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KEXP Adds music charts for 2008
Week: 12/05/2008 - 12/11/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
 Grace Jones | Hurricane | Pias/ Wall of Sound | |
| The Brighton Port Authority | I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat | Southern Fried | |
| Motorik | Klang! | Self-Released | |
| Explone | Explone | Self-Released | |
| The Lines | Flood Bank | Acute | |
| Lily Allen | The Fear | Capitol |
Week: 11/28/2008 - 12/04/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Soundtrack) | Slumdog Millionaire | N.E.E.T./ Interscope | |
| Faded Paper Figures | Dynamo | Shorthand | |
| J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science | Soul Vibrations | Om | |
| Neil Young | Sugar Mountain: At Canterbury House 1968 | Reprise | |
| Jazzanova | Of All the Things | Verve | |
| Shugo Tokumaru | Exit | Almost Gold/ Startime | |
| Ladyhawke | Ladyhawke | Modular | |
| Fire on Fire | The Orchard | Young God | |
| Skeletons | Money | Tomlab | |
| The Sight Below | Glider | Ghostly International | |
| Luomo | Convivial | Huume | |
| Mount Eerie w/ Julie Doiron & Fred Squire | Lost Wisdom | P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd. | |
| Anathallo | Canopy Glow | Anticon |
Week: 11/21/2008 - 11/27/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Campesinos! | We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed | Arts & Crafts | |
| Kanye West | 808s & Heartbreak | Roc-A-Fella | |
| Q-Tip | The Renaissance | Universal Motown | |
| Romance | The Divide | Self-Released | |
| Omara Portuondo | Gracias | Montuno/ World Village |
Week: 11/07/2008 - 11/13/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Whore Moans | Hello From the Radio Wasteland | Mt. Fuji | |
| Hush Arbors | Hush Arbors | Ecstatic Peace | |
| The Week That Was | The Week That Was | Memphis Industries | |
| Deer Tick | War Elephant | Partisan | |
| The Rapture | Tapes | !K7 | |
| Bodies of Water | A Certain Feeling | Secretly Canadian | |
| CYNE | Pretty Dark Things | Hometapes | |
| The Dusty 45s | Fortunate Man EP | Self-Released |
Week: 10/31/2008 - 11/06/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Byrne & Brian Eno | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | Todomundo | |
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Sunday at Devil Dirt | Fontana | |
| Longwave | Secrets are Sinister | Original Signal | |
| Grieves & Budo | 88 Keys & Counting | Black Clover | |
| AC Berkheimer | In a Series of Long Days | Subroutine | |
| Von Von Braun | Something Ain't Wrong | Subroutine | |
| Femi Kuti | Day by Day | Mercer Street | |
| Peter Broderick | Home | Type | |
| Squarepusher | Just a Souvenir | Warp | |
| Past Lives | Strange Symmetry | Suicide Squeeze | |
| (Various) | Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to the Cure | Manimal Vinyl | |
| Megapuss | Surfing | Vapor | |
| Two Cow Garage | Speaking in Cursive | Shelterhouse | |
| (Various) | Tingling Cheeks Are Love | Sensory Projects | |
| Bang Band Eche | Bang Band Eche | The Underground Management | |
| Medeski Martin & Wood | Radiolarians 1 | Indirecto | |
| Arthur Russell | Love Is Overtaking Me | Audika | |
| Dennis Brown | The Best of Dennis Brown: The Niney Years | Heartbeat | |
| Gunbunny | The White City | Self-Released |
Week: 10/24/2008 - 10/30/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Very Sexuals | Post-Apocalyptic Love | Subroutine | |
| The Decemberists | Always the Bridesmaid: A Single Series | Capitol | |
| Razrez | Razrez | Self-Released | |
| James Yorkston | When the Haar Rolls In | Domino | |
| Wild Orchid Children | The Elephants EP | Self-Released | |
| The Jesus and Mary Chain | The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities | Rhino | |
| Johnny Cash | At Folsom Prison | Columbia/ Legacy | |
| (Various) | Awake, My Soul/ Help Me to Sing | Awake | |
| Brighton Port Authority | Toe Jam | Southern Fried | |
| The Raconteurs | Consoler of the Lonely | Third Man/ Warner Bros. |
Week: 10/17/2008 - 10/23/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Knux | Remind Me in 3 Days | Interscope | |
| School of Seven Bells | Alpinisms | Ghostly International | |
| The Lucksmiths | First Frost | Matinee | |
| Eagles of Death Metal | Heart On | Downtown | |
| Louis La Roche | The Peach EP | Self-Released | |
| Bloc Party | Intimacy | Atlantic | |
| Plus Minus (+/-) | X's On Your Eyes | Absolutely Kosher | |
| Secret Machines | Secret Machines | TSM | |
| Little Joy | Little Joy | Rough Trade | |
| Ryan Adams & the Cardinals | Cardinology | Lost Highway | |
| I Led 3 Lives | Peace Now | Nublu | |
| The Kindness Kind | The Kindness Kind | Self-Released | |
| Cause Co-Motion! | It's Time! | Slumberland | |
| Telepathe | Chrome's On It | IAMSOUND | |
| Women | Women | Jagjaguwar | |
| Sepalot | Red Handed | Compost | |
| Would-Be-Goods | Eventyr | Matinee | |
| Unlearn | Places | noise/order | |
| (Various) | Dandelion Gold: One | Dandelion Gold | |
| Charles Van Zandt | Live at KEXP | KEXP |
