I listened to a lot of music in 2008, but my tastes were a little off, I think. I couldn’t stand to listen to anything the least bit melancholy.

2008 Albums

January

• Vampire Weekend
• Black Mountain: In The Future
• The Drawbacks: Slightly Less Vague
• The Helio Sequence: Keep Your Eyes Ahead
• Cornelius: Gum
• Cat Power: Jukebox
• Drive-By Truckers: Brighter Than Creations Dark
• The Magnetic Fields: Distortion
• SiA: Some People Have REAL Problems
• White Stripes: Conquest

February

• Sheryl Crow: Detours
• Jack Johnson: Sleep Through the Static
• Lightspeed Champion: Falling Off Lavender Bridge

• Bob Dylan: Tell Tale signs
• Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
• Bard Barr: The Fall Apartment
• Coldplay: Viva La Vida Prospekt’s
• Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
• Oasis: Dig Out Your Soul
• Okkervil River: The Stand Ins
• Santogold: Santogold
• School of Seven Bells: Alpinisms