best of 2007

best of 2008

Alben, EPs, Singles

I Was A Cub Scout / I Want You To Know That There Is Always Hope / XL Recordings
Vampire Weekend / Vampire Weekend / XL Recordings
Correcto / Correcto / Domino
Veranda Music / Secret Scenes / Strangeways
1000 Robota / Hamburg Brennt / Tapete
Alela Diane / the Pirate’s Gospel / Fargo
These New Puritans / Beat Pyramid / Domino
No Kids / Come Into My House / Tomlab
Various / Disco Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics / Strut
Joanne Robertson / the Lighter / Textile Records
Bella / No One Will Know / Mint
Glorytellers / Glorytellers / Sothern Records
Bob Mould / District Line / Beggars Banquet
Cass McCombs / Dropping the Writ / Domino
Mar / the Silence / Ring Road Records
Atlas Sound / Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel / Kranky
School of Language / Sea From Shore / Thrill Jockey
Roland Appel / Unforgiven EP / Sonar Kollektiv
Delbo / Grande Finesse / Loob Musik
best of 2007

Alben, EPs, Singles (31.12.)
Artist / Album / Label

Matthew Dear / Asa Bread / Ghostly International
Trus’me / Working Nights / Fat City
Rockford Kabine / Italian Music / Combination Records
Travels / Travels / Travels
St. Vincent / Marry Me / Beggars Banquet
Various / Basic Replay / Basic Replay
Bear in Heaven / Red Bloom of the Boom / Hometape
Celebration / the Modern Tribe / 4AD
Mikrofisch / Masters of the Universe / Kinokoma
Bunny Rabbit / Lovers & Crypts / Voodoo Eros
Various / Mexican Boleros – Songs of Heartbreaking Passion & Pain 1927-57 / Trikont
Bonnie ‚Prince‘ Billy / Ask Forgiveness EP / Domino
Murmur / Undertone / Meanwhile
Schwervon / I Dream of Teeth / Haute Real
Villalog / Zwei / Monika Köhlermann
YeaSayer / All Hour Cymbals / We Are Free
Six Organs of Admittance / Shelter From the Ash / Drag City
Daedelus / Fair Weather Friends EP / Ninja Tune
Burial / Untrue / Hyperdub
Enon / Grass Geysers Carbon Clouds / Touch’n’Go
Various / Jamaican Funk / Soul Jazz Records
Pyramids / Pyramids / Domino
Film School / Hideout / Beggars Banquett
Schaeben & Voss / Mental Blank / Kompakt
Feu Thérèse / Ca Va Gocner / Constellation
Scout Niblett / This Fool Can Die Now / Too Pure
Cobblestone Jazz / 23 Seconds / !K7
Band of Horses / Is there a Ghost – Single / SubPop
Jens Lekman / Night Falls over Kortedala / Secretly Canadian
the Most Serene Republic / Population / Arts & Crafts
Von Südenfed / the Rhinohead Single (incl. Pilooski Edit / D omino
Iron & Wine / the Shepherd’s Dog / SubPop
Kate Nash / Made of Bricks / Polydor
Efterklang / Parades / the Leaf Label
Pony Up / Make Love to the Judges With Your Eyes / Laughing Outlaw Records
Chloé / the Waiting Room / Kill the DJ Records
Jenny Hoyston / Isle of / Southern Records
Fiery Furnaces / Widow City / Thrill Jockey
Beirut / the Flying Club Cub / 4AD
the Good Life / Help Wanted Nights / Saddle Creek
Rework / Pleasure is Pretty / Pavlek Records
Chrome Hoof / Pre-Emptive False Rapture / Southern Records
Michaela Melian / Los Angeles / Monika
Devendra Banhart / Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon / XL Recordings
Future of the Left / Curses / Too Pure
José Gonzáles / In Our Nature / Peacefrog
Trentemöller / the Trentemöller Chronicles / Automatique
Holiday Fun Club / Holiday Fun Club / Sounds of Subterrania
Me Succeeds / Riemerling / Sunday Service
Les Savy Fav / Let’s Stay Friends / Wichita
Keb Darge & Cut Chemist Present: Lost and Found – Rockabilly & Jump Blues / Barely Breaking Even
Bernd Friedman / First Night Forever / Nonplace
PJ Harvey / White Chalk / Island
Helios / Ayres / Type
Pinback / Autumn of the Seraphs / Touch n Go
Pony Up / Just in it for the Tail 7″ / Laughing Outlaw Records
Kevin Drew / Broken Social Scene presents Kevin Drew Spirit If… / City Slang
Beat Konducta (Madlib) / Beat Konducta Vol. 3+4: in India / Stones Throw Records
the Go! Team / Proof of Youth / Memphis Industries
Schneller Autos ORganisation / Noch Mehr Hoffnung für Noch Mehr Menschen / Dian
RF & Lili de la Mora / Eleven Continents / Rowing at Sea
Patrick Watson / Close to Paradise / V2
Northern State / Can I Keep This Pen / Ipecac
Little Dragon / Little Dragon / Peacefrog
Shape of Broad Minds / Craft of the Lost Art / Lex
Belaire / Exploding Impacting / Indierect Records
M.I.A. / Kala / XL Recordings
Swayzak / Some Other Country / !K7
Uphill Racer / You Will Understand / Normoton
MyToysLikeMe / Demo
Vetiver / To Fine Me Gone / Fat Cat (2006)
Noah Georgeson / Find Shelter / Plain (2006)
Liars / Liars Mute
A.J. Holmes / the King of the New Electric Hi-Life / PingiPung
Caribou / Andorra / City Slang
