Nick’s Top

1. Man Man: Rabbit Habits (sample)
2. Flight Of The Conchords: Flight Of The Conchords (sample)
3. Foals: Antidotes (sample)
4. M83: Saturdays = Youth (sample)
5. Phantom Planet: Raise the Dead (sample)
6. Santogold: Santogold (sample)
7. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: Pershing (sample)
8. Tapes ‘n Tapes: Walk It Off (sample)

Biggest Disappointment: Peter Moren: The Last Tycoon
Most Interesting: Blind Melon: For My Friends (What is next?)

Cory’s Top

1. Man Man: Rabbit Habits (sample)
2. Foals: Antidotes (sample)
3. Old Haunts: Poisonous Time (sample)
   
4. Sun Kil Moon: April (sample)
5. Santogold: Santogold (sample)
6. Unwed Sailor: Little Wars (sample)
7. Jonathan Richman: Because Her Beauty Is Raw & Wild (sample)
   

Honorable Mentions
Eric Avery: Help Wanted
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: Pershing (sample)
Client: Untitled Remix
Bryan Scary: Flight of the Knife
The Black Keys: Attack & Release

2008 List Archive
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See a comprehensive list of April 2008 album releases below the break:

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April 1, 2008

American Babies: American Babies
Annuals: Wet Zoo EP
Anti-Flag: The Bright Lights of America
Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Apples in Stereo: Electronic Projects for Musicians
Apollo Sunshine: Apollo Sunshine (with bonus tracks)
Apollo Sunshine: Katona
Astrid Williamson: Boy for You
Billionaires: Really Real for Forever
The Black Keys: Attack & Release
Borko: Celebrating Life
Bryan Scary: Flight of the Knife
Camphor: Drawn to Dust
Canadians: Sky with No Stars
The Carter Family: The Acme Sessions, 1952-56
Colour Revolt: Plunder, Beg, and Curse
David Ford: Songs for the Road
Diamond Galas: Guilty Guilty Guilty
The Electric Pop Group: Sunrise EP
Fall Out Boy: Live In Phoenix
Kathy Mattea: Coal
Los Campesinos: Hold on Now, Youngster
Kylie Minigue: X
Lili Haydn: Place Between Places
Matthew Ryan: Matthew Ryan Vs. Silver State
Ministry: Cover Up
Moby: Last Night
Mono In VCF: Mono In VCF
Murdocks: Roar!
Muse: Haarp (with DVD)
Paddy Casey: Addicted to Company
Poi Dog Pondering: 7
Proclaimers: Life With You (special edition)
The Quarter After: Changes Near
Radiohead: Nude (import single)
R.E.M.: Accelerate
Robyn Hitchcock: Shadow Cat
Rolling Stones: Shine a Light: Original Soundtrack
Sandrine: Dark Fades into the Light
Sevendust: Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow
Shel Silverstein: Hairy Jazz (reissue)
Shel Silverstein: Inside Folk Songs (reissue)
Sun Kil Moon: April
The Sword: Gods of the Earth
Tally Hall: Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum
U2: Ballad of Ronnie Drew (import single)
Unwed Sailor: Little Wars
Van Der Graaf Generator: Trisector
Van Morrison: Keep It Simple
Various Artists: In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2
Various Artists: Lick It Up: A Millenium Tribute to Kiss
Various Artists: My Blueberry Nights (soundtrack)
Various Artists: Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story (import)
Willie Nelson: One Hell Of a Ride (4-CD box set)
The Wood Brothers: Loaded
Yelle: Pop-Up

