Comments on: best albums of the year so far

By: Robb Peterson

Robb Peterson — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:41:44 +0000

Simply Sacha by Sacha Boutros is my undisputed pick for my favorite album of the year so far. I love the latest from Cassandra Wilson and Esperanza Spalding, but Ms Boutros’ disc is the complete package. She sings standards like Speak Low and Stormy Monday and ups the ante with compositions of her own like Amor Imposible, Mi Inspiracion and Dedication. Stellar performances from Red Holloway, Geoffrey Keezer and Chuchito Valdes leave me scratching my head after discovering this is Sacha’s debut release. I can’t wait to hear what comes next. This lady is destined to be a big, big international star.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:47:10 +0000

Its My Fav. Album …

By: richard

richard — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:26:15 +0000

hmm. surprised to not see the mountain goats make the cut. it’s one of my favorites of the year.

By: jon

jon — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:28:02 +0000

My favorite indie rock albums so far this year are the Colour Revolt’s debut; the Duke Spirit’s Neptune (which recently appeared on eMu); and New People Make Us Nervous, the new album by the Canadian band Statues (strongly recommended to fans of the Futureheads). I also really like the Evangelista album, Hello Voyager (Carla Bozulich backed by members of Thee Silver Mt Zion), and the Dananananackroyd ep.

By: Mr B

Mr B — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:42:53 +0000

The Wedding Present album not present? Shame, definitely in my list and agreed Daniel Esq. Fuck Buttons is a brilliant album. Shall check out your Mae Shi disc recommendation too.

By: discokvn

discokvn — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:29:58 +0000

has anyone noticed an album that appears in the UK/EU list that’s not on the US list but IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD in the US?

just curious…

By: anna

anna — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:16:21 +0000

Hi Arne - the Ladytron album is available in just over half the countries served by the EU store, but, obviously and disapointingly, not where you are. Sorry - sometimes we have to make choices between showing SOME people a great album and not showing anyone at all.

By: arne

arne — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:36:53 +0000

It’s very nice that the EU list is almost identical to the UK list and thus includes Ladytron, which I’ve been desperate to download since I first heard it but could not, because it’s actually not available in, you know, Europe.

I’m glad you could at least resist the temptation to remind me again that Fleet Foxes would be available to me if I lived across the channel. Too bad I went to the UK list anyway now just to see whether a simple mix-up of lists could explain Ladytron’s presence in “my” list.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:04:33 +0000

My own humble list in progress too.

(BTW, I’d love to be able to add comments to other people’s lists. Sometimes it would be to suggest missing titles, but most often saying thanks — I find a TON of new music this way. But I’d only want this feature if I had the power to delete the “not available in my country” comments.)

By: Daniel, Esq.

Daniel, Esq. — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:55:05 +0000

I’m warming to the nu-noise sound of 2008: Times New Viking; Sic Alps; Abe Vigoda; F–k Buttons (tho they’re a different type of act, really). This new Mae Shi disc — which just appeared on eMusic and received an 8.1 from Pitchforkmedia — also is in the same vein and, from the :30 samples, sounds interesting. The link is below.

http://www.emusic.com/album/The-Mae-Shi-Hlllyh-MP3-Download/11210537.html