This year, I’ve asked a few Phoenix-area musicians/people of interest for their year-end, best-of lists: albums, songs, whatever. It’s only natural I start with Brendan Murphy, singer/guitarist for Source Victoria. And, oh, yeah, he’s my brother, and he’s probably had as much influence on my music tastes as anyone.
Go to sourcevictoria.net to download a zip file of Source Victoria’s full-length debut, The Fast Escape.
Here are his top 14 albums of the year, in no particular order:
• Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
(Roc-A-Fella)
• Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight (Fat Cat)
• Sigur Ros – Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust(XL)
• The Silver State – Cut and Run(Young American)
• Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
• Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid (Fiction Records)
• Magnetic Morning – A.M.(Friend or Faux)
• Fleet Foxes – self-titled (Sub Pop)
• Radiohead – In Rainbows(XL)
• Vampire Weekend – self-titled(XL)
• Retribution Gospel Choir – self-titled(Caldo Verde)
• Portishead – Third(Island)
• TV on the Radio – Dear Science(Interscope)
• Ryan Adams and the Cardinals – Cardinology(Lost Highway)
Related:
Favorite albums of 2008.
Favorite song(s) of 2008.
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