Pardon our dust/lack of updates. We're currently hard at work on our new website, launching in early September. We can't wait to show you what we've been up to the last few months...
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Better late than never, our 2015 Top Ten Albums are up. Listen to the playlist over at Spotify.
Don Clark / 2015 Top Ten Albums
01. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
Best Track: "Never Ending Circles"
02. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
Best Track: "Brown Skin Girl"
03. Adele - 25
Best Track: "Hello"
04. Kendrick Lamar - How To Pimp A Butterfly
Best Track: "Alright"
05. NERO - Between II Worlds
Best Track: "What Does Love Mean"
06. Mute Math - Vitals
Best Track: "Monument"
07. Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material
Best Track: "High Time"
08. Skrillex/Diplo - Present Jack Ü
Best Track: "Where Are Ü Now"
09. Lord Huron - Strange Trails
Best Track: "Until The Night Turns"
10. Hurts - Surrender
Best Track: "Rolling Stone"
Ryan Clark / 2015 Top Ten Albums
01. Twin Shadow - Eclipse
Best Track: "Old Love/New Love"
02. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
Best Track: "Never Ending Circles"
03. Man Without Country - Maximum Entropy
Best Track: "Entropy"
04. Purity Ring - Another Eternity
Best Track: "bodyache"
05. NERO - Between II Worlds
Best Track: "Two Minds"
06. Editors - In Dream
Best Track: "Forgiveness"
07. Kate Boy - One
Best Track: "Midnight Sun"
08. Everything Everything - Get To Heaven
Best Track: "Spring/Sun/Winter/Dread"
09. Børns - Dopamine
Best Track: "Electric Love"
10. Tame Impala - Currents
Best Track: "The Less I Know The Better"
Ryan Clark / 2015 Top Five Metal Albums
01. Sevendust - Kill The Flaw
Best Track: "Death Dance"
02. Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit
Best Track: "Avalanche"
03. Solution .45 - Nightmares In The Waking State, Pt. 1
Best Track: "Bleed Heavens Dry"
04. Black Breath - Slaves Beyond Death
Best Track: "Pleasure, Pain, Disease"
05. Soil work - The Ride Majestic
Best Track: "The Ride Majestic"
Josh Cross / 2015 Top Ten Albums
01. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
Best Track: "Never Ending Circles"
02. Gunship - Gunship
Best Track: "Revel In Your Time"
03. Ellie Goulding - Delirium
Best Track: "Aftertaste"
04. The Neighborhood - Wiped Out!
Best Track: "Prey"
05. Of Monsters And Men - Beneath The Skin
Best Track: "Crystals"
06. Beach House - Depression Cherry
Best Track: "Space Song"
07. The Wombats - Glitterbug
Best Track: "Headspace"
08. Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Beautiful
Best Track: "What Kind Of Man"
09. Waters - What's Real
Best Track: "I Feel Everything"
10. Passion Pit - Kindred
Best Track: "Lifted Up (1985)"
We're guilty. Guilty of relying on the quick and easy method of using social networking to update folks on what we're up to. You can see the cobwebs on this very site. I don't think we've updated our work section in over a year. But I can feel it in the air ... 2015 will be the return of the blog and long-form reading on the web. No? Well, we're going to attempt that when we can. Personally, I miss it. I miss putting together (and reading) content that you could spend more than 2 seconds staring at. We'll continue to Insta-tweet, but I don't want to rely on that ... To be honest though, we have been busy. Very thankful for that. But, now is a perfect time to wipe the dust off the site and let you guys know what we've been up to for the last 9 months - and we also want to share some new things we've got cooking.
1. Thanks to the VSCO Artist Iniative, our first documentary film about artists (specifically what drives us and connects us all) begins production in July! We will be hitting 6 cities and interviewing numerous artists from many different industries and walks of life. We're excited to tell this story ... more on that here. We'll be documenting and journaling the entire experience on our VSCO Grid.