Week: 10/10/2008 - 10/16/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Henry Clay People | For Cheap of For Free | Autumn Tone | |
| Parts & Labor | Receivers | Jagjaguwar | |
| The Tough Alliance | A New Chance | Modular | |
| Gang Gang Dance | Saint Dymphna | The Social Registry | |
| Autodrone | Strike a Match | Clairecords | |
| Crystal Stilts | Alight of Night | Slumberland | |
| Buena Vista Social Club | At Carnegie Hall | World Circuit/ Nonesuch | |
| Ray LaMontagne | Gossip in the Grain | RCA | |
| (Various) | Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples | The Numero Group | |
| Hank III | Damn Right Rebel Proud | Sidewalk | |
| Menahan Street Band | Make the Road By Walking | Dunham | |
| DJ K.O. | DJ K.O. Presents Picture This | Shaman Work | |
| Minus the Bear | Acoustics | Tigre Blanco |
Week: 10/03/2008 - 10/09/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Vivian Girls | The Vivian Girls | In the Red | |
| Love Is All | A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night | What's Your Rapture? | |
| Of Montreal | Skeletal Lamping | Polyvinyl | |
| El Guincho | Alegranza | XL | |
| Fucked Up | The Chemistry of Common Life | Matador | |
| The Sea and Cake | Car Alarm | Thrill Jockey | |
| Mavis Staples | Live: Hope at the Hideout | Anti- | |
| Crooked Fingers | Forfeit/ Fortune | Red Pig | |
| Nikka Costa | Pebble to a Pearl | Stax | |
| The Clash | Live at Shea Stadium | Epic/ Legacy | |
| Antony & the Johnsons | Another World | Secretly Canadian | |
| The Sess | Agendumb | Single Screen | |
| Jay Reatard | Matador Single '08 | Matador | |
| The Streets | Everything is Borrowed | Vice | |
| A Gun That Shoots Knives | Future of Love | Self-Released | |
| Charlie Hunter | Baboon Strength | Spire | |
| Star Anna | Crooked Path Live | Malamute |
Week: 09/26/2008 - 10/03/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Dylan | Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 | Columbia | |
| Helms Alee | Night Terror | Hydra Head | |
| Larytta | Difficult Fun | Creaked | |
| All the Saints | Fire on Corridor X | Touch and Go | |
| The Rosebuds | Life Like | Merge | |
| Zuco 103 | After the Carnaval | Six Degrees | |
| The Mighty Underdogs | Droppin' Science Fiction | Definitive Jux | |
| Private Dancer | Japanese Motors | Vice | |
| Wallpaper | On the Chewing Gum Ground | K | |
| Mogwai | The Hawk is Howling | Matador | |
| Department of Eagles | In Ear Park | 4AD | |
| Fort Knox Five | Radio Free DC | Fort Knox Recordings | |
| Juana Molina | Un Dia | Domino | |
| Cold War Kids | Loyalty to Loyalty | Downtown | |
| Fannypack | Ghetto Bootleg | Tommy Boy | |
| Catfish Haven | Devastator | Secretly Canadian | |
| Daniel Martin Moore | Stray Age | Sub Pop | |
| Celestial | Crystal Heights | Music is My Girlfriend | |
| Lucinda Williams | Little Honey | Lost Highway | |
| The Riffbrokers | Weight of Line and Intersection | Unsmashable | |
| Terry Lynn | Kingstonlogic 2.0 | Last Gang | |
| Rainbow Arabia | The Basta | Tiny Man | |
| Carl Craig | Sessions | !K7 | |
| Madlib The Beat Konducta | WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip | BBE/ Rapster | |
| Stars | Sad Robots EP | Soft Evolution | |
| Trombone Cake | Trombone Cake | Self-Released | |
| Supersuckers | Get It Together | Mid-Fi | |
| Lake | Oh, the Places We'll Go | K | |
| Bell | EP | Self-Released |
Week: 09/12/2008 - 09/18/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| TV on the Radio | Dear Science | Interscope | |
| High Places | High Places | Thrill Jockey | |
| Jenny Lewis | Acid Tongue | Warner Bros | |
| Bomb the Bass | Future Chaos | !K7 | |
| Ten Kens | Ten Kens | Fatcat | |
| Kings of Leon | Only By the Night | RCA | |
| The Manhattan Love Suicides | Burnt Out Landscapes | Magic Marker | |
| Land of Talk | Some Are Lakes | Saddle Creek | |
| Monareta | Picotero | Nacional | |
| Brightblack Morning Light | Motion to Rejoin | Matador | |
| Passion Pit | Chunk of Change | Frenchkiss | |
| Minisnap | Bounce Around | Magic Marker | |
| Dungen | 4 | Kemado | |
| Karl Blau | Nature's Got Away | K | |
| Aterciopelados | Rio | Nacional | |
| Pivot | O Soundtrack My Heart | Warp | |
| Dub Specialist | Dub | Heartbeat |
Week: 09/12/2008 - 09/18/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| TV on the Radio | Dear Science | Interscope | |
| High Places | High Places | Thrill Jockey | |
| Jenny Lewis | Acid Tongue | Warner Bros | |
| Bomb the Bass | Future Chaos | !K7 | |
| Ten Kens | Ten Kens | Fatcat | |
| Kings of Leon | Only By the Night | RCA | |
| The Manhattan Love Suicides | Burnt Out Landscapes | Magic Marker | |
| Land of Talk | Some Are Lakes | Saddle Creek | |
| Monareta | Picotero | Nacional | |
| Brightblack Morning Light | Motion to Rejoin | Matador | |
| Passion Pit | Chunk of Change | Frenchkiss | |
| Minisnap | Bounce Around | Magic Marker | |
| Dungen | 4 | Kemado | |
| Karl Blau | Nature's Got Away | K | |
| Aterciopelados | Rio | Nacional | |
| Pivot | O Soundtrack My Heart | Warp | |
| Dub Specialist | Dub | Heartbeat |
Week: 09/05/2008 - 09/11/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Four | KEXP | |
