AtlasPlugged's
Best Of 2008
Adam Bird
Artist Spotlight , Musician's Atlas
Top albums of 2008
*My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
*She & Him - Volume 1
*Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
*King of Leon - Only By The Night
*The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
*Vampire Weekend - S/T
Top Live Shows
*Tegan & Sara @ Terminal 5 NYC
*Via Audio @ Crash Mansion NYC
I Can't Stop Listening To
*Spoon
*Elliott Smith
*Silverchair
Most Overlooked Band
*Spoon
James Potter
Editor/Site Manager, Musician's Atlas
Top Albums of 2008:
*Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords
*Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
*Dillinger Four - C I V I L W A R
*H2O - Nothing To Prove
*Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
*Murder By Death - Red of Tooth and Claw
*The Night Marchers - See You In Magic
*Ben Folds - Way To Normal
*Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
*Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose Of Death
Top EPs of 2008:
*Late Of The Pier - Echoclistel Lambietroy
*Ryan's Hope - Chaos
*Dead To Me - Little Brother
*Spinnerette - Ghetto Love
*Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant
Top Shows:
*Gaslight Anthem at the Knitting Factory, NYC
*Bruce Springsteen at Giants Stadium, NJ
*Murder By Death and O'Death at the Bowery Ballroom, NYC
*Marco Benevento at Kenny's Castaways, NYC
*The Bouncing Souls and Gaslight Anthem at the Stone Pony, NJ
I Can't Stop Listening To
*Flo Rida - "Still Missin'"
*The Magnetic Fields - "California Girls"
*Q-Tip - "Gettin' Up"
*Matt & Kim - "Daylight"
*Rue Morgue Radio Podcasts
*The Aggrolites - "Don't Let Me Down (Live)"
*Alkaline Trio - "Calling All Skeletons"
*The The - "This Is The Day "
*Big Country - "In A Big Country"
*Okkervil River - "Lost Coastlines"
*Does it Offend You, Yeah? - "Dawn of the Dead"
Most Overlooked Artist
*Q-Tip (Finally! A New Record!)
Joelle Batelli
Editor/Publicity, Musician's Atlas/Independent Music Awards
Top 5 Albums of 2008
*The Kooks - KONK
*Butch Walker - Sycamore Meadows
*Val Emmich - Little Daggers
*The Matches - A Band in Hope
*She & Him - Vol. 1
*Hanson - The Walk
Shows That Rocked My '08:
*The Kooks @ Terminal 5
*Sohodolls @ CMJ
*The Gay Blades @ Irving Plaza
*Butch Walker (multiple shows)
*Hanson @ The Wellmont
*The Matches @ Stone Pony
*Val Emmich @ Maxwells
*Stone Temple Pilots @ PNC
Band I Wish Toured In '08:
*LostProphets
Martin Folkman
Publisher, Musician's Atlas/Director, Independent Music Awards
ALBUMS:
*Richard Julian - "Sunday Morning In Saturday's Shoes"
*Johnny Dowd - “A Drunkard’s Masterpiece”
*Tony Scherr - “Twist In The Wind”
*Jonah Smith & Andy Stack - “Brooklyn Session”
*Phil Roy - “The Great Longing”
*The Black Keys - "Attack & Release"
*Randy Newman - "Harps & Angels"
*Jonatha Brooke & Woody Guthrie- “The Works”
*Duffy - “Rockferry”
*Charlie Haden - “Rambling Boy”
*Supergrass - “Diamond Hoo Ha”
SHOWS:
*The Independent Music Party – A showcase of 6 Independent Music Award Winners at Kenny's Castaways during CMJ. You Had To Be There!
*Sasha Dobson – Played my mom’s birthday party. But go see Sasha whenever she plays in your neighborhood.
*Rancid - Irving Plaza, NYC
*Randy Newman - McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ
*Hoots & Hellmouth – Folk Alliance Showcase
*Passing Strange – Belasco Theatre, NYC (Concept concert as Broadway Show. Boffo!)
*Elvis Costello & Smokey Robinson – Spectacle Taping at The Apollo Theatre, NYC
Memorable in '08
*Rediscovering that Placido Domingo kicks ass!
*Satch Plays Fats - at the intersection of swing and swagger
*Rediscovering Fred Astaire's lighter-than-air vocals and the brilliance of the players that lifted him to even greater heights.