2. Last fall, we had the opportunity of a lifetime come our way: To re-imagine the historic Cinerama Theatre in Downtown Seattle - our favorite movie destination since we landed here in 2001. We created 2 massive murals that completely altered the corner of 4th Avenue and Lenora Street. The mural art made its way into a re-brand of the theatre, inside and out. We are currently working on our short film, 'Re-Imagining Cinerama' that takes a closer look at Cinerama's grand re-opening last November - and the art that went into it. We'll also have prints of the mural (and more Cinerama art we created) for sale when we launch the film this summer. Photos above by Benjamin Benschnieder.
3. Stack And Scare! is coming to Shanghai in a massive way. The Shanghai Times Square Mall will feature a large Stack And Scare! exhibit next month. Giant sculptures, play areas, toys, posters, etc. Curated by APPortfolio. We are very excited for this - much more info coming soon.
4. Wine Meets Design. We are thrilled to be the inaugural designers partnered up with the talented winemaker Aaron Pott for Bare Bottle's first release. We were first approached for this project a few years back from our friends Katie and Nathan at Eight Hour Day. We've had a blast working with them, Marta & Josh Harding - and Corey Miller, the man who dreamed this extremely cool idea up. A quick bio from their site -
Bare Bottle curates the pairing of winemakers + designers and provides them with a blank canvas through which to create. Each unique collaboration opens a window into our makers' creative processes, their inspirations, and their worlds.
The dedication to craft, quality and presentation comes across so clear with Bare Bottle. If you love wine ... and design ... it's worth every penny. I was floored when I saw the finished shipped piece ...
5. Blast Off! After a 2-year hiatus, we are back with our good friends at Sasquatch! Music Festival. We had the pleasure of creating all of the Festival art, merchandise and even the Lineup Video this year. As per usual, the lineup is amazing (Kendrick!) and happens to be going on THIS weekend. We'll have an in-depth look into all of the assets we created (including another collaboration with Ebbets Field Flannels and Theo Chocolate) soon ...
6. The amazing opportunity to illustrate my first Children's Book came up last September. We had gotten book offers in the past, but nothing quite felt right and some of the projects just plain fizzled out. When our friends at Crossway approached me about a Bible Story by Kevin DeYoung, it was a big decision. In the end, It was a project I wanted to personally see done right ... and one that I wanted to see on the shelves myself. The Biggest Story was the most intense project I've worked on to date, and also the most fulfilling - in ways I could never have imagined. I cannot thank Josh Dennis and Crossway enough for allowing me to run with my vision and aesthetic for Kevin's beautifully-written book. The Biggest Story is hardbound, 10 chapters and 132 pages. Available in August and up for pre-order on Amazon now. Below are a few sample spreads from the first two chapters.
7. Our Odd Galaxy wooden toy line with Uncle Goose is finally in full production mode and will be released in the next few months. There will be 3 products to start: Cosmo Kid, Moon Rover and Lunar Rocket, each sold separately - but of course much more fun when you own all 3. We have some fun OG launch (get it?) projects that will be released around the same time, including a window display at our favorite space store ...
8. Two years ago, we bought a 10-acre ranch, turned a 50-year old barn into our studio and then made a toy out of it. OK, so that's the short version. We'll have a nice process post on this (way over-budget and panic-attack inducing) project on our new ... well, see #10. For now, you can check out some great photos of the shop by Joshua Harding over at Bare Bottle.
9. Last, but not least, we are finally working on a new website. One that we will update. One that will work nicely on your phone thing you carry with you. We promise.
Always epic and often controversial, The 2014 IC Top Ten Album Lists are here! Check out our Rdio playlist containing every album except (sadly) T. Swift.
