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I don’t consider myself much of a writer and if it’s not a three chord song, you can count on the fact that I can’t play it on the guitar. I blog because I love music and while I may never be a musician, I’ll keep strumming until someone besides myself thinks it is good (a long time).

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Best of 2008

Here’s some of my favorites so far this year. Any albums that show up here have been in full rotation for at least a couple of spins.

1. THE HOLD STEADY, Stay Positive (Vagrant) [4.82]
   Rock / Alternative
2. OLD 97S, Blame It On Gravity (New West) [4.77]
   Rock / Alternative / Country
3. RECKLESS KELLY, Bulletproof (Yep Roc) [4.5]
   Country / Rock / Jam Band
4. ELI “PAPERBOY” REED, Roll With You (Q Dvision) [4.5]
   Soul
5. KATHLEEN EDWARDS, Asking for Flowers (Zoe) [4.42]
   Rock / Americana / Country
6. JAMES MCMURTRY, Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod) [4.27]
   Rock
7. THE MOTHER TRUCKERS, Let’s All Go To Bed (Funzalo) [4.15]
   Alternative / Country / Rock
8. HAYES CARLL, Trouble In Mind (Lost Highway) [4.14]
   Folk / Americana / Country
9. JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, The Good Life (Bloodshot) [4.0]
   Folk / Acoustic / Country
10. MARAH, Angels Of Destruction! [4.0]
    Rock
11. LIAM FINN, I’ll Be Lightning [3.93]
    Experimental / Pop
12. R.E.M., Accelerate (Warner Bros) [3.91]
    Alternative / Rock
13. MANDO SAENZ, Bucket [3.91]
    Indie / Folk Rock / Acoustic
14. JACKIE GREENE, Giving Up The Ghost [3.91]
    Americana / Rock / Indie
15. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark [3.89]
    Rock / Indie / Southern Rock
16. MATTHEW SWEET, Sunshine Lies [3.85]
    Rock / Powerpop / Alternative
17. THE OFFRAMPS, Split the Difference [3.85]
    Alternative / Indie / Rock
18. THE DEXATEENS, Lost and Found [3.78]
    Southern Rock / Garage / Psychedelic
19. CROOKED STILL, Still Crooked (Signature Sounds) [3.77]
    Acoustic / Bluegrass / Folk Rock
20. AYLA BROOK, After the Morning After (Saved by Radio) [3.77]
    Americana / Indie / Acoustic
21. CONOR OBERST, Conor Oberst (Merge) [3.75] Indie / Alternative
22. SEAN COSTELLO, We Can Get Together (Delta Groove) [3.72] Blues / Soul / Rock
23. BRUCE ROBISON, The New World (Premium) [3.70] Country / Folk
24. TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH, Bad Little Kitty [3.68]
    Psychobilly / Punk / Rock
25. STONEHONEY, Songs From a Hillside Living Room [3.6]
26. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, Narrow Stairs [3.58]
    Indie
27. JASON COLLETT, Here’s to Being Here [3.57]
28. SHAWN MULLINS, Honeydew [3.5] Acoustic / Folk Rock / Americana
29. TIFT MERRITT, Another Country [3.45]
30. RICHARD JULIAN, Sunday Morning In Saturday Shoes [3.45]
31. VAL EMMICH, Little Daggers [3.4]
32. TWILIGHT HOTEL, Highway Prayer [3.38]
33. SEVEN MARY THREE, Day & Nightdriving [3.38] Rock
34. MATTHEW RYAN, Matthew Ryan Vs. The Silver State [3.36]
35. JOHN HIATT, Same Old Man [3.36]
36. AMERICAN GUN, The Means & The Machine [3.31]
37. PETE FRANCIS, Iron Sea and the Cavalry [3.3]
38. BROOKE FRASER, Albertine (Wood & Bone) [3.25]
39. WILLIE NELSON, Moment Of Forever [3.23] Southern Rock / Country
40. PUNCH BROTHERS, Punch [3.22]
41. MY MORNING JACKET, Evil Urges [3.21]
42. SHELBY LYNNE, Just a Little Lovin’ [3.2]
43. JORDAN ZEVON, Insides Out [3.2]
44. RAY DAVIES, Working Man’s Cafe [3.17] Rock / Acoustic / Folk
45. STAR ANNA, Crooked Path (Malamute) [3.1] Alternative / Country / Americana

Notable EPs

• THE GREAT OUTDOORS, Spring
• CAITLIN ROSE, Dead Flowers (theory eight)

Notable Live Albums

• WILLIE NELSON & WYNTON MARSALIS, Two Men With The Blues
• JON DEE GRAHAM, Swept Away (Freedom)
• JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT, Live at Twist & Shout 11.16.07 (New West)
• JUSTIN TRAWICK, Live at IOTA

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