Elk van de redactieleden beleefde op zijn eigen unieke manier het gezegende popjaar 2008
deel twee van de lijstjes 2008…

* Geert Huys - 2008 STRIKES BACK!….. DE CRUCIALE 40
01. STEVE WYNN & THE DRAGON BRIDGE ORCHESTRA - Crossing Dragon Bridge
02. THE GUTTER TWINS – Saturnalia
03. VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Vampire Weekend
04. FLEET FOXES - Fleet Foxes
05. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - Narrow Stairs
06. BON IVER - For Emma, Forever Ago
07. LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION - Falling off the Lavender Bridge
08. PORTISHEAD – Third
09. ROLAND VAN CAMPENHAUT - Never Enough
10. GALACTIC - From the Corner to the Block
11. BECK - Modern Guilt
12. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
13. WHITE RABBITS - Fort Nightly
14. THE BASEBALL PROJECT - Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
15. SIGUR RÓS - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
16. LAST SHADOW PUPPETS - The Age of Understatement
17. MERCURY REV - Snowflake Midnight
18. METALLICA - Death Magnetic
19. THE VERVE – Forth
20. CALEXICO - Carried to Dust
21. WOVEN HAND - Ten Stones
22. RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS – Cardinology
23. A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS - A Place to Bury Strangers
24. BRITISH SEA POWER - Do You Like Rock Music?
25. CLAW BOYS CLAW - Pajama Day
26. CASS McCOMBS - Dropping the Writ
27. I AM KLOOT - Play Moolah Rouge
28. MADRUGADA – Madrugada
29. R.E.M. – Accelerate
30. WIRE - Object 47
31. FOALS – Antidotes
32. ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN - Sunday at Devil Dirt / Keep Me in Mind Sweetheart EP
33. THE FIREMAN - Electric Arguments
34. MUDHONEY - The Lucky Ones
35. WHITE CIRCLE CRIME CLUB - Pictures of Stares
36. THE RASCALS – Rascalize
37. PAULUSMA – iRecord
38. ELBOW - The Seldom Seen Kid
39. BLOOD RED SHOES - Box of Secrets
40. CONFUSE THE CAT – Kericky

* Erwin Vanlaere - 2008 – Muzikaal Jaaroverzicht
50 plaatjes om te koesteren, gebaseerd op een erg persoonlijke keuze

Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes / Sun Giant (EP)
TV On The Radio – Dear Science
Sigur Rós – Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
Accidental, The – There Were Wolves
Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
Forster, Robert – The Evangelist
Gutter Twins, The – Saturnalia
Gregor Samsa – Rest
National Bank, The – Come On Over To The Other Side
Weller, Paul – 22 Dreams
No-Man – Schoolyard Ghosts
Last Shadow Puppets, The - The Age Of The Understatement
Calexico – Carried To Dust
Booka Shade – The Sun & The Neon Light
Foals – Antidotes
Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning – Something For All Of Us
Diamond, Neil – Home Before Dark
At The Close Of Every Day – Troostprijs
Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
Winwood, Steve – Nine Lives
Sparks – Exotic Creatures Of The Deep
Lykke Li – Youth Novels
Milosh – III
Torrini, Emiliana – Me And My Armini
Duffy – Rockferry
Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
Wilson, Brian – That Lucky Old Sun
Black Keys, The – Attack & Release
Tangent, The - Not As Good As The Book
Dirtmusic – Dirtmusic
Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree
Hinson, Micah P. And The Red Empire Orchestra – Idem
Hotel Lights – Firecracker People
Cave, Nick & The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig !!!
Adele – 19
I Am Kloot - Play Moolah Rouge
I’m From Barcelona – Who Killed Harry Houdini?
Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns
Middleton, Macolm – Sleight Of Heart
Collett, Jason – Here’s To Being Here
Yorkston, James – When The Haar Rolls In
Lightspeed Champion – Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
James – Hey Ma
Headlights – Some Racing, Some Stopping
Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
Reed, Eli Paperboy – Roll With You
Blind Pilot – 3 Rounds And A Sound
Sun Kil Moon – April
Nada Surf – Lucky

Enkele erg boeiende en tevens fraaie heruitgaven:
Bowie, David - Live Santa Monica '72
Dylan, Bob – Tell Tale Sings:  The Bootleg Series Vol.8
Genesis - Genesis 1970-1975
Herman’s Hermits - Into Something Good: The Mickie Most Years (1964-1972) 
Jethro Tull - This Was (Collector’s Edition)
Kooper, Al - I Stand Alone  / You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
Lowe, Nick – Jesus Of Cool
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors (Deluxe Edition)
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Triffids, The - Beautiful Waste And Other Songs / The Black Swan / Treeless Plain
Wilson, Al – Searching For The Dolphins: The Complete Soul City Recordings & More (1967 – 71)
Wilson, Dennis – Pacific Ocean Blue
En ten slotte – maar niet in het minst – de inspanning van Motown om via diverse compilaties de archieven te openen. Aldus wordt volgend jaar in ieder geval de 50^ste verjaardag alle luister bijgezet.