Don Clark / 2014 Top Ten Albums
01. The Jezabels - The Brink
Best Track: "Time To Dance"
02. Future Islands - Singles
Best Track: "Seasons (Waiting On You)"
03. Taylor Swift - 1989
Best Track: "Style"
04. Sia - 1000 Forms Of fear
Best Track: "Chandelier"
05. Tycho - Awake
Best Track: "Awake"
06. Lights - Little Machines
Best Track: "Up We Go"
07. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Best Track: "Oh My Darling Don't Cry"
08. Betty Who - Take Me When You Go
Best Track: "Somebody Loves You"
09. Bleachers - Strange Desire
Best Track: "Rollercoaster"
10. Young Widows - Easy Pain
Best Track: "Godman"
Ryan Clark / 2014 Top Ten Albums
01. The Jezebels - The Brink
Best Track: "No Country"
02. Sia - 1000 Forms Of Fear
Best Track: "Elastic Heart"
03. Chromeo - White Women
Best Track: "Old 45's"
04. Royksopp - The Inevitable End
Best Track: "Monument"
05. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Best Track: "Oh My Darling Don't Cry"
06. Future Islands - Singles
Best Track: "Fall From Grace"
07. Sohn - Tremors
Best Track: "Artifice"
08. Delta Spirit - Into The Wide
Best Track: "Live On"
09. Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
Best Track: "Charge"
10. Young Widows - Easy Pain
Best Track: "Kerosine Girl"
Ryan Clark / 2014 Top Ten Metal Albums
01. Slipknot - The Gray Chapter
Best Track: "AOV"
02. Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds
Best Track: "Ghost Will Haunt My Bones"
03. In Flames - Siren Charms
Best Track: "Everything's Gone"
04. At The Gates - At War With Reality
Best Track: "At War With Reality"
05. Decapitated - Blood Mantra
Best Track: "Moth Defect (Bonus Track)"
06. Throwdown - Intolerance
Best Track: "Intolerance"
07. Insense - De:Evolution
Best Track: "Meandering"
08. Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun
Best Track: "The Motherload"
09. Killer Be Killed - Killer Be Killed
Best Track: "Wings Of Feather And Wax"
10. Insomnia - Shadows Of The Dying Sun
Best Track: "While We Sleep"
Zac Schwiet / 2014 Top Ten Albums
01. Betty Who - Take Me When You Go
Best Track: “Alone Again”
02. Broods - Evergreen
Best Track: “Bridges”
03. Chromeo - White Women
Best Track: “Come Alive”
04. Ariana Grande - My Everything
Best Track: “One Last Try”
05. Young The Giant - Mind Over Matter
Best Track: “Mind Over Matter”
06. Chet Faker - Built On Glass
Best Track: “Gold”
07. iamamiwhoami - Blue
Best Track: “Fountain”
08. Number One Gun - This Is All We Know
Best Track: “Make A Movie”
09. Taylor Swift - 1989
Best Track: “Style”
10. Barcelona - The Melodrama
Best Track: “Diamond and Silver”
Josh Cross / 2014 Top Ten Albums
01. Thumpers - Galore
Best Track: "Unkinder (A Tougher Love)"
02. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
Best Track: “Red Eyes”
03. Taylor Swift - 1989
Best Track: “Style”
04. Bleachers - Strange Desire
Best Track: “Rollercoaster”
05. Broods- Evergreen
Best Track: “Bridges”
06. Brooke Fraser - Brutal Romantic
Best Track: “Psychoscocial”
07. Ages and Ages - Diversionary
Best Track: “Light Goes Out”
08. Hooray For Earth - Racy
Best Track: “Keys”
09. Walk The Moon - Talking Is Hard
Best Track: “Different Colors”
10. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
Best Track: “Stay Gold”
We'll be in beautiful San Francisco on Dec. 5th for the release of two new IC toys (and prints) from the mighty Super7! Colonel Stinson - our first vinyl figure from Odd Galaxy, and Leroy C. 'Wormwood' Deluxe Edition - a wood + vinyl collab with our friends at Uncle Goose Toys. More details coming - but mark your calendars!
listen to our playlist over at rdio ...
Ryan Clark:
01. Editors - The Weight Of Your Love
Best Track: "What Is This Thing Called Love"
02. Biffy Clyro - Opposites
Best Track: "Biblical"
03. White Lies - Big TV
Best Track: "First Time Caller"
04. CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe
Best Track: "The Mother We Share"
05. Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune
Best Track: "DNA"
06. Everything Everything - Arc
Best Track: "Kemosabe"
07. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Best Track: "I Need My Girl"
08. London Grammar - If You Wait
Best Track: "Wasting My Young Years"
09. Haim - Days Are Gone
Best Track: "Don't Save Me"
10. Bastille - Bad Blood
Best Track: "Overjoyed"
Don Clark:
01. Haim - Days Are Gone
Best Track: "Forever"
02. Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune
Best Track: "Alive"
03. Young Galaxy - Ultramarine
Best Track: "New Summer"
04. Beautiful Eulogy - Instruments Of Mercy
Best Track: "You Can Save Me"
05. The Night Marchers - Allez! Allez!
Best Track: "Tropical Depression"
06. Editors - The Weight Of Your Love
Best Track: "What Is This Thing Called Love"
07. JGivens - El v. Envy
Best Track: "Might (Not) Be"
08. CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe
Best Track: "Gun"
09. London Grammar - If You Wait
Best Track: "Hey Now"
10. Birds Of Tokyo - March Fires
Best Track: "Lanterns"
Zac Schwiet:
01. Brother - Call
Best Track: “Brother"
02. Andrew Belle - Black Bear
Best Track: “Pieces"
03. One Republic - Native
Best Track: “Can’t Stop"
04. The 1975 - Self-Titled
Best Track: “Heart Out"
05. The Head And The Heart - Let’s Be Still
Best Track: “Shake"
06. Aaron Sprinkle - Water & Guns
Best Track: “Alright"
07. Empire Of the Sun - Ice On The Dune
Best Track: “Surround Sound"
08. Young Galaxy - Ultramarine
Best Track: “Fever"
09. Ivan & Alyosha - All The Times We Had
Best Track: “Running For Cover"
10. The Lone Bellow - Self-Titled
Best Track: “Green Eyes And A Heart Of Gold"
Ryan's Top Ten Metal:
01. Omnium Gatherum - Beyond
Best Track: "New Dynamic"
02. Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Best Track: "Phantom Limb"
03. Soilwork - The Living Infinite
Best Track: "Tongue"
04. HIM - Tears On Tape
Best Track: "Love Without Tears"
05. Kvelertak - Meir
Best Track: "Bruane Brenn"
06. Extol - Extol
Best Track: "Open The Gates"
07. Living Sacrifice - Ghost Thief
Best Track: "The Reaping"
08. Amorphis - Circle
Best Track: "Shades Of Gray"
09. Carcass - Surgical Steel
Best Track: "A Congealed Clot Of Blood"
10. Battlecross - War Of Will
Best Track: "Flesh & Bone"
We are extremely excited to announce our new partnership with Uncle Goose Toys. Made in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the past 30 years, Uncle Goose is the world's premiere manufacturer of wooden blocks. We've partnered up with their amazing team to bring the highest quality and most creative wooden toys and playsets to the market. With new products and creations lined up through 2015 and beyond, we couldn't be more thrilled to work with such a passionate company dedicated to their craft.
Hot off their debut at the NY NOW International Gift Show, our first product is titled Stack And Scare. Crafted from replenishable basswood and printed with non-toxic inks, the Stack And Scare series contains four stackable block sets that allow children (and you!) to create and configure hundreds of possible monster options. Before we let too much out of the bag (or box), we've put together a teaser film announcing the new line.
Stack And Scare will be available in retail locations worldwide and through our shop beginning in October. Stay tuned for the big launch ...
We were in the big apple for their debut at the NY NOW show ...
... and we visited the UG workshop in Grand Rapids this month to check out the progress.