Night of the Brain / Wear this World Out / Station 55
Small Sails / Similar Anniversaries / Other Electricities
Ween / the Friends EP / Schnitzel Records
Michael Fakesch / Dos / !K7
Various / Now Again Records / Now-Again Re: Sounds Vol. 1
the Go! Team / Grip Lke a Vice Single / Memphis Industries
Mice Parade / Mice Parade / Fat Cat
Kinderzimmer Productions / Back / Bomb Mitte
Selda / Selda / Finders Keepers
Little Dragon / Twice – Test – Single / Peacefrog
I Was a Cub Scout / I Hate Nightclubs – Single / XL Recordings
Scout Niblett / Just Do It – Dinosaur Eggs – Single / Too Pure
Handsome Furs / Plaque Park / SubPop
Cornelius / Sensuous / Warner Japan (2006)
People Press Play / People Press Play / Morr
Stars / Do You Trust Your Friends ? / Arts & Crafts
Guillamino / Atzavara / Third Ear
Burial / Ghost Hardware 12″ / Hyperdub
Simian Mobile Disco / Attack Decay Sustain Release / Wichita
Efdemin / Efdemin / Dial
Zulu & DJ C / Animal Attraction Single / Community Library
Various / Famous When Dead Vol. 05 / Playhouse
Jenny Owen Youngs / Batten the Hatches / Nettwerk
Montag / Going Places / Carpark
From Karaoke to Stardom / Undo Redo Weirdo Mix / Rrygular
Various / 5 Years Get Physical / Get Physical
Queens of the Stone Age / Era Vulgaris / Interscope
Best Fwends / Alphabetically Arranged / Moshi Moshi Records
Wiley / Playtime Is Over / Big Dada
Hot Chip / DJ Kicks / !K7
DataRock / FaFaFa Single (Riton New School Remix) / Nettwerk
Origamibiro / Cracked Mirrors & Stopped Clocks / Expanding Records
Dog Day / Night Group / Tomlab
Bonde Do Role / Bonde Do Role with Lasers / Domino
Someone Else / Pen Caps & Colored Pencils / Found Sound
Apparat / Walls / Shitkatapult
Santogold / Switch & Graeme r / www. myspace . com
the Cock’n’Bull Kid / http://www.myspace.com/thecocknbullkid / Myspace
Various / Cambodian Cassette Archives – Khmer Folk Pop Vol.1 / Sublime Frequencies
Von Südenfed / Tromatic Reflexxions / Domino
Elliott Smith / New Moon / Domino
Uffie / Pop the Glock Single / Ed Banger
J Dilla / Ruff Draft / Stones Throw
Deerhunter / Fluorescent Grey Single / Kranky
Samamidon / But this Chicken Proves Falsehearted / Plug Research
the Sea & Cake / Everyone / Thrill Jockey
Björk / Volta / One Little Indian
the Tough Alliance / TTA Single / Service
Matthew Dear / Deserter 10″ / Ghostly International
Besnard Lakes / …are the Dark Horse / JagJaguwar
Various compiled von Tobias Thomas / Please Please Please / Kompakt
Electrelane / No Shouts No Calls / Too Pure
Bark Bark Bark / Haunts / Retard Disco
Thee More Shallows / Book of Bad Breaks / Anticon
the Student Body Presents / Arts & Science / Rubayat
Feist / the Reminder / Polydor
Panda Bear / Person Pitch / Paw Tracks
Jana Hunter / There’s No Home / Gnomonsong
Mumm-Ra / She’s Got You High / Columbia
Dominik Eulberg / Heimische Gefilde / Traum Schallplatten
Lukid / OnandOn / Werk
Apostle of Hustle / National Anthem of Nowhere / Arts & Crafts
Gudrun Gut / I Put a Record On / Monika Enterprise
Jamie T. / Panic Prevention / Virgin
Modest Mouse / We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank / Epic
Kalabrese / Rumpelzirkus / Stattmusik
Dan Deacon / Spiderman of the Rings / CarPark
the Field / From Here We Go Sublime / Kompakt
the Go Find / Stars on the Wall / Morr
Radical Face / Ghost / Morr
Pole / Steingarten / Scape
Le Rok / Approx Twelve / Karaoke Kalk
Maserati / Inventions for the New Season / Golden Antenna
Amy Winehouse / Back to Black / Island-Universal
Battles / Atlas – Single / Warp
Dälek / Abandoned Language / Ipecac
Designer Imposter / Good News 10Inch / Rubaiyat
Arcade Fire / Neon Bible / City Slang
! ! ! / Myth Takes / Warp
From Karaoke to Stardom / Undo Redo Weirdo Pt. 1 / Rrygular
David Karsten Daniels / Sharp Teeth / FatCat
Gui Boratto / Chromophobia / Kompakt
Loney Dear / the City the Airport – Single / Dear John Recordings
Drone / ColourforMoney / My Kung Fu
Frivolous / Midnight Black Indulgence / Scape
Tokyo Police Club / A Lesson in Crime / Memphis Industries
the Deerhoof / Friend Opportunity / Tomlab
Kalabrese / RuRumpelzirkus / Stattmusik
Doi / Sing the Boy Electric / Quartermain Records
the Young Knives / Voices of Animals & Men / Transgressive Records
Pantha du Prince / This Bliss / Dial
Bound Stems / Appreciation Night / FlameShovel Records
Deerhunter / Cryptograms / Kranky
HUG / Heroes / Kompakt
Doi / Sing the Boy Electric / Quarterman Rec.
Pilot Scott Tracy / We Cut Loose! / Alternative Tentacles
Big Sir / Und die Scheiße Ändert Sich Immer / GSL
Cale Parks / Illuminated Manuscript / Polyvinyl
My Brightest Diamond / Bring Me the Workhorse / Asthmatic Kitty (2006)