A list of records released this year that made all the difference in the long weeks and months of my sometimes stressful, sometimes blissful 10 month vacation/hibernation of 2008. Just the list for now, I'll post some tracks or maybe a mix soon.
Honorable mention:
Getachew Mekuria & The Ex & Guests Moa Anbessa
This is, by far, the record I listened to the most in 2008 but for the life of me I can not get an answer on whether there was a definitive release date in the U.S. "Ethiopia Hagere" appeared on the Wire Tapper 18 comp at the end of 2007 but the Euro release date is listed as 2006. I'm pretty sure it wasn't available here, at least not in stores, until this year. Anyhow, this record and the concert at Damrusch Park were the musical highlights of my year.
Gang Gang Dance Saint Dymphna
Marnie Stern This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It...
Grails Doomsdayer's Holiday
Tape LuminariumNick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
Duchess Says Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs
Oneida Preteen WeaponryPortishead Third
Our Sleepless Forest Our Sleepless Forest
Grouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Dungen 4
Indian Jewelry Free Gold!
Padded Cell Night Must Fall
Grails Doomsdayer's Holiday
Tape LuminariumNick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
Duchess Says Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs
Oneida Preteen WeaponryPortishead Third
Our Sleepless Forest Our Sleepless Forest
Grouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Dungen 4
Indian Jewelry Free Gold!
Padded Cell Night Must Fall
Saudade The Hooded Ones
Religious Knives It's After Dark
Religious Knives It's After Dark
The USA Is A Monster Space Programs
TV On The Radio Dear Science
Julian Cope Black Sheep
Entire Cities Deep River
D. Lissvik 7 Trx + Intermission
Bottle Up & Go These Bones
Kelpe Extraquarium
Black To Comm Fractal Hair Geometry
Black To Comm Fractal Hair Geometry
Child Bite Fantastic Gusts of Blood
Honorable mention:
Getachew Mekuria & The Ex & Guests Moa Anbessa
This is, by far, the record I listened to the most in 2008 but for the life of me I can not get an answer on whether there was a definitive release date in the U.S. "Ethiopia Hagere" appeared on the Wire Tapper 18 comp at the end of 2007 but the Euro release date is listed as 2006. I'm pretty sure it wasn't available here, at least not in stores, until this year. Anyhow, this record and the concert at Damrusch Park were the musical highlights of my year.
