JamBase's Best Of 2008

The last thing we do every year is our annual Best Of list. It’s not only our way of reviewing the most gratifying sounds of the past 12 months, but we inevitably always get turned on to something that slipped past our radar. By gathering favorite album and live show suggestions from our staff, select artists, contributors and friends we think we’ve got 2008 covered. But it just wouldn’t be complete without the most important person: You. We’re aching to hear what our JamBase Community thinks the best albums and shows of the year were. So be sure to use the Comments Section to tell us all about it.

ARTISTS

Justin Vernon – Bon Iver

Bon Iver

Albums (in no order)
Bowerbirds – Hymns For A Dark Horse
Collections of Colonies of Bees – Birds
Black Mountain – In The Future
War On Drugs – Wagonwheel Blues
Kathleen Edwards – Asking For Flowers
Megafaun – Bury the Square
The Rosebuds – Life Like

Jim James – My Morning Jacket

1. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Pt.1 – 4th World War
I have been a longtime fan of Erykah Badu. I have all of her records and I can say this is by far the weirdest one yet, which makes me very excited for weirdness to come. You can hear so many new paths of influence here and songs like “Soldier” and “That Hump” are among the best she’s ever done. It is raw and creepy, yet still oh so sexy. It sounds like it was subliminally recorded into some hidden army surveillance mic in the back of a tank in the year 3013… she is a delightful being from another world.

2. Dr. Dog – Fate

Jim James by Blakesberg

These guys never fail to impress me. The songs and recording quality are fantastic. “From” and “Army of Ancients” are two of the best songs in their catalogue. Scott McMicken’s songs never fail to bring a smile and the songwriting growth of Toby Leaman is particularly impressive here.

3. Calexico – Carried To Dust
There are some very interesting soundscapes here, almost like it’s snowing in the middle of Calexico’s psychedelic desert world. It is good to feel ice on the cactus… more prickles.

4. Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst
I like the soft sad moments of this record the most – “Cape Canaveral” and “Lenders In The Temple” are soft pearls I needed to hear this year.

5. Centro-matic/South San Gabriel – Dual Hawks
This is a particularly interesting concept of a split release from two bands led by the same man – Will Johnson. Will’s voice is soft and gravely and makes me feel loved.

6. Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall
The original studio album documenting some of the finest in Cuban music has been one of my favorites for years and it’s great to get this live album now into my ears.

7. Mercury Rev – Snowflake Midnight
I like it when I cannot understand. I’m running down a wet dark alleyway inside a computer and this is playing and I’m running and I’m scared and I cannot understand and my blood is pumping and I like it.

8. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
Soft and slow, like a hot knife thru butter. You think it’s ghosts or a killer trying to get in, but it’s really just tree branches against the farmhouse.

9. Black Orpheus – Original Soundtrack Re-release
This film and soundtrack, featuring the luscious compositions of Antonio Carlos Jobim have kept popping up in my life and it was a great joy to see these old friends in a new light.

10. The Complete Motown Singles, Vol.10: 1970
Is Motown music the greatest music ever made by mere mortals – ever, in the history of all humanity? Is the climax at four minutes and seventeen seconds in the long version of Diana Ross’ version of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” the greatest climax in all of music? I don’t know, but 1970 was an important and change-filled year for Motown and it still feels great in 2008.

Dave Schools – Widespread Panic, Stockholm Syndrome

Schools by Weiand

Albums
1. Dead Confederate – Wrecking Ball
2. Jimmy Herring – Lifeboat
3. Jeff Beck – Performing This Week… Live at Ronnie Scott’s
4. Howlin Rain – Magnificent Fiend
5. Dungen – 4

Patterson Hood – Drive-By Truckers

Patterson Hood

Albums (so far)
1. Centro-matic/South San Gabriel – Dual Hawks
2. Harvey Milk – Life… The Best Game in Town
3. Magnolia Electric Co. – Sojourner (The Wooden Box)
4. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
5. Anna Kramer and the Lost Cause – The Rustic Contemporary Sounds of Anna Kramer and The Lost Cause
Hon. Mention: Iron & Wine (still loving from last year) Radiohead (same) Eccentric Soul #21 (incredible soul comp)

Al Schnier – moe., Al & The Transamericans

Al Schnier by Perrucci

Albums
1. Okemah – Johnstown Flyer
2. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
3. Radiohead – In Rainbows
4. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
5. Daniel Lanois – Here Is What Is

Shows
1. Neil Young | Farm Aid
2. Punch Brothers | Dunegrass
3. The Pickles | moe.down 9

David Murphy – STS9

Murph by A. Williams

Albums
1. Ludacris – Theater of the Mind
2. STS9 – Peaceblaster
3. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
4. Pnuma – Character
5. The Foreign Exchange – Leave It All Behind

Marco Benevento – Benevento/Russo Duo, American Babies, Bustle In Your Hedgerow

Benevento by Williams

Albums
1. Radiohead – In Rainbows
2. Marco Benevento – Invisible Baby
3. Brad Barr – The Fall Apartment
4. Zach Hill – Astrological Straits
5. David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Joe Russo – Benevento/Russo Duo, American Babies, Bustle In Your Hedgerow

Russo by Blakesberg

Albums (in no order)
A BIG YES… and a small no – Jesus That Looks Terrible On You
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Sam Champion – Heavenly Bender
MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
Todd Sickafoose – Tiny Resistors

