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Music:
Best of 2008: New Releases
The beautiful crop of 2008 CDs we played on WFUV.
New stuff you heard on 'FUV
We heard 'em, we liked 'em, we put them on the radio.
Here's yours - The Best Music of 2008 Listener Poll.
Want to see the WFUV Staff Picks?
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Adele | 19 | XL/Columbia |
| Abbie Gardner/Anthony daCosta | Bad Nights/Better Days | self |
| Aimee Mann | Smilers | SuperEgo |
| The Airborne Toxic Event | The Airborne Toxic Event | Major Domo/Shout! |
| Alejandro Escovedo | Real Animal | Back Porch |
| Alexis P. Suter | Just Another Fool | Hipbone |
| American Music Club | The Golden Age | Merge |
| Amos Lee | Last Days at the Lodge | Blue Note |
| Amy Ray | Didn't It Feel Kinder | Daemon |
| Angel Band | With Roots & Wings | Appleseed |
| Ani DiFranco | Red Letter Year | Righteous Babe |
| Anna Ternheim | Halfway to Fivepoints | Decca |
| B.B. King | One Kind Favor | Geffen |
| Beck | Modern Guilt | Interscope |
| Bell X1 | Flock | Yep Roc |
| Ben Folds | Way to Normal | Epic |
| Ben Lee | Ripe | New West |
| Ben Sollee | Learning to Bend | Sonablast |
| Benjamin Taylor | The Legend of Kung Folk Part 1 (The Killing Bite) | Iris |
| Big Blue Ball | Big Blue Ball | Real World/Rykodisc |
| Billy Bragg | Mr. Love and Justice | ANTI |
| The Bird and The Bee | One Too Many Hearts EP | Metro Blue |
| The Black Crowes | Warpaint | Silver Arrow/SonyBMG |
| The Black Keys | Attack and Release | Nonesuch |
| The Blind Boys of Alabama | Down in New Orleans | TimeLife |
| The Boat People | Chandeliers | Shock |
| Bob Dylan | Tell Tale Signs: The Bootelg Series No.8 | Columbia |
| Bob Mould | District Line | ANTI |
| Bon Iver | For Emma, Forever Ago | Jagjaguwar |
| Bow Thayer | Bow Thayer and Perfect Trainwreck | Bow Thayer |
| The Brakes | Tale of Two Cities | Hyena |
| Brazilian Girls | NYC | Verve Forecast |
| Brett Dennen | Hope For the Hopeless | Dualtone/downtown |
| Brian Wilson | That Lucky Old Sun | Capitol |
| The Brilliant Mistakes | Distant Drumming | Aunt Mimi's |
| British Sea Power | Do You Like Rock Music? | Rough Trade |
| The Broken West | Now or Heaven | Merge |
| The Brooklyn Boogaloo Blowout | Who Burnt the Bacon? | |
| Buena Vista Social Club | At Carnegie Hall | Nonesuch |
| Calexico | Carried to Dust | Quarterstick |
| Carrie Rodriguez | She Ain't Me | Manhattan |
| Cat Power | Jukebox | Matador |
| Catie Curtis | Sweet Life | Compass |
| Charlie Haden | Rambling Boy | Decca |
| Chris Walla | Field Manual | Barsuk |
| Clare & The Reasons | The Movie | Frog Stand |
| Cold War Kids | Loyalty to Loyalty | Downtown |
| Conor Oberst | Conor Oberst | Merge |
| Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons | Cabin Ghosts | Black Seal/RED |
| Counting Crows | Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings | Geffen |
| Cowboy Junkies | Trinity Revisited | ZOE/Rounder |
| Crooked Fingers | Forfeit/Fortune | CAI/Red Pig |
| Crooked Still | Still Crooked | Signature Sounds |
| The Cure | 4:13 Dream | Suretone/Interscope |
| Dan Dyer | Dan Dyer | Fat Caddy |
| Dan Tyminski | Wheels | Rounder |
| Daniel Martin Moore | Stray Age | Sub Pop |
| Dar Williams | Promised Land | Razor & Tie |
| Darrell Scott | Modern Hymns | Appleseed |
| David Byrne and Brian Eno | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | |
| David Ford | Songs For the Road | Independiente/RED |
| David Wilcox | Airstream | What Are? |
| Dawn Landes | Fireproof | Cooking Vinyl |
| Death Cab For Cutie | Narrow Stairs | Atlantic |
| The Decemberists | Always the Bridesmaid: Volume 1 | Capitol |
| Delta Spirit | Ode to Sunshine | Rounder |
| DeVotchKa | A Mad & Faithful Telling | Anti- |