| Jake One | White Van Music | Rhymesayers | |
| Friendly Fires | Friendly Fires | XL | |
| Point Juncture WA | Heart to Elk | Self-Released | |
| Johnny Foreigner | Waited Up Til It Was Light | Nettwerk | |
| Blitzen Trapper | Furr | Sub Pop | |
| Jolie Holland | The Living and the Dead | Anti- | |
| Raphael Saadiq | The Way I See It | Columbia | |
| The Pica Beats | Beating Back the Claws of the Cold | Hardly Art | |
| Lady Dottie and the Diamonds | Lady Dottie and the Diamonds | Hi-Speed Soul | |
| These United States | Crimes | United Interests | |
| Weird Tapes | Get Religion | Hail Social | |
| Starfucker | Starfucker | Badman | |
| Massy Ferguson | Cold Equations | Self-Released | |
| Group Inerane | Guitars from Agadez | Sublime Frequencies | |
| Horse Feathers | House With No Home | Kill Rock Stars | |
| People Under the Stairs | Fun DMC | Gold Dust | |
| KatJonBand | KatJonBand | Carrot Top | |
| Old Crow Medicine Show | Tennessee Pusher | Nettwerk | |
| Nightmares on Wax | Thought So | Warp | |
| School of Seven Bells | Half Asleep | Ghostly International |
Week: 08/29/2008 - 09/04/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Confederate | Wrecking Ball | TAO | |
| Fences | The Ultimate Puke | Self-Released | |
| TacocaT | Shame Spiral | Don't Stop Believin' | |
| Alias | Resurgam | Anticon | |
| Your Heart Breaks | Love is a Long Dark Road | MightyMo | |
| Talkdemonic | Eyes at Half Mast | Arena Rock | |
| Eddy Current Suppression Ring | Primary Colours | Goner | |
| Michna | Magic Monday | Ghostly International |
Week: 08/22/2008 - 08/28/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| See Me River | Time Machine | Don't Stop Believin'/ Aviation | |
| Damien Jurado | Caught in the Trees | Secretly Canadian | |
| Bound Stems | The Family Afloat | Flameshovel | |
| Sonny J | Disastro | Astralwerks | |
| Sweet Jesus | Sweet Jesus | Self-Released | |
| (Various) | You Don't Know | Ninja Tune | |
| Chad Van Gaalen | Soft Airplane | Sub Pop | |
| Hawnay Troof | Islands of Ayle | Retard Disco | |
| The Sea and Cake | Car Alarm | Thrill Jockey | |
| (Various) | Total 9 | Kompakt | |
| Tricky | Knowle West Boy | Domino | |
| She Keeps Bees | Nests | Self-Released | |
| (Various) | PDX Pop Now! 2008 | PDX Pop Now! | |
| Bubblegum Lemonade | Susan's in the Sky EP | Matinee | |
| Northern Portrait | Napoleon Sweetheart EP | Matinee | |
| Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip | Angles | Strange Famous | |
| The Rumble Strips | Girls and Weather | Gigantic |
Week: 08/15/2008 - 08/21/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fujiya & Miyagi | Lightbulbs | Deaf Dumb + Blind | |
| Lykke Li | Youth Novels | Atlantic | |
| The Broken West | Now or Heaven | Merge | |
| Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson | Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson | Say Hey | |
| The High Decibels | HD | Rolling Jack | |
| Jaguar Love | Take Me to the Sea | Matador | |
| Tindersticks | The Hungry Saw | Constellation | |
| Pop Levi | Never Never Love | Counter | |
| Giant Sand | Provisions | Yep Roc | |
| Pacific! | Reveries | Astralwerks | |
| The New Year | The New Year | Touch and Go | |
| Champagne Champagne | Champagne Champagne | Self-Released | |
| Altspeak | It's Up to You | Self-Released | |
| Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson | Rattlin' Bones | Sugar Hill | |
| JJ Grey & Mofro | Orange Blossoms | Alligator | |
| The Dead Science | Villainaire | Constellation | |
| TV on the Radio | Dear Science | Interscope |
Week: 08/08/2008 - 08/14/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Market | Tobacco Road | Hyena | |
| The Moondoggies | Don't Be a Stranger | Hardly Art | |
| Calexico | Carried to Dust | Quarterstick | |
| The Quiet Ones | Better Walk Than Ride Like That | Self-Released | |
| Ra Ra Riot | The Rhumb Line | Barsuk | |
| The Walkmen | You & Me | Gigantic | |
| Pete & The Pirates | Little Death | Stolen | |
| New Faces | Two Years | Loveless | |
| Stereolab | Chemical Chords | 4AD | |
| The Gigantics | Die Already | Self-Released | |
| New Radiant Storm King | Drinking in the Moonlight | Darla | |
| Lambchop | OH (ohio) | Merge | |
| Terakaft | Akh Issudar | World Village | |
| Rodriguez | Cold Fact | Light in the Attic | |
| Laura Marling | Alas I Cannot Swim | Astralwerks | |
| Deer City | Deer City | Self-Released | |
| Michael Franti & Spearhead | All Rebel Rockers | Anti- / Boo Boo Wax | |
| Human Highway | Moody Motorcycle | Suicide Squeeze |
Week: 07/18/2008 - 07/24/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conor Oberst | Conor Oberst | Merge | |
| Freshkills | Freshkills | Self-Released | |
| The High Decibels | The High Decibels | Rolling Jack | |
| One Day as a Lion | One Day as a Lion | Anti- | |
| Telepathique | Last Time on Earth | The Control Group | |
| Issa Bagayogo | Mali Koura | Six Degrees | |
| Takka Takka | Migration | Ernest Jenning | |
| CSS | Donkey | Sub Pop | |
| Knut Bell | Wicked, Ornry, Mean and Nasty | Marling Spike | |
| (Various) | Moneyland | McCoury |
Week: 07/11/2008 - 07/17/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Kids | Partie Traumatic | Almost Gold/ Columbia | |