Jason Isbell – Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit

Jason Isbell

I honestly didn’t buy any new music this year, but:
1. Centro-Matic/South San Gabriel – Dual Hawks
2. Randy Newman – Harps and Angels
3. Justin Townes Earle – The Good Life
4. The Whigs – Mission Control
5. Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad Reloaded

Jerry Joseph – Jackmormons, Denmark Veseys, Stockholm Syndrome

J. Joseph by Weiand

Albums (in no order)
Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight
TV on the Radio – Dear Science
Immortal Technique – The 3rd World
Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
Tinariwen – Aman Iman
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Lie Down In The Light
Joseph Arthur – Temporary People

Songs
Sun Kil Moon – “Tonight The Sky”
The Verve – “Sit and Wonder”
The Firemen – “Sing The Changes”
Blitzen Trapper – “Furr”
Deer Tick – “Yes, This Is My Broken Shield”
Kings Of Leon – “Sex On Fire”
Kenny Siegal – “Well Well Well”
Anything MIA may have uttered anywhere

Ethan Miller – Howlin Rain, Comets On Fire

Top Live Experiences This Year of 2008:

1. Sir Richard Bishop | 8.22.08 | 21 Grand Gallery | Oakland, CA
Probably my favorite show of the year. Myself, Joel Robinow, Brad Truax and Arik Roper had just got back from the 80,000 capacity Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park where Howlin Rain had opened one of the stages at the festival that afternoon. The 21 Grand is a small performance and art space, great vibes, adventurous music and performances, sometimes advertised gigs, sometimes word of mouth – I highly suggest checking it out. Rick Bishop, solo guitarist, formerly of the legendary Sun City Girls, had apparently been living in West Oakland, having taken a sabbatical from his life and work in Seattle to focus strictly on new music for a while holed up in this house in West Oakland. He had taken the gig for fun and to keep up some live chops. I can’t really describe what he did other than “play some old ones and some new ones,” but something about the intensity of his performance was extra special; it just continued to build and build, gypsy and flamenco scales just tearing faster and faster through his other dimensional landscapes that come ringing up from a mountain cave in the desert hills of the Spanish/Afghanistan border in an alternate universe, on an alternate map of an alternate kind of music. Rick’s music is free of the over the top tricksterism of the Sun City Girls but even in its soulful focus there is most definitely jest and a particularly Machiavellian scent surrounds it, an outcast blue blood turned brilliant and dangerous vagabond laughing a rich deep sound from the shadows.

2. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds | 10.04.08 | Madison Square Garden Theater | New York, NY

Ethan Miller

One of my favorite artists of all time in the flesh. This is the third time I’ve seen Nick. The first in 1992 at the Reading Festival in England on a bill with The Screaming Trees, The Melvins, L7, Mudhoney, The Beastie Boys, Bjorn Again (Abba Tribute band) and Nirvana. The second at The Warfield in S.F. on the No More Shall We Part tour. This time we were in the nosebleeds way in the back of the theater. Even in the nosebleeds people were still going nuts. Nick is bar none one of the most unhinged and yet rock and roll theatrical performers alive today. He takes on the legacy of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis, Iggy, Angus and Bon Scott, Howlin’ Wolf and on and on. All rolled into a man that looks like he’s going to an aristocrat’s funeral to fuck the grieving young widow on top of the coffin. I love Blixa Bargeld but it seemed for a while that his heart had gone out of the Bad Seeds and his replacement, violinist Warren Ellis of the Dirty Three is a goddamn animal. I mean, he’s either tearing up the violin, flying around like a banshee or gnawing the mic stand in half – he literally just looks like a wild man that can’t be controlled, simply let loose. He and Nick have developed a one-two punch dynamic that reminds me of the tag team antics of Bon Scott and Angus Young in footage of early AC/DC where whenever one was leaving the front of the stage after just thrashing the audience and exploding all over them the other comes rolling by to take the place and keep the assault and intensity up at all times. Brilliant! When I see a band like the Bad Seeds that can be, at times, sloppy as hell musically but ALWAYS energized and intense, I remember that I can never get up onstage and just stand there with my dick in my hand trying to play the right notes when I know that somewhere out there in the world Nick and Warren are putting in two solid hours onstage just trying to kick down the door to hell and drag the devil out by his tits. Makes me want to get a hold of the devil’s tits first, ya know?

3. Green Man Festival | Weekend of 08.16.08 | Wales, UK
At the time I was a little road weary and I’m not sure I thought it was as much fun then but now that I am not standing knee deep in mud and soaked with gumball sized raindrops pouring down for two straight days I am sure it was a blast! Howlin Rain was honored with a spot on Saturday afternoon at the Green Man Fest, a festival in Wales (this area being one of the most rain soaked valleys in the British Isles) and Magik Markers were playing Sunday night. We all did a gig in London then drove in together for the weekend with our beloved Tour Manager and Agent; Fitz. Organic meat pies in the rain, watching Richard Thompson do thrust squats in his gym shorts before taking the stage in his backstage tent in the rain, watching Pentangle in the rain, Howlin Rain performing to a few thousand screaming fans in the rain, walking around drinking beers with Elisa and Pete of the Markers in the rain, more meat pies in the rain and finally watching Magik Markers play – under a tent!!! Green Man has no corporate sponsors or backing, they promote earth friendly and environmentally and socially conscious events and vendors, and it’s a fun, party environment and family environment. A unique and favorite event amongst festivals for sure.