| Don Dixon & The Jump Rabbits | The Nu-Look | D.A.R. |
| The Dodos | Visiter | French Kiss |
| Donavon Frankenreiter | Pass It Around | Lost Highway |
| Dr. Dog | Fate | Park the Van |
| Dr. John and the Lower 911 | City That Care Forgot | 429 |
| Drive-By Truckers | Brighter Than Creation's Dark | New West |
| Duffy | Rockferry | Mercury |
| The Duhks | Fast Paced World | Vanguard |
| Ed Harcourt | The Beautiful Lie | Dovecote |
| Elbow | The Seldom Seen Kid | Geffen |
| Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Roll With You | Q Division |
| Ellis Paul | The Dragonfly Races | Black Wolf |
| Elvis Costello | Momofuku | Lost Highway |
| Emiliana Torrini | Me and Armini | Rough Trade |
| Emmylou Harris | All I Intended to Be | Nonesuch |
| Eric Hutchinson | Sounds Like This | WB |
| Eric Lindell | Low on Cash, Rich in Love | Alligator |
| Everest | Ghost Notes | Vapor |
| The Felice Brothers | The Felice Brothers | Team Love |
| The Fireman | Electric Arguments | ATO |
| Ferron | Boulder | Short Story |
| Firewater | The Golden Hour | Bloodshot |
| Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes | Sub Pop |
| Forro in the Dark | Dia De Roda | Nublu |
| G. Love & Special Sauce | Superhero Brother | Brushfire |
| Gary Louris | Vagabonds | Rykodisc |
| Georgie James | Places | Saddle Creek |
| Ghostland Observatory | Robotique Majestique | Trashy Moped |
| Gnarls Barkley | The Odd Couple | Atlantic |
| Goldfrapp | Seventh Tree | Mute |
| Good Old War | Only Way to Be Alone | Sargent House |
| Griffin House | Flying Upside Down | Nettwerk |
| The Heavy Circles | The Heavy Circles | Dynamite Child |
| The Helio Sequence | Keep Your Eyes Ahead | Sub Pop |
| The Hold Steady | Stay Positive | Vagrant |
| Hercules and Love Affair | Hercules and Love Affair | Phantom Sound and Vision |
| Herbie Hancock | River: The Joni Letters | Verve |
| The Homemade Jamz Blue Band | Pay Me No Mind | Northern Blues |
| Honey Honey | First Rodeo | Universal Republic |
| Horse Feathers | House With No Home | Kill Rock Stars |
| I'm From Barcelona | Who Killed Harry Houdini? | Mute |
| Ingrid Michaelson | Be OK | Cabin 24 |
| Irma Thomas | Simply Grand | Rounder |
| Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan | Sunday at Devil Dirt | Fontana |
| Jackie Greene | Giving Up the Ghost | 429 |
| Jackson Browne | Solo Acoustic Vol.2 | Inside Recordings |
| Jackson Browne | Time the Conqueror | Inside Recordings |
| Jakob Dylan | Seeing Things | Columbia |
| James Hunter | The Hard Way | Hear Music |
| James McMurtry | Just Us Kids | Lightning Rod |
| James Taylor | Covers | Hear Music |
| Jamie Lidell | Jim | Warp |
| Jason Collett | Here's to Being Here | Arts & Crafts |
| Jaymay | Autumn Fallin' | Heavenly/Blue Note |
| Jeb Loy Nichols | Days Are Mighty | Compass |
| Jenny Lewis | Acid Tongue | WB |
| Jenny Scheinman | Jenny Scheinman | Koch |
| Jesse Malin | On Your Sleeve | One Little Indian |
| Jim Boggia | Misadventures in Stereo | bluhammock |
| Jim Lauderdale | Honey Songs | Yep Roc |
| Jim White | Transnormal Skiperoo | Luaka Bop |
| JJ Grey & Mofro | Orange Blossoms | Alligator |
| Joan As Police Woman | To Survive | Cheap Lullaby |
| Joan Baez | Day After Tomorrow | Razor & Tie |
| Joan Osborne | Little Wild One | Womanly Hips |
| Joe Cocker | Hymn For My Soul | Fantasy |
| Joe Jackson | Rain | Rykodisc |
| John Hiatt | Same Old Man | New West |
| John Mayer | Where the Light Is: Live in Los Angeles | Columbia |
| Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis | Two Men With the Blues | Blue Note |
| John Mellencamp | Life, Death, Love and Freedom | Hear Music |
| Johnny Flynn | A Larum | Lost Highway |
| Jolie Holland | The Living and The Dead | ANTI |
| Jonatha Brooke | The Works | Bad Dog |