*The passing of Bo Diddley, Danny Federici & Buddy Miles...
*The unbridled joy & anticipation of having concert tickets for an upcoming show (as witnessed in the months before my daughter saw Radiohead at All Points West
*Pete Seeger is as much an inspiration today as he ever was.
Lauren Veteri
Managing Editor, Musician's Atlas/IMA Coordinator
Albums of the Year
*MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
*Beck - Modern Guilt
*She & Him - Vol. 1
*Portishead - Third
*Jamie Lidell - JIM
*Thicke - Something Else
*Fort Knox Five - Radio Free DC
*Bitter:Sweet - Drama
*Ani Difranco - Red Letter Year
*Adele - 19
Shows of the Year
*Beck & MGMT @ United Palace Theater in NYC
*Leah Siegel @ CMJ
*Sohodolls @ CMJ
*T. Katz @ CMJ
Can't Stop Listening To
*MGMT’s "Electric Feel"
Jude Folkman
Editor-in-Chief, Musician's Atlas/Marketing Director, MRG
Favorite Shows (in no particular order):
*Sasha Dobson – command performance at King’s Carriage House, NYC
*Feist – Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC
*Sara Bareilles – SXSW Austin
*Ingrid Michaelson – SXSW Austin
*Durando – SXSW Austin
*Robert Plant/Alison Krauss – WAMU Theatre, NYC
*Hoots & Hellmouth – Folk Alliance Memphis
*Twilight Hotel – Folk Alliance Memphis
*Elvis Costello/Smokey Robinson – Apollo Theatre NYC
*Just about every show at Rockwood Music Hall, The Living Room, Banjo Jim’s, (NYC) Pete’s Candy Store & Jalopy (Brooklyn)
Favorite Albums (in no particular order):
*The Wilders, ‘Someone's Gotta Pay’
*Sweeney Todd Soundtrack
*Dolly Parton, ‘Backwoods Barbie’
*Jenny Lewis, ‘Acid Tongue’
*Ry Cooder, ‘I, Flathead’
*Robin Thicke, 'Something Else'
Can’t Stop Listening To:
*Thelonious Monk – Ken Burns Jazz Collection
*Fun In The Sun – West Coast Jazz Box Set
*Oxford American Sampler
*Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile
Theresa Ryan
Editor, Musician's Atlas/Sales & Partnerships, MRG
Favorite shows:
*Jamie Lidell @ Bowery Ballroom, NY
*The Kooks @ Stone Pony, NJ
*Vampire Weekend @ Wellmont Theatre, NJ
*Kings of Leon @ Electric Factory, PA
*She & Him @ SXSW
*Durando @ SXSW
*The Raconteurs @ Terminal 5, NY
*Black Keys- Terminal 5, NY
*Coldplay @ MSG, NY
*Everclear @ Music Fest, Nomahegan Park, NJ
*Myrtle Ave @ Dexter's, NJ
Albums:
*Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
*Jamie Lidell - JIM
*The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
*The Kooks - Konk
*She and Him - Volume 1
*Avett Brothers - The Second Gleam EP
*My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
*MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
*Vampire Weekend - S/T
*Flight of the Conchords - S/T
*The Killers - Day & Age
Can't stop listening to:
*Kings of Leon
Alisha Miranda
ALBUMS
*Forgive Durden - Razia's Shadow
*The Killers - Day & Age
*Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
*Flight of the Conchords - S/T
SHOWS
*Snoop Dogg at Bamboozle, NJ
*Jimmy Eat World at Bamboozle, NJ
*Say Anything at the TLA, PA
*Saves the Day / Moneen at CMJ, NYC
*Forgive Durden / Dear & the Headlights at Maxwell's, NJ
*Every Time I Die at School of Rock, NJ
*New Found Glory at Starland, NJ
*Motion City Soundtrack at Crocodile Rock, PA
Samantha Galligan
Albums:
*Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
*She and Him - Volume 1
*Avett Brothers - The Second Gleam EP
*My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
*J. Tillman - Vacilando Territory Blues
*Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
*Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave
*Annuals - Wet Zoo EP
*Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
*MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Shows:
*Avett Brothers, 11/13/08, Toads Place, New Haven, CT
*Fleet Foxes, 10/02/08, Starlight Ballroom, Philly, PA
Can't stop listening:
*Avett Brothers
Fleet Foxes
*The Low Anthem
