As 2009 finally rings in we’ve decided to take a brief moment to stop and reflect on the musical delights of 2008! So here’s what we at OIB Records HQ deemed to be the most exciting musical happenings of last year!
Bootleg ‘Al’ Murray’s Top Ten albums of the year:
Why? – Alopecia
Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster
White Williams – Smoke
Growing – All The Way
Library Tapes – A Summer Beneath The Trees
Beach House – Devotion
Adrian Baker + Tim Hecker – Fantasma Parastasie
Boris – Smile
Atlas Sound – Let The Blind Lead Those Can See But Cannot Feel
Future Islands – Wave Like Home
Tom ‘Lonely Ghosts’ Denney’s Top Ten albums of the year:
The Dead Science – Villainaire
New Bloods – The Secret Life
Why? – Alopecia
Los Campesinos! – We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Xiu Xiu – Women As Lovers
Shield Your Eyes – Shield Your Eyes
Ponytail – Ice Cream Spiritual
PWRFL Power – PWRFL Power
Parenthetical Girls – Entanglements
The Mae Shi – Hlllyh
The Best shows of 2008:
Bootleg Al:
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Luminaire, London
Om – Primavera Sound
Be Your Own Pet – Audio, Brighton
Beach House – Spiegal Tent, Brighton
Atlas Sound – Primavera Sound
Tom Denney:
1. My Bloody Valentine (1st day at the Roundhouse)
1 (joint). Glassjaw in Cardiff
1 (joint). The Nightmarchers at the Engine Room, Brighton
2. Leonard Cohen at the Brighton Centre, Brighton
Most Anticipated Releases of 2009:
Bootleg Al:
A new Themsleves album
A new Casiotone for the Painfully Alone album
A new Mewgatz album
Tom Denney:
A new Glassjaw album
A new Thermals album
Todd ‘My Device’ Jordan aka T-Jo had this to say about 2008:
“Ok, so for me, 2008 has been a pretty disappointing year for music. Chinese Democracy ducked its head through the door, but the party was already over and we all just looked at it blinking. I do really like the “War on Drugs” record Wagonwheel Blues though, and next year I’m most looking forward to a non-cassette release from Knyfe Hyts, finally!”