| Jonathan Richman | Because Her Beauty is Raw and Wild | Vapor |
| Jordan Zevon | Inside Out | New West |
| Joseph Arthur | Could We Survive EP | Lonely Astronaut |
| Joseph Arthur | Temporary People | Lonely Astronaut |
| Joshua Radin | Simple Times | |
| Judith Owen | Mopping Up Karma | Courgette |
| Juliana Hatfield | How to Walk Away | Ye Olde |
| Justin Nozuka | Holly | Glassnote |
| Justin Townes Earle | The Good Life | Bloodshot |
| Kaki King | Dreaming of Revenge | Velour |
| Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson | Rattlin' Bones | Sugar Hill |
| Kate Maki | On High | Ow Om |
| Kate Nash | Made of Bricks | Geffen |
| Kathleen Edwards | Asking For Flowers | ZOE/Rounder |
| Kathy Mattea | Coal | Captain Potato |
| Katie Herzig | Apple Tree | |
| kd lang | Watershed | Nonesuch |
| Kings of Leon | Only By the Night | RCA |
| The Kooks | Konk | Astralwerks |
| Kris Delmhorst | Shotgun Singer | Signature Sounds |
| La Rocca | Oh Okay | Dangerbird |
| Lady Dottie & The Diamonds | Lady Dottie & The Diamonds | Hi-Speed Soul |
| Langhorne Slim & The War Eagles | Langhorne Slim & The War Eagles | Kemado |
| The Last Shadow Puppets | The Age of the Understatement | Domino |
| Laura Marling | Laura Marling | Astralwerks |
| Leona Naess | Thirteens | Verve Forecast |
| Liam Finn | I'll Be Lightning | Yep Roc |
| Lila Downs | Shake Away | Manhattan |
| Lindsey Buckingham | "Did You Miss Me?" | Reprise |
| The Lisps | Country Doctor Museum | |
| Little Feat and Friends | Join the Band | 429 |
| Little Jackie | The Stoop | S-Curve |
| Lizz Wright | The Orchard | Verve Forecast |
| Los Lonely Boys | Forgiven | Epic |
| Loudon Wainwright III | Recovery | Yep Roc |
| Lucinda Williams | Little Honey | Lost Highway |
| Magnetic Fields | Distortion | Nonesuch |
| Marah | Angels of Destruction! | Yep Roc |
| Marcia Ball | Peace, Love & BBQ | Alligator |
| Maria Muldaur | Yes We Can! | Telarc |
| Mark Erelli | Delivered | Signature Sounds |
| Mark Geary | Opium | SonaBlast |
| Martha Wainwright | I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too | ZOE/Rounder |
| Martin Sexton | Live at Mile High | Kitchen Table |
| Mason Jennings | In The Ever | Brushfire |
| Mates of State | Re-Arrange Us | Barsuk |
| Matthew Ryan | Vs. The Silver Stae | 00:02:59 |
| Mavis Staples | Live: Hope at the Hideout | ANTI |
| Medeski, Martin and Wood | Let's Go Everywhere | Little Monster |
| Menahan Street Band | Make the Road By Walking | Daptone |
| Michael Franti & Spearhead | All Rebel Rockers | ANTI |
| Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | ATO |
| Milton | Grand Hotel | |
| moe. | Sticks and Stones | Fatboy |
| Morcheeba | Deep Dive | Ultra Records |
| The Mountain Goats | Heretic Pride | 4AD |
| Mudcrutch | Mudcrutch | WB |
| My Morning Jacket | Evil Urges | ATO |
| Nada Surf | Lucky | Barsuk |
| Natalia Zukerman | Brand New Frame | Weasel |
| Neil Halstead | Oh! Mighty Engine | Brushfire |
| Neil Young | Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 | Reprise |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! | ANTI |
| Nik Freitas | Sun Down | Team Love |
| Nikka Costa | Pebble to a Pearl | Go Funk Yourself/Stax |
| North Mississippi Allstars | Hernando | ATO |
| Okkervil River | The Stand Inn | Jagjaguwar |
| Old Crow Medicine Show | Tennessee Pusher | Nettwerk |
| Ollabelle | Before This Time | Yep Roc |
| Passenger | Wicked Man's Rest | Cooking Vinyl |
| Patty Larkin | Watch the Sky | Vanguard |
| Paul Thorn | A Long Way From Tupelo | Perpetual Obscurity |
| Paul Weller | 22 Dreams | Yep Roc |
| Peter Moren | The Last Tycoon | Quarterstick |
| Phoebe Snow | Live | Verve |
| Pictures and Sound | Pictures and Sound | Vanguard |
| Pinetop Perkins | Pinetop Perkins & Friends | Telarc |