| Pierced Arrows | Straight to the Heart | Tombstone | |
| The Airborne Toxic Event | The Airborne Toxic Event | Majordomo | |
| Johnny Flynn | A Larum | Lost Highway | |
| Blck Nite Crach | Array | Custom Made | |
| Heil Halstead | Oh! Mighty Engine | Brushfire | |
| Sir Victor Uwaifo | Guitar-Boy Superstar 1970 - 76 | Soundway | |
| Alaska in Winter | Dance Party in the Balkans | Milan | |
| High Places | 03/07 - 09/07 | Thrill Jockey | |
| AU | Verbs | Aagoo | |
| New Faces | Two Years | Loveless | |
| The Fluid | Live at KEXP | KEXP |
Week: 07/04/2008 - 07/11/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Doll Test | Mosque Alarm Clock | Unsmashable | |
| The Dandy Warhols | Earth to the Dandy Warhols | Beat the World | |
| Crystal Stilts | Crystal Stilts | Woodsist | |
| Windmill | Puddle City Racing Lights | Friendly Fire | |
| Poni Hoax | Images of Sigrid | Tigersushi | |
| The Avett Brothers | The Gleam II | Ramseur | |
| Leila | Blood, Looms and Blooms | Warp | |
| The War on Drugs | Wagonwheel Blues | Secretly Canadian | |
| Arbouretum/ Pontiak | Kale | Thrill Jockey | |
| The Chap | Mega Breakfast | Ghostly International | |
| (Various) | Rock the Net: Musicians for Network Neutrality | Thirsty Ear | |
| Pop Levi | Never Never Love | Counter | |
| Cephas & Wiggins | Richmond Blues | Smithsonian Folkways |
Week: 06/27/2008 - 07/03/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beck | Modern Guilt | DGC | |
| Hypatia Lake | Angels and Demons, Space and Time | Reverb | |
| Silver Jews | Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea | Drag City | |
| First Communion Afterparty | Sorry for all the Mondays and to Those Who Can't Sing | Mpls Ltd | |
| Elliott Brood | Mountain Meadows | Six Shooter | |
| Abe Vigoda | Skeleton | Post Present Medium | |
| Ratatat | LP3 | XL | |
| Moscow Olympics | Cut the World | Lavender | |
| Daedelus | Love to Make Music To | Ninja Tune | |
| Loudspeaker Speaker Meets Clearly Human | Like Ten Feet Tall | Broken Twilight | |
| At the Spine | Vita | Global Seepej | |
| John Matthias | Stories for the Watercooler | Counter | |
| Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers | Miles from Home | Dionysus | |
| Johnny Osbourne | Truth and Rights (Deluxe Edition) | Heartbeat |
Week: 06/20/2008 - 06/26/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hold Steady | Stay Positive | Vagrant | |
| Hercules and Love Affair | Hercules and Love Affair | DFA/Mute | |
| Sigur Ros | Meo Suo I Eyrum Vio Spilum Endalaust | XL | |
| The Duchess and the Duke | She's the Duchess, He's the Duke | Hardly Art | |
| Das Llamas | Class Wars K-12 | Aviation | |
| Sunset | The Glowing City | Autobus | |
| Dr. Dog | Fate | Park the Van | |
| Sonantes | Sonantes | Six Degrees | |
| Love as Laughter | Holy | Epic | |
| Joseph Arthur | Crazy Rain/Vagabond Skies/Foreign Girls | Lonely Astronaut | |
| Be Your Own Pet | Get Damaged EP | XL | |
| Nathan Wade and the Dark Pioneers | The Chroma Session EP | Crow King | |
| Brendan Canning | Something For All Of Us | Arts & Crafts | |
| Albert Hammond Jr. | Como Te Llama? | Black Seal | |
| I Heart Hiroshima | Tuff Teef | Valve | |
| The Lines | Memory Span | Acute | |
| PPP aka Platinum Pied Pipers | On a Cloud/Angel | Ubiquity |
Week: 06/13/2008 - 06/19/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Khan & the Shrines | The Supreme Genius Of | Vice | |
| The Baseball Project | Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails | Yep Roc | |
| Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band | Weepy EP | self-released | |
| Coldplay | Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends | Capitol | |
| Experimental Aircraft | Third Transmission | Graveface | |
| (Various) | The Synchronicity Suite | Moongadget | |
| Elba | An Avalanche | self-released | |
| (Various) | Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels | The Numero Group | |
| Earlimart | Hymn and Her | Majordomo | |
| Chumbawamba | The Boy Bands Have Won | Trade Root | |
| The Tasteful Nudes | The Soul of the New Machines | Forced Perspective Collective | |
| Flying Lotus | Los Angeles | Warp | |
| (Various) | Ed Rec, Vol. III | Ed Banger | |
| Air France | No Way Down | Sincerely Yours | |
| Sigur Ros | Gobbledigook | XL |
Week: 06/06/2008 - 06/12/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Parade | At Mount Zoomer | Sub Pop | |
| The Notwist | The Devil, You + Me | Domino | |
| The Cute Lepers | Can't Stand Modern Music | Blackheart | |
| NOMO | Ghost Rock | Ubiquity | |
| The Saturday Knights | Mingle | Light In The Attic | |
| Blue Giant | EP | self-released | |
| Grupo Fantasma | Sonidos Gold | Aire Sol | |
| Adem | Takes | Domino | |
| Robert Pollard | Robert Pollard Is Off To Business | self-released | |
| Kutiman | Kutiman | Melting Pot | |
| Steel Tigers of Death | Proudly Presents Steel Tigers of Death | self-released | |
| Osborne | Osborne | Spectral Sound | |
| Jaguar Love | Jaguar Love | Matador | |
| The Love Lights | Young Lions | self-released | |
| Adele | 19 | XL/Columbia | |
