en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal The Last.fm journal for errgh. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2012/05/14/5gqsxj_best_of_2012_so_far:_the_working_list Mon, 14 May 2012 02:30:08 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2012/05/14/5gqsxj_best_of_2012_so_far:_the_working_list This is my list of albums that I am considering for my best of 2012 list. For previous lists, check out my journal.

Nominees:
fun. - Some Nights
Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts
The Shins - Port of Morrow
The Lumineers - The Lumineers
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is an Animal
The Menzingers - On the Impossible Past
Allo Darlin' - Europe
Yellow Ostrich - Strange Land
Eleni Mandell - I Can See The Future
Crybaby - Crybaby
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's - Rot Gut, Domestic
Nicky Minaj - roman reloaded
Anais Mitchell - Young Man In America
A.C. Newman - Shut Down The Streets
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
Aimee Mann - Charmer
Mumford & Sons - Babel
Stars - The North
Sigur Rós - Valtari

Demanding consideration:
Lower Dens - Nootropics
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Purity Ring - Shrines
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Metric - Synthetica
Chromatics - Kill For Love
Nas - Life Is Good
The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now
Tristan Prettyman - Cedar + Gold
Mission of Burma - Unsound
Phantom Limbs - The Pines
Rosie Thomas - WITH LOVE
Here We Go Magic - A Different Ship
School of Seven Bells - Ghoststory
The Chemical Brothers - Don't Think
Dr. Dog - Be The Void
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks
Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now
Sweet Sweet Lies - The Hare, The Hound & The Tortoise
Sun Kil Moon - Among The Leaves
The Mynabirds - Generals
Dirty Projectors - Swing Low Magellan
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Bloc Party - Four
Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance
Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
Cory Branan - Mutt
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Calexico - Algiers
Plan B - Ill Manors
The Flatlanders - The Odessa Tapes
Lana Del Ray - Born To Die
Blondes - Blondes
Hospitality - Hospitality
Hubble - Hubble Drums
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
Grizzly Bear - Shields
Swans - The Seer
Narrows - Painted
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Cat Power - Sun
Band of Horses - Mirage Rock
P!nk - The Truth About Love
Ben Folds Five - The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind
The xx - Coexist
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't
David Byrne and St. Vincent - Love This Giant
The Wallflowers - Glad All Over
Godspeed You Black Emperor - ALLELUJAH! DON'T BEND! ASCEND!
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Caspian - Walking Season
The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man
Tame Impala - Lonerism
How to Dress Well - Total Loss
Woods - Bend Beyond

Considered but not likely to contend:
Joyce Manor - Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Twin Shadow - Confess
Isidore - Life Somewhere Else
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Leonard Cohen = Old Ideas
Grimes - Visions
Frankie Rose - Interstellar
Lambchop - Mr. M
Neon Trees - Picture Show
Matthew Bourne - Montauk Variations
M. Ward - A Wasteland Compilation
Winterpills - All My Lovely Goners
Garbage - Not Your Kind of People
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory
Plants and Animals - The End of That
Islands - A Sleep & A Forgetting
Rufus Wainwright - Out Of The Game
Bowerbirds - The Clearing
Magnetic Fields - Love At The Bottom Of The Sea
Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
Santigold - Master of My Make-Believe
Delta Spirit - Delta Spirit
Silversun Pickups - Neck Of The Woods
Richard Hawley - Standing At the Sky's Edge
Counting Crows - Underwater Sunshine (or what we did on our summer vacation)
Beach House - Bloom
The Walkmen - Heaven
Miniature Tigers - Mia Pharaoh
Jack White - Blunderbuss
The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heavy Fwends
Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Motion Sickness of Time Travel
Benjamin Gibbard - Former Lives
Future of the Left - The Plot Against Common Sense
Heartless Bastards - Arrow
Alanis Morissette - Havoc and Bright Lights]]> http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2012/05/13/5gowir_top_10_albums_of_2011 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:40:50 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2012/05/13/5gowir_top_10_albums_of_2011 With apologies for the delay, here are my choices for the top 10 of 2011.