| Poi Dog Pondering | 7 | Platetectonic |
| Portishead | Third | Island |
| The Pretenders | Break Up the Concrete | Shangri-La |
| Priscilla Ahn | A Good Day | Blue Note |
| Punch Brothers | Punch Brothers | Nonesuch |
| The Puppini Sisters | The Rise & Fall of Ruby Woo | Verve Forecast |
| R.E.M. | Accelerate | WB |
| Rachael Yamagata | Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart | WB |
| The Raconteurs | Consolers of the Lonely | WB |
| Railroad Earth | Amen Corner | SCIFidelity |
| Randy Newman | Harps and Angels | Nonesuch |
| Raphael Saadiq | The Way I See It | Columbia |
| Ray Davies | Working Man's Cafe | New West |
| Ray LaMontagne | Gossip in the Grain | RCA |
| Red Molly | Love & Other Tragedies | self released |
| Richard Julian | Sunday Morning in Saturday's Shoes | Manhattan |
| Richie Havens | Nobody Left to Crown | Verve Forecast |
| Robin Danar | Altered States | Shanachie |
| Rodney Crowell | Sex and Gasoline | Yep Roc |
| Ron Sexsmith | Exit Strategy of the Soul | Yep Roc |
| The Rosebuds | Life Like | Merge |
| Ry Cooder | I, Flathead | Nonesuch |
| Ryan Adams | Cardinology | Lost Highway |
| The Sacred Shakers | The Sacred Shakers | Signature Sounds |
| Sam Phillips | Don't Do Anything | Nonesuch |
| Santogold | Santogold | Downtown |
| Sarah McLachlan | Closer: The Best Of | Arista |
| Shawn Mullins | Honeydew | Vanguard |
| Shearwater | Rook | Matador |
| Sheryl Crow | Detours | A&M |
| Sigur Ros | með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust | XL |
| Sloan | Parallel Play | Yep Roc |
| Sloan Wainwright | Rediscovery | Derby Disc |
| Solomon Burke | Like a Fire | Shout! |
| Sonny Landreth | From the Reach | Landfall |
| Sonya Kitchell | This Storm | Velour/Decca |
| Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks | Real Emotional Trash | Matador |
| Steve Poltz | Traveling | Pounder |
| Steve Winwood | Nine Lives | Columbia |
| Susan Tedeschi | Back to the River | Verve Forecast |
| T Bone Burnett | Tooth of Crime | Nonesuch |
| Taj Mahal | Maestro | Heads Up |
| Teddy Thompson | A Piece of What You Need | Verve Forecast |
| Thao With the Get Down Stay Down | We Brave Bee Stings and All | Kill Rock Stars |
| Thea Gilmore | Liejacker | Rykodisc |
| Thievery Corporation | Radio Retaliation | ESL |
| The Thrills | Teenager | Virgin |
| Tift Merritt | Another Country | Fantasy |
| Tim O'Brien | Chameleon | Proper American |
| Tobias Froberg | Turn Heads | Cheap Lullaby |
| Todd Snider | Peace Queer | Aimless |
| Tracy Chapman | Our Bright Future | Atlantic |
| Travis | Ode to J. Smith | Red Telephone Box/Fontana |
| TV on the Radio | Dear Science | Interscope |
| Tyler Ramsey | A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea | Echo Mountain |
| Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend | XL |
| Van Morrison | Keep It Simple | Lost Highway |
| Vance Gilbert | Up On Rockfield | Dissismye |
| Various Artists | "Heroes" Soundtrack | NBC/Adrenaline |
| Various Artists | "My Blueberry Nights" soundtrack | Blue Note |
| Various Artists | "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" Soundtrack | Atlantic |
| Various Artists | Putumayo Presents Women of Jazz | Putumayo |
| Various Artists | Verve Remixed 4 | Verve |
| The Waifs | Sundirtwater | Compass |
| The Watson Twins | Fire Songs | Vanguard |
| The Weepies | Hideaway | Nettwerk |
| What Made Milwaukee Famous | What Doesn't Kill Us | Barsuk |
| Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis | Two Men with the Blues | Angel |
| Willie Nelson | Moment of Forever | Lost Highway |
| Winterpills | Central Chambers | Signature Sounds |
| The Wood Brothers | Loaded | Blue Note |
| Yael Naim | Yael Naim | Atlantic |
| Zach Gill | Stuff | Brushfire |