50. Sao Paulo Underground - The Principle Of Intrusive Relationships
49. Ellen Fullman & Monique Buzzarte - Fluctuations
48. Sic Alps - US EZ
47. Mark Stewart - Edit
46. Alva Noto - Unitxt
45. Peter Rehberg - Works For GV 2004-2008
44. Josephine Foster - This Coming Gladness
43. Murcof - The Versailles Sessions
42. Vajra - Live
41. David Grubbs - An Optimist Notes The Dust
40. Jakob Ullmann - Voice, Books And FIRE 3
39. Toumani Diabate - The Mande Variations
38. Portishead - Third
37. Maryanne Amacher - Sound Characters 2
36. Emeralds - Solar Bridge
35. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
34. Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town
33. Stereo Image - S/T
32. Christina Carter - Masque Femine
31. Malcolm Goldstein - A Sounding Of Sources
30. Terry Riley - The Last Camel In Paris
29. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
28. Scorces - I Turn Into You
27. Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
26. Tricky - Knowle West Boy
25. Robert Ashley - Concrete
24. Jandek - Glasgow Sunday 2005
23. Group Inerane - Guitars From Agadez (Music Of Niger)
22. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
21. Lukas Ligeti - African Machinery
20. Stephan Mathieu - Radioland
19. Bill Dixon - 17 Musicians In Seach For A Sound: Darfur
18. Luomo - Convivial
17. Dusk + Blackdown - Margins Music
16. Autechre - Quaristice
15. Kasai Allstars - In The 7th Moon...
14. Eric Chenaux - Sloppy Ground
13. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
12. Ryoji Ikeda - Test Pattern
11. Kevin Drumm - Imperial Distortion
10. The Caretaker - Persistent Repetition Of Phrases
9. The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
8. William S Burroughs - Real English Tea Made Here
7. Evangelista - Hello, Voyager
6. The Advisory Circle - Other Channels
5. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
4. John Butcher - Resonant Spaces
3. The Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace
2. Philip Jeck - Sand
1. The Bug - London Zoo

Looks interesting. Don't know many of these but those I know I like. And I Love The Hospitals at the top 3! Will definitely be somewhere in my list.

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As has been the case for many a year now, The Wire leads when it comes to musical taste.

Vampire Weekend in and NO Bon Iver!!!!

That's how to make a list.

oh, and candy floss...you edited yr message but missed 2 spelling errors. How's that happen to a poster with impeccable taste?

Oops... err... stupid keybord?

Thanks anyway.

Thanx for posting the list. It's really the only one I care about.

This list somehow seems like it's trying too hard to put obscure shit that I've never heard of. I'm not familiar with The Wire but I have less albums (2?!) on here than on the Rolling Stone list.

Well, being unfamiliar with The Wire, you won't know that their whole ethos is about avant garde music.

All in a days' work for this mag. And they genuinely love this kind of stuff, it is infused in their journalism going right back to when they were much more jazz centric.

How did Vampire Weekend end up on this list? Did they decide to toss one catchy album on the list as a gag?

The Wire know a great band when they hear one!

And anyway, the mag has always celebrated more mainstream stuff if it has great songwriting as the Vamps have in spades.

Plus I find it so fucking cool that of all the pop albums released this year, they reject the dross; Bon Iver, The Hold Steady, Elbow etal for true talent.

Wow I have only heard of like 4 artists here, I loved vampire weekend and nick cave and the bad seeds. I respect Wire because along with pitchfork, they were the only one to Kid A a perfect score.

So you guys reckon there is a lot of great undiscovered gold here that will blow my mind? I'm open to anything, well almost anything.

If ya like Kid A mate, then definitely check out Autechre. They are practically a blueprint for that damn album.

Murcof is another excellent electronic artist and well, personally I love Earth to death.

But so much great stuff here; the immortal Terry Riley and the ever changing Philip Jeck...now he should blow yr little mind somewhat...have fun in outer soundz.

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Originally posted by Elitist_Pretentious:
This list somehow seems like it's trying too hard to put obscure shit that I've never heard of. I'm not familiar with The Wire but I have less albums (2?!) on here than on the Rolling Stone list.

Is it possible that the above list is just their favouite music of '08? Maybe they didn't have you personally in mind when they wrote it up.

Blasphemy!

great to see autechre on a list. diggin the gang gang dance record, but yea bon iver over vampire weekend if we are going for some pop structure
i d put portishead higher and the women record, cmon wire.

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Originally posted by Ninny Gooptz:
If ya like Kid A mate, then definitely check out Autechre. They are practically a blueprint for that damn album.

Murcof is another excellent electronic artist and well, personally I love Earth to death.

But so much great stuff here; the immortal Terry Riley and the ever changing Philip Jeck...now he should blow yr little mind somewhat...have fun in outer soundz.

Yeah I listened to some autechre tracks on their myspace and really liked them. I got Lp5 but I don't think it is that good, some great sounds but nothing to keep my attention.

Thanks for the recommends, you reckon the magazine is as good as the TV show?

A unique and substantial perspective.

So hardcore that Ryoji Ikedas Test Pattern is at number 12, one of the most inaccessible albums Ive ever listened to.

Any 2008 list without TV On The Radio is just wrong.