NPR’s picks for best jazz albums of 2008
Kot and DeRogatis picks for best rock and roll albums 2008 (with podcast)
Me?
Best album I heard for the first time this year:Donny Hathaway Live (thanks Matt!)
Best 2008 Release: Randy Newman, “Hearts and Angels” (which makes me feel old) and/or Girl Talk, “Feed the Animals”. The new Beck album is growing on me and Erykah Badu’s “New Amerykah” is really soulful and smart.
Biggest 2008 Disappointment: Herbie Hancock’s “Joni Letters”. Get back in the game Herbie.
I think I like: Deerhunter’s new one. But I can do without the experimental electronic nonsense.
Best live show: Okkerville River at Postbanhof am Ostbanhoh (Berlin)