Bon Iver
No matter how great this would be, I can’t put on the serious music journalist suit. Maybe it’s because I fail terribly at neutrality, oh well! So here are my music fanatic top 13 (I couldn’t choose only 10) albums of 2008.
- 13. Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer (Sub Pop)
- 12. Beach House – Devotion (Carpark)
- 11. Laura Marling – Alas I Cannot Swim (Virgin)
- 10. Martha Wainwright – I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too (Maple)
- 9. Why? – Alopecia (anticon.)
- 8. The Dodos – Visiter (Frenchkiss)
- 7. She and Him – Volume One (Merge)
- 6. My Brightest Diamond – A Thousand Shark’s Teeth (Asthmatic Kitty)
- 5. Sigur Ros – Meo Suo i Eyrum Vio Spilum Endalaust (XL recordings)
- 4. Camille – Music Hole (Virgin)
- 3. Tv On the Radio – Dear Science (Interscope)
- 2. Land of Talk – Some Are Lakes (Secret City)
- 1. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever ago (Jagjaguwar)
All of these albums successfully got me hooked, made me fall in love with them and then broke my heart. Music is a lover I cheat a lot on with other music. But I can’t help it, it’s vital! Close to the top 13 were Montreal french alt-rockers Karkwa with “Le volume du vent”, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks with “Real Emotional Trash” and Jenny Lewis’s “Acid Tongue” (even though it was one of the biggest disappointments of 2008).Scarlett Johansson deserves a high five for not completely destroying Tom Waits’ songs. Nice try, but… please don’t do it again. I can’t wait to hear what 2009 has in store! Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, Fiona Apple (PLEASE!), Bon Iver’s Blood Bank, … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, M. Ward, Neko Case, The Decemberists, Gang Of Four and Roxy Music… Bring it on 2009, bring it on!
Zut alors,
Christine
