Friday 19 December 2008

Pitchfork top 50 albums of the year

Over the last 5 years I have always looked forward to this end of year list from Pitchfork. Like all such list it's equal parts infuriating/interesting but I have to say that without fail I always find out about a couple of lost (to me) gems from this list. One year it was Beirut and another was the Shins and the Arcade Fire (all well before minor global fame befell them). Bon Iver's (then) self-released debut, now many's album of 2008, was listed in 2007 (at 29). This year maybe it'll be Cut / Copy which I'm listening to now and it sounds like a great electro indie pop album. We shall see.

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