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1
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Teitur - The Singer
February 19, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Score
90
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2
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Get Well Soon - Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon
January 4, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
90
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Amazon
Spotify
3
.
El Guincho - Alegranza
March 1, 2008
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
David Cronenberg's Wife - Bluebeard's Rooms
August 1, 2008
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Late of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
July 30, 2008
Dance-Punk
,
New Rave
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
June 24, 2008
Dream Pop
,
Post-Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
90
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Spotify
7
.
Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up 'Til It Was Light
July 22, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Emo-Pop
,
Pop Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
April 14, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
January 29, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Sons and Daughters - This Gift
January 28, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Neon Neon - Stainless Style
March 18, 2008
Electropop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
June 24, 2008
Electro-Disco
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
DeVotchKa - A Mad & Faithful Telling
March 18, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Black Mountain - In The Future
January 21, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
,
Stoner Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Gregory & The Hawk - Moenie and Kitchi
October 7, 2008
Indie Folk
,
Folk Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
October 28, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Indietronica
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Razorlight - Slipway Fires
November 3, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
The Rascals - Rascalize
June 9, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
19
.
Deerhunter - Microcastle
August 19, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
August 19, 2008
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
September 23, 2008
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Bloc Party - Intimacy
August 21, 2008
Indietronica
,
New Rave
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
The Virgins - The Virgins
October 21, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk
,
Post-Punk Revival
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
June 10, 2008
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Laymar - In Strange Lines and Distances
June 23, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Fly awarded albums throughout 2008.
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