Evilyn's Top 5 albums of '08

In no particular order, here are a few of my favourite CDs from this year that you should check out.

MSI - “If”
Not only does this band put on an entertaining live show but they also actually make music worth paying for, which I know, has become so passé this decade. This is usually the part of the review where I tell you which songs on the CD to check out and why they rock, however with this particular album ALL OF THE SONGS RULE, so just get this CD and TURN IT THE FUCK UP!

Bloc Party- “Intimacy”
The first track on this CD is going to remind you of the Chemical Brothers “Setting Sun” because of the way the song opens and the drum beats that follow. This is another CD that you can pretty much listen to front to back; it has a great mixture of sound, from slow songs to fast dancey tunes that make you wanna shake yo’ moneymaker.

The Killers- “Day & Age”
It wasn’t quite what I expected from the Killers this time around, a little less dance-floor friendly, but nonetheless an excellent CD filled with a wicked selection of tunes. The track “Spaceman” is so awesome it’s even featured on Rockband 2, so you can pretend you are Brandon Flowers, and who doesn’t dress up like the people they impersonate in Rockband anyway?

Cut Copy- “In Ghost Colours”
As I mentioned in a previous post on Def In June, this CD pretty much rules, and after seeing them perform a live show at the Commodore it only reassured my love for this band. Get out your keffiyeh and your skin tight tapered pants and dance like a queer to this album, its worth it.

The Raveonettes- “Lust Lust Lust”
The combo of doo-wop and pop rock that this band creates make you want to wear a poodle skirt and a bouffant, only the poodle skirt will be of a skeleton dog and your hair will be pink. A few of my favourite tracks on this CD are “You want the Candy” and “Dead Sound”