4. Howlin Rain, Black Mountain, Whale Bones | 02.01.08 | Secret Basement House Party | Seattle, WA
This was one of my most favored and memorable musical experiences in a year of somewhere in the range of 115 live performances – which is a hell of a lot for me, cause I’m just old enough now that hangovers hurt, ya know what I mean? We were on a tour of the West Coast of California with Black Mountain and had played a show in Seattle the night before with BM, Yeasayer and MGMT. The next day the drummer of Whale Bones was willing to host a word of mouth house party in his basement with BM, Howlin Rain and Whale Bones. I haven’t played a drop down knock out, get hammered, packed in, everyone sweating on each other, middle of the suburbs house party like that in a long time and it felt so fucking good. Just to look around a few times while Black Mountain was playing and think, “Jesus Christ, I hope there isn’t a fire or the support beams don’t collapse! We’re gonna die!” It reinvigorated in me a pursuit of house parties for Howlin Rain as well as just reminding me what a pure and exhilarating setting they are to see a band, on any level of exposure, play and even more so to be the one playing them.

Keller Williams

Keller Williams

Albums
1. Charlie Hunter – Baboon Strength
2. Todd Snider – Peace Queer
3. Martin Sexton – Solo
4. Zack Deputy – Out of the Water
5. Josh Phillips Folk Festival – Wicker

Shows
1. Thievery Corporation | Rothbury
2. Zappa Plays Zappa | Rothbury
3. Dumpstaphunk | Wakarusa

Tim Hoey – Cut Copy

Cut Copy

Albums
1. Deerhunter – Microcastle
2. Dennis Wilson – Pacific Ocean Blue (Re-issue)
3. Hercules and Love Affair – Hercules and Love Affair
4. Lindstrom – Where You Go I Go Too
5. Hush Arbors – Hush Arbors
6. TV on the Radio – Dear Science

The Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, Noam Pikelny, Chris Eldridge, Gabe Witcher, Paul Kowert (group response)

The Punch Brothers

Albums
1. Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle – Stravinsky Symphonies
2. Gabriel Kahane – Gabriel Kahane
3. Hilary Hahn – Schoenberg and Sibelius: Violin Concertos
4. Radiohead – In Rainbows
5. Randy Newman – Harps and Angels

Brad Barr – The Slip, Surprise Me Mr. Davis

Brad Barr

Albums
1. The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
2. Apollo Sunshine – Shall Noise Upon
3. The Raveonettes – Lust Lust Lust
4. Plants and Animals – Parc Avenue
5. Surprise Me Mr. Davis – Finding Demo (unreleased, but still made in ’08)

Nathan Moore – Surprise Me Mr. Davis, ThaMuseMeant

Nathan Moore

1. The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
2. Brad Barr – The Fall Apartment
3. Marco Benevento – Invisible Baby
4. Todd Snider – Peace Queer
5. I made The Best Christmas Mix Ever

Shows
1. Todd Snider | Folks Fest
2. The Swell Season | Telluride Bluegrass
3. The Duo | Buffalo Creek Music Festival

Theresa Andersson

Theresa Andersson

Albums
1. The Bird and The Bee – Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
2. Hercules and Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair
3. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
4. The Walkmen – You & Me
5. Dungen – 4

Two Tone Tommy – My Morning Jacket

Albums

1. Bennie Maupin Quartet – Early Reflections
Probably best known as the multi-reedist on Headhunters and Bitches Brew, his solo material is equally as brilliant… haunting, sparse, breathy sketches. The melody of “Escondido” will follow you around for days.

2. Dr. Dog – Fate

TT Tommy by Milner

This collection of songs falls into my head like Tetris pieces… effortlessly placing themselves into the most pleasing perfect shapes. How is that humanly possible?

3. Centro-Matic/South San Gabriel – Dual Hawks
Will Johnson and Scott Danbom’s voices are like lil’ angels making love to my ears. Soft, sweet, gorgeous love.

4. Lambchop – OH (Ohio)
Been a fan of Kurt Wagner & Co. for a decade now with nary a disappointment. The usual large ensemble supports Wagner’s gentle storytelling without overwhelming a bit… his best since Is A Woman.

5. Brad Mehldau Trio – The Complete Friday Night Sets
Mehldau’s phrasing is insane. The group’s tightness and almost psychic level of interplay lives up to the best trios. Worth downloading the lengthy hi-fi set from the Nonesuch Records website.

Shows
1. Gil Mantera’s Party Dream
2. Volodja Balzalorsky
3. Portishead

Neal Casal – Ryan Adams and the Cardinals

Neal Casal

Albums
1. Mudcrutch – Mudcrutch
2. Gary Louris – Vagabonds
3. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

Nathan Barnes – Rose Hill Drive

Rose Hill Drive

Albums
1. The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely
2. Beck – Modern Guilt
3. The Black Keys – Attack And Release
4. Sigur Ros – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
5. Colour Revolt – Plunder, Beg, and Curse

Brian Stoltz – Porter Batiste Stoltz, Neville Brothers, Funky Meters

Brian Stoltz

Albums
1. Porter Batiste Stoltz featuring Page McConnell – Moodoo
‘scuse me for blowing this horn but… We Ripped It Up!

2. The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely
Nothing out there compares to this. Most innovative band in years. One of the two best sounding recordings of ’08.

3. Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs: Bootleg Series Vol.8
Even Bob’s outtakes play like a new album. A great new album! (Sorry for blowing that horn again, but I played on 5 of the tracks.)

4. Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Great, great songs and the other of the two best sounding recordings of ’08.

5. CSNY – Déjà Vu Live
Bombastic and beautiful. I love every second of this album and the film. Neil, accompanied by his old bandmates, takes on the warmongers for supporting the Bush/Cheney cabal and the greatest armed robbery in history.

Shows
1. The Raconteurs | 06.13.08 | Bonnaroo
This show was slammin’. Even Chris Rock was sitting on the side of the stage. There is nothing in recent years this innovative.

2. Porter Batiste Stoltz with Page McConnell | 09.16.08 | B.B. King’s | NYC
My own performances are rarely among my favorites, but this one was. Page rocked and slipped into the funk like he’d been playing with us from the beginning.

3. YES | 12.12.08 | Biloxi, MS
I’ve gone to dozens of YES shows and have heard almost every incarnation of this band in the last forty years. Even though Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman were not on this tour, their replacements, Benoit David and Oliver Wakeman pulled it off without a hitch. Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White still come out and play those majestic songs in the present. Nobody nowadays makes music this imaginative.

Matisyahu

Matisyahu

Albums
1. Sigur Ros – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
2. Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
3. Esau Mwamawaya & Radioclit – The Very Best Mixtape
4. Madlib – Beat Konducta, Vol. 5: Dil Cosby Suite
5. Ratatat – LP3

Eric McFadden – Eric McFadden Trio, Stockholm Syndrome

McFadden

Albums
1. Deerhoof – Offend Maggie
2. Evangelista – Hello, Voyager
3. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
4. Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
5. Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely
6. Metallica – Death Magnetic

Skerik – Critters Buggin, Syncopated Taint Septet, Dead Kenny Gs, Crack Sabbath etc.

Skerik

Albums
1. Eyvind Kang The Yelm Sessions
2. Deerhoof Offend Maggie
3. Anything by Tim Hecker
4. TV On The Radio Dear Science

Vince Herman – Leftover Salmon, Great American Taxi

Vince Herman

Albums
1. Todd Snider – Peace Queer
2. Bryan Sutton – Bluegrass Guitar
3. Railroad Earth – Amen Corner
4. Jim Page – Head Full of Pictures
5. Steven Colbert – A Colbert Christmas

Dan Lebowitz – ALO, Lebo

Dan Lebowitz

Albums
1. Amos Lee – Last Days at the Lodge
2. Mudcrutch – Mudcrutch
3. Dr. Dog – Fate
4. The Hacienda Brothers – Arizona Motel
5. Ray LaMontagne – Gossip in the Grain

Steve Adams – ALO, Big Light

Steve Adams

Albums
1. Dr. Dog – Fate
2. The Mother Hips – Kiss The Crystal Flake
3. Tea Leaf Green – Raise Up The Tent
4. Tom Fruend – Collapsible Plans
5. Nicki Bluhm – Toby’s Song

Shows (played)
1. The Golden Gate Gramble feat. Skinny Singers, Ball Point Birds, Lebo, Big Light and Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | 08.22.08 | 12 Galaxies | SF, CA
2. Blues Workshop w/ Papa Mali, Caroline Wonderland, Eric McFadden, Daria “Shani” Johnson, and myself | 06.29.08 | High Sierra Music Festival | Quincy, CA
3. Everyone Orchestra feat. members of TLG, Poor Man’s Whiskey, Izabella, Blue Turtle Seduction, Flowmotion and others | 07.26.08 | Four Peaks Music Festival | Bend, OR
*Conducted by Matt Butler from on top of a truck out in the crowd!

Zach Gill – ALO, Jack Johnson

Zach Gill

Albums
1. Neil Halstead – Oh mighty Engine
2. Mason Jennings – In The Ever
3. Regina Spektor – Fidelity
4. Dr. Dog – Fate
5. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend

Shows – I didn’t see too many shows other than the ones I played in, but here are my favorites from 2008:

Steve Molitz – Phil Lesh & Friends, Particle, Region of Darkness

Steve Molitz

Albums
1. Mitch Hedberg – Do You Believe in Gosh?
2. Louis C.K. – Chewed Up
3. Bill Hicks – Moon is Smiling

Shows
1. Paul Simon w/ special guest David Byrne | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY
The concert featured the music of my two favorite Paul Simon albums, Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints. The band played with such purity and passion, and it was such a joy to watch Cyro Baptista explore the polyrhythms that provide both the foundation and flare to that material. As for Byrne – he absolutely stole the show with his renditions of “I Know What I Know” and “You Can Call Me Al.” The night was also very meaningful to me because my dad used to play those records all the time for me when I was growing up and I took him to the show as a sign of thanks for turning me on to such inspiring music. After the show, I introduced my dad to David Byrne, and I explained to both of them that one of the main reasons I pursued a life in music was because of albums like Graceland and Stop Making Sense. Without missing a beat, my dad shot Byrne a dirty look, and said, “So, this is all YOUR fault!” Good one, Pop…

Ed Anderson – Backyard Tire Fire

Backyard Tire Fire

Albums
1. Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
2. Neil Young – Sugar Mountain – Live At Canterbury House 1968
3. She & Him – Volume One 4. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
5. R.E.M. – Accelerate

