blue

Favorite Songs of the Year

1. Street Smart Cyclist - "Kiss Kitty on the Lips"
2. French Kicks - "Atlanta"
3. Aloha - "Equinox"
4. Joan of Arc - "So and So"
5. Fuck Buttons - "Sweet Love For Planet Earth"
6. Women - "Shaking Hand"
7. No Age - "Sleeper Hold"
8. Maps & Atlases - "Witch"
9. Vampire Weekend "One (Blake's Got a New Face)"
10. Make Believe - "Wearin' Torn"

Albums That Disappointed Me

1. Don Caballero - Punkgasm
2. Ecstatic Sunshine - Way
3. A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
4. El Ten Eleven - These Promises Are Being Videotaped
5. Japanther - Tut Tut Now Shake Ya Butt

Favorite Concerts I Saw This Year

Black Lips @ GSU Library Square
Mogwai, Fuck Buttons @ the Variety Playhouse
Mock Orange, Unwed Sailor, Anathallo, Aloha, Owen @ Harrisonburg, Virginia

This Year's Most Overrated

1. Jay Reatard

[Blake Solomon]

I liked the new El Ten Eleven, but I can see it being easily disappointing when stacked up against their other albums.

[Scott Irvine]

They bought in to "dance-rock", and I was not impressed. Their self-titled will live on, though.

[hockeyguitar99]

Great, great list. I was really disappoinred with the Mogwai album though.

[xglassjawx]

I agree that the new ASMZ was very poor.

[Praetor]

Wasn't too impressed with the French Kicks album. Fucking loved the new ASMZ though. All in all probably my favorite staffer list.

[manican sex]

RIP Street Smart Cyclist.

[funkel]

Great list. I love that Empire! Empire! 7"

[TheBaroness]

great list

[TJ Wells]

I've been searching for a list with High Places. Thank you, sir.