The Top of the Pops in 2008 (according to Erika)

Top Ten Albums:

10. it's a toss up between The Tallest Man on Earth-- Shallow Grave, and Lykke Li-- Youth Novels

9. Women-- s/t

8. Azeda Booth-- In Flesh Tones

7. Fleet Foxes-- (on a related note, have you listened to their first album? it's like they know they're on to something, but they caaaan't quite pull it together. it's sort of funny and totally endearing.)

6. Shearwater-- Rook

5. Dodos-- Visiter

4. No Age-- Nouns (this should probably be ranked higher. one of the few truly durable albums of the year.)

3. Bon Iver (who didn't have Skinny Love on repeat for at least a week?)

2. The Walkmen-- You & Me

1. Beach House-- Devotion (obsessed!)

Dust-offs/Other stuff I've been enjoying:

Electrelane-- The Power Out (SO. GOOD.)

Junior Boys-- So This is Goodbye (it refuses get old)

Built to Spill-- The Normal Years

Other Good Stuff (not necessarily born in '08):

YouTube video: Drinking From Cups

Books: White Noise by Don DeLillo; Oh What a Wonderful World It Seems by John Cheever

Movies: Persepolis, Dark Knight, The Orphanage

Blogs: Cassette From My Ex, The Sartorialist 

Baby: Leif