1. Adele - 21
2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
3. Drake - Take Care
4. Mates of State - Mountaintops
5. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
6. Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne
7. Foster the People - Torches
8. Noah and the Whale - Last Night On Earth
9. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
10. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy

Honorable Mention
Beyonce - 4]]> http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2011/05/17/4e1uan_the_best_of_2011_(so_far):_the_working_list Tue, 17 May 2011 17:40:58 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2011/05/17/4e1uan_the_best_of_2011_(so_far):_the_working_list Hot off the heels of publishing my 2010 list, it's time to get cracking on this year's choices. This list will change week-to-week as I listen through everything that's coming out. Let me know your recommendations!

Nominees:
Beyonce - 4
Adele - 21
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
Foster the People - Torches
Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne
Feist - Metals
Mates of State - Mountaintops
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
Mates of State - Mountaintops
Wilco - The Whole Love
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Drake - Thank Me Later
Tapes 'n Tapes - Outside
Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
Noah and the Whale - Last Night On Earth
Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
The Weeknd - House of Balloons
Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong

Considered but not likely to contend:
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Cairo Gang - Island Brothers
M.I.A. - Vicki Leekx
Thao & Mirah - Thao & Mirah
Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Belong
Jim Ward Quiet in the Valley, On the Shores the End Begins & the Electric Six
Wild Beasts - Smother
Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
Panda Bear - Tomboy
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
James Blake - James Blake
Cut Copy - Zonoscope
Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
R. Kelly - Love Letter
The Low Anthem - Smart Flesh
Thursday - No Devolucion
DJ Quik - The Book of David
Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps
Bright Eyes - The People's Key
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing
R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now
Tyler, the Creator - Goblin
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
The Get Up Kids - There Are Rules
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome
The Elected - Bury Me In My Rings
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers
Dodos - No Color
Eisley - The Valley
Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some
The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
letlive - Fake History
Destroyer - Kaputt
Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
City and Colour - Little Hell
Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle
Idaho - You Were a Dick
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
Beirut - The Rip Tide
Mayer Hawthorne - How Do You Do
Bjork - Biophilia
Neon Indian - Era Extrana
Nick Lowe - The Old Magic
Blind Pilot - We Are The Tide
Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire]]> http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2011/05/16/4du8rf_top_10_albums_of_2010 Mon, 16 May 2011 04:23:21 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2011/05/16/4du8rf_top_10_albums_of_2010 To see everything that was considered to formulate this list, click here. For past lists, check out my journal.

1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. Vampire Weekend - Contra
4. The National - High Violet
5. She & Him - Volume Two
6. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
7. The Head And The Heart - The Head and The Heart
8. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
9. Drake - Thank Me Later
10. Sleigh Bells - Treats

Honorable Mention
Ellie Goulding - Lights]]> http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2011/01/16/45sk28_best_of_2010:_the_working_list Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:14:24 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2011/01/16/45sk28_best_of_2010:_the_working_list Below is the working list of potential contenders for the best albums of 2010. I will release the final ordered list on March 1, 2011. To see final and working lists for the last five years, check out my journal.

Nominees:
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
She & Him - Volume Two
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo
The National - High Violet
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
The New Pornographers - Together
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin-Let It Sway
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Beach House - Teen Dream
Lightspeed Champion - Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You
Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People EP
Drake - Thank Me Later
Pete Yorn - Pete Yorn
Sleigh Bells - Treats
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Allo Darlin' - Allo Darlin'
Magic Kids - Memphis
The Head And The Heart - The Head and The Heart
Taylor Swift - Speak Now
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown
Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
Rick Ross - Teflon Don
Jónsi - Go
Yellow Ostrich - The Mistress
Ellie Goulding - Lights

Considered but not likely to contend:
S. Carey - All We Grow
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
Twin Shadow - Forget
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Elvis Costello - National Ransom
Caribou - Swim
Abe Vigoda - Crush
M.I.A. - MAYA
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin
Wolf People - Steeple
of Montreal - False Priest
Best Coast - Crazy For You
The-Dream - Love King
John Hiatt - The Open Road
John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!
ELTON JOHN AND LEON RUSSEL - The Union
Rouge Wave - Permalight
Minus the Bear - OMNI
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks
Rufus Wainwright - All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu
Liars - Sisterworld
Gayngs - Relayted
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
happy birthday - Happy Birthday
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Jenny and Johnny - I'm Having Fun Now
Quasi - American Gong
These New Puritans - Hidden
Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself
Stars - The Five Ghosts
Weekend - Sports
Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy
The Magnetic Fields - Realism
Josh Ritter - So Runs The World Away
The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
Field Music - Field Music (Measure)
Women - Public Strain
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Bring Me the Horizon - There Is A Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is A Heaven Let's Keep It A Secret.
Sarah McLachlan - Laws of Illusion
Wolf Parade - Expo 86
Interpol - Interpol
Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
Peter Wolf Crier - Inter-Be
Foals - Total Life Forever
Girl Talk - All Day
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
Drums - The Drums
Night Driving in Small Towns - Serial Killer
Weezer - Hurley
Zach Hill - FACE TAT
Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards
MGMT - Congratulations
Greg Laswell - Take A Bow
Dr. Dog - Shame Shame
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Kopecky Family Band - The Disaster
Picastro - Become Secret
Robyn - Body Talk
Harvey Milk - A Small Turn of Human Kindness
Karaocake - Rows & Stiches
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Andrew Bird - Useless Creatures
No Age - Everything In Between
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
The Black Keys - Brothers
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave
Dark Dark Dark - Wild Go
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Matt & Kim - Sidewalks
Neil Young - Le Noise
Black Milk - Album of the Year
Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
Hot Chip - One Life Stand
Walkmen - Lisbon
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Cairo Gang - The Wonder Show Of The World]]> http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2010/05/22/3nlvxg_best_of_2010_so_far:_the_working_list Sat, 22 May 2010 16:22:38 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2010/05/22/3nlvxg_best_of_2010_so_far:_the_working_list Below is the working list of potential contenders for the best albums of 2010. To see final and working lists for the last five years, check out my journal.

Nominees:
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
She & Him - Volume Two
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo
The National - High Violet
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
The New Pornographers - Together
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin-Let It Sway
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Beach House - Teen Dream
Lightspeed Champion - Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You
Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People EP
Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
Drake - Thank Me Later
Pete Yorn - Pete Yorn
Sleigh Bells - Treats
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Demanding consideration:
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
Magic Kids - Memphis
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
Walkmen - Lisbon
Black Milk - Album of the Year
Weezer - Hurley
M.I.A. - MAYA
Zach Hill - FACE TAT
Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin
Wolf People - Steeple
of Montreal - False Priest
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
The Black Keys - Brothers
Neil Young - Le Noise
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Matt & Kim - Sidewalks
Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
No Age - Everything In Between
Elvis Costello - National Ransom
Andrew Bird - Useless Creatures
The-Dream - Love King
Hot Chip - One Life Stand
Caribou - Swim
Abe Vigoda - Crush
Best Coast - Crazy For You
Rick Ross - Teflon Don
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Twin Shadow - Forget
Robyn - Body Talk
Theodore - Hold You Like a Lover
Peter Wolf Crier - Inter-Be
Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
Kopecky Family Band - The Disaster
Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards
ELTON JOHN AND LEON RUSSEL - The Union
MGMT - Congratulations
Greg Laswell - Take A Bow
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Cairo Gang - The Wonder Show Of The World
Rouge Wave - Permalight
Minus the Bear - OMNI
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks
Rufus Wainwright - All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
Dr. Dog - Shame Shame
Girl Talk - All Day
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
Foals - Total Life Forever
Picastro - Become Secret
Harvey Milk - A Small Turn of Human Kindness
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Liars - Sisterworld
John Hiatt - The Open Road
Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave
happy birthday - Happy Birthday
Dark Dark Dark - Wild Go
Karaocake - Rows & Stiches
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown
Drums - The Drums
Gayngs - album artist=Gayngs]Relayted[/album]
Night Driving in Small Towns - Serial Killer
Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!
Allo Darlin' - Allo Darlin'

Considered but not likely to contend:
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Jenny and Johnny - I'm Having Fun Now
Quasi - American Gong
These New Puritans - Hidden
Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself
Stars - The Five Ghosts
Weekend - Sports
Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy
The Magnetic Fields - Realism
Josh Ritter - So Runs The World Away
The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
Field Music - Field Music (Measure)
Women - Public Strain
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Bring Me the Horizon - There Is A Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is A Heaven Let's Keep It A Secret.
Sarah McLachlan - Laws of Illusion
Wolf Parade - Expo 86
Interpol - Interpol]]> http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2010/04/04/3jgyku_top_10_albums_of_2009 Sun, 4 Apr 2010 23:55:53 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2010/04/04/3jgyku_top_10_albums_of_2009 After a long and intense period of consideration (as evidenced by the unprecedented length of my working list,) below are my choice for the 10 best albums of 2009. Thanks to all who made suggestions.

