2008 CD of the Year

2008 Top 10 CDs

1. The Pogues - Just Look ‘em Straight in the Eye and Say “Pogue Mahone!” (Joint)

Sure it’s a comp., but it’s 5 feckin disks of stuff you’ve never heard - well worth the high sticker price.

1. The Go Set - The Rising (Joint)

The perfect combination of the rawness of the 1st CD and the maturity of 2 & 3.

2. The Tossers - On A Fine Spring Evening

More genius from The Tossers. The most consistant band in the scene.

3. JD and the Longfellows - Happy Hour Again

Offbeat greatness from the thinking mans drinking band.

4. The Wages Of Sin - Gringo Mariachi

The S’n'O message board popular choice.

5. Irish Stew of Sindidun - Dare to Dream

Professor Gommels #1 choice.

6. The Mighty Regis - Another Nickel for the Pope

Best new band of 2008.

7. The Dreadnoughts - Legends Never Die

Siobhan is dead, long live The Dreadnoughts.

8. Black 47 - Iraq

The best B47 release since “Green Suade Shoes” in 1996

9. Meisce - Shipwrecked in a Bottle

10. The Fisticuffs - Neatly Stumblin’ (Joint)

10. The Pubcrawlers - One Too Many Again (Joint)

10. The Porters - Anywhere but home (Joint)

Single of the Year

1. The Currency - 888

Honorable Mentions

In Search of a Rose - Kind Of Green
Corrigan Fest - La Victoire en Chantant
Boiled in Lead - Silver (Led Zeppelin meets Celtic rock)
Mr. Irish Bastard - The Bastard Brotherhood
Dirges - When Laughing got you Killed
The Righs - The Rivers Run Deep
Zydepunks - Finisterre
The Cherry Coke$ - Sail the Pint