Update August 2008
Top 30
01. Elvis Costello – Momofuku
02. The Mountain Goats – Heretic pride
03. Robert Forster – The evangelist
04. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
05. Nils Lofgren – The loner
06. Bon Iver – For Emma, forever ago
07. Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst
08. Gary Louris – Vagabonds
09. Nick Cave – Dig, Lazarus, dig!
10. Willard Grant Conspiracy – Pilgrim Road
11. The Duke Spirit – Neptune
12. Palodine – Garden of deceit
13. Chris Mills – Living in the aftermath
14. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the lonely
15. Malcolm Middleton – Sleight of heart
16. Allison Moorer – Mockingbird
17. The Black Crowes – Warpaint
18. The Gutter Twins – Saturnalia
19. Bowerbirds – Hymns for a dark horse
20. Van Morrison – Keep it simple
21. John Hiatt – Same old man
22. Foals – Antidotes
23. Counting Crows – Saturday nights & sunday mornings
24. Drive-By Truckers – Brighter than creation’s dark
25. The Hold Steady – Stay positive
26. Tift Merritt – Another country
27. Whip – Blues for losers
28. Beck – Modern guilt
29. Aimee Mann – @#%&*! Smilers
30. REM – Accelerate
1-4 ****1/2
5-25 ****
26-30 ***1/2
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