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TOP 50 OF 2008
1. Beach House - ''Devotion'' [Carpark]
2. School of Seven Bells - ''Alpinisms'' [Ghostly International]
3. Hercules and Love Affair - ''Hercules and Love Affair'' [DFA]
4. Quiet Village - ''Silent Movie'' [!K7]
5. Paavoharju - ''Laulu Laakson Kukista'' [Fonal]
6. Grouper - ''Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill'' [Type]
7. Fleet Foxes - ''Fleet Foxes'' [Sub Pop]
8. Brian Harnetty - ''American Winter'' [Atavistic] *
9. M83 - ''Saturdays = Youth'' [Mute]
10. Girl Talk - ''Feed the Animals'' [Illegal Art]
11. Portishead - ''Third'' [Mercury]
12. The Bug - ''London Zoo'' [Ninja Tune]
13. Deerhunter - ''Microcastle'' [Kranky]
14. William Parker - ''Double Sunrise Over Neptune'' [AUM Fidelity]
15. Megafaun - ''Bury the Square'' [Radium]
16. Blues Control - ''Puff'' [Fusetron] *
17. Shearwater - ''Rook'' [Matador]
18. Burial - ''Untrue'' [Hyperdub] *
19. Bon Iver - ''For Emma, Forever Ago'' [Jagjaguwar]
20. King Khan and the Shrines - ''The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines'' [Vice] *
21. Ellen Allien - ''Sool'' [B-Pitch Control]
22. Valet - ''Naked Acid'' [Kranky]
23. Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire - ''Lost Wisdom'' [P.W. Elverum and Sun]
24. Lykke Li - ''Youth Novels'' [Atlantic]
25. MGMT - ''Oracular Spectacular'' [Sony]
26. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - ''Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!'' [Anti-]
27. Destroyer - ''Trouble in Dreams'' [Merge]
28. The Raveonettes - ''Lust Lust Lust'' [Vice]
29. The Tough Alliance - ''A New Chance'' [Modular]
30. Fucked Up - ''The Chemistry of Common Life'' [Matador]
31. Steinski - ''What Does it All Mean?'' [Illegal Art] *
32. Lee ''Scratch'' Perry - ''Repentance'' [Narnack]
33. Islands - ''Arm's Way'' [Anti-]
34. TV on the Radio - ''Dear Science'' [DGC]
35. Vivian Girls - ''Vivian Girls'' [In the Red]
36. Rudresh Mahanthappa - ''Kinsmen'' [Pi]
37. Gang Gang Dance - ''Saint Dymphna'' [Social Registry]
38. Factums - ''Spells and Charms'' [Kill Shaman]
39. The Hold Steady - ''Stay Positive'' [Vagrant]
40. The Mountain Goats - ''Heretic Pride'' [4AD]
41. Dungen - ''4'' [Kemado]
42. Silje Nes - ''Ames Room'' [FatCat] *
43. Little Teeth - ''Child Bearing Man'' [Absolutely Kosher]
44. The Baseball Project - ''The Baseball Project'' [Yep Roc]
45. Be Your Own Pet - ''Get Awkward'' [Ecstatic Peace!]
46. Juana Molina - ''Un Dia'' [Domino]
47. Graham Reynolds and the Golden Arm Trio - ''Cult of Color'' [Shamrock]
48. Eleanoora Rosenholm - ''Vainajan Muotokuva'' [Fonal]
49. A Faulty Chromosome - ''As an Ex-Anorexic's Six Sicks Exit'' [Self-released]
50. Chad Vangaalen - ''Soft Airplane'' [Sub Pop]
*These albums consist of material released prior to 2008, but not received by WVFS until 2008.
2008 Superlatives
Best 7" Release: (Tie) Bulbs/Wobbly - Div/orce Series #7 [Ache], Vivan Girls - ''Wild Eyes'' b/w ''My Baby Wants Me Dead'' [In the Red]Best Punk Release: The Lines - Flood Bank [Acute]
Best Electronic Release: Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair [DFA]
Best Local Release: (Tie) Michael Arcos - $800 Upright Piano Works, Continental Divide - Golden Throats
Best Singer-Songwriter/Folk Release: Mt. Eerie w/ Julie Doiron and Fred Squire - Lost Wisdom [P.W. Elverum and Sun]
Best Metal Release: The Sword - Gods of the Earth [Kemado]
Best Soul/Funk/R&B Release: Al Green - Lay It Down [Blue Note]
Best Latin Release: Juana Molina - Un Dia [Domino]
Best Obscuro Release: Various Artists - Thai Pop Spectacular [Sublime Frequencies]
Best Experimental Release: Oscillating Innards - Nadir Emergence [Iatrogenisis]
Best Jazz Release: Rudresh Mahanthappa - Kinsmen [Pi]
Best Blues Release: Various Artists - Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
Best Re-Issue: Mark Tucker - In the Sack [De Stijl]
Best Hip-Hip Release: The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale EP [Chocolate Industries]
Best Reggae Release: Prince Fatty - Survival of the Fattest [Rasa Music]
Best World Music Release: Various Artists - Radio Myanmar (Burma) [Sublime Frequencies]
Best Compilation:
1. Various Artists - BLIPPP: French Synth Wave 1979-85 [Everloving]
2. Various Artists - Thai Pop Spectacular [Sublime Frequencies]
3. Various Artists - Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Musics 1918-1955 [Dust-to-Digital]
Best Debut Release: Women - Women [Jagjaguwar]
Best EP Release: Megafaun - Bury the Square [Radium]
Most Annoying Release: Randy Newman - Harps & Angels [Nonesuch]
Most Disappointing Release: Magnetic Fields - Distortion [Nonesuch]
Best Album Art:(Tie) Barnacled - Charles [ESP-Disk], Matmos - Supreme Balloon [Matador]
Worst Band Name: She is So Beautiful/She is So Blonde
Best/Most Consistent Record Label: ESP-Disk
Best Specialty Show: The Hearty White Miracle Nutrition Hour
Best Region for Music: Finland
Best Local Show of the Year: A Place to Bury Strangers @ Club Downunder
Best WVFS In-Studio Performance: A Faulty Chromosome
Best Deejay: Jonathan D.
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