This is my view on 2008's best albums:

10.Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
its pretty good. I see it as dorm-pop.

9. Elf Power In A Cave
classic elephant 6 sound still survives!

8. Radiohead In Rainbows
new sound, mostly without electronic instruments… Thats a little unfortunate, but its not a disappointment

7.Beck Modern Guilt
beck also takes on a less electronic sound, but manages to make another great album. Danger mouse and beck make a good team

6. The Ting Tings We Started Nothing
I never knew MTV pop could sound good. Its a very catchy album

5. Xiu Xiu…

i've been on this site for almost a year, through multiple profiles, ipod mishaps, and so forth.

Here is a list of my favorite artists this site helped me discover, followed by 1 or 2 favorite songs by them. and maybe a memento of the artist if i'm emotionally attached…

Devendra Banhart
Crazy folk singer, best listening to him in the summer!
At the Hop

Xiu Xiu
I disliked them for a while, but now i appreciate their obscurity. Even had a little obcession/phase
Crank Heart and Save Me Save Me

Elf Power
super Elephant 6!
Owl Cut (white Flowers…

Fri 1 Aug – Lollapalooza 2008

this is mostly written so i can remember what happened. and if anybody can get any entertainment out of this…

Friday:
Ended up alone for the first 2 or 3 hours… Drag.
Mates Of State
i was able to slither my way to the very near front just by getting in from the side instead of making my journey from the back. I noticed that the mates were playing in basically every major festival in the US. My original thoughts: "overrated repetitive organ duo… used to like them". But seeing them live made me…