| The Crying Shame | In A Field | self-released | |
| Cineplexx | Picnic | Portia | |
| My Brightest Diamond | A Thousand Shark's Teeth | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| Rusty Willoughby | Filament Dust | self-released | |
| Health | Health//Disco | Lovepump United | |
| Jeremy Jay | A Place Where We Could Go | K |
Week: 05/30/2008 - 06/05/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes | Sub Pop | |
| My Morning Jacket | Evil Urges | ATO | |
| Head Like A Kite | There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere | Mush | |
| Eef Barzelay | Lose Big | 429 | |
| Aimee Mann | @#%&*! Smilers | SuperEgo | |
| J-Live | Then What Happened? | BBE | |
| El Ten Eleven | Every Direction Is North | Fake Record Label | |
| N.E.R.D. | Seeing Sounds | Star Trak/Interscope | |
| Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter | Gentleness of Nothing EP | Fargo | |
| Douglas Armour | The Light of a Golden Day, The Arms of the Night | The Social Registry | |
| Telekinesis! | Toulouse-Lautrec | self-released | |
| Love as Laughter | Holy E.P. | Epic | |
| Kunk | We Are Not Who You Think We Are | Plastic Sun | |
| The Dry County Crooks | When Hearts Break | Mastan | |
| Favorita | Favorita | Popsicle |
Week: 05/23/2008 - 05/30/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cool Kids | The Bake Sale | Chocolate Industries | |
| Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Lie Down in the Light | Drag City | |
| Shearwater | Rook | Matador | |
| Alejandro Escovedo | Real Animal | Back Porch/Manhattan | |
| Ladytron | Velocifero | Nettwerk | |
| Panda & Angel | Panda & Angel | self-released | |
| Awesome Color | Electric Aborigines | Ecstatic Peace! | |
| (Various) | Nada Mucho presents: Sounds from the Seattle Undergroun | Global Seepej | |
| Autolite Strike | Mohawk Blues | Orgonized | |
| Presto | State of the Art | Concrete Grooves | |
| Devon Williams | Carefree | Ba Da Bing | |
| Joan as Police Woman | To Survive | Cheap Lullaby | |
| Tea for Julie | The Sense in Tying Knots | self-released | |
| Booka Shade | The Sun & the Neon Light | Get Physical | |
| Isol/Zypce | Sima | Darla | |
| Team Robespierre | Everything's Perfect | Impose | |
| Styrofoam | A Thousand Words | Nettwerk | |
| The Bridal Shop | From Seas | Magic Marker | |
| SubtractiveLAD | Apparatus | n5MD | |
| (Various) | Ball of Wax Volume 12 Spring 2008 | Ball of Wax | |
| Steinski | What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective | Illegal Art |
Week: 05/09/2008 - 05/15/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Roots | Rising Down | Def Jam | |
| Duffy | Rockferry | Mercury | |
| Quiet Village | Silent Movie | !K7 | |
| Benga | Diary of an Afro Warrior | Tempa | |
| Al Green | Lay It Down | Blue Note | |
| James Pants | Welcome | Stones Throw | |
| Walter Meego | Voyager | Almost Gold | |
| Baskervilles | Twilight | Secret Crush | |
| James Hunter | The Hard Way | GO/Hear Music | |
| The Ting Tings | We Started Nothing | Columbia | |
| Truckasauras | Tea Parties, Guns and Valor | Fourthcity | |
| Dirty On Purpose | Like Bees EP | self-released | |
| Natalia Clavier | Nectar | Eighteenth Street Lounge | |
| The Quit | Minus Tide | Tindrum | |
| Elder Mason | The Seclusionist Speaks | self-released | |
| The Pinker Tones | Wild Animals | Nacional | |
| Seun Kuti + Fela's Egypt 80 | Sean Kuti + Fela's Egypt 80 | Disorient | |
| (Various) | Wild Ride! | Go-Kustom | |
| Simone White | I Am The Man | Honest Jon's | |
| The Futureheads | This Is Not The World | nul | |
| Solomon Burke | Like a Fire | Shout! Factory | |
| Orkestar Zirkonium | Orkestar Zirkonium | self-released | |
| Michael Vermillion | Last Night On Earth | self-released | |
| Forro in the Dark | Dia De Roda | Nublu |
Week: 05/02/2008 - 05/08/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death Cab For Cutie | Narrow Stairs | Atlantic | |
| Mates of State | Re-Arrange Us | Barsuk | |
| Shake Some Action! | Sunny Days Ahead | Satellite 451 | |
| The Herbaliser | Same As It Never Was | !K7 | |
| Mudhoney | The Luckey Ones | Sup Pop | |
| Mudhoney | Superfuzz Bigmuff deluxe edition | Sup Pop | |
| The National | The Virginia EP | Beggars Banquet | |
| Bad Dudes | Eat Drugs | Retard Disco | |
| Marbet Rocel | Speed Emotions | Compost | |
| Pink Skull | Zeppelin 3 | Free News Projects | |
| Natalie Portman's Shaved Head | Glistening Pleasure | Team Swan | |
| Danny Massure | What It Is | Spring Strut | |
| Nobody Presents Blank Blue | Western Water Music Volume II | Ubiquity | |
| Mission Of Burma | Signals, Calls and Marches | Matador |
Week: 04/18/2008 - 04/24/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portishead | Third | Mercury | |
| No Age | Nouns | Sub Pop | |
| Common Market | Black Patch War | MassLine | |
| The Last Shadow Puppets | The Age of the Understatement | Domino | |
| Santogold | Santogold | Downtown | |
| Pomegranates | Everything is Alive | Lujo | |
| Atmosphere | When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold | Rhymesayers | |
| David Karsten Daniels | Fear of Flying | Fatcat | |