1. Dawes - North Hills
2. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
3. Throw Me The Statue - Creaturesque
4. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
5. Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
6. Wilco - Wilco
7. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
8. fun. - Aim and Ignite
9. St. Vincent - Actor
10. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You

Honorable Mention
Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangment]]> http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2009/09/30/31ucpi_best_of_2009_so_far:_the_working_list Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:01:07 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2009/09/30/31ucpi_best_of_2009_so_far:_the_working_list Nominees:
Throw Me The Statue - Creaturesque
Metric - Fantasies
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Wilco - Wilco
St. Vincent - Actor
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Eleni Mandell - Artificial Fire
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
M. Ward - Hold Time
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Alela Diane - To Be Still
Elizabeth and The Catapult - Taller Children
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
Bowerbirds - Upper Air
Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
Volcano Choir - Unmap
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
Dawes - North Hills
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
YACHT - See Mystery Lights
El Perro del Mar - Love Is Not Pop
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
fun. - Aim and Ignite
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangment
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon

Considered but not likely to contend:
Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros - Up from Below
royksopp - Junior
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
Regina Spektor - Far
Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions - Through The Devil Softly
Noah and the Whale - The First Days Of Spring
The Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
Vetiver - Tight Knit
Miranda Lambert - Revolution
Dandy Worhols - The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
Brian Bonz - From Sumi To Japan
the ravonettes - In and Out of Control
Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Atlas Sound - Logos
Weezer - Raditude
The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa
Tortoise - Beacons Of Ancestorship
Passion Pit - Manners
Deastro - Moondagger
The Antlers - Hospice
Bachelorette - The End of Things
Au Revoir Simone - Still Night, Still Light
Built to Spill - There is No Enemy
swell season - Strict Joy
Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Wavves - Wavves
Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective
Islands - Vapours
Isis - Wavering Radiant
The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
Eels - Hombre Lobo
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Break Up
Amy Millan - Masters of the Burial
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Vitalic - Flashmob
Pete Yorn - Back And Forth
Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
Our Lady Peace - Burn Burn
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Girls - Album
Why? - Eskimo
The Dead Weather - Horehound
Karen O and the Kids - Where The Wild Things Are OST
The xx - xx
Slow Club - Yeah So
Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
Taken by Trees - East Of Eden
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
Little Dragon - Machine Dreams
Dan Deacon - Bromst
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There are Mountains
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
The Clean - Mister Pop
Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
JJ - jj n° 2
Real Estate - Real Estate
Bear in Heaven = Beast Rest Forth Mouth
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
The Decemberists - Hazards Of Love
The Dodos - Time To Die
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Lisa Germano - Magic Neighbor
David Bazan - Curse Your Branches
David Gray - Draw The Line
Fruit Bats - Ruminant Band
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Headlights - Wildlife
Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11
ListenListen - hymns from rhodesia
Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry, They Washed Away
The Clientele - Bonfires On The Heath
Dead Man’s Bones - Dead Man's Bones
Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown
Mountains - Choral
Osso - Run Rabbit Run
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Polvo - In Prism
Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
Lightning Dust - Infinite Light]]> http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2009/05/30/2rh0jl_upcoming_releases Sat, 30 May 2009 23:58:47 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2009/05/30/2rh0jl_upcoming_releases June 9: Lil Wayne - Rebirth
June 9: So Many Dynamos - The Loud Wars
June 23: Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship
June 23: Pete Yorn - Back and Forth
June 30: Bone Thugs N Harmony - Uni5
June 30: Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
September 8: Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Break Up

Also in 2009: Built to Spill, Peter Gabriel, Garbage, Moby - Wait for Me, New Pornographers, Pearl Jam, The Shins, Stars, Gillian Welch, The Wrens]]> http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2009/03/15/2kh8a7_top_10_albums_of_2008 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:28:56 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2009/03/15/2kh8a7_top_10_albums_of_2008 Below are my picks for the top 10 albums of 2008. Thanks to all who made suggestions.

1. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
2. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
3. Santogold - Santogold
4. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
5. Sigur Rós - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
6. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
7. She & Him - Volume One
8. Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
9. Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It Off
10. Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue

Honorable Mention:
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park

If you'd like to see the full list of what was considered, check out http://www.last.fm/user/errgh/journal/2008/12/06/2bjwcb_updated%3A_best_of_2008_%28so_far%29.]]>