This was certainly a good year in music. While not as ridiculously strong as 2007, 2008 had more than its fair share of fantastic releases. The five that follow were the best of the best.
Top Five Albums of 2008
December 30th, 2008 by Eric Atienza
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Top Five of 2008: Number Four
December 16th, 2008 by Evan Mix
Today, we continue our weeklong series counting down the top albums of 2008. At this point, my list starts to get very muddy - there were at least six albums that seemed equally qualified for slots two through five, and I had one hell of a time sorting them out. Nonetheless, lists must be made (this principle is, I believe, the foundation of all music journalism), so here it is.
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Top Five of 2008: Number Five
December 15th, 2008 by Evan Mix
As you may already be aware, Eric, Scooter, and I will be breaking down the top albums of 2008 over the next week. Each article will feature a pick and commentary by each of us on that album. In my column, we open the week with a little hip-hop. Here we go!
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TBTMTU: Cause = Time
November 12th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas
It seems like we’ve been gone forever, but They Bring The Music To Us is back this week with a new music blog, Cause = Time.
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TBTMTU: HARD CANDY
October 29th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas
They Bring The Music To Us is back, and featuring a great little mp3 blog called HARD CANDY which separates itself from the rest of the mp3-blogging pack in a significant way.
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Listening In Live to CMJ: The Living Room 10/22/08
October 23rd, 2008 by Eric Atienza
The Lower East Side was positively Scandinavian Wednesday night as Tobias Froberg, Theresa Andersson, and Ane Brun made themselves comfortable in the Living Room for the second night of CMJ 2008.
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Rewind: A Review of Pepper’s No Shame
October 20th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas
Today on Listen In we’re rewinding to 2006 with Pepper’s fourth record, No Shame, an album which found itself
on constant rotation in my car.
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TBTMTU: The Tape (it’s not sticky)
October 14th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas
Another week, another They Bring The Music To Us, and today I’m featuring a fantastic blog called The Tape, which was
filling the gaping void I’ve had for a while.
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TBTMTU: Indie Music Filter
October 8th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas
They Bring The Music To Us is back from hiatus, and we’re kicking things off with Indie Music Filter.
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Austin City Limits - Day 3
October 1st, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas
The final day of ACL has come and gone, unfortunately I had to leave early, but I did get to catch a few of the acts playing, but overall wasn’t that impressed.