
Here's the second half of my list so if you missed the first part, it's right here . What you've got here are my favorite albums of 2008. Honestly, I was actually surprised how the list ended up but I don't care how much street cred I lose for these picks, they are the records that I just couldn't stop playing. 25. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins ( Jagjaguwar ) I'm pretty much convinced that any record that Will Sheff puts out (until [...]
Yeah, this record is pretty much awesome. There is no hyperbole in that statement either. Just imagine what might happen if you extracted the DNA from The Lawrence Arms (which itself contains some Jawbreaker DNA ), Lucero, and The Weakerthans, added some yellow #5 coloring and filtered out most of the alcoholism and you've pretty much hit the nail on the head when it comes to The State Lottery , a band whose members call NYC , Detroit, and Seattle home. It is intense without being overly abrasive and melodic without being [...]

Added: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Description: In honor of the Don's birthday, I'm going to let the state lottery pink couch out of it's holding cell. Unfortunately he's not in the recording at all. This is the title track off of their recent record on Salinas Records.