Owl and Bear’s list of albums that almost made the cut in 2008.
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – Sunday at Devil Dirt (V2/Vagrant)
Download: Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – Live on BBC FM
Okkervil River – The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
Download: Okkervil River – August 9, 2008 (DVD)
Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl)
Download: Of Montreal – November 11, 2006 (DVD)
Download: Of Montreal – February 7, 2007
Download: Of Montreal – November 19, 2008
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (ANTI-)
Download: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – BBC FM 2008
Beck – Modern Guilt (Interscope)
Download: Beck – Live on KCRW FM
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – S/t (Say Hey Records)
Download: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson Daytrotter Session (Daytrotter.com)
Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs (Columbia)
Download: Bob Dylan – July 2, 1962
Download: Bob Dylan – Freewheelin’ Outtakes
Islands – Arm’s Way (ANTI-)
Download: Islands Daytrotter Session (Daytrotter.com)
Tapes n’ Tapes – Walk It Off (XL Recordings)
Download: Tapes n’ Tapes Daytrotter Session (Daytrotter.com)
Foals – Antidotes (SubPop)
Download: Foals Daytrotter Session (Daytrotter.com)
French Kicks – Swimming (Vagrant)
Download: French Kicks Daytrotter Session (Daytrotter.com)
Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer (SubPop)
Review: Wolf Parade – July 20, 2008
She and Him – Volume One (Merge)
The Powerchords – …Think I’m Gonna (Single Screen)
Grand Ole Party – Humanimals (DH RECORDS)
School of Language – Sea From Shore (Thrill Jockey)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Lie Down in Light (Drag City)
Albert Hammond, Jr. – ¿Cómo Te Llama? (RCA/Black Seal)
The Sea and Cake – Car Alarm (Thrill Jockey)
We Are Scientists – Brain Thrust Mastery (Virgin)
Girl Talk – Feed the Animals (Illegal Art)
Marnie Stern – This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That (Kill Rock Stars)
Little Joy – S/t (Rough Trade)
Vivian Girls – S/t (Mauled by Tigers)
Human Highway – Moody Motorcycle (Suicide Squeeze)
Shearwater – Rook (Matador)
Deerhoof – Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)
I’m From Barcelona – Who Killed Harry Houdini? (Mute Records)
Lackthereof – Your Anchor (Barsuk)
Futureheads – This Is Not the World (Nul Records)
Portishead – Third (Island)
Mates of State – Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)
Hercules and Love Affair – S/t (DFA Records)
Jason Collett – Here’s to Being Here (Arts & Crafts)
Brightblack Morning Light – Motion to Rejoin (Matador Records)