Concerts of 2008

Including festivals, clubs, a couple of instores etc.
A total of 140 different bands.
My favourites are outlined.

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6 eyes
9 Goats Black Out
Advantage Lucy
aikuru
Ametsub
Ando
Aquarium
Assembler
B Club
Beach House
Beck
Black Kids
Black Lips
Black:List
Blonde Redhead
Blood Red Shoes
Boris
Brian Jonestown Massacre
the Brunettes
chariots x3
Crystal Castles
Custom Noise
Cut Copy
Dead by April
Death Cab for Cutie
Devastations
Dio
the Dodos
Doktor Kosmos
Dosh
Duffy
Duné
d.v.d
E’m
Efterklang
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
envy
Familjen
Foals
furukawa miki
the Go! Team
Goldfrapp
Grand Island
Adam Green
group_inou x4
Growing
Hariss
hasunuma shuta
the Hellacopters
Hercules & Love Affair
Hot Chip
Håkan Hellstrøm
I am Robot and Proud x2
In Flames
Interpol
Jaguar Love
Jay-Z
Jordan
kaji hideki
kashiwa daisuke x2
Kaya
Kent
Kicell
the Kiddie
the Kissaway Trail
kojima mayumi
the Kooks x2
Les Savy Fav
Like Absolute Myself
Lukestar
Luminous Orange
Lupe Fiasco
Mahiruno
Maps
Masquerade
matenro Opera x3
matsu & take
Matt & Kim
Midnight Juggernauts
MGMT
miyauchi yuri
My Brightest Diamond
Kate Nash
the National
the National Bank
Nega
Silje Nes
nhhmbase x2
nisennenmondai
the Novembers x2
Now We’ve Got Members
O’Death
Ogre You Asshole x4
Okkervil River
Overground Acoustic Underground
ôya yuusuke session
-OZ-
Pacific!
Panic at the Disco
Pop-a-long Cassidy
PPP x2
Psysalia Psysalis Psyche
the Raconteurs
Rentrer en Soi
Riddim Saunter
Robyn
Rumble In Rhodos
Sel’m
shibusa shirazu seven
Shing02
Sigur Rós
Slagsmålsklubben
sokif
sokabe keiichi band x3
sokabe keiichi rendevouz band
Sonic Youth
sôtai seiriron
Sparta Locals
St Vincent
Stars
Sufjan Stevens
Sugar
Takuma
the Ting Tings
Tingsek
toe
toddle
tokumaru shugo x4
Tommy Tokyo & Starving for My Gravy
Truls & the Trees x2
Vampire Weekend
John Vanderslice
Versailles x3
the Wombats
Woodhands
World’s End Girlfriend & Poltergeist Ensemble
Yeasayer
YO-MA
the Young Knives

Best of 2008

And so it's that time of the year again. For some reason I found it a lot easier to choose my japanese favourites than the non-japanese ones. There's been many good non-japanese records, but recently I've found myself almost only listening to japanese artists. I think one of the reasons is that I get to see a lot of the japanese bands live all the time here. Also, I think it's more difficult to stay updated on new western music here. Another interesting thing is that I had to listen to most of the non-japanese albums so many times before I started liking them whereas for the japanese ones I almost instantly liked them. Anyways, here goes..

Best japanese albums

• sokabe keiichi BAND - キラキラ！
• group_inou - FAN
• YO-MA - Sparks In Winter
• the Novembers - picnic
• Ogre You Asshole - しらないあいずしらせる子 (mini-album)
• kaji hideki - Lollipop
• PERFUME - GAME
• キセル - Magic Hour

Best non-jap. albums

• Wolf Parade - At Mt. Zoomer
• Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Pershing
• Okkervil River - the Stand-Ins
• Of Montreal - Skeletal Lampin
• Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
• Foals - Antidotes
• Conor Oberst - s/t
• Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
• Beach House - Devotion
• Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell