top ten albums of 2008

here is my list of favorite albums of the year. i'm not going to call this a "best list" just favorites.

1. me› su› í eyrum vi› spilum endalaust - sigur rós



---> Inní mér syngur vitleysingur <---

2. day & age - the killers



---> spaceman <---

3. chinese democracy - guns n' roses



---> madagascar <---

4. talking through tin cans - the morning benders



---> loose change <---

5. forth - the verve



---> love is noise <---

6. dig out your soul - oasis



---> the nature of reality <---

7. fleet foxes - fleet foxes



---> white winter hymnal <---

8. hold on now youngster / we are beautiful, we are doomed - los campesinos!



---> documented minor emotional breakdown #1 <---

9. flight of the conchords - flight of the conchords



---> foux du fafa <---

10. a mad & faithful telling - devotchka



---> transliterator <---

you can buy alllll sorts of awesome albums here at insound.

concert update

i saw stars for the third time tonight. they continue to be the most amazing entertainers.



photos

i saw sigur rós at the greek in berkeley on friday. fucking epic.



more videos / photos

i will be seeing asobi seksu at the rickshaw stop (for $11.25! score!) in a few weeks and oasis at the oakland arena in december. i think i might get tickets to see ben folds at the warfield and css at bimbo's too.

inside of me sings a lunatic

first new post (one of many i hope). so a crop of my favorite artists (and one guilty pleasure) released new albums this summer. i thought death cab for cutie's narrow stairs was incredibly boring. i really hated just about all of my morning jacket's evil urges -- which is incredibly sad because i really love jim james. i just think they missed the mark with this one. and viva la vida or death and all his friends by coldplay (the guilty pleasure) was completely underwhelming. however, to make up for all of this -- and really it is SO GOOD that it *does* make up for all the crap -- came me› su› í eyrum vi› spilum endalaust from sigur rós. this album is so fucking great. i have very few words. i'm sharing track #2 with you because it is the stuff that dreams are made of. i love it.

---> inní mér syngur vitleysingur <---



oh, and did i mention that i am SEEING SIGUR FUCKING ROS in october. because you better believe i am.

you can buy me› su› í eyrum vi› spilum endalaus here at insound.

www.deathcabforcutie.com
www.mymorningjacket.com
www.coldplay.com
www.sigur-ros.co.uk

ég fel hausinn minn undir sæng

bonnaroo posted their 2008 lineup! dammit i wish i had the money to go again this year! i went in 2006 (radiohead woo!) and it was amazing.



---> starálfur - sigur rós <---
---> heard 'em say - kanye west feat. adam levine <---
---> magheetah - my morning jacket (live at bonnaroo 2006) <---

www.sigur-ros.co.uk
www.myspace.com/kanyewest
www.mymorningjacket.com/
http://www.bonnaroo.com

eg hef slegið fjandans nóg

sigur rós released a new ep last week called hvarf-heim. it's two discs, hvarf (which means "disappeared" or "haven" in icelandic) contains studio versions of previously unreleased songs and heim (which means "home" in icelandic) contains acoustic studio versions of songs already released.

sigur rós basically makes the most beautiful music in the world, and this album more than demonstrates that. the album artwork is breathtaking as well:

---> hljómalind <---

---> starálfur <---

---> vaka <---

you can buy it here

http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk