It's that time of year when everyone gets inundated with all sorts of year end lists. Here at JJHQ, we have received no fewer than 82 lists on a wide variety of topics. As a public service to our loyal readers, JJHQ has reviewd all of the lists and will present only the cream of the crop.
So without further ado, we present you with the 2008 edition of one of our most popular lists, The Dindastic Year End Music Review. These lists are compiled by friend of the blog Dindas. And even more exciting, we present these lists exclusively. Good luck finding them on some other blog.
Records of the Year
1) The Hold Steady - "Stay Positive"
2)My Morning Jacket - "Evil Urges"
3) Kings of Leon - "Only by the Night"
4) Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - "Cardinology"
5) Jenny Lewis - "Acid Tongue"
6) TV on the Radio - "Dear, Science"
7) Conor Oberst - "Conor Oberst"
8) David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
9) The Raconteurs - "Consolers Of The Lonely"
10) Fleet Foxes - "Fleet Foxes"
11) Vampire Weekend - "Vampire Weekend"
12) Drive By Truckers - "Brighter Than Creation's Dark"
13) The Black Keys - "Attack and Release"
14) Black Mountain - "In the Future"
15) Death Cab For Cutie - "Narrow Stairs"
16) Sia - "Some People have Real Problems"
17) Duffy - "Rockferry"
18) Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago"
19) Q-Tip - "The Renaissance"
20) Metallica - "Death Magnetic"
Shows of the Year
1) Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - The Apollo Theater, NYC - October 31
2) Wilco - Tangelwood, Lenox, MA - August 12
3) Derek and Susan's Soul Stew Revival - All Good Music Festival -
Masontown, WV - July 11
4) Wilco - Schubert Theater - New Haven, CT - February 24
5) My Morning Jacket - Radio City Music Hall, NYC - June 20
Songs of the Year
1) "Jack Killed Mom" - Jenny Lewis
2) "Lord, I'm Discouraged" - The Hold Steady
3) "Magick" - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
4) "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" - Fleet Foxes
5) "The Girl You Lost To Cocaine" - Sia
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