In no particular order here is a list. Please feel free to throw in some names I'm always in the search of great new music.
No Age - Nouns (Dinosaur Jr meets Weezer) The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (really folky but I dig it) Beck - Modern Guilt Sigur Rós - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við (possibly my favorite in 08) Portishead - Third (took a couple listens but I get it now)
Albums I bought and was let down by:
TV On The Radio - Dear Science I don't mind the album, it's just that Return to Cookie Mountain was so much better.
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges Just didn't sound like MMJ to me. After buying Fleet Foxes recently maybe I'll get into more.
The Black Keys - Attack and Release A few good tunes, album has too many holes though
Album's I didn't buy or care to buy:
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Bloc Party - Intimacy Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
Some are out on vinyl. The first posting above contains many titles in vinyl. I especially like the ones by Calexico and Burial.
The other groups referenced in my second and third postings can be "previewed" on digital sources like iTunes. I am really liking the songs I downloaded on the new albums by Loquat and Elbow.
I live in LA, so I am actually making a trip to Amoeba Records to hunt down the vinyl versions. I will let you know what I find.
I agree on the above being great albums, I especially like Raconteurs and Kings of Leon, but would like to mention two other fantastic albums I liked most this year. 1. Johnossi - All They Ever Wanted 2. Takida - Bury the Lies
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