2008 turned out to be an excellent year for music. With releases from such favorites as Drive-By Truckers, The Black Keys, David Byrne, Jenny Lewis, & My Morning Jacket, plus new discoveries like the Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper, The Watson Twins, A.A. Bondy, Langhorne Slim & Bon Iver theres an endless supply of great new tunes to choose from.

After much debate… my top albums of 2008 are as follows.
1. Brighter Than Creations Dark ~ Drive-By Truckers
2. Ragged Wood ~ Fleet Foxes
3. In The Future ~ Black Mountain
4. Furr ~ Blitzen Trapper
5. Acid Tongue ~ Jenny Lewis
6. Langhorne Slim ~ Langhorne Slim
7. Moonbeams ~ Throw Me The Statue
8. Fire Songs ~ The Watson Twins
9. Evil Urges ~ My Morning Jacket
10. For Emma… Forever ~ Bon Iver

Here’s some more 2008 love for all you nostalgia buffs:
– 20 Worst Album Covers of 2008 via Pitchfork.
– This Year in Music via NPR’s All Songs Considered
– The AllMusic Blog’s Favorite Albums of the year via AllMusic.com

You can hear all of the above and more when I take the KPCW dj controls over from 7-10 MST tonight @ 91.9FM or online at KPCW.org.