| Boris | Smile | Southern Lord | |
| The Night Marchers | See You in Magic | Vagrant | |
| Braille | The IV Edition | Syntax/Koch | |
| The Lodger | Life Is Sweet | Slumberland | |
| Giant Panda | Electric Laser | Tres | |
| Subtle | Exiting Arm | Lex | |
| The Long Blondes | Couples | Rough Trade | |
| Joseph Arthur | Crazy Rain | Lonely Astronaut | |
| (Various) | Soul Messages From Dimona | The Numero Group | |
| Sun Kil Moon | April | Caldo Verde | |
| Guru's Jazzmatazz | The Timebomb: Back to the Future Mixtape | 7 Grand | |
| The Replacements | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash | Twin Tone/Ryko/Rhino | |
| The Replacements | Stink | Twin Tone/Ryko/Rhino | |
| The Replacements | Hootenanny | Twin Tone/Ryko/Rhino | |
| The Replacements | Let It Be | Twin Tone/Ryko/Rhino | |
| Nat Baldwin | Most Valuable Player | Broken Sparrow | |
| Half Light | Sleep More, Take More Drugs, Do Whatever We Want | self-released | |
| Arc Lab | The Goodbye Radio | n5MD | |
| Sunset | Bright Blue Dream | self-released | |
| Partman Parthorse | Year of the Jerk | self-released | |
| Tea Cozies | Pretty Pages/Reglons | self-released |
Week: 04/11/2008 - 04/17/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frightened Rabbit | The Midnight Organ Fight | Fatcat | |
| M83 | Saturdays = Youth | Mute | |
| Firewater | The Golden Hour | Bloodshot | |
| Langhorne Slim & The War Eagles | Langhorne Slim & The War Eagles | Kemado | |
| Chin Chin | Chin Chin | Definitive Jux | |
| Black Kids | I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You | Almost Gold | |
| The Last Shadow Puppets | The Age of the Understatement EP | Domino | |
| Blue Scholars | Butter&Gun$ | Rawkus/Massline | |
| Animal Collective | Water Curses | Domino | |
| Dizzee Rascal | Maths + English | Definitive Jux | |
| Jenny Scheinman | Jenny Scheinman | Koch | |
| Gossip | Live in Liverpool | Columbia | |
| Jef Stott | Saracen | Six Degrees | |
| Annuals/Sunfold | Wet Zoo | Canvasback/Terpsikhore | |
| (Various) | Esopus #10: Good News | Esopus | |
| The Old Haunts | Poisonous Times | Kill Rock Stars | |
| Young Knives | Superabundance | Rykodisc | |
| Le Loup | Live at KEXP | KEXP |
Week: 04/04/2008 - 04/10/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Angels | Directions to See a Ghost | Light in the Attic | |
| Kassin + 2 | Futurismo | Luaka Bop | |
| Old 97's | Blame It On Gravity | New West | |
| Tokyo Police Club | Elephant Shell | Saddle Creek | |
| Yelle | Pop Up | Caroline | |
| Thalia Zedek | Liars and Prayers | Thrill Jockey | |
| Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible | Tijuana Sound Machine | Nacional | |
| The Little Ones | Terry Tales & Fallen Gates | Branches | |
| Metaform | Standing on the Shoulders of Giants | Just | |
| Flight of the Conchords | Flight of the Conchords | Sub Pop | |
| Tennis Pro | Are You There God? It's Me, Tennis Pro | self-released |
Week: 03/28/2008 - 04/03/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cut Copy | In Ghost Colours | Modular | |
| Jamie Lidell | Jim | Warp | |
| Constantines | Kensington Heights | Arts & Crafts | |
| Barry Adamson | Back to the Cat | Central Control | |
| The Turn-Ons | Curse | self-released | |
| Mochipet | Microphonepet | Daly City | |
| Jim Noir | Jim Noir | Barsuk | |
| Neon Neon | Stainless Style | Lex | |
| Snake & Jet's Amazing Bullit Band | X Ray Spirit | Crunchy Frog | |
| Lyrics Born | Everywhere at Once | Anti- | |
| 3 Na Massa | 3 Na Massa | Nublu | |
| Tobias Froberg | Turn Heads | Cheap Lullaby | |
| Clinic | Do It! | Domino | |
| Wye Oak | If Children | Merge | |
| In Cadeo | In Cadeo | self-released | |
| Etran Finatawa | Desert Crossroads | Riverboat/World Music Network | |
| Tapes 'n Tapes | Walk It Off | XL | |
| Colin Meloy | Sings Live! | Kill Rock Stars | |
| French Kicks | Swimming | Vagrant | |
| Telepathique | Love & Lust | The Control Group | |
| Wallpaper | Wallpaper | self-released | |
| The Breeders | Mountain Battles | 4AD | |
| Poland | Schoolboy Crush on Che Guevara | Class M | |
| Tulsa | Live at KEXP | KEXP |
Week: 2/22/2008 - 2/28/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part One | 4th World War | |
| Los Campesinos! | Hold On Now, Youngster | Arts & Crafts | |
| Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks | Real Emotional Trash | Matador | |
| The Heavy | Great Vengeance and Furious Fire | Counter/+1 | |
| Dodos | Visiter | Frenchkiss | |
| Toumast | Ishumar | Real World | |
| Black Whales | Black Whales | demo | |
| Why? | Alopecia | Anticon | |
| Destroyer | Trouble in Dreams | Merge | |
| Varmint | Varmint | self-released | |
| Amelia | A Long, Lovely List of Repairs | Adrenaline | |
| Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day | A Walk in the Dark | Songlines | |
| Lucy Bland | Down to Sea Level | self-released | |
| Lee "Scratch" Perry | Chicken Scratch | Heartbeat | |
| Santogold | Creator | Downtown | |
| (Various) | In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 | Shout! Factory |
Week: 2/29/2008 - 3/6/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| These New Puritans | Beat Pyramid | Domino | |
