Best of 2008 (Listful Edition)

Presenting a list that has been months in the making. It's been edited on no less than 5 different computers and has been painstakingly researched by team of 1. Enjoy, and when you're done reading, I'd love to know what song, artist, or album you have or will check out because of Stoplight Sleep.

Albums

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1. Why? Alopecia

2. The Dodos Visiter

3. M83 Saturday = Youth

4. Los Campesinos! Hold On Now, Youngster

5. The Kills Midnight Boom

6. Hot Chip Made in the Dark

7. MGMT Oracular Spectacular

8. Crystal Castles Crystal Castles

9. Ra Ra Riot The Rhumb Line

10. Adele 19

11. Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago

12. TV on the Radio Dear Science

13. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes

14. Cold War Kids Loyalty to Loyalty

15. Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight

16. Portishead Third

17. Amanda Palmer Who Killed Amanda Palmer?

18. Sons and Daughters This Gift

19. Sigur Ros Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

20. Saul Williams The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust

21. Mates of State Re-arrange Us

22. Gang Gang Dance Saint Dympha

23. Single Frame S F E P

24. Justin Townes Earle The Good Life

25. Love is All A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night

26. Ladyhawk Ladyhawk

27. The Black Keys Attack & Release

28. Beck Modern Guilt

29. Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer

30. Lil Wayne The Carter III

31. She Keeps Bees Nest

32. Nine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IV

33. The Gutter Twins Saturnalia

34. School of Seven Bells Alpinisms

35. Kanye West 808s and Heartbreak

36. Blitzen Trapper Furr

37. She & Him Volume One

38. The Walkmen You & Me

39. Islands Arm's Way

40. Mogwai The Hawk is Howling

41. The Rosebuds Like Like

42. Dr. Dog Fate

43. Bloc Party Intimacy

44. Vetiver Thing of the Past

45. Atmosphere When Life Gives You Lemonade, Paint That Shit Gold

46. Man Man Rabbit Habits

47. The Faint Fasciinatiion

48. Alias Resurgam

49. Xiu Xiu Women as Lovers

50. Scarlett Johansson Anywhere I Lay My Head

Songs

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1. "Fatalist Palmastry" by Why? from Alopecia

2. "Kim & Jessie" by M83 from Saturdays = Youth

3. "Get Better" by Mates of State from Re-arrange Us

4. "White Winter Hymnal" by Fleet Foxes from Fleet Foxes

5. "Vanished" by Crystal Castles from Crystal Castles

6. "Fast Blood" by Frightened Rabbit from The Midnight Organ Fight

7. "Cold Mining" by Single Frame from S F E P

8. "U.R.A. Fever" by The Kills from Midnight Boom

9. "My Year In Lists" by Los Campesinos! from Hold On Now, Youngster

10. "God" by The Dodos from Visiter

11. "Hometown Glory" by Adele from 19

12. "Skinny Love" by Bon Iver from For Emma, Forever Ago

13. "Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur" by Sigur Rós from Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

14. "Machine Gun" by Portishead from Third

15. "Shake a Fist" by Hot Chip from Made in the Dark

16. "Dr. Carter" by Lil Wayne from Tha Carter III

17. "Dancing Choose" by TV on the Radio from Dear Science

18. "Time to Pretend" by MGMT from Oracular Spectacular

19. "Connjur" by School of Seven Bells from Alpinisms

20. "Furr" by Blitzen Trapper from Furr

21. "Hands In The Air" by Girl Talk from Feed The Animals

22. "Oxford Comma" by Vampire Weekend from Vampire Weekend

23. "House Jam" by Gang Gang Dance from Saint Dymnphna

24. "Robocop" by Kanye West from 808s and Heartbreak

25. "Soviet Connection," The Theme from Grand Theft Auto IV by Michael Hunter

26. "Oh, La" by Ra Ra Riot from The Rhumb Line

27. "Tiger Phone Card" by Dengue Fever from Venus on Earth

28. "This Gift" by Sons and Daughters

29. "Shoulda Known" by Atmosphere from When Life Gives you Lemonade . . .

30. "Leeds United" by Amanda Palmer from Who Killed Amanda Palmer?

31. "Nothing Ever Happens" by Deerhunter from Microcastle

32. "Creeper" by Islands from Arm's Way

33. "The Crippled Jazzer" by Marnie Stern from This Is It and I am It . . .

34. "Geraldine" by Glasvegas

35. "Raincoat Song" by The Decemberists from Always a Bridesmaid Vol. 3

36. "Hard Livin'" by Justin Townes Earle from The Good Life

37. "Every Valley is Not a Lake" by Cold War Kids from Loyalty to Loyalty

38. "Guessing Game" by Elzhi from The Preface

39. "Release" by She Keeps Bees from Nest

40. "Batcat" by Mogwai from The Hawk is Howling and Batcat EP

41. "Angels" by Black Mountain from In The Future

42. "DNA" by Saul Williams from The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust

43. "Kevatrumpu" by Paavoharju from Laulu Laakson Kukista

44. "Same Old Thing" by The Black Keys from Attack & Release

45. "Better Than Heaven" by Bloc Party from Intimacy

46. "I Know I See I Love" by Rainbow Arabia from The Basta

47. "I'm Amazed" by My Morning Jacket

48. "Pork and Beans" by Weezer from The Red Album

49. "Love in this Club" (MSTRKRFT Remix) by Usher

50. "Each to Each" by The Gutter Twins from Saturnalia