Enkele uitstekende concerten:
Joe Henry (Handelsbeurs, Gent), Ólafur Arnalds (Magdalenazaal Brugge), The Posies (Trix, Antwerpen), Efterklang (Feeërieën, Brussel) Grace Jones (Lokerse Feesten), Sigur Rós, Elbow, Mercury Rev, Editors, Hot Cip en Bloc Party (Pukkelpop)


* Simon Vanbecelaere - Top 15 2008
Death Angel – Killing Season
Sabaton – The art of War
Volbeat – Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood
AC/DC – Black Ice
Iced Earth – The Crucible of Man
Hollenthon – Opus Magnum
Jon Oliva’s Pain – Global Warning
Alghazanth – Wreat of Thenetat
Cavalera Conspiracy – Inflikted
Alestorm – Captain Morgan’s Revenge
Black Tide – Light From Above
Testament – Formation of Damnation
Warbringer – War Without End
Draconian – Turning Season Within
Kampfar – Heimgang


* Johan Meurisse - Meesterlijke cd tjes van 2008

1.  Bon Iver: For Emma Forever Ago
2.  Blood Red Shoes: Box of secrets
3.  Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
4.  The Last Shadow Puppets: The age of the understatement
5.  Woven Hand: Ten Stones
6.  Portishead: Third
7.  The Gutter Twins: Saturnalia
8.  Conor Oberst: Conor Oberdt
9.  Grace Jones: Hurricane
10. Madensuyu: D is done
11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
12. Friendly Fires: Friendly Fires
13. Foals: Antidotes
14. Mogwai: The hawk is howling
15. Elbow: The seldom seen kid
16. TV On The radio: Dear Scincnce
17. Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
18. The Dodos: Visiter
19. Motorpsycho: Little lucid moments
20. The Ting Tings: We started nothing
21. Kaiser Chiefs: Off with their heads
22. Snow Patrol: A hundred million suns
23. Calexico: Carried to dust
24. Bonnie’ Prince’ Billy: Is it the sea
25. Sigur Ros: Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
26. Coldplay: Viva la Vida or death and all his friends
27. dEUS: Vantage Point
28. Tricky: Knowle West Boy
29. O’Death: Broken hymns limbs and skin
30. Amy Macdonald: This is the life

* Zomersingletjes:
Amy MacDonald: This is the life
MGMT: Kids

* Concerten:
- Babyshambles – Aéronef Lille - 13.01
- Zita Swoon - Bandinabox - KC Brussel - 21.02
- Air Traffic - AB Brussel - 28.02
- QOSA - Lotto Arena Antwerpen - 02.03
- The Cure - Sportpaleis Antwerpen -14.03
- The Posies - Manuscript Oostende - 23.04
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Vorst Nat - 01.05
- dEUS – MaZ Brugge - 03.05
- Portishead - Vorst Nat - 08.05
- RATM - Sportpaleis Antwerpen - 02.06
- Elbow - Botanique Brussel - 24.06
- Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band - Botanique Brussel - 03.09
- Bon Iver - Botanique Brussel - 03.10
- Coldplay - Sportpaleis Antwerpen - 04.10
- Motorpsycho - Depot, Leuven - 18.10
- The Last Shadow Puppets - KC Brussel -19.10
- Blood Red Shoes – Botanique Brussel - 29.10
- Lightning Bolt - Scheld’Apen Antwerpen - 03.11
- The Ting Tings – Botanique Brussel - 10.11
- Tricky – Hof ter Lo Antwerpen - 12.11
- The Dodos - VK Sint-Jans Molenbeek - 03.12
- The Residents – Depot Leuven – 05.12

Verder waren de optredens van The Black Box Revelation eender waar overtuigend, Wovenhand op Dour en Folkdranouter en Sonic Youth op de Lokerse Feesten

* Ergernis Bootsy Collins op Cactusfestival en Soulwax in al z’n gedaantes
 
* Interessante ontdekkingen vielen er te rapen in de Botanique (te koesteren zaaltjes!), op Polsslag (Steak Number Eight, Holy Fuck, The Ting Tings, Foals en Isis) en Festival les Inrocks te Lille met Friendly Fires en opnieuw … Foals

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