Here’s my personal selections of the music albums not to miss from 2008. I would be wearing them out except that of course they are on an ipod instead of vinyl/tape/cd. I would say it is guaranteed to make you younger to listen to new music instead of the same stuff you’ve listened to since the 80s, but since I have too many friends that are lawyers, I’ll only imply it instead. Here goes:

The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement
Rue Royale – Rue Royale (cd is out of print already but mp3s are easily found – that’s indie music for you)
Glasvegas – Glasvegas
Darker My Love – 2
The Stills – Oceans Will Rise
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
The Republic Tigers – Keep Color
Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
Sneaky Sound System – 2 (only legally available in Australia)
Nine Inch Nails – The Slip
Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
Bloc Party – Intimacy
UNKLE – End Titles… Stories For Film
The Whip – X Marks Destination
Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
CruelBlackDove – Full Powers (only available through the band’s website)
The Black Angels – Directions To See A Ghost
Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul
DeVotchKa – A Mad & Faithful Telling (try putting this one in a genre)
UNKLE – End Titles… Redux

And for the uninitiated, to listen to any of this, try searching on google for the artist name plus the keyword “myspace”. Every band nowadays has a MySpace page where they have full songs available to listen to through your web browser.

Enjoy!