| Yearly Rock Report for 2008 |
| # | Artist | Title | Label |
| 1 |
Big Dipper |
Supercluster (Anthology) |
Merge |
| 2 |
Parts & Labor |
Receivers |
Jagjaguwar |
| 3 |
The Dirtbombs |
We Have You Surrounded |
In The Red |
| 4 |
The December Sound |
The December Sound |
Dying Song |
| 5 |
Cute Lepers |
Can't Stand Modern Music |
Blackheart |
| 6 |
Gas |
Nah Und Fern |
Kompakt |
| 7 |
Dead Meadow |
Old Growth |
Matador |
| 8 |
No Age |
Nouns |
Sub Pop |
| 9 |
Various |
Do the Pop! Redux Part One |
Shock |
| 10 |
Fucked Up |
The Chemistry of Common Life |
Matador |
| 11 |
Major Stars |
Mirror/Messenger |
Drag City |
| 12 |
Cheap Time |
Cheap Time |
In The Red |
| 13 |
Foals |
Antidotes |
Transgressive/Sub Pop |
| 14 |
Darker My Love |
2 |
Dangerbird |
| 15 |
The Death Set |
Worldwide |
Counter |
| 16 |
The Big Sleep |
Sleep Forever |
frenchkiss |
| 17 |
The Estranged |
Static Thoughts |
Dirtnap |
| 18 |
The Night Marchers |
See You In Magic |
Vagrant |
| 19 |
The Love Me Nots |
Detroit |
Atomic a go go |
| 20 |
Holland |
Love Fluxus |
Teen Beat |
| 21 |
Faux Jean |
The Mongolian Invasion |
- |
| 22 |
Jeff Dahl |
Back To Monkey City |
Steel Cage |
| 23 |
Clouds |
We Are Above You |
Hydra Head |
| 24 |
Black Mountain |
The Future |
Jagjaguwar |
| 25 |
The Raveonettes |
Lust Lust Lust |
Vice |
| 26 |
Coconut Coolouts |
Party Time Machine |
Xeroid |
| 27 |
The Setting Son |
The Setting Son |
Bad Afro |
| 28 |
Appomattox |
AO |
Triple Down |
| 29 |
Various |
Ruling The World From The Backseat |
Lawless |
| 30 |
Teachers Pet |
Teachers Pet |
Smog Veil |
| 31 |
The Sea And Cake |
Car Alarm |
Thrill Jockey |
| 32 |
The Futureheads |
This is Not the World |
nul |
| 33 |
Death Vessel |
Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us |
Sub Pop |
| 34 |
Mountain Goats |
Heretic Pride |
4AD |
| 35 |
The Breeders |
Mountain Battles |
4AD |
| 36 |
Awesome Color |
Electric Aborigines |
Ecstatic Peace |
| 37 |
The Black Hollies |
Casting Shadows |
Ernest Jenning |
| 38 |
The Doom Buggies |
Doom Music for Dining |
- |
| 39 |
Ho-Ag |
Doctor Cowboy |
Hello Sir |
| 40 |
Mot?rhead |
Mot?rizer |
SPV |
| 41 |
Various |
He Put The Bomp! In The Bomp |
Bomp! |
| 42 |
Apache |
Boomtown Gems |
Birdman |
| 43 |
Working for a Nuclear Free City |
Businessmen & Ghosts |
Deaf Dumb & Blind |
| 44 |
Points |
S/T |
Mud Memory |
| 45 |
Deerhunter |
Microcastle |
Kranky |
| 46 |
Schlammpeitziger |
Schwingstelle fur Rauschabzug |
Sonig |
| 47 |
Torche |
Meanderthal |
Hydra Head |
| 48 |
Ponies In The Surf |
See You Happy |
Darla |
| 49 |
Libyans |
Libyans |
Upstate |
| 50 |
Various |
Break Out #2 |
Cut Out |
| 51 |
Bad Chopper |
Bad Chopper |
Acme |
| 52 |
