[we take three steps forward and three steps back]

My Favorite Albums of 2008:
in no particular order (except Kids In Glass Houses)

1. SMART CASUAL - KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES
2. Agony and Irony - Alkaline Trio
3. Pretty. Odd. - Panic! At The Disco
4. Folie a Deux - Fall Out Boy
5. Underdog Alma Mater - Forever The Sickest Kids
6. Daylight Is Coming - Remedy Drive
7. Can't Stop, Won't Stop - The Maine
8. Whisper War - The Cab
9. Rotation - Cute Is What We Aim For
10. Madeline - Tickle Me Pink
11. Want - 3OH!3
12. Appeal To Reason - Rise Against
13. That's What She Said (EP) - The Friday Night Boys
14. The Yippee EP - Nevershoutnever!
15. Fast Times At Barrington High - The Academy Is...
16. Punk Goes Crunk - Various Artists
17. Movement - Thieves And Villains
18. Starf**ker - Starf**ker
19. Sweet Dreams, Sucker - Treaty Of Paris

Most Disappointing Albums of 2008:
in no particular order (notice how this is what Mel already had, but I don't it's because they're bad, just that they never held my attention appropriately. I was SO excited for SIL, but I don't know if I've even listened to the entire CD. Same with Framing Hanley, even though I really love his voice and Hear Me Now.)

• The Moment - Framing Hanley
• Come Around - Sing It Loud

My Favorite Songs in 2008:
note: some of these songs did not come out in 2008, but I discovered them in the year.
in no particular order

• Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too - Say Anything
• I Got Your Money (Ol' Dirty Bastard) - Say Anything
• One-X (The entire CD) - Three Days Grace
• Calling All Skeletons - Alkaline Trio
• Stolen - Dashboard Confessional
• Television Off, Party On (The entire CD) - Forever The Sickest Kids
• Fat Lip - Sum 41
• The Sky's Alive - Remedy Drive
• Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
• Stay With You - The Goo Goo Dolls
• Say It Ain't So - Weezer
• How Will I Know (Whitney Houston) - Hit The Lights
• Inside Of You - Hoobastank
• Cross My Heart - Marianas Trench
• Any and all Dane Cook
• Dream Girl - Basshunter
• The Flood - Escape The Fate
• Here Goes Nothin' - Nevershoutnever!
• Pop Song - Starf**ker
• Smart Casual (The entire CD) - Kids In Glass Houses
• Goodbye, I'm Sorry - And Then I Turned Seven
• Everything I Ask For - The Maine
• Oh My - Office
• Do The Panic - Phantom Planet

Best Artists Discovered in 2008:
in no particular order

• Say Anything
• Nevershoutnever!
• Basshunter
• The Maine
• Hit The Lights
• The Friday Night Boys
• Framing Hanley
• Thieves And Villains
• Dane Cook
• Starf**ker
• Pagoda
• Tickle Me Pink
• Rise Against
• Kids In Glass Houses
• 3OH!3
• Four Year Strong
• Cute Is What We Aim For
• Office
• Anberlin
• All Time Low
• Phantom Planet
• 504 Plan
• The Sounds

Best New Band of 2008:
KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES

Kids in Glass Houses are a five-piece rock band from the surrounding valleys of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The band's name is inspired by a lyric in Glassjaw song 'Tip Your Bartender'. The line is "not throwing stones at you anymore". Their most current album is "Smart Casual". I love them so much. Words cannot describe this album. Too bad they're not from the US, otherwise I'd probably get a chance to see them. This entire album is so fricking amazing. I could listen to it for days. And frequently do.

Most Anticipated for 2009:

• Panic! At The Disco
• Taking Back Sunday
• Envy On The Coast
• Say Anything
• Cobra Starship
• (Pretty much anything in the AP Most Anticipated.)

And to think, I thought I had such unique tastes. Good to know I love everyone the masses love!

[While slaving away at this post, Maddy was listening to Agony and Irony, The Yippee EP, and Smart Casual.]