Top Ten of 08

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10. Homostupids-Cat Music 7"
Follow up to last years godhead "The Edge" is not as good, but still "Better than your band".

9. UV Race 7"
Great punk that flew with Birdmen under the radar, whatever that means.

8. Francis Harold and the Holograms 7"
Totally great noise that mixes Killdozer, Flipper and early Pissed Jeans. But I mean, not as good as any of those, still...

7. Kriegshog Hardcore Hell 7"
Hype bought. This is good, like Framtid good.

6. Loser Life "My Hell" LP
They seem to be one of the more polarizing bands in real punk today. I love em, even if they ruined a whole pressing of their 7" with spray paint. Also I get the feeling if I knew them I wouldn't like em.

5. Clown "Livestock World" LP
You know how about 5 years ago, everyone was so ga-ga over Jap-Core and you totally bought into it and now you have, like, Heartwork 7"s that you never listen to? This record is as good as you thought that was. How's that for a sell?

4. Invasion "La Caza" 12"
Nowhere near the monster that the 1st LP was, but still great. Best Spanish punk band ever.

3. Condominium "Pupils" 7"
After a first 7" of great(if not forgettable) hardcore, the follow up blows it away. Fanboy.

2. Eddy Current Suppression Ring "Primary Colours" LP
ECSR in Spin in 09. You heard it hear first.

1. Sex/Vid "Nests" 7"
Again, I'm buying the hype. For all the complaining the try-hards and try-harders did about that vaguely similar riff from that canine desire song(or that other song about wanting to be a fox), you'd think that every other punk record this year was fresh and original. And although the 12" is also great, the really should break up and never look back. This record is good enough to take Layla Gibbon seriously. SRSLY.


Sorry Dutchess and the Duke, Lebenden Toten, Pink Reason, N/N, D4, Brain Handle, Herds, Cola Freaks, Smart Cops, -/-, Masshysteri and Stagnation. I guess make your records a little better next year.