Harrison Haynes – Les Savy Fav

Les Savy Fav

Albums
1. The Dodos – Visiter
2. Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair
3. Earles & Jensen – Just Farr A Laugh
4. Silver Jews – Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
5. Deerhunter – Microcastle/Weird Era Continued

Evan Winiker – Steel Train

Steel Train

Albums
1. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
2. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
3. Dr. Dog – Fate
4. Girl Talk – Feed the Animals
5. TV on the Radio – Dear Science

Reed Mathis – Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Tea Leaf Green

Reed Mathis

Albums
1. Sigur Ros – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
2. Robert Walter – Cure All
3. Dorian Small – Newlyweds
4. MMW – Radiolarians I
5. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
Still loving 2007’s: Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog

Anjulie

Albums
1. Santogold – Santogold
2. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
3. Sia – Some People Have Real Problems
4. Kreesha Turner – Passion
5. Lykke Li – Youth Novels

Scott Metzger – American Babies, Bustle In Your Hedgerow

Metzger by Gardner

Albums (in no order)
A Big Yes… and a small no — Jesus That Looks Terrible on You
Q-Tip – The Renaissance
The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely
Bill Burr – Why do I do This?
The Fireman – Electric Arguments
Sam Champion – Heavenly Bender

Shows
1. Neil Young/Wilco/Everest | 12.15.08 | Madison Square Garden
2. Richard Thompson (solo) | 10.28.08 | McCarter Theatre
3. Cat Power | 08.02.08 | Newport Folk Fest
4. The Phillies winning the World Series (does that count as a show? ‘Cause it was… and I was there).

Tom Hamilton – American Babies, Brothers Past

Tom Hamilton

Albums
1. She & Him – Volume One
2. Dr. Dog – Fate
3. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
4. David Byrne/Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
5. Sigur Ros – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

Shows
1. Cat Power | 08.02.08 | Newport Folk Fest
2. Brian Wilson | 08.01.08 | Tennis Hall of Fame
3. Josh Ritter | 03.07.08 | Langerado

Zack Smith – Rotary Downs

Zack Smith

Albums
1. The Other Planets – Holiday for Vacationers: Everything Awesome All the Time
2. NIN – The Slip
3. COMO Now! – Voices of Panola County MS
4. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
5. Radiohead – In Rainbows

Matt Costa

Matt Costa

Albums
1. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Cardinology
2. Delta Spirit – Ode To Sunshine
3. Dennis Wilson – Pacific Blue (Reissue)
4. Sera Cahoone – Only As The Day Is Long
5. Neil Young – Live At Massey Hall 1971

Shows
1. Neil Young / Wilco / Everest
2. Roger Waters | Coachella Festival
3. The Flaming Lips | Sasquatch Festival

Mason Jennings

Mason Jennings

Albums
1. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
2. Jack Johnson – Sleep Through the Static
3. Zach Gill – Zach Gill’s Stuff
4. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
5. She & Him – Volume One

Shows
1. The Bad Plus
2. Conor Oberst
3. Jack Johnson

Mike Dillon – Hairy Apes BMX, Mike Dillon’s Go-Go Jungle, Critters Buggin

Mike Dillon

Albums
1. Ween – La Cucaracha
2. Aloke Dutta – Spondaic Oblation – Solo Tabla
3. Motorhead – Motorizer
4. Tie:
Steve Reich and Musicians – Phases
Todd Sickafoose – Tiny Resistors
5. Tie:
Black Mountain – Black Mountain
Deerhoof – Offend Maggie

Fred Torphy – Big Light

Fred Torphy

Albums
1. Apollo Sunshine – Shall Noise Upon
2. Evil Urges – My Morning Jacket
3. Nathan Moore – You Yeah Smoking Hot
4. Dr. Dog – Fate
5. Brad Barr – The Fall Apartment: Instrumental Guitar

Bradly Bifulco – Big Light

Big Light

Albums (in no order)
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
The Mars Volta – The Bedlam in Goliath
The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
Dr. Dog – Fate

Art Neville – Funky Meters, The Neville Brothers

The Neville Brothers

Albums
1. Sharon Jones – 100 Days, 100 Nights
2. The Knux – Remind Me In 3 Days
3. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave – Orleans & Claiborne

JP Nowak – Cornmeal

Cornmeal

Albums
1. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
2. Levon Helm – Dirt Farmer
3. Del McCoury Band – Money Land
4. Metallica – Death Magnetic
5. AC/DC – Black Ice

Jason Lytle – Grandaddy & Aaron Espinoza – Earlimart
We’re here at the studio together, Earlidaddy/Grandymart.

