RFC Staff Best Of 2008 (Part 2)

And now, round two of our favorite albums and shows from 2008...

Garin Pirnia
Live Shows

1. Radiohead / Lolla

2. Cut Copy / Abbey and Metro

3. Wilco / last night of Rivera residence

4. A Place to Bury Strangers / Schubas and Empty Bottle

5. Wolf Parade / HOB

6. Magnetic Fields / Old Town School of Folk Music

7. Ladytron / Vic

8. MGMT and Yeasayer / Schubas

9. Rosebuds / Bottom Lounge

10. NIN / Lolla

Albums
1. In Ghosts Colours - Cut Copy
2. At Mount Zoomer - Wolf Parade
3. Saturdays=Youth - M83
4. Dear Science - TV on the Radio
5. Cut the World - Moscow Olympics
6. Little Joy - Little Joy
7. You and Me - The Walkmen
8. Velocifero - Ladytron
9. Lust Lust Lust - The Raveonettes
10. Midnight Organ Fight - Frightened Rabbit

Jeremy Farmer
best
Spiritualized – Songs in A&E
Okkervil River – The Stand-Ins
Fleet Foxes – Self Titled + Sun Giant EP
Elbow – Seldom Seen Kid
Beck – Modern Guilt
Department of Eagles – In Ear Park
Neil Halstead - Oh! Mighty Engine
Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
Neon Neon – Stainless Style

worst
REM - Accelerate
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Verve - Forth
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

Dave Knapik
albums
Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
The Bug - London Zoo
To Blacken The Pages - A Semblance Of Something Appertaining To Destruction
DJ Rupture - Uproot
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter 3
2562 - Aerial
Philip Jeck - Sand
Various Artists - An England Story: the Culture of the MC in the UK 1983-2008
Santogold/Diplo - Top Ranking
Max Richter - 24 Postcards In Full Colour

shows
Wolves in the Throne Room @ The Underworld on 10 February 2008
Wiley + JME @ Cuban Bar (part of the The Camden Crawl festival) on 18 April 2008
Merzbow, Sutcliffe Jugend and Satori @ ULU on 19 April 2008
Philip Jeck, Marcus Davidson and Robert Hampson @ The Museum of Garden History on 8 May 2008
Raster-Noton 12th Anniversary event @ ICA on 30 May 2008 (featuring Alva Noto,  Frank Bretschneider, Signal, Kangding Ray and Byetone )
Gong @ Royal Festival Hall on 14 June 2008
Stiff Little Fingers, Mark Stewart and the Maffia and Adrian Sherwood @ Royal Festival Hall (part of Meltdown 2008 festival) on 18 June 2008
Gravetemple and Asva @ The Underworld on 10 July 2008
Vivian Girls @ The Old Blue Last 3 December 2008
The Rezillos performing "Can't Stand The Rezillos" @ Islington Bar Academy on 11 December 2008

Brad Knutson
albums
Portishead - Third
Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip – Angles
Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
Raveonettes - Lust, Lust, Lust
Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw

shows
Spiritualized @ Metro
Monotonix @ Hideout Block Party
Elbow @ Park West
Gnarls Barkley @ Lolla
Ed Harcourt @ Schubas

Kirstie Shanley
albums:
10. Julie Doiron and Phil Elverum: Lost Wisdom
9.  Clinic: Do It!
8.  Orouni: Jump Out the Window
7.  The Magnetic Fields: Distortion
6.  Juana Molina: Un Dia
5.  Spiritualized: Songs in A & E
4.  The High Dials: Moon Country
3.  Portishead: Third
2.  Karkwa: Le Volume du Vent
1.  Thee Silver Mt. Zion: 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons

live performances:
10. CSS at the Metro
9.  Spiritualized at the Metro
8.  Super Furry Animals at The Metro
7.  Nick Cave at The Riviera
6.  My Bloody Valentine at the Aragon
5.  David Byrne at the Opera House
4.  The High Dials at some random loft space
3.  Jarvis Cocker at Pitchfork Music Festival
2.  Radiohead at Lollapalooza
1   Low at Epiphany