2008 wasn’t a year where I had a crazy *quantity* of new music, but from what I did get to hear, I’m super happy. It’s also a year where I didn’t shoot as many shows as I had wanted, mainly due to day-job obligations and branching off into other forms of photography. 2009 is going to be a year where a lot of my favourite bands will be releasing new material: there should be releases from the likes of Metric, Magneta Lane, and Stars (maybe?), among others. Bring it on!

TOP ALBUMS:

• 10. Jason Mraz – We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
• 9. Duffy – Rockferry
• 8. LIGHTS EP
• 7. Marie Digby – Unfold
• 6. Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
• 5. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
• 4. Uh Huh Her – Common Reaction
• 3. Stars – Sad Robots EP
• 2. Fleet Foxes (self-titled)
• 1. City and Colour – Bring Me Your Love

In addition, I figure I would also include another list outlining my top listened-to artists for 2008:

TOP PLAYED:

1. City and Colour (1,570 plays)
2. Magneta Lane (1,109 plays)
3. Stars (1,048 plays)
4. A Fine Frenzy (751 plays)
5. Alexisonfire (659 plays)
6. Attack in Black (614 plays)
7. Tokyo Police Club (602 plays)
8. Metric (510 plays)
9. Marie Digby (504 plays)
10. Rilo Kiley (436 plays)

Cheers,
Jerry