Top 50

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.

Superlatives

1. 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]*
1. Best Punk Release: The Lines - "Flood Bank" *[Acute]*
1. Best Electronic Release: Hercules and Love Affair - "Hercules and Love Affair" *[DFA]*
1. Best Local Release: (Tie) Michael Arcos - "$800 Upright Piano Works, Continental Divide" - Golden Throats
1. Best Singer-Songwriter/Folk Release: Mt. Eerie w/ Julie Doiron and Fred Squire - "Lost Wisdom" *[P.W. Elverum and Sun]*
1. Best Metal Release: The Sword - "Gods of the Earth" *[Kemado]*
1. Best Soul/Funk/R&B Release: Al Green - "Lay It Down" *[Blue Note]*
1. Best Latin Release: Juana Molina - "Un Dia" *[Domino]*
1. Best Obscuro Release: Various Artists - "Thai Pop Spectacular" *[Sublime Frequencies]*
1. Best Experimental Release: Oscillating Innards - "Nadir Emergence" *[Iatrogenisis]*
1. Best Jazz Release: Rudresh Mahanthappa - "Kinsmen" *[Pi]*
1. Best Blues Release: Various Artists - "Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways" *[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]*
1. Best Re-Issue: Mark Tucker - "In the Sack" *[De Stijl]*
1. Best Hip-Hip Release: The Cool Kids - "The Bake Sale EP" *[Chocolate Industries]*
1. Best Reggae Release: Prince Fatty - "Survival of the Fattest" *[Rasa Music]*
1. Best World Music Release: Various Artists - "Radio Myanmar (Burma)" *[Sublime Frequencies]*
1. 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]*
1. Best Debut Release: Women - "Women" *[Jagjaguwar]*
1. Best EP Release: Megafaun - "Bury the Square" *[Radium]*
1. Most Annoying Release: Randy Newman - "Harps & Angels" *[Nonesuch]*
1. Most Disappointing Release: Magnetic Fields - "Distortion" *[Nonesuch]*
1. Best Album Art:(Tie) Barnacled - "Charles" *[ESP-Disk]*, Matmos - "Supreme Balloon" *[Matador]*
1. Worst Band Name: She is So Beautiful/She is So Blonde
1. Best/Most Consistent Record Label: ESP-Disk
1. Best Specialty Show: The Hearty White Miracle Nutrition Hour
1. Best Region for Music: Finland
1. Best Local Show of the Year: A Place to Bury Strangers @ Club Downunder
1. Best WVFS In-Studio Performance: A Faulty Chromosome
1. Best Deejay: Jonathan D.

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