Destroyalldreamers |
Wish I Was All Flames |
Where Are My |
| 53 |
Black Keys |
Attack & Release |
Nonesuch |
| 54 |
Magnetic Fields |
Distortion |
Nonesuch |
| 55 |
Portishead |
Third |
Mercury |
| 56 |
Tokyo Police Club |
Elephant Shell |
Saddle Creek |
| 57 |
Tyvek |
"2 X 7""" |
What's Your Rupture?' |
| 58 |
Die! Die! Die! |
Promises Promises |
S.A.F. |
| 59 |
Apache |
Boyz Life/Crystal Clear |
Douche Master |
| 60 |
ASG |
Win Us Over |
Volcom |
| 61 |
Ketman |
El Toro |
Lifted & Gifted |
| 62 |
Secret Shine |
All Of The Stars |
Clairecords |
| 63 |
Refuse Resist |
Mind: Yourself |
Rodent Popsicle |
| 64 |
Ratatat |
LP3 |
XL Recordings |
| 65 |
King Khan & the Shrines |
The Supreme Genius of ... |
Vice |
| 66 |
Be Your Own Pet |
Get Awkward |
Ecstatic Peace |
| 67 |
The Black Angels |
Directions to See a Ghost |
Light in the Attic |
| 68 |
The Bugs |
The Bugs |
Justice My Eye |
| 69 |
The Stuck Ups |
The Nasties/The Stuck Ups Split LP |
Squirrel |
| 70 |
Mudhoney |
The Lucky Ones |
Sub Pop |
| 71 |
Ladytron |
Velocifero |
Nettwerk |
| 72 |
Experimental Aircraft |
Third Transmission |
Graveface |
| 73 |
Astral |
Sleepwalker |
Vibraphone |
| 74 |
Imagincary Icons |
Imagincary Icons |
Daggerman |
| 75 |
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin |
Pershing |
Polyvinyl |
| 76 |
Eddy Current Suppression Ring |
Primary Colours |
Aarght!/Goner |
| 77 |
Molten Universe |
No Love Around |
Off The Hip |
| 78 |
Mogwai |
The Hawk is Howling |
Matador |
| 79 |
Sigur R?s |
Me_ su_ ? eyrum vi_ spilum endalaust |
XL Recordings |
| 80 |
Apollo Sunshine |
Shall Noise Upon |
Headless Heroes |
| 81 |
The Hex Dispensers |
Lose My Cool EP |
Douche Master |
| 82 |
Various |
Bippp |
Everloving |
| 83 |
Turpentine Brothers |
Turpentine Brothers |
Alien Snatch |
| 84 |
Tulsa |
I Was Submerged |
Park the Van |
| 85 |
Jay Reatard |
Singles 06-07 |
Matador |
| 86 |
These New Puritans |
Beat Pyramid |
Domino |
| 87 |
The Fleshtones |
Take a Good Look! |
Yep Roc |
| 88 |
The Shortcuts |
The Shortcuts |
- |
| 89 |
Bauhaus |
Go Away White |
Bauhaus Musik |
| 90 |
Disco Ensemble |
Magic Recoveries |
Fullsteam |
| 91 |
Pretty & Nice |
Get Young |
Hardly Art |
| 92 |
The High Water Marks |
Polar |
Happy Happy Birthday to Me |
| 93 |
Dillinger Four |
Civil War |
Fat Wreck Chords |
| 94 |
Various |
Harmonic Motion Volume 1 |
Differential |
| 95 |
The Replacements |
Radio Sampler |
Rhino |
| 96 |
The Kids |
The Kids (re-issue 1978) |
Havoc |
| 97 |
The Notwist |
"The Devil, You + Me" |
Domino |
| 98 |
Witch |
Paralyzed |
Tee Pee |
| 99 |
Black Helicopter |
Golden Days/Invasion of Prussia |
Ecstatic Peace |
| 100 |
The Gang |
Zero Hits |
Absolutely Kosher |