10 in 6: The Best Music of 2008(So Far)
- Brighter Than Creation's Dark -- Drive-By Truckers
- The Midnight Organ Fight -- Frightened Rabbit
- The Odd Couple -- Gnarls Barkley
- For Emma, Forever Ago -- Bon Iver
- Parc Avenue -- Plants and Animals
- Real Emotional Trash -- Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks
- Santogold -- Santogold
- Feed The Animals -- Girl Talk
- Evil Urges -- My Morning Jacket
- Narrow Stairs -- Death Cab for Cutie
Something that strikes me about this list is the number of albums purchased from eMusic. Seven of the albums on the list are from the site. I don't know if this means the music selection on the site is getting better, or if my taste is being skewed by the site. I do know I would not have discovered Frightened Rabbit or Plants and Animals without the site.
The last two albums on the list are positioned so because of their relative newness. I can say without a doubt that by year's end the My Morning Jacket album will rank much higher. Narrow Stairs may climb, but I can't be sure yet. We'll just have to see.
Speaking of year's end, I also see Brighter Than Creation's Dark sticking at the top for the entire year.
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