Don Clark:
01. The Jezabels - Prisoner
Best Track: "Rosebud"
02. Lecrae - Gravity
Best Track: "Violence"
03. Paper Route - The Peace Of Wild Things
Best Track: "Two Hearts"
04. Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
Best Track: "I'm Getting Ready"
05. Delta Spirit - Delta Spirit
Best Track: "Tear It Up"
06. Propaganda - Excellent
Best Track: "Precious Puritans"
07. The Presets - Pacifica
Best Track: "Promises"
08. Ellie Goulding - Halcyon
Best Track: "Anything Can Happen"
09. Abandoned Pools - Sublime Currency
Best Track: "Hype Is The Enemy"
10. Derek Minor - PSA, V. 3
Best Track: "Love"
Ryan Clark:
01. The Presets - Pacifica
Best Track: "Fall"
02. Twin Shadow - Confess
Best Track: "Five Seconds"
03. Delta Spirit - Delta Spirit
Best Track: "Home"
04. O. Children - Apnea
Best Track: "I Know (You Love Me)"
05. The Jezabels - Prisoner
Best Track: "Endless Summer"
06. Night Flight Orchestra - Internal Affairs
Best Track: "1998"
07. Abandoned Pools - Sublime Currency
Best Track: "Sublime Currency"
08. Miike Snow - Happy To You
Best Track: "Garden"
09. Niki & The Dove - Instinct
Best Track: "Somebody"
10. Bright Light Bright Light - Make Me Believe In Hope
Best Track: "Immature"
Zac Schwiet:
01. Abandoned Pools - Sublime Currency
Best Track: "Hype Is The Enemy"
02. Derek Minor - PSA, V. 3
Best Track: "Turn It Up"
03. Ellie Goulding - Halcyon
Best Track: "Anything Could Happen"
04. School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
Best Track: "The Night"
05. Lecrae - Church Clothes
Best Track: "Co-Sign"
06. The Shins - Port Of Morrow
Best Track: "Simple Song"
07. Twin Shadow - Confess
Best Track: "Run My Heart"
08. Paper Route - The Peace Of Wild Things
Best Track: "Two Hearts"
09. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
Best Track: "Breezeblocks"
10. Shiny Toy Guns - III
Best Track: "Somewhere To Hide"
Ryan's Top Ten Metal:
01. Deftones - Koi No Yokan
Best Track: "Poltergeist"
02. Black Breath - Sentenced To Life
Best Track: "The Flame"
03. Fear Factory - The Industrialist
Best Track: "Recharger"
04. Katatonia - Dead End Kings
Best Track: "The Racing Heart"
05. Cancer Bats - Dead Set On Living
Best Track: "D.S.O.L."
06. Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
Best Track: "L'Enfant Sauvage"
07. Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light
Best Track: "Lightning & Snow"
08. Meshuggah - Koloss
Best Track: "The Demon's Name Is Surveillance"
09. Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird
Best Track: "This Cut Is The Deepest"
10. Becoming The Archetype - I Am
Best Track: "The Eyes Of The Storm"
It's that time of year again. The infamous IC 'Top Ten Albums' of 2011. Get your hate mail ready ...
Ryan:
1. White Lies "Ritual" 2. Young Galaxy "Shapeshifting" 3. Chapel Club "Palace" 4. Jamie Woon "Mirrorwriting" 5. Bon Iver "Bon Iver" 6. Nero "Welcome Reality" 7. Elbow "Build A Rocket Boys!" 8. The Joy Formidable "The Big Roar" 9. My Morning Jacket "Circuital" 10. Graveyard "Hisingen Blues"
Don:
1. Young Galaxy "Shapeshifting" 2. Phantogram "Nightlife EP" 3. Active Child "You Are All I See" 4. Foster The People "Torches" 5. The Joy Formidable "The Big Roar" 6. Austra "Feel It Break" 7. Adele "21" 8. Mat Kearney "Young Love" 9. Jay-Z & Kanye West "Watch The Throne" 10. Mastodon "The Hunter"
Zac:
1. Tycho "Dive" 2. Mat Kearney "Young Love" 3. Nero "Welcome Reality" 4. Young Galaxy "Shapeshifting" 5. Friendly Fires "Pala" 6. Needtobreathe "The Reckoning" 7. White Lies "Rituals" 8. Mirrors "Lights And Offerings" 9. The Joy Formidable "The Big Roar" 10. Phantogram "Nightlife EP"
Don:
Ryan:
Love 'em or hate 'em ... our 2009 Top Tens have arrived.
Don:
1. Imogen Heap Ellipse 2. Coalesce OX 3. John Mayer Battle Studies 4. Miike Snow Miike Snow 5. Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 6. Wilco The Album 7. Paper Route Absence 8. Mute Math Armistice 9. Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 10. Mindy Smith Stupid Love
Top Ten "Honorable Mention"
1. Throwdown Deathless 2. Mastodon Crack The Skye 3. Switchfoot Hello Hurricane 4. Metric Fantasies 5. U2 No Line On The Horizon 6. The Boxer Rebellion Union 7. Blacklist Midnight Of The Century 8. I Am X Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction 9. Editors In This Light And On This Evening 10. Hot Leg Red Light Fever
Ryan:
1. White Lies To Lose My Life 2. Bat For Lashes Two Suns 3. Alice In Chains Black Gives Way To Blue 4. Metric Fantasies 5. Living Things Habeas Corpus 6. I Am X Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction 7. Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 8. Miike Snow Miike Snow 9. Dredg The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion 10. Depeche Mode Sounds Of The Universe
Top Ten "Honorable Mention"
1. Doves Kingdom Of Rust 2. Paper Route Absence 3. Temper Trap Conditions 4. Blacklist Midnight Of The Century 5. Biffy Clyro Only Revolutions 6. Editors In This Light And On This Evening 7. Imogen Heap Ellipse 8. Grammatics Grammatics 9. Silversun Pickups Swoon 10. Prodigy Invaders Must Die
Ryan's Top Ten Metal:
1. Throwdown Deathless 2. Bury Your Dead It's Nothing Personal 3. Coalesce OX 4. Mastodon Crack The Skye 5. The Ascendicate To Die As Kings 6. Napalm Death Time Waits For No Slave 7. Karnivool Sound Awake 8. Unholy New Life Behind Closed Eyes 9. Scar Symmetry Dark Matter Dimensions 10. Devil Driver Pray For Villains
Not a bad year for music! Yeah, yeah, yeah ... we realize there are a few more releases that are coming out before the end of the year. But are any of them good? Exactly. That being said, read 'em and weep. Don:
2008 TOP TEN
1. Portishead "Third" 2. The Night Marchers "See You In Magic" 3. Kings Of Leon "Only By The Night" 4. People In Planes "Beyond The Horizon" 5. The Out_Circuit "Pierce The Empire With A Sound" 6. Carolina Liar "Coming To Terms" 7. Copeland "You Are My Sunshine" 8. Keane "Perfect Symmetry" 9. The Helio Sequence "Keep Your Eyes Ahead" 10. Coldplay "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends"
2008 TOP TEN HONORABLE MENTION
1. Snow Patrol "A Hundred Million Suns" 2. My Morning Jacket "Evil Urges" 3. Oasis "Dig Out Your Soul" 4. Your Vegas "S/T" 5. Secret Machines "S/T" 6. Dead Confederate "Wrecking Ball" 7. Royworld "Man In The Machine" 8. Young Widows "Old Wounds" 9. Starflyer 59 "Dial M" 10. Longwave "Secrets Are Sinister"
2008 TOP TEN METAL
1. Metallica "Death Magnetic" 2. Slipknot "All Hope Is Gone" 3. The Famine "The Raven & The Reaping" 4. Gojira "The Way Of All Flesh" 5. All That Remains "Overcome" 6. Bury Your Dead "S/T" 7. Scar Symmetry "Holographic Universe" 8. Meshuggah "ObZen" 9. Becoming The Archetype "Dichotomy" 10. Opeth "Watershed"
Ryan:
2008 TOP TEN
1. Elbow "The Seldom Seen Kid" 2. Portishead "Third" 3. Kings Of Leon "Only By The Night" 4. People In Planes "Beyond The Horizon" 5. Secret Machines "Secret Machines" 6. The Night Marchers "See You In Magic" 7. The Helio Sequence "Keep Your Eyes Ahead" 8. Copeland "You Are My Sunshine" 9. My Morning Jacket "Evil Urges" 10. The Out_Circuit "Pierce The Empire With A Sound"
2008 TOP TEN HONORABLE MENTION
1. Young Widows "Old Wounds" 2. Haunts "Haunts" 3. Carolina Liar "Coming To Terms" 4. Oasis "Dig Out Your Soul" 5. Bon Iver "For Emma, Forever Ago" 6. Goldfrapp "Seventh Tree" 7. Keane "Perfect Symmetry" 8. Starflyer 59 "Dial M" 9. Stereophonics "Pull The Pin" 10. The Subways "All Or Nothing"
2008 TOP TEN METAL
1. The Famine "The Raven And The Reaping" 2. Scar Symmetry "Holographic Universe" 3. Bury Your Dead "Bury Your Dead" 4. Slipknot "All Hope Is Gone" 5. Becoming The Archetype "Dichotomy" 6. Metallica "Death Magnetic" 7. Gojira "The Way Of All Flesh" 8. Disfear "Live The Storm" 9. Meshuggah "ObZen" 10. Trenches "The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole"
Tim (Feed The Creature):
2008 TOP TEN
1. The Walkmen "You & Me" 2. Fleet Foxes "S/T" 3. The Dodos "Visiter" 4. Coldplay "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" 5. Kings of Leon "Only By The Night" 6. Department of Eagles "In Ear Park" 7. Vampire Weekend "Self Titled" 8. Okkervil River "The Stand-Ins" 9. Deerhunter "Microcastle" 10. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals "Cardinology"
2008 TOP TEN HONORABLE MENTION
1. My Morning Jacket "Evil Urges" 2. Oasis "Dig Out Your Soul" 3. Portishead "Third" 4. The Helio Sequence "Keep Your Eyes Ahead" 5. Kanye West "808's And Heartbreaks" 6. Wale "The Mixtape About Nothing" 7. The Raconteurs "Consolers of the Lonely" 8. Beck "Modern Guilt" 9. The Cool Kids "The Bake Sale" 10. The Notwist "The Devil, You + Me"
We realize it's still November. Let's face it, nothing good comes out in December. Read 'em and weep ... Don:
TOP TEN 1) Foo Fighters "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" 2) The Hours "Narcissus Road" 3) Machine Head "The Blackening" 4) Band Of Horses "Cease To Begin" 5) Jimmy Eat World "Chase This Light" 6) Against Me! "New Wave" 7) Blackfield "II" 8) The National "Boxer" 9) Thrice "The Alchemy Index, Volume 1 & 2" 10) Soilwork "The Great Divide"
TOP TEN (HONORABLE MENTION) 1) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Baby 81" 2) Relient K "Five Score And Seven Years Ago" 3) Kanye West "Graduation" 4) Travis "The Boy With No Name" 5) Athlete "Beyond The Neighbourhood" 6) Editors "An End Has A Start" 7) Aqualung "Memory Man" 8) The Shins "Wincing The Night Away" 9) Peter Bjorn & John "Writers Block" 10) Wilco "Sky Blue Sky"
TOP TEN (NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN) 1) Porter Wagoner "The Wagonmaster" 2) Maroon 5 "It Won't Be Soon Before Too Long" 3) The Cooper Temple Clause "Make This Your Own" 4) Kings Of Leon "Because Of The Times" 5) Nine Inch Nails "Year Zero" 6) Jose Gonzalez "In Our Nature" 7) Rooney "Calling The World" 8) Maximo Park "Our Earthly Pleasures" 9) Justice "Cross" 10) Linkin Park "Minutes To Midnight"
TOP TEN METAL (New!) 1) Machine Head "The Blackening" 2) Soilwork "The Great Divide" 3) Him "Venus Doom" 4) Devil Driver "The Last Kind Words" 5) Bloodsimple "Red Harvest" 6) The Agony Scene "Get Damned" 7) Throwdown "Venom & Tears" 8) Sevendust "Alpha" 9) Megadeth "United Abominations" 10) Dark Tranquility "Fiction"
Ryan:
TOP TEN 1) The Cooper Temple Clause "Make This Your Own" (import) 2) Blackfield "Blackfield II" 3) The Hours "Narcissus Road" (import) 4) Machine Head "The Blackening" 5) Editors "An End Has A Start" 6) Peter Bjorn & John "Writer's Block" 7) Dave Gahan "Hourglass" 8) Against Me! "New Wave" 9) Band Of Horses "Cease To Begin" 10) Soilwork "Sworn To A Great Divide"
TOP TEN (HONORABLE MENTION) 1) Foo Fighters "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" 2) The National "Boxer" 3) Kaiser Chiefs "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" 4)Athlete "Beyond The Neighborhood" 5) Hard-Fi "Once Upon A Time In The West" 6) Stereophonics "Pull The Pin" 7) Jimmy Eat World "Chase This Light" 8) Radiohead "In Rainbows" 9) HIM "Venus Doom" 10) Kings Of Leon "Because Of The Times"
TOP TEN (NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN) 1) Kanye West "Graduation" 2) Rooney "Calling The World" 3) Field Music "Tones Of Town" 4) Travis "The Boy With No Name" 5) Neon Horse "Neon Horse" 6) Interpol "Our Love To Admire" 7) Falling Up "Captiva" 8) Biffy Clyro "Puzzle" 9) Maximo Park "Our Earthly Pleasures" 10) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Baby 81"
TOP TEN METAL (New!) 1) Machine Head "The Blackening" 2) Soilwork "Sworn To A Great Divide" 3) HIM "Venus Doom" 4) Becoming The Archetype "The Physics Of Fire" 5) Devildriver "The Last Kind Words" 6) Amorphis "Silent Waters" 7) Throwdown "Venom & Tears" 8) The Agony Scene "Get Damned" 9) Bloodsimple "Red Harvest" 10) As I Lay Dying "An Ocean Between Us"
Tim (Feed The Creature):
TOP 10 1) Feist "The Reminder" 2) Peter Bjorn & John "Writer's Block" 3) The National "Boxer" 4) Jens Lekman "Night Falls Over Kortadela" 5) Spoon "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" 6) Okkervil River "The Stage Names" 7) Sea Wolf "Leaves In The River" 8) Radiohead "In Rainbows" 9) The Pony's "Turn The Lights Out" 10) Travis "The Boy With No Name"
TOP TEN (HONORABLE MENTION) 1) Wilco "Sky Blue Sky" 2) Handsome Furs "Plague Park" 3) Arcade Fire "Neon Bible" 4) Band of Horses "Cease to Begin" 5) The Shins "Wincing The Night Away" 6) Liars "Liars" 7) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Baby 81" 8) Elvis Perkins "Ash Wednesday" 9) Kings of Leon "Because Of The Times" 10) Editors "An End Has A Start"
TOP TEN (NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN) 1) Benjy Ferree "Leaving The Nest" 2) Ryan Adams "Easy Tiger" 3) Kanye West "Graduation" 4) The Tough Alliance "A New Chance" 5) Josh Ritter "The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter" 6) Andrew Bird "Armchair Apocrypha" 7) Ferreby Lionheart "Catch The Brass Ring" 8) Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew "Spirit If..." 9) Interpol "Our Love To Admire" 10) Justice "Cross"