The Best of 2008 – CD’s

here is my list, in alphabetical order…

alejandro escovedo – “real animal”
ben sollee – “learning to bend”
bob dylan – “tell tale signs – rare and unreleased 1989-2006”
carrie rodriguez – “she ain’t me”
cat power – “jukebox/dark end of the street”
cowboy junkies – “trinity revisited”
david byrne & brian eno – “everything that happens will happen today”
johnny cash – “johnny cash at folsom prison: legacy edition”
kathleen edwards – “asking for flowers”
kris delmhorst – “shotgun singer”
over the rhine – “live from nowhere volume 3”
ray lamontagne – “gossip in the grain”
rodney crowell – “sex and gasoline”
ryan adams and the cardinals – “cardinology”
shelby lynne – “just a little lovin’ ”
teddy thompson – “a piece of what you need”
tift merritt – “another country”
the waifs – “sundirtwater”

*and i’m combining cat power’s “dark end of the street” [ep] with “jukebox.” they are out of the same sessions and it is just like an extension of that project.

and here is “Rolling Stone’s” top 50 albums of 2008:

1 | TV on the Radio: Dear Science
2 | Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs — The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
3 | Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
4 | My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
5 | John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Love and Freedom
6 | Santogold: Santogold
7 | Coldplay: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
8 | Beck: Modern Guilt
9 | Metallica: Death Magnetic
10 | Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
11 | Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
12 | Guns n’ Roses: Chinese Democracy
13 | Blitzen Trapper: Furr
14 | Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Cardinology
15 | The Black Keys: Attack & Release
16 | Randy Newman: Harps and Angels
17 | B.B. King: One Kind Favor
18 | Lucinda Williams: Little Honey
19 | Erykah Badu: New Amerykah: Part 1 (4th World War)
20 | Kings of Leon: Only by the Night
21 | Kaiser Chiefs: Off With Their Heads
22 | Jackson Browne: Time the Conquerer
23 | Conor Oberst: Conor Oberst
24 | Girl Talk: Feed the Animals
25 | The Magnetic Fields: Distortion
26 | Mudcrutch: Mudcrutch
27 | Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
28 | The Knux: Remind Me in Three Days…
29 | Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
30 | Duffy: Rockferry
31 | MGMT: Oracular Spectacular
32 | Jamey Johnson: The Lonesome Song
33 | Ne-Yo: Year of the Gentleman
34 | Stephen Malkmus: Real Emotional Trash
35 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
36 | The Hold Steady: Stay Positive
37 | Nine Inch Nails: The Slip
38 | Ra Ra Riot: The Rhumb Line
39 | Taylor Swift: Fearless
40 | Jonas Brothers: A Little Bit Longer
41 | AC/DC: Black Ice
42 | David Byrne and Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
43 | Nas: Untitled
44 | The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely
45 | Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward
46 | The Academy Is…: Fast Times at Barrington High
47 | Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping
48 | Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It
49 | Hot Chip: Made in the Dark
50 | No Age: Nouns

U2’s “No Line on the Horizon” gets Feb. 23 release date

U2’s “No Line on the Horizon” gets Feb. 23 release date
By Loren Lankford on December 9, 2008 [from pastemagazine.com]

We’ve been steadily giving you information on the new U2 album, No Line on the Horizon, as it has become available. Up until now, the release date for the 2009 disc has been unknown. Now, via pre-ordering info on HMV, we can tell you that the Bono-fronted band will release its 12th record (possibly produced by will.i.am?!?) on Feb. 23.

The Edge recently told Mojo that the album “[is] a record of two halves. One half is songs that came virtually fully-formed out of sessions we did with Brian and Danny—stuff we’ve only played once or maybe twice and that’s it: just the raw moment of creation. Then the other half is material we’ve kicked around a while and went through the usual cycle of versions and incarnations.”

Free Holiday Music from Ellery & Ric Hordinski

Free Holiday Music from Ellery & Ric Hordinski

Cincinnati based husband and wife duo, Ellery is once again giving away their holiday EP for free. It’s titled December Days. Last year’s was a 3 song EP. This year they have added an additional track, a new collaboration with Ric Hordinski called “We Can Dream Tonight.”

Free Download – Ellery December Days

Also, Ric Hordinski (guitar virtuoso from Cincinnati, founding member of Over the Rhine & Monk) is having his annual holiday show with special guests, Ellery on Dec 12th @ Ric’s Monastery Studio in Cincinnati.

Ric and drummer Brian Kelley will also reunite with Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler (Over the Rhine) for one night only, Friday December 19th, for the first time in over 12 years @ the Taft Theatre in Cincinnati.

for more info:
Ellery

Monk (Ric Hordinski)

Over the Rhine

[REVISION] New Music/CD Releases – December 9, 2008

em>FYI – this is only available on limited edition 10″ vinyl and on i-tunes.

and it is excellent.

BILL’S PICK OF THE WEEK
CAT POWER – DARK END OF THE STREET (EP)
1. Dark End Of The Street
2. Fortunate Son
3. Ye Auld Triangle
4. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
5. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
6. It Ain’t Fair
Cat Power – Dark End of the Street<