Favorite CDs of 2008

So far and in no particular order:

Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
TV on the Radio: Dear Science
The Verve: Forth
Jenny Lewis: Acid Tongue
Foals: Antidotes
Immortal Technique: 3rd World
Death Cab For Cutie: Narrow Stairs
Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely

Biggest Disappointment: Kings of Leon: Only by the Night.

I tried, Katie, and it didn't work, and I'm too hungry to figure it out.

New TV On The Radio is a good thing

When you hear it, you know it's TVOTR, but they sound different. Not different bad or different good, but different. All the harmonizing is still there, but it has more danceable-ness. I dunno, check it out. I'm sure it will be on my Top 10.

As for the new Kings of Leon, not so much. I like track 10--it sounds like an outtake from "Because of the Times," but the rest of it sounds like they're not even trying. The second listen wasn't as disappointing as the first, but it was still mediocre. Mediocre is worse than sucking.