| Sera Cahoone | Only as the Day is Long | Sub Pop | |
| Be Your Own Pet | Get Awkward | Ecstatic Peace!/Universal | |
| Man Plus | The Hungarian Suicide Songbook | self-released | |
| The Heavy Hearts | A Killer of Snakes | Selector Sound | |
| Fleet Foxes | Sun Giant | Sub Pop | |
| Ray | Death in Fiction | Pito | |
| Joseph Arthur | Could We Survive | Lonely Astronaut | |
| The Ruby Suns | Sea Lion | Sub Pop | |
| Bauhaus | Go Away White | Bauhaus Musik | |
| Jason Anderson | The Hopeful and the Unafraid | K | |
| Astral | Sleepwalker | Vibraphone | |
| What Made Milwaukee Famous | What Doesn't Kill Us | Barsuk | |
| (Various) | Don't Stop: Recording Tap | The Numero Group | |
| Autechre | Quaristice | Warp | |
| Flat Duo Jets | Two Headed Cow | Chicken Ranch | |
| (Various) | Disco Not Disco | Strut | |
| Sound Dimension | Mojo Rocksteady Beat | Soul Jazz | |
| White Hinterland | Phylactery Factory | Dead Oceans | |
| Lumerians | Lumerians | Subterranean Elephants | |
| The Ting Tings | Great DJ | RED/Columbia |
Week: 3/7/2008 - 3/13/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kills | Midnight Boom | Domino | |
| Plants and Animals | Parc Avenue | Secret City | |
| Neon Neon | Stainless Style | Lex | |
| The Pharmacy | Choose Yr Own Adventure | Don't Stop Believin' | |
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles | Last Gang | |
| Palodine | Garden of Deceit | Tarnished | |
| Toumani Diabate | The Mande Variations | Nonesuch | |
| She & Him | Volume One | Merge | |
| Pneumonia Jones | Seven Songs to Cuddle To | self-released | |
| Lori Meyers | Lori Meyers | Universal Spain | |
| The Starlings | Marveling the While | self-released | |
| Lords of the North | Lords of the North | Radio Optic |
Week: 3/14/2008 - 3/20/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Cult | Feel Good Ghosts | Tea | |
| Gnarls Barkley | The Odd Couple | Downtown/Atlantic | |
| Skullbot | Titan | self-released | |
| Elbow | The Seldom Seen Kid | Polydor UK | |
| The Jealous Girlfriends | The Jealous Girlfriends | Good Fences | |
| (Various) | The Funhouse Comp Thing II | MyFatAss Productions | |
| Triclops! | Out of Africa | Alternative Tentacles | |
| Monkeywrench | Gabriel's Horn | Birdman | |
| Man Man | Rabbit Habits | Anti | |
| Atlas Sound | Let the Blind Lead Those That Can See But Cannot Feel | Kranky | |
| Clark | Turning Dragon | Warp | |
| Justin Townes Earle | The Good Life | Bloodshot | |
| Del the Funky Homosapien | 11th Hour | Definitive Jux | |
| Clinic | The Witch | Domino |
Week: 3/21/2008 - 3/27/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Angels | Directions to See a Ghost | Light in the Attic | |
| Kassin + 2 | Futurismo | Luaka Bop | |
| Old 97's | Blame It On Gravity | New West | |
| Tokyo Police Club | Elephant Shell | Saddle Creek | |
| Yelle | Pop Up | Caroline | |
| Thalia Zedek | Liars and Prayers | Thrill Jockey | |
| Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible | Tijuana Sound Machine | Nacional | |
| The Little Ones | Terry Tales & Fallen Gates | Branches | |
| Metaform | Standing on the Shoulders of Giants | Just | |
| Flight of the Conchords | Flight of the Conchords | Sub Pop | |
| Tennis Pro | Are You There God? It's Me, Tennis Pro | self-released |
Week: 1/25/2008 - 1/31/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sons & Daughters | This Gift | Domino | |
| Future of the Left | Curses | Too Pure | |
| Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend | XL | |
| The Ettes | Look at Life Again Soon | self-released | |
| American Music Club | The Golden Age | Merge | |
| The Jet Age | What Did You Do During the War, Daddy? | Sonic Boomerang | |
| Throw Me the Statue | Moonbeams | Secretly Canadian | |
| The Transmissionary Six | Cosmonautical | Tarnished | |
| Jack Penate | Matinee | XL | |
| Grynch | My Second Wind | self-released | |
| Dead Meadow | Old Growth | Matador | |
| The Big Sleep | Sleep Forever | Frenchkiss | |
| Swell | South of the Rain and Snow | pSychoSpecific | |
| Swell | The Lost Album | pSychoSpecific | |
| Boscoe | Boscoe | The Numero Group | |
| (Various) | Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts of Deep City | The Numero Group | |
| Karate Kitchen | Good Morning Sunset | West of January | |
| Bad Love Sessions | Bad Love Sessions | self-released |
Week: 02/08/2008 - 02/14/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghostland Observatory | Robotique Majestique | Trashy Moped | |
| Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands | Cody's Dream | Bloodshot | |
| Blood on the Wall | Liferz | The Social Registry | |
| The Mae Shi | Hllyh | Team Shi | |
| Working for a Nuclear Free City | Businessmen & Ghosts | Deaf Dumb + Blind | |
| The Mountain Goats | Heretic Pride | 4AD | |
| Born Ruffians | Red Yellow & Blue | Warp | |
| Speaker Speaker | Call It Off | Burning Building | |
| Akrobatik | Absolute Value | Fat Beats | |
| Devastations | Yes, U | Beggars Banquet | |
| Xiu Xiu | Women as Lovers | Kill Rock Stars | |
| Beach House | Devotion | Carpark | |
| Halou | Sawtooth | self-released | |
