We’re among the "Best Of..." (in some minds)

The votes are in. The people have spoken. The critics and journalists have written. 2008 has been wrapped up and, in the end, some folks ended up liking us. We generally don't aim to please, but we're sure happy when we do!

Three Imaginary Girls - Best of 2008: Top Northwest Releases of 2008 TIG Editorial Picks

25. The Nextdoor Neighbors - Magic Vs The Machine {live show review}
24. The Dead Science - Villanaire {album review}
23. H is for Hellgate - Come for the peaks stay for the valleys {info}
22. Kay Kay and His Weathered Underdround - Kay Kay and His Weathered Underdround {live show review}
21. BOAT - Topps EP {live show review}
20. LoveLand - The Beautiful Truth {info}
19. Damien Jurado - Caught In The Trees {album review}
18. Common Market - Black Patch War {album review}
17. Chris Walla - Field Manual {album review}
16. Hey Marseilles - To Travels and Trunks {live show review}
15. Jared Mees and the Grown Children - Caffeine, Alchohol, Sunshine, Money {album review}
14. Grand Archives - Grand Archives {album review}
13. Man Plus - Hungarian Suicide Songbook {album review}
12. Wallpaper - On The Chewing Gum Ground
11. (TIE) Young Sportsmen - If You Want It {album review}
11. (TIE) Doll Test - Mosque Alarm Clock
10. The Pica Beats - Beating Back the Claws of the Cold {info}
9. Team Gina - Products of the 80s {album review}
8. The Kindness Kind - The Kindness Kind {info}
7. The Pharmacy - Choose Ur Own Adventure {info}
6. Throw Me The Statue - Moonbeams {album review}
5. Dutchess and the Duke - She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke {live show review}
4. The Old Haunts - Poisonous Times {live show review}
3. All Girl Summer Fun Band - Looking Into It {live show review}
2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes {album review}
1. The Saturday Knights - Mingle {album review}

NadaMucho.com - 2008 Year in Review: Klepac on the Best Seattle Albums of 2008

16. Helms Alee - Night Terror (Hydra Head)
15. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
14. The Pica Beats – Beating Back the Claws of the Cold (Hardly Art)
13. The Apple War – Alarm Bell City
12. At The Spine – Vida
11. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs (Atlantic / Barsuk)
10. The Hands – The Hands
9. Common Market – Tobacco Road (Massline Media)
8. The Riffbrokers – Weight of Line and Intersection (Unsmashable)
7. The Moondoggies – Don't Be A Stranger (Hardly Art)
6. H is for Hellgate - Come For the Peaks, Stay For the Valleys (Scissor City)
5. These Arms Are Snakes – Tail Swallower and Dove (Suicide Squeeze)
4. Half Light - Sleep More, Take More Drugs, Do Whatever We Want
3. Jake One - White Van Music (Rhymesayers)
2. The Whore Moans – Hello From the Radio Wasteland! (Mt. Fuji)
1. Head Like a Kite – There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere (Mush)

Seattle P.I. Ear Candy Blog - 10 favorite songs by Seattle artists in 2008:

The Saturday Knights, "Dog Park": A fun, playful song by a fun, playful band

Fleet Foxes, "White Winter Hymnal": This song alone justifies why Fleet Foxes are on so many best-of lists

The Moondoggies, "Changing": Excellent roots rock from a band some consider to be Seattle's next big thing

Team Gina, "Wife Swapping": A humorous song about the nature of the lesbian dating scene

Common Market, "Trouble Is": Rapper Ra Scion and his DJ partner in crime Sabzi at their finest

Brent Amaker and the Rodeo, "I'm The Man Who Writes the Country Hits": Fun, unadulterated honky-tonk music

SHIM, "Animal": A sexed-up love song with a Foghat-meets-Wolfmother vibe

Jake One, "Trap Door": The pairing of Jake One with MF Doom is one of the many highlights on an amazing album

Dyme Def, "Brain's Theme": Definitely the best, if not the first, song to sample the "Pinky and the Brain" theme

H is For Hellgate, "Copernicus and Me": Progressive rock from a band on the rise

Three Imaginary Girls - Estey's "most played on the iPod 2008" list

John Spalding's LoveLand, "Give Me Grace"
John Spalding's LoveLand, "Father"
Parenthetical Girls, "Young Eucharists"
Parenthetical Girls, "Song For Elle Greenwich"
H Is For Hellgate, "Blood"
H Is For Hellgate, "Pretty, Pretty Princess"
The Saturday Knights, "Dog Park"
The Saturday Knights, "Mutt"
The Saturday Knights, "Count It Off"
Damien Jurado, "Coats of Ice"
Damien Jurado, "Sheets"
Conrad Ford, "Vampires"
Conrad Ford, "Sinner Street"
Cancer Rising, "Let's Start Some Shit"
Cancer Rising, "Perseverance"
See Me River, "Wake Up Are You Wasted"
See Me River, "Don't Pray For Blood"
Saeta, "When Will You Find Love"
Saeta, "Promise Me Still"
Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power, "Little Fucker"
Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power, "The Mad Passion of the Stoic"
Transmissionary Six, "I Want To Deprogram You"
Transmissionary Six, "Edison Stare"
The Dead Science, "Make Mine Marvel!"
Baskervilles, "A Little More Time"
Palodine, "Woman Of Cain"
Bearsuit, "Foxy Boxer"
Amadan, "Anchor Tattoo"
Run On Sentence, "The Afterlife, Pt. 1"
Blitzen Trapper, "God & Suicide"
Mono in VCF, "Escape City Scrapers"
Viarosa, "The Old Walls"
Gary Murray, "She's Electric"
Everett True & The Young Liberals, "We Invented 'The Street'"
Mt. Eerie, "Voice In Headphones"
XX Teens, "Round"

We're honored to be among so many other great but watch the hell out - we have some serious shit brewing for 2009, people.