Grandaddy

Albums (in no order… kinda)
Richard Swift – Ground Trouble Jaw
Reno 911 – Behind The Music
Bushwick Bill – The CDr I got from him… over by the “Best Wurst” stand on Congress Ave, Austin, TX
Enya – Christmas Ep
Zip Zap Slip-On’s – Desert Fox Hat Days

The New Mastersounds

Simon Allen – The New Mastersounds

Albums (2008 is when I first heard them)
1. Vampire Weekend – S/T
2. Rufus Wainwright – Release the Stars
3. The Lions – Jungle Struttin’
4. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
5. Phoenix – It’s Never Been Like That

Shows
1. Lonnie Smith | Leeds, UK
2. Bettye LaVette | Fuji Rock Festival
3. Tower of Power | Jazz Fest | NOLA

Eddie Roberts – The New Mastersounds

Albums
1. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
2. Ratatat – Wildcat
3. Ting Tings – We Start at Nothing

Cris Jacobs – The Bridge

The Bridge

Albums
1. Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs
2. Bill Frisell and Jim Hall – Hemispheres
3. B.B. King – One Kind Favor
4. Ry Cooder – I, Flathead
5. Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band – The Mountain

Matt Kass – The Brakes

The Brakes

Albums
1. Radiohead – In Rainbows
2. The Black Keys – Attack and Release
3. Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
4. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
5. Kings of Leon – Only By the Night

Tim Bluhm – The Mother Hips, Skinny Singers

Album
Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther

Zac Lasher – U-Melt

U-Melt

Albums
1. The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely
2. David Byrne + Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
3. Garaj Mahal – Woot
4. Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
5. moe. – Sticks & Stones

Shows
1. Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood | 02.28.08 | Madison Square Garden
2. Santana | 05.03.08 | New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
3. Zappa Plays Zappa | 08.01.08 | Gathering of the Vibes

Zion Rock Godchaux – BoomBox

BoomBox

Albums

1. Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs
Unreleased and alternate versions of Dylan at his best.

2. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
Q-Tip re-emerges from label issues with self produced heavy, heavy album.

3. The Chemical Brothers – We Are The Night
Still laying down some of the sickest beats out there.

4. KRS-One – Maximum Strength
Founder of conscious hip-hop returns.

5. Sublime – Best of Sublime: Green Series
Some old, some live, some covers, some demos – all solid.

Shows

1. Thievery Corporation | Rothbury Music Festival
Thievery was on and the crowed was locked in.

2. The Crystal Method | Rothbury Music Festival
Seen Ken and Scott for a number of years and they keep getting better. Rothbury was treated to some real electronic music this night.

3. Unidentified House DJ | Chicago Underground Party
On an off night in Chicago, a late journey turned into an underground party with an unidentified DJ that was laying it down.

Dan McCarthy – McCarthy Trenching

Dan McCarthy

Albums
1. Neva Dinova – You May Already Be Dreaming
2. The Whispertown 2000 – Swim
3. Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst
4. Taylor Hollingsworth – Bad Little Kitty
5. Nik Freitas – Sun Down

Teitur Lassen – Teitur

Teitur Lassen

Albums
1. Nico Muhly – Mothertongue
2. Sam Amidon – All Is Well
3. Toumani Diabate – Mande Variations
4. Dawn Kinnard – Courtesy Fall
5. Oluf Arnalds – Við og Við

Shows
Neil Young | 04.06.08 | Roskilde Festival | Denmark

Jonathan Edelstein – Fiasco

Fiasco

Albums
1. Portishead – Third
2. Pattern Is Movement – All Is Together
3. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
4. Marnie Stern – This Is It…
5. Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping

The End Of The World (group response)

Albums (in no order)
Wolf Parade – At Mt. Zoomer
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – S/T
Winter Vacation – Blue Coaching
The Walkmen – You & Me
Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III Mixtape

Holy Hail (group response)

Albums
1. Nas – Untitled
2. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
3. The Streets – Everything is Borrowed
4. Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream
5. Why – Alopecia

Plushgun

Albums
1. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
2. Beck – Modern Guilt
3. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
4. The Faint – Fascination
5. Girl Talk – Feed The Animals

Lester Nuby – Vulture Whale

Albums
1. Mudcrutch – Mudcrutch
2. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
3. Beck – Modern Guilt
4. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
5. AC/DC – Back In Black (it is ALWAYS in the top 5)

Gramercy Arms (group response):

Albums
1. Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
2. Mascott – Art Project
3. Sun Kil Moon – April
4. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
5. The Felice Brothers – The Felice Brothers

Alaska In Winter (group response)

Albums
1. Anoraak – Night Drive With You
2. Mates of State – Re-Arrange Us
3. College – Teenage Color
4. Sebastien Tellier – Sexuality
5. M83 – Saturdays = Youth

Project Jenny, Project Jan (group response)

Albums
1. Fujiya & Miyagi – Lightbulbs
2. Lykee Li – Youth Novel
3. Rocketship Park – Off and Away
4. Man Man – Rabbit Habits
5. Beach House – Devotion

Continue reading for the JamBase Staff picks for Best of 2008…

JamBase Staff

Kayceman

Aaron Kayce (Kayceman) – Editor-in-Chief

Albums
1. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
3. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
4. The Mars Volta – The Bedlam In Goliath
5. Jessica Lea Mayfield – With Blasphemy So Heartfelt

Dennis Cook

Dennis Cook – Associate Editor

Albums
1. These United States – Crimes
2. The Black Crowes – Warpaint
3. The Moondoggies – Don’t Be A Stranger
4. The Felice Brothers – The Felice Brothers
5. Hot Chip – Made In The Dark

David Rosenheim

David Rosenheim – CEO/dishwasher

Albums
1. Goldfrapp – The Seventh Tree
2. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
3. Backyard Tire Fire – The Places We Lived
4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazurus, Dig!!!
5. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular

Andrew Warren

Andrew Warren – Tour Date Guru

Albums
1. Neil Young – Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968
2. T.I. – Paper Trail
3. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
4. Okkervil River – The Stand Ins
5. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely

Geoff Harrison

Geoff Harrison – Sales Director and Biz Dev

Albums
1. Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
2. Lou Reed – Berlin : Live at St. Anns Warehouse
3. Laura Marling – Alas I Cannot Swim
4. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
5. Ben Sollee – Learning to Bend

Terri Williams – VP Sales Brand Integration

Albums
1. Beck – Modern Guilt
2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
3. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
4. Lucinda Williams – Little Honey
5. Millennium Funk Party (It’s an old Rhino release but I could not stop listening to it in ’08

Tanner Wyer

Tanner Wyer – Sales

Albums
1. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
3. Ryan Adams – Cardinology
4. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
5. Dr. Dog – Fate

Patty Kaufman

Patty Kaufman – Information Coordinator

Albums
1. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
2. Ratatat – LP3
3. The Black Keys – Attack and Release
4. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
5. The Wood Brothers – Loaded

Leah Elton

Leah Elton – Accounting Manager
Albums
1. Santogold – Santogold
2. Pattern is Movement – All Together
3. Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing
4. The Acorn – Glory Hope Mountain
5. Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping

Mason Blake

Mason Blake – Lead Engineer

Albums
1. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
2. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely
3. Blitzen Trapper – Furr
4. Charlie Hunter – Baboon Strength
5. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges

Sarah Randolph

Sarah Randolph – Manager, Design & Production

Albums
1. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
2. Santogold – Santogold
3. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
4. El Guincho – Alegranza!
5. Passion Pit – Chunk of Change

Matt Kozak

Matt Kozak – Sales & Marketing Coordinator

Albums
1. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
2. Air France – No Way Down
3. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
4. Thievery Corporation – Radio Retaliation
5. Arc Lab – The Goodbye Radio

Corey Sizemore – Graphic Designer & Web Production

Albums
1. Santogold – Santogold
2. Lindstrom – Where you go I go too
3. Empire of the Sun – Walking on a dream
4. El Guincho – Alegranza!
5. Morgan Geist – Double Night Time

Elijah Carroll – Information Aggregation

Albums (in no specific order)
Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold
Guilty Simpson – Ode to the Ghetto
Roots Manuva – Slime & Reason
Ben Folds – Way to Normal
Beck – Modern Guilt

Continue reading for the Best Of 2008 selections from JamBase writers, photographers and a few of our favorite JamBase Friends…

JamBase Contributors

Andy Tennille – JamBase Writer/Photographer

Albums
1. Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
2. Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
3. The Felice Brothers – The Felice Brothers
4. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
5. Jessica Lea Mayfield – With Blasphemy So Heartfelt

Brian Bavosa – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Bob Dylan – Rare & Unreleased – The Bootleg Series Volume 8 (1989-2006)
2. David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything that Happens Will Happen Today
3. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah: Part 1 (4th World War)
4. Marco Benevento – Invisible Baby
5. Q-Tip – The Renaissance

Jake Krolick – JamBase Writer/Photographer

Albums
1. Marco Benevento – Invisible Baby
2. Run On Sentence – Oh When the Wind Comes Down
3. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
4. David Karsten Daniels – Fear of Flying
5. The Brakes – Tale of Two Cities

Sarah Hagerman – JamBase Writer

Albums (in no order)
Crooked Still – Still Crooked
Drive-by Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Felice Brothers – Felice Brothers
Greensky Bluegrass – Five Interstates
Man Man – Rabbit Habits

Susan J. Weiand – JamBase Photographer

Albums
1. Garaj Mahal – w00t
2. Jackie Greene – Giving Up the Ghost
3. Railroad Earth – Amen Corner
4. Jimmy Herring – Lifeboat
5. Steve Winwood – Nine Lives

Tom Speed – JamBase Writer/Honest Tune Magazine Publisher

1. My Morning Jacket — Evil Urges
2. The Black Keys — Attack and Release
3. North Mississippi Allstars — Hernando
4. Alejandro Escovedo — Real Animal
5. B.B. King — One Kind Favor

Andrew Bruss – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
3. Steven Malkmus & The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash
4. Nas – Untitled
5. The Black Crowes – Warpaint

Chris Clark – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. MGMT – Oracle Spectacular
2. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
3. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
4. Hot Chip – Made in the Dark
5. Justice – A Cross the Universe

Josh Miller – JamBase Photographer

Albums
1. Dr. Dog – Fate
2. The Black Crowes – Warpaint
3. The Felice Brothers – S/T
4. Blitzen Trapper – Furr
5. Amadou & Mariam – Welcome To Mali

Martin Halo – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Howlin Rain – Magnificent Fiend
2. The Buffalo Killers – Let It Ride
3. Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
4. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
5. The Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark

Tim Dwenger – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
2. Jamie Lidell – Jim
3. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
4. These United States – Picture of the Three of Us At The Gates to the Garden of Eden
5. Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight

Ann Marie Svilar – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Thievery Corporation – Radio Retaliation
2. Nightmares on Wax – Thought so…
3. Parlor Mob – And You Were A Crow
4. Tea Leaf Green – Raise Up The Tent
5. Sub Swara – Coup d’Yah

Bill Clifford – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Gabe Dixon Band – Gabe Dixon Band
2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
3. Railroad Earth – Amen Corner
4. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals – Cardinology
5. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – This Is Somewhere

Robert Chapman – JamBase Photographer

Albums
1. Marco Benevento – Invisible Baby
2. Jimmy Herring – Lifeboat
3. The Brew – Back To The Woods
4. Al & The Transamericans – This Day Of Age
5. RZA as Bobby Digital – Digi Snacks