| The Lions | Jungle Struttin' | Ubiquity | |
| Bubblegum Lemonade | Ten Years Younger EP | Matinee | |
| Star Anna | Crooked Path | Malamute | |
| Kublakai | The Basics | self-released | |
| The Beautiful Confusion | The Beautiful Confusion | self-released | |
| Tender Forever | Wider | K | |
| Monade | Monstre Cosmic | Too Pure | |
| Solid Gold | Who You Gonna Run To? | self-released | |
| Bitcrush | Epilogue in Waves | n5MD | |
| Zach Harjo | Dark Poems | self-released | |
| Battle Hymns | Hidden Reservations | self-released | |
| Slow Skate | Trace the Lines | Conduit |
Week: 02/15/2008 - 02/21/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gutter Twins | Saturnalia | Sub Pop | |
| DeVotchKa | A Mad & Faithful Telling | Anti | |
| Thee Emergency | Solid | self | |
| Jim White | Transnormal Skiperoo | Luaka Bop | |
| Voyager One | Afterhours in the Afterlife | Loveless | |
| Shane Tutmarc & the Traveling Mercies | Hey Lazarus! | Inverness | |
| Goldfrapp | Seventh Heaven | Mute | |
| The Dirtbombs | We Have You Surrounded | In the Red | |
| Waco Brothers | Waco Express: Live & Kickin' at Schuba's Tavern | Bloodshot | |
| The Kills | Midnight Boom | Domino | |
| Bon Iver | For Emma, Forever Ago | Jagjaguwar | |
| These United States | A Picture of the Three of Us at the Gate to the Garden of Eden | self |
Week: 01/18/2008 - 01/24/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Teenagers | Reality Check | XL | |
| The Hands | The Hands | Selector Sound | |
| Kelley Stoltz | Circular Sounds | Sub Pop | |
| (Various) | Brazil Classics 7: What's Happening in Pernambuco? | Luaka Bop | |
| Super Furry Animals | Hey Venus! | Rough Trade | |
| The Bell | Make Some Quiet | Badman | |
| Antietam | Opus Mixtum | Carrot Top | |
| Gary Louris | Vagabonds | Rykodisc | |
| Shim | Feel Like a King | self-released | |
| Kultur Shock | Live in Europe | self-released | |
| (Various) | Future Sounds of Jazz Vol. 11 | Compost | |
| Ghostland Observatory | Robotique Majestique | Trashy Moped | |
| Jason Collett | Here's to Being Here | Arts & Crafts | |
| Free Form Funky Freqs | Urban Mythology Volume One | Thirsty Ear | |
| Citay | Little Kingdom | Dead Oceans | |
| Up Bustle & Out | Istanbul's Secrets | Collision | |
| Disinterested | Behind Us | Dynamophone | |
| Pants Yell! | Alison Statton | Soft Abuse | |
| Yoav | Charmed and Strange | Verve Forecast | |
| A Gun That Shoots Knives | Love | Bad Horses |
Week: 01/11/2008 - 01/17/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Sea Power | Do You Like Rock Music? | Rough Trade | |
| Hot Chip | Made in the Dark | Astralwerks | |
| Cat Power | Jukebox | Matador | |
| Black Mountain | In the Future | Jagjaguwar | |
| The Helio Sequence | Keep Your Eyes Ahead | Sub Pop | |
| Evangelicals | The Evening Descends | Dead Oceans | |
| Shelby Lynne | Just a Little Lovin' | Lost Highway | |
| The Duke Spirit | Ex-Voto E.P. | Love Token | |
| Chris Joss | Teraphonic Overdubs | Eighteenth Street Lounge | |
| Ursula 1000 | Undressed | Eighteenth Street Lounge | |
| The Acorn | Glory Hope Mountain | Paper Bag | |
| Cheb i Sabbah | Devotion | Six Degrees | |
| Saturation Point | On the Blink | LouTunes | |
| Ghislain Poirier | No Ground Under | Ninja Tune | |
| School of Language | Rockist | Thrill Jockey | |
| Obelus | Wrecking Ball | self-released | |
| Super Furry Animals | Hey Venus! | Rough Trade |
Week: 01/04/2008 - 01/10/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drive-By Truckers | Brighter Than Creation's Dark | New West | |
| Magnetic Fields | Distortion | Nonesuch | |
| Thao with the Get Down Stay Down | We Brave Bee Stings and All | Kill Rock Stars | |
| Chris Walla | Field Manual | Barsuk | |
| Tyler Ramsey | A Long Dream About Swimming Across the Sea | Echo Mountain | |
| Say Hi | The Wishes and the Glitch | Euphobia | |
| Nada Surf | Lucky | Barsuk | |
| Bob Mould | District Line | Anti- | |
| Times New Viking | Rip It Off | Matador | |
| Steve Reid Ensemble | Daxaar | Domino | |
| Cornelius | Gum | Everloving | |
| Hey Willpower | P.D.A. | Tomlab | |
| The Lashes | Thank You | self-released |
Week: 12/28/2007 - 01/03/2008
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightspeed Champion | Falling Off the Lavender Bridge | Domino | |
| The Shackeltons | The Shackeltons | Loveless | |
| Joshua Morrison | Home | Expanding Brooklyn | |
| Dengue Fever | Venus on Earth | M80 | |
| The Whigs | Mission Control | ATO | |
| Lupe Fiasco | The Cool | Atlantic | |
| Drive-By Truckers | Brighter Than Creation's Dark | New West | |
| (Soundtrack) | The Great Debaters | Atlantic | |
| Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings | Live at the Triple Door | KEXP | |
| Blue Scholars | Live at KEXP, 12/13/07 | KEXP | |
| Cock and Swan | Marshmallow Sunset | Dandelion Gold | |
| Barton Carroll | The Lost One | Skybucket | |
| Beast, Please Be Still | Beast, Please Be Still | Beep Repaired | |
| (Various) | Soul Jazz Records Singles 2006-2007 | Soul Jazz | |
| Emily Jane White | Dark Undercoat | Double Negative | |
| (Various) | Well Deep: Ten Years of Big Dada Recordings | Big Dada |