album of the year

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 - …

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.
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20. Diplo & Santogold | Top Ranking
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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 som…

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 …