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Record of the Year 2008

Dec 15, 2008, 10:49pm VAGUE SPACE
This year turned out to be a rather interesting year in music. Lots of anticipation early for new albums by The Mountain Goats, Destroyer, Xiu Xiu, Stephen Malkmus, The Magnetic Fields, My Morning Jacket, and of course, Wolf Parade, many of which disappointed. Unexpected releases by Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Okkervil River, and Conor Oberst that didn't quite live up to previous albums, but some of them grew on me. Big blog and indie rock hype for bands I just couldn't get into for the most part (Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Bon Iver, Vampire Weekend, No Age, Cut Copy, Vampire Weekend -- [...]
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