Julia Conny
12/10/08, 05:30 PM
Derek Meier (publicist)
TOP 5 NEW ALBUMS OF 2008
1. Trash Talk “Trash Talk” (Trash Talk Collective)
2. Torche “Meanderthal” (Hydra Head)
3. Paint It Black “New Lexicon” (Jade Tree)
4. Akimbo “Jersey Shores” (Neurot)
5. Ten Kens “Ten Kens” (Fat Cat)
TOP 5 NEW BANDS
1. The Thorns of Life (featuring Blake Schwarzenbach and Aaron Cometbus)
2. Clues (featuring Alden Penner and Brandon Reed)
3. Helms Alee (featuring members of Harkonen, Your Enemies Friends, Lozen)
4. Past Lives (featuring members of Blood Brothers and Shoplifting)
5. Native (from Indiana)
TOP 5 EP RELEASES
1. Poison The Well “I / III” (Ferret)
2. Thursday / Envy Split (Temporary Residence)
3. Jesu “Why Are We Not Perfect” (Hydra Head)
4. Past Lives “Strange Symmetry” (Suicide Squeeze)
5. Ecstatic Sunshine “WAY” (Cardboard)
TOP 5 LIVE SHOWS
1. Torche w/ Boris @ Webster Hall in New York
2. Trash Talk w/ The Bronx and Akimbo @ Fontana’s in New York
3. NOFX w/ Dillinger Four @ Starland Ballroom in New Jersey
4. World/Inferno Friendship Society @ SXSW in Austin, TX
5. Takka Takka w/ Mates of State @ Highline Ballroom in New York
TOP 5 NEW RELEASES FROM BANDS 10 YEARS + IN AGE
1. Harvey Milk “Life... The Best Game In Town” (Hydra Head)
2. Akimbo “Jersey Shores” (Neurot)
3. An Albatross “ The An Albatross Family Album” (Eyeball)
4. Suicide Note “Empty Rooms” (Hawthorne Street)
5. The Giraffes “Prime Motivator” (Crustacean)
TOP 5 THINGS I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEFORE THE END OF 2008:
1. A Clues Show in New York
2. Russian Circles w/ Clutch in NJ
3. Bouncing Souls w/ Let Me Run in NJ
4. getting to see The Thorns of Life
5. These Arms Are Snakes announcing East Coast tour-dates
Gillian Stoll (Publicist)
Top 10 Albums
Good Old War - Only Way To Be Alone
Takka Takka - Migration
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Hank Williams III - Damn Right, Rebel Proud
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
Love You Moon - WaxWane
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urgers
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
TOP 5 NEW ALBUMS OF 2008
1. Trash Talk “Trash Talk” (Trash Talk Collective)
2. Torche “Meanderthal” (Hydra Head)
3. Paint It Black “New Lexicon” (Jade Tree)
4. Akimbo “Jersey Shores” (Neurot)
5. Ten Kens “Ten Kens” (Fat Cat)
TOP 5 NEW BANDS
1. The Thorns of Life (featuring Blake Schwarzenbach and Aaron Cometbus)
2. Clues (featuring Alden Penner and Brandon Reed)
3. Helms Alee (featuring members of Harkonen, Your Enemies Friends, Lozen)
4. Past Lives (featuring members of Blood Brothers and Shoplifting)
5. Native (from Indiana)
TOP 5 EP RELEASES
1. Poison The Well “I / III” (Ferret)
2. Thursday / Envy Split (Temporary Residence)
3. Jesu “Why Are We Not Perfect” (Hydra Head)
4. Past Lives “Strange Symmetry” (Suicide Squeeze)
5. Ecstatic Sunshine “WAY” (Cardboard)
TOP 5 LIVE SHOWS
1. Torche w/ Boris @ Webster Hall in New York
2. Trash Talk w/ The Bronx and Akimbo @ Fontana’s in New York
3. NOFX w/ Dillinger Four @ Starland Ballroom in New Jersey
4. World/Inferno Friendship Society @ SXSW in Austin, TX
5. Takka Takka w/ Mates of State @ Highline Ballroom in New York
TOP 5 NEW RELEASES FROM BANDS 10 YEARS + IN AGE
1. Harvey Milk “Life... The Best Game In Town” (Hydra Head)
2. Akimbo “Jersey Shores” (Neurot)
3. An Albatross “ The An Albatross Family Album” (Eyeball)
4. Suicide Note “Empty Rooms” (Hawthorne Street)
5. The Giraffes “Prime Motivator” (Crustacean)
TOP 5 THINGS I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEFORE THE END OF 2008:
1. A Clues Show in New York
2. Russian Circles w/ Clutch in NJ
3. Bouncing Souls w/ Let Me Run in NJ
4. getting to see The Thorns of Life
5. These Arms Are Snakes announcing East Coast tour-dates
Gillian Stoll (Publicist)
Top 10 Albums
Good Old War - Only Way To Be Alone
Takka Takka - Migration
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Hank Williams III - Damn Right, Rebel Proud
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
Love You Moon - WaxWane
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urgers
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins