2008/The Year In Music

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Here are my Top 50 Albums of 2008:

*As for the BON IVER [For Emma, Forever Ago] ‘07 vs. ‘08 debate, the album appeared on my ‘07 list (at #3) and thus will not appear this year*

1. MY MORNING JACKET : Evil Urges
2. THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM : The '59 Sound
3. AA BONDY : American Hearts
4. M83 : Saturdays = Youth
5. FRIGHTENED RABBIT : The Midnight Organ Fight
6. OKKERVIL RIVER : The Stand Ins
7. THE HOLD STEADY : Stay Positive
8. THE WALKMEN : You & Me
9. FLEET FOXES : Fleet Foxes & Sun Giant [EP]
10. THE HELIO SEQUENCE : Keep Your Eyes Ahead
11. SECRET MACHINES : Secret Machines
12. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS : Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
13. KINGS OF LEON : Only By The Night
14. SIGUR ROS : Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
15. VAMPIRE WEEKEND : Vampire Weekend
16. BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY : Lie Down In The Light
17. TV ON THE RADIO : Dear Science
18. SUN KIL MOON : April
19. RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS : Cardinology
20. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
21. WOLF PARADE : At Mount Zoomer
22. THE BLACK KEYS : Attack & Release
23. CENTRO-MATIC/SOUTH SAN GABRIEL : Dual Hawks
24. RA RA RIOT : The Rhumb Line
25. SHEARWATER : Rook
26. WILD SWEET ORANGE : We Have Cause To Be Uneasy
27. WE ARE SCIENTISTS : Brain Thrust Mastery
28. COLDPLAY : Viva La Vida (Or Death And All His Friends)
29. KANYE WEST : 808s & Heartbreak
30. SHE & HIM : Volume One
31. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE : Narrow Stairs
32. DR. DOG : Fate
33. AIMEE MANN : @#%&*! Smilers
34. BEACH HOUSE : Devotion
35. LIAM FINN : I’ll Be Lightning
36. THE RAVEONETTES : Lust Lust Lust
37. RAY LAMONTAGNE : Gossip In The Grain
38. Broken Social Scene PRESENTS/BRENDAN CANNING : Something For All Of Us
39. THE WHIGS : Mission Control
40. THE GUTTER TWINS : Saturnalia
41. JAKOB DYLAN : Seeing Things
42. ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. : Como Te Llama
43. THE KOOKS : Konk
44. SPIRITUALIZED : Songs In A&E
45. RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR : Retribution Gospel Choir
46. CITY AND COLOUR : Bring Me Your Love
47. GLOSSARY : The Better Angels Of Our Nature
48. JONATHAN RICHMAN : Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild
49. SEA WOLF : Leaves In The River
50. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS : Flight Of The Conchords

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*CONCERT LOG*

  • DATE/HEADLINER/OPENING ACT(S)/VENUE/LOCATION
  • 5.24.19: Chromatics/Desire/In Mirrors/Higher Ground/Burlington, VT
  • 4.13.18: Julien Baker/Tancred/Hangar Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 2.13.18: Jason Isbell/James McMurtry/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 7.16.17/Willie Nelson, MMJ, Sheryl Crow +/Lakeview Amphitheater/Syracuse, NY
  • 10.6.16/Jason Isbell/Josh Ritter/Landmark Theater/Syracuse, NY
  • 8.24.16/Offerman+Mullally/Crouse Hinds Theater/Syracuse, NY
  • 8.14.16/The Tragically Hip/Air Canada Center/Toronto, ON
  • 7.14.16/Milk Carton Kids/Colin Hay/Smith Opera House/Geneva, NY
  • 11.20.15/Guster/Darryl Rahn+Lost Souls/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 11.1.15/Carly Rae Jepsen/(St. Lucia)/Barton Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.23.15/WILCO/William Tyler/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 5.20.15/Brit Floyd/Crouse Hinds Theater/Syracuse, NY
  • 5.1.15/Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.24.14/Tweedy/(Hospitality)/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 2.22.14/Band Of Horses/(Sera Cahoone)/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 10.29.13/Neko Case/Karen Elson/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.27.13/Okkervil River/Torres/The Haunt/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.13.13/Yo La Tengo/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 8.6.13/Explosions In The Sky/(Black Throat Wind)/Westcott Theater/Syracuse, NY
  • 7.21.13/Americanarama Festival (Dylan/Wilco/MMJ)/SPAC/Saratoga, NY
  • 6.14.13/Patterson Hood/(T. Hardy Morris)/The Haunt/Ithaca, NY
  • 5.16.13/The National/People Get Ready/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 4.18.13/Aimee Mann/Ted Leo/Club Helsinki/Hudson, NY
  • 10.6.12/Great Lake Swimmers/Snowblink/The Haunt/Ithaca, NY
  • 7.28.12/WILCO/Lee Ranaldo Band/Ommegang Brewery/Cooperstown, NY
  • 6.8.12/Lindsey Buckingham/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 3.22.12/Brit Floyd/Landmark Theater/Syracuse, NY
  • 11.16.11/Drive-By Truckers/The Felice Brothers/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.9.11/Okkervil River/New Villager/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.3.11/Great Lake Swimmers/Kin Ship/Delilah's On Cayuga/Ithaca, NY
  • 5.21.11/Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit/Maria Taylor/The Haunt/Ithaca, NY
  • 5.6.11/The Walkmen/Wavves/Ithaca College/Ithaca, NY
  • 11.6.10/Roger Waters [The Wall/Live]/Madison Square Garden/New York, NY
  • 10.24.10/Louis CK/Todd Glass/Bailey Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 10.17.10/Phoenix/Jenny & Johnny/Barton Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.24.10/The National/Owen Pallett/Wellmont Theater/Montclair, NJ
  • 8.28.10/My Morning Jacket/The New Pornographers/CMAC/Canandaigua, NY
  • 8.25.10/Titus Andronicus/Free Energy/Castaways/Ithaca, NY
  • 8.20.10/My Morning Jacket/Grace Potter & The Nocturnals/Champlain Valley Expo/Essex Junction, VT
  • 8.13.10->8.15.10/WILCO Solid Sound Festival/North Adams, MA
  • 8.5.10/The Gaslight Anthem/Frank Turner/William Elliott Whitmore/The Stone Pony (Summer Stage)/Asbury Park, NJ
  • 8.2.10/The Gaslight Anthem/Tim Barry/Chamberlain/House Of Blues/Boston, MA
  • 7.30.10->8.1.10/Newport Folk Festival/Newport, RI
  • 6.26.10/Great Lake Swimmers/Ian Coristine/Clayton Opera House/Clayton, NY
  • 6.5.10/The Midnight Ramble [Levon Helm Band/Drive-By Truckers]/Levon Helm Studios/Woodstock, NY
  • 5.18.10/Midlake/Jason Lytle/John Grant/Castaways/Ithaca, NY
  • 5.9.10/Deer Tick/Caution Children/Castaways/Ithaca, NY
  • 4.18.10/The Flaming Lips/Stardeath/White Dwarfs/Barton Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 4.3.10/WILCO/Wellmont Theater/Montclair, NJ
  • 2.17.10/John Prine/Sara Watkins/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 11.21.09/The Midnight Ramble [Levon Helm Band/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/Eric Church]/Levon Helm Studios/Woodstock, NY
  • 11.11.09/Lyle Lovett & His Large Band/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.23.09/Sufjan Stevens/Cryptacize/Castaways/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.6.09/The Positive Jam [The Hold Steady/The Felice Brothers/Deer Tick/The Rural Alberta Advantage]/Stewart Park/Ithaca, NY
  • 8.25.09/Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band/SPAC/Saratoga, NY
  • 7.27.09/Coldplay/Elbow & Kitty, Daisy and Lewis/SPAC/Saratoga, NY
  • 7.26.09/The Tragically Hip/The Green/Shelburne, VT
  • 7.25.09/Frightened Rabbit/The Antlers/Iron Horse/Northampton, MA
  • 7.11.09/WILCO/Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band/LeLacheur Park/Lowell, MA
  • 7.10.09/WILCO/Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band/Frawley Stadium/Wilmington, DE
  • 6.14.09/The Hold Steady/Right On Dynamite/Castaways/Ithaca, NY
  • 5.9.09/The Gaslight Anthem/Pela & Good Old War/The Stone Pony/Asbury Park, NJ
  • 5.8.09/The Tragically Hip/Nokia Theater/NYC
  • 4.25.09/The Pains of Being Pure at Heart/Caution Children/Risley Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 4.20.09/Neko Case/Crooked Fingers/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 4.18.09/Flight Of The Conchords/Kristen Schaal/Tower Theater/Philadelphia, PA
  • 4.11.09/Rhett Miller/Jennifer O'Connor/Castaways/Ithaca, NY
  • 3.28.09/Jeff Tweedy/Pete Seeger & Classroom 12/Beacon High Auditorium/Beacon, NY
  • 3.10.09/AC Newman/Dent May/Castaways/Ithaca, NY
  • 2.5.09/Cowboy Junkies/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 12.6.08/WILCO/Jennifer O'Connor/Auditorium Theater/Rochester, NY
  • 11.9.08/Decemberists/Walkmen/Loch Lomond/Barton Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 10.4.08/Andrew Bird/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.28.08/Bill Maher/Barton Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.26.08/Ryan Adams & The Cardinals/Landmark Theater/Syracuse, NY
  • 9.12.08/A.A. Bondy/Castaways/Ithaca, NY
  • 8.21.08/My Morning Jacket/The Black Keys/Red Rocks/Denver, CO
  • 8.16.08/My Morning Jacket/Lousiville Leopard Percussionists/Waterfront Park/Louisville, KY
  • 8.12.08/WILCO/Andrew Bird/Tanglewood/Lenox, MA
  • 8.7.08/The New Pornographers/Grizzly Bear/Calvin Theater/Northampton, MA
  • 8.6.08/Radiohead/Grizzly Bear/Parc Jean Drapeau/Montreal, QC
  • 7.15.08/Stone Temple Pilots/Secret Machines/ CMAC/Canandaigua, NY
  • 7.5.08/Rush/None/SPAC/Saratoga, NY
  • 5.3.08/The National/None/Messiah College/Grantham, PA
  • 4.13.08/The New Pornographers/Okkervil River/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 2.24.08/Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt/None/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 2.16.08/The National/Doveman/Hamilton/Clinton, NY
  • 1.26.08/Neko Case/Eric Bachmann/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 11.11.07/Broken Social Scene/Yo La Tengo/Barton Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 11.2.07/The Tragically Hip/Joel Plaskett/Auditorium Theater/Rochester, NY
  • 11.1.07/The Tragically Hip/Joel Plaskett/Landmark Theater/Syracuse, NY
  • 10.26.07/Stephen Colbert/Barton Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 10.20.07/The Mammals/None/Edwards Opera House/Edwards, NY
  • 10.7.07/The National/Doveman/Le National/Montreal, QC
  • 9.20.07/ZZ Top/None/Turning Stone/Verona, NY
  • 8.25.07/The National/White Rabbits/Arts Quad (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 7.12.07/Roger Waters/None/Six Flags PAC/Darien Lake, NY
  • 6.29.07/WILCO/Low/The Green/Shelburne, VT
  • 6.24.07/WILCO/Low/Pines Theater/Northampton, MA
  • 5.11.07/The Tragically Hip/Wintersleep/House Of Blues/Chicago, Il
  • 5.4.07/Leo Kottke/None/Ithaca HS/Ithaca, NY
  • 3.21.07/The Hold Steady/Ra Ra Riot/Syracuse U/Syracuse, NY
  • 11.6.06/Secret Machines/Magic Hour/Syracuse U/Syracuse, NY
  • 10.14.06/Drive-By Truckers/The Drams/House Of Blues/Cleveland, OH
  • 10.6.06/Secret Machines/None/Higher Ground/Burlington, VT
  • 9.17.06/The Strokes/Calm To Chaos/Barton Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.1.06/Flaming Lips/Sonic Youth & Ween & Magic Numbers/NYS Fair/Syracuse, NY
  • 8.9.06/Guster/Ray Lamontagne & Rogue Wave/High Falls/Rochester, NY
  • 7.30.06/Black Crowes/Drive-By Truckers & Robert Randolph/SPAC/Saratoga, NY
  • 7.16.06/WILCO/Autumn Defense/Pines Theater/Northampton, MA
  • 7.10.06/Pete Yorn/None/Water Street Music Hall/Rochester, NY
  • 5.12.06/Pearl Jam/My Morning Jacket/Pepsi Arena/Albany, NY
  • 4.9.06/Death Cab For Cutie/Franz Ferdinand/Barton Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 11.12.05/Jeff Tweedy/Glenn Kotche/Messiah College/Grantham, PA
  • 11.8.05/Guster/Matt Pond PA/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 9.1.05/Coldplay/Rilo Kiley/Six Flags PAC/Darien Lake, NY
  • 8.13.05/Def Leppard/The Tea Party/Corel Center/Ottawa, ON
  • 8.3.05/Kings Of Leon/Shout Out Louds & Helio Sequence/Kool Haus/Toronto, ON
  • 7.22.05/Ray Lamontagne/Rachel Yamagata/La Zona Rosa/Austin, TX
  • 7.13.05/Bruce Springsteen/None/Corel Center/Ottawa, ON
  • 6.28.05/WILCO/My Morning Jacket/Metropolis/Montreal, QC
  • 3.25.05/Lewis Black/Stephen Lynch & John Bowman/Clarkson/Potsdam, NY
  • 3.4.05/Jon Stewart/Barton Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 2.21.05/WILCO/Detholtz/Ovens Auditorium/Charlotte, NC
  • 2.19.05/WILCO/Head Of Femur/House Of Blues/Myrtle Beach, SC
  • 2.11.05/The Walkmen/Chin Up Chin Up/Appel Commons (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 11.20.04/The Mammals/The Hillbettys/A. Taylor Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 11.13.04/Arcade Fire/Hidden Cameras/Noyes (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 10.29.04/Bruce Cockburn/None/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 10.19.04/The Tragically Hip/Sam Roberts/Auditorium Theater/Rochester, NY
  • 10.8.04/WILCO/Unknown/Skidmore/Saratoga, NY
  • 9.4.04/Secret Machines/We Are The Arm/Noyes (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 8.6.04/WILCO/Cerberus Shoal/State Theater/Portland, ME
  • 7.23.04/The Tragically Hip/Idle Sons/Six Flags PAC/Darien Lake, NY
  • 4.17.04/The Mammals/Unknown/Wells/Aurora, NY
  • 3.14.04/Guster/Rufus Wainwright/Barton Hall (Cornell)/Ithaca, NY
  • 10.16.03/Steven Wright/None/State Theater/Ithaca, NY
  • 7.12.03/Pearl Jam/Sleater Kinney/Hershey Park/Hershey, PA
  • 7.4.03/Neil Young/Lucinda Williams/SPAC/Saratoga, NY
  • 6.21.03/Guster/Unknown/Water Street Music Hall/Rochester, NY
  • 5.2.03/Pearl Jam/Sparta/HSBC Arena/Buffalo, NY
  • 11.9.02/Bob Dylan/None/Coach USA Center/Elmira, NY
  • 10.24.02/TOOL/Meshuggah/Broome County Arena/Binghamton, NY
  • 9.1.02/The Tragically Hip/Unkown/Six Flags PAC/Darien Lake, NY
  • 7.28.02/The Tragically Hip/Unknown/Somerville Theater/Boston, MA
  • 7.27.02/The Tragically Hip/Unknown/Somerville Theater/Boston, MA
  • 7.26.02/The Tragically Hip/Unknown/Somerville Theater/Boston, MA
  • 5.4.02/Guster/Rustic Overtones/SUNY Cortland/Cortland, NY
  • 8.27.01/Pearl Jam/Sonic Youth/SPAC/Saratoga, NY
  • 6.2.01/U2/PJ Harvey/Pepsi Arena/Albany, NY
  • 4.23.01/Guster/Joe, Marc's Brother/Auditorium Theater/Rochester, NY
  • 10.3.00/The Tragically Hip/None/Landmark Theater/Syracuse, NY
  • 10.2.00/The Tragically Hip/None/Auditorium Theater/Rochester, NY
  • 8.14.00/Counting Crows/Live/SPAC/Saratoga, NY
  • 8.5.00/The Tragically Hip/Guster/Alpine Stage/Bolton Valley, VT
  • 4.29.00/Smashing Pumpkins/None/Tsongas Arena/Lowell, MA
  • 8.24.99/R.E.M./WILCO/Molson Amphitheater/Toronto, ON
  • 12.5.98/The Tragically Hip/Cracker/Orpheum Theater/Boston, MA
  • 10.10.98/The Tragically Hip/The Watchmen/Landmark Theater/Syracuse, NY
  • 10.8.98/The Tragically Hip/The Watchmen/Dome Arena/Rochester, NY
  • 8.29.98/The Tragically Hip/Hayden/Sugarbush Mtn./Warren, VT
  • 7.26.98/Dave Matthews Band/Agents Of Good Root/SPAC/Saratoga, NY
  • 5.29.98/Kenny Wayne Shepherd/House Band/House Of Blues/Myrtle Beach, SC
  • 4.5.98/Sarah McLachlan/Lisa Loeb/War Memorial/Rochester, NY
  • 10.26.97/U2/Third Eye Blind/SkyDome/Toronto, ON
  • 10.20.97/Adam Sandler/Unknown/SUNY Potsdam/Potsdam, NY
  • 6.6.97/Dave Matthews Band/Bela Fleck/SPAC/Saratoga, NY
  • 10.15.96/Dave Matthews Band/Boxing Ghandis/War Memorial/Syracuse, NY
  • 5.22.96/The Tragically Hip/Unknown/Newbar/Raleigh, NC
  • 10.30.95/George Carlin/Unknown/SUNY Potsdam/Potsdam, NY
  • 5.6.95/Van Halen/Collective Soul/The Forum/Montreal, QC
  • 3.15.95/Live/Sponge/SUNY Potsdam/Potsdam, NY
  • 7.5.94/Pink Floyd/None/CNE Stadium/Toronto, ON
  • 7.4.93/Lynyrd Skynyrd/Unknown/Fort Drum/Watertown, NY