i think the problem is there is too much fucking music.  pitchfork reviews like five albums daily, and they don't even cover all of indie rock, let alone HIP HOP.  you can filter it down to maybe 20-30 albums you liked a lot by the end of the year.  think about this; it is like 1% of music you hear.  i like older music because it is automatically run through the filter of TIME which weeds out the large majority of unexceptional bands in a lot of cases.  also because it was a different era/aesthetic and i don't know about you but after a few years i just got sick of INDIE ROCK like it is now.

I didn't even think of a single rap release DS listed. the best album was the Elzhi one. there was also Steinski, Subtle (ds check this out its more your kind of rap), Cadence Weapon (also this), Gaslamp Killer, Snoop Dogg, fucking SATELLITE HIGH (heh im a goon), Statik Selektah, Jake One, Nicolay and Kay, Rhymefest, Epik High, Re Up Gang had a mixtape, Ghostface, Nas, Onra, CRACKnuckles, and Time Machine. there were also good releases by Shad and Panacea that I think came out late 2007, and half the net's stanning for Black Milk so I'm sure he dropped an album I ain't heard. not all these are the best albums but I'd put most of them above Carter 3 yeah.

also I'm writing a best of 08 list for the mainsite.

Thankkkkks. I haven't even heard most of that list. I have Yell & Ice by Subtle and it's pretty good so I'll check out that and Cadence Weapon. I have also seen you guys talking about Time Machine so I think I'll try that too, and I have been meaning to check out Ghostface for some time so I'll probably get that one too once I have heard the other ones.

yeah honestly i dont know what it is but i hardly listened to any music from 08 at all! some one tell me what to get.no screamo or prog though

Not really sure what you listen to but you could try Snowman, Anathallo, Portishead, Deerhunter and Fleet Foxes.

i think the problem is there is too much fucking music.

Yeah, way too much. I remember in 2006 and 2007 I would read a lot of random sites and music blogs and discover some cool sounding new albums. I'd get like 250-300 new albums in a year and while most of it is could even be pretty good or at least decent, most albums end up being really forgettable and I just never really get back to them. And even if you do this, there's still always some good shit you are going to miss. I realized this and decided to fuck it because seriously, there's just no point. Lately I have been getting more older bands and as far as new releases go, I pretty much download the albums I have been looking forward to and whatever my friends really recommend to me. Plus sometimes I'll get something which sounds good based on song previews or which sounds like I could really like it. I'm still constantly getting new music but not to the extent I used to.

which part of that was a joke

also its not too hard to keep up with new music when you know where to look.

pretty much this. you can survive on the internet and blogs alone and still not put in much effort and find a lot of good new music. i guess living in a city with that kind of subculture also helps, because there are like 3 newspapers and 1 free magazine that are really popular and all about indie and new music here so i guess that's pretty useful too.

vivian girls
tv on the radio
m83
no age
portishead
fleetfoxes
walkmen
crystal castles
santogold
nick cave
crystal stilts
beach house


goddamn, I feel like a fucking pitchfork list, but 2008 was damn good.

there were probably more, I don't want to check it now though.

damn good.  DAMN good year. *reads indie magazine*