Brian Getz – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Pt.1/4th World War
2. DJ Mike Love – Jay-Z x FELA = NIGERIAN GANGSTER
3. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
4. Pretty Lights – Filling Up Your City Skies
5. Tie
Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy
Metallica – Death Magnetic

Shows
1. Lettuce & guests Ivan Neville, Kofi Burbridge, Derek Trucks, Big Sam, Matt Grondin & more
Bear Creek Music Festival | 11.16 & 11.17 | Live Oak, FL
2. Dumpstaphunk w/ Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington, Adam Deitch, Eric Krasno, E.D. Coomes, Nigel Hall, Terence Blanchard, Cyrille Neville, George Porter Jr., Effrem Townes, Warren Haynes, June Yamagushi, more
05.04.08 | Jazz Fest final nite jam | Tipitina’s Uptown | NOLA
3. The Legendary Roots Crew | 05.21.08 | Freebird Live | Jacksonville Beach, FL

Stratton Lawrence – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Hayes Carll – Trouble In Mind
2. STS9 – Peaceblaster
3. The New Mastersounds – Plug and Play
4. Chatham County Line – IV
5. Lotus – Hammerstrike

Court Scott – JamBase Writer

1. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
2. Rodriguez – Cold Fact
3. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
4. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
5. David Bowie – Live Santa Monica ’72 Reissue

David Higdon – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
2. Lucinda Williams – Little Honey
3. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
4. James McMurtry – Just Us Kids
5. The Black Crowes – Warpaint

JC McIlwaine – JamBase Writer/Photographer

1. The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
2. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Cardinology
4. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
5. Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs

Jim Welte – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
2. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah, Part 1: 4th World War
3. Al Green – Lay it Down
4. NOMO – Ghost Rock
5. Black Angels – Directions to See a Ghost

Kevin Schwartzbach – JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Chick Corea & Gary Burton – The New Crystal Silence
2. Pnuma Trio – Character
3. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – Jingle All the Way
4. Kings of Leon – Only By the Night
5. Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping

JamBase Friends

Josh Baron – Relix Magazine – Editor-in-Chief

Albums
1. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash
2. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Cardinology
4. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
5. The Black Crowes – Warpaint

Mike Greenhaus – Relix Magazine – Associate Editor

Albums
1. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
2. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
3. Apollo Sunshine – Shall Noise Upon
4. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
5. Tie: Dr. Dog – Fate & Ryan Adams – Cardinology

Scott Crawford – Blurt Magazine – Editor-in-Chief

Albums
1. Jessica Lea Mayfield – With Blasphemy So Heartfelt
2. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
4. Thalia Zedek – Liars and Prayers
5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazurus, Dig!!!
Shows
1. The Hold Steady/Drive-By Truckers
2. Nick Cave
3. Okkervil River

Fred Mills – Blurt Magazine – Managing Editor

Albums
1. Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts – Temporary People
2. Theresa Andersson – Hummingbird, Go!
3. Calexico – Carried To Dust
4. Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
5. Future Clouds and Radar – Peoria

Randy Harward – Blurt Magazine – Editor

Albums
1. Jessica Lea Mayfield – With Blasphemy So Heartfelt
2. Gutter Twins – Saturnalia
3. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
4. Future Clouds and Radar – Peoria
5. Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal

Melissa Adair – Elevation Group Management

Albums
1. Dr. Dog – Fate
2. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Cardinology
3. Big Light – Big Light
4. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
5. Nicki Bluhm – Toby’s Song

J. Gibson – reapandsow

Albums
1. TV on The Radio – Dear Science
2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
3. War on Drugs – Wagonwheel Blues
4. Charlie Hunter – Baboon Strength
5. Nathan Moore – You Yeah Smokin Hot & Big Light EP

And now for the really fun part: You tell us what your favorite albums and shows of 2008 were. Just use the Comments Section to tell the world!

But first, continue reading for a look at who played the most shows in 2008…

Bands with the Most Shows:

The Ghost Inside 196
Saving Abel 196
EOTO 189
Emmure 189
Every Avenue 189
Whitechapel 183
The Cab 181
We The Kings 180
Metro Station 175
Harper 170
Mayday Parade 170
Ryan Montbleau Band 169
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band 168
The Whigs 168
The Devil Wears Prada 165
Sky Eats Airplane 165
Breathe Carolina 165
Blue Turtle Seduction 164
August Burns Red 163
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad 163
Protest the Hero 162
Forever The Sickest Kids 162
Scary Kids Scaring Kids 162
Bury Your Dead 161
56 Hope Road 161
The Color Fred 161
Evergreen Terrace 160
Veil of Maya 159
Ingrid Michaelson 159
Alesana 159
Seether 159
Danger:Radio 158
All Time Low 158
Soul Rebels Brass Band 158
Cobra Starship 158
The Maine 158
Flogging Molly 156
Four Year Strong 154
The White Tie Affair 154
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals 154
Portugal The Man 154
Sirsy 153
Monotonix 153
Shai Hulud 152
For Today 152
Black Dahlia Murder 151
Bullet for My Valentine 151
The Heavy Pets 150
InnerPartySystem 150
Four Letter Lie 150

Don’t forget to use the Comments Section to list YOUR top albums and shows from 2008…

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