album of the year

The songs that got us through 2020...

Listen to Shabazz Palaces' new full-length Black Up in its entirety over at NPR. The album of the year drops next week on Sub Pop.

30 Ty Segall - Melted 29 Shackleton - Fabric 55 28 Caribou - Swim 27 Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers 26 Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 25 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh 24 The Walkmen - Lisbon 23 Tennis - Tennis (cassette) 22 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 21 Frankie Rose & the Outs - Frankie Rose & the Outs __________ 20 Twin Shadow - Forget mp3: __________ 19 Fores

Here are my favorite albums of 2008. Leave your favorites in the comments if you'd like, we'd love to see them. Make sure to check David's list at the bottom of the post. Thanks for reading the blog this year, guys. *************************** 20. Diplo & Santogold | Top Ranking There were a handful of arguably groundbreaking mixtapes this year (Wale, PRGz, Kid Cudi, the Very Best, etc.) that

white denim :: exposion Austin's White Denim is set to digitally release their debut US LP, Exposion, tomorrow via Topspin, the same method chosen by David Byrne/Brian Eno for their latest record. This is essentially a brand new platform, so I'm not entirely familiar with all that it entails, but some of the key features include: Directly from band to fan Ability to listen to tracks, buy individu

white denim After releasing their stellar Workout Holiday LP in the UK to unequivocally glowing reviews, then proceeding to tear up clubs all over Europe, TX's White Denim is finally set to release their self-produced Exposion LP here in the states in November on Austin's young Transmission label. I might've gone on enough about how much I love these dudes over the last couple years, so let's just