Favorite Musical Discoveries of 2008
This summer I was severely bitten by a hip-hop bug, and spent most of my time finally obtaining classic rap albums I’d always meant to check out, but there was still plenty of rock, pop, and good ol’ IDM to go around.
The Mai Shi - “Run To Your Grave”
Battles- Mirrored
Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
Basia Bulat- Oh, Darling
GZA-Liquid Swords
Ghostface Killah- Fishscale, Supreme Clientale
MF Doom as Viktor Vaughn- Vaudevile Villian
Nas- Illmatic
Byrne/Eno- My Life in The Bush of Ghosts
The Cups- Sketchbook
The Popsicles- Stay Cool With…
In General:
Li’l Wayne
Red House Painters
Jandek
Neil Young
Easily the Best Album I’ve heard not just in the last year but probably in the last two or three:
