The Best Of 2008: Patrick Shillenn

Top 10 Albums:
1. The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
2. Verse – Aggression
3. …and you will know us by the Trai Of Dead – Festival Thyme EP
4. Russian Circles – Station
5. Jena Berlin – This Is Yours As Much As It Is Mine
6. Polar Bear Club – Sometimes Things Just Disappear
7. Warship – Supply And Depend
8. These Arms Are Snakes – Tail Swallower And Dove
9. Man Man – Rabbit Habits
10. Woodhands – Heart Attack

The Gaslight Anthem rocked 2008 because:
The ’59 Sound possesses not only truth, but also supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.

Favorite thing in 2008: The Great Depression II

What you wish you did more of in 2008: I wish I had read more in 2008. Second place: “learned more about Uruguay”, but I read a book about that over the weekend.

What are you looking forward to in 2009? Red Collar LP in 2009.