April 8, 2008

Black Kids: I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You (import single)
Boredoms: Super Roots, Vol. 9
The Breeders: Mountain Battles
Client: Untitled Remix
Clinic: Do It!
Colin Meloy: Colin Meloy Sings Live!
Cloud Cult: Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
Courteeners: St. Jude (import)
Cut Copy: In Ghost Colors
Dark Meat: Universal Indians (Expanded Edition)
Drift: Memory Drawings
Drive By : A Delicate Situation
The Duke Spirit: Neptune
Eric Avery: Help Wanted
The Felice Brothers: The Felice Brothers [lp]
Finest Dearest: Finest Dearest
Fixer: Before the Sun
Fleet Foxes: Sun Giant EP
Foals: Antidotes
For Against: Shade Side Sunny Side
Gran Ronde: Secret Rooms
Hayes Carll: Trouble in Mind
Ike Reilly: Poison The Hit Parade
Jason Anderson: The Hopeful and the Unafraid
Jim Noir: Jim Noir
Jonathan Richman: Because Her Beauty Is Raw & Wild
Karan Casey: Ships in the Forest
Leona Lewis: Spirit
Lo Fine: Not for Us Two
The Long Blondes: Couples
Man Man: Rabbit Habits
Marcia Ball: Peace, Love & BBQ
Marie Digby: Unfold
Meat Beat Manifesto: Autoimmune
The Microphones: Glow, Pt. 2 (remastered)
Miss Murgatroid and Petra Haden: Hearts and Daggers
Mountain Goats: The Sunset Tree [lp]
Mountain Goats: Tallahassee [lp]
Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be Healed [lp]
Neva Dinova: You May Already Be Dreaming
The New Bloods: The Secret Life
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts I – IV
Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts I – IV [lp]
Old Haunts: Poisonous Times
Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark: Live: Architecture & Morality and More
Pacifika: Asunción
Peter Moren: The Last Tycoon
P.O.D.: When Angels and Serpents Dance
Richard Swift: Richard Swift as Onasis EP
Robert Kelly: Just the Tip (with DVD)
Robots in Dusguise: We’re in the Music Biz
Rosey: Luckiest Girl
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: Pershing
Spanish Prisoners: Songs To Forget
Spoon: Don’t You Evah EP
Tapes ‘n Tapes: Walk It Off
Thee Oh Sees: The Master’s Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In
Thurston Moore: Sensitive/Lethal
Tina Dico: Count to Ten
Various Artists: Bite the Ivory: The Piano Tribute to Metallica
Various Artists: Green Owl Compilation: a Benefit for the Energy Action Coalition
Various Artists: Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 1-3 (box set)
Various Artists: Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 3
Various Artists: Punk Goes Crunk
Various Artists: Strung out on Madonna: The String Quartet Tribute
Was (Not Was): Boo!
Wye Oak: If Children

April 15, 2008

Air: Moon Safari (10th Anniversary 3-disc Deluxe Edition)
American Princes: Other People
Asia: Phoenix
The Autumns: Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
Black Francis: Svn Fngrs
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: My Bloody Underground
Can: Future Days (reissue)
Can: Monster Movie (reissue)
The Child Ballad: Cheekbone Hollows
Christopher Bissonnette: In Between Words
Does It Offend You Yeah?: You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
Elliott Murphy: Notes From The Underground
Everclear: The Vegas Years
Frightened Rabbit: The Midnight Organ Fight
Gossip: Live in Liverpool
James: Hey Ma (import)
James McMurtry: Just Us Kids
Jason Isbell: Live at Twist & Shout EP (live)
Jordan Zevon: Insides Out
Joseph Arthur: Crazy Rain and Boredom EP
Justin Nozuka: Holly
Kate Rusby: Awkward Annie
The Kooks: Konk
Kris Delmhorst: Shotgun Singer
M83: Saturdays = Youth
Mariah Carey: E=MC2
Opeth: Still Life (reissue)
Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark: Dazzle Ships (remastered with bonus tracks)
Ours: Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)
Phantom Planet: Raise the Dead
The Plastic Constellations: We Appreciate You
REM: Supernatural Superserious EP [lp]
Rush: Snakes & Arrows (2-CD live album)
Sally Shapiro: Remix Romance, Vol. 1
The Silver State: Cut and Run
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: 1978: Live in Boston
The Sword: Gods of the Earth [lp]
Tristan Prettyman: Hello
Thrice: The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV: Air & Earth
Various Artists: Lord of the Rings – Original London Cast Recording
Various Artists: Migrating Bird: The Songs of Lal Waterson
Various Artists: Miles from India
Whiskeytown: Strangers Almanac (vinyl remastered reissue with bonus tracks) [lp]

April 22, 2008

Amelia: A Long, Lovely List of Repairs
Anna Ternheim: Halfway to Fivepoints (reissue)
Armin Van Buuren: Imagine
Ashlee Simpson: Bittersweet World
Atmosphere: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint that Sh*t Gold
Barry Adamson: Back to the Cat
Billy Bragg: Mr. Love & Justice
Blind Melon: For My Friends
Carole King: Tapestry – Legacy Edition
Cat Empire: So Many Nights
Chris Mills: Living in the Aftermath
Cinematic Orchestra: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Clipse: Re-Up Gang The Saga Continues
David Shrigley: Late Night Tales – Shrigley Forced to Speak with Others
Don Cavalli: Cryland
The Doors: The Doors Vinyl Box (180-Gram LPs) [lp]
El Perro del Mar: From The Valley To The Stars
Elvis Costello: Momofuku [vinyl]
Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid
Eric Gales: Story of My Life
The Festival: Come, Arrow, Come
Flight Of The Conchords: Flight Of The Conchords
J. Spaceman & Sun City Girls: Mister Lonely Soundtrack
Jack Rose: Dr. Ragtime and Pals/Jack Rose
The Jealous Girlfriends: The Jealous Girlfriends
Joy Division: The Best of Joy Division
Jukebox the Ghost: Let Live and Let Ghosts
Juno Reactor: Gods & Monsters
Last Shadow Puppets: The Age Of Understatement
Lights: Lights
Love: Forever Changes (remastered with bonus disc)
Lyrics Born: Everywhere at Once
Malcolm Middleton: Sleight of Heart
Monotonix: Body Language EP
Neil Hamburger: Sings Country Winners
Night Marchers: See You In Magic
Noel Harrison: Noel Harrison
Portishead: Machine Gun (single)
Prodigy: H.N.I.C. Pt. 2
The Pyramids: Pyramids
Replacements: Hootenanny (remastered with bonus tracks)
Replacements: Let It Be (remastered with bonus tracks)
Replacements: Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (remastered with bonus tracks)
Replacements: Stink (remastered with bonus tracks)
Sarandon: Kill Twee Pop!
Shelley Short: Water for the Day
Sleepercar: West Texas
Spectrum Meets Cpt. Memphis: Indian Giver
Stanton Moore: Emphasis! On Parenthesis
Story of the Year: The Black Swan
Tea Leaf Green: Seeds (box set)
Thalia Zedek Band: Liars and Prayers
Tokyo Police Club: Elephant Shell
The Weepies: Hideaway
Young Knives: Superabundance

April 29, 2008

65daysofstatic: The Distant and Mechanized Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties EP
Augustana: Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt
Awesome Color: Electric Aborigines
Bearsuit: Oh:Io
Black Keys: The Big Come Up (reissue, pink vinyl) [lp]
Black Keys: The Big Come Up (reissue, yellow vinyl) [lp]
Bobby & Blumm: Everybody Loves…
Boris: Smile
The Cab: Whisper War
Cloudland Canyon: Lie in Light
Constantines: Kensington Heights
David Johansen: Live It Up (reissue)
David Karsten Daniels: Fear of Flying
Eli “Paperboy” Reed: Roll with You
Eric Matthews: The Imagination Stage
Estelle: Shine
Forever the Sickest Kids: Underdog Alma Mater
Griffin House: Flying Upside Down
Hayden: In Field & Town
Heloise & The Savoir Faire: Trash, Rats and Microphones
Hot Chip: Ready for the Floor (import single)
Jamie Lidell: Jim
Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American (remastered with bonus tracks)
Joy Division: Best of Joy Division
Jr. Juggernaut: Ghost Poison
Kid Creole: Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1976-1983
Langhorne Slim: Langhorne Slim
Lil Mama: VYP–Voice of the Young People
Lyfe Jennings: Lyfe Change
Madonna: 4 Minutes (single)
Madonna: Hard Candy
Make Believe: Going to the Bone Church [lp]
MC5: Anthology
Mindless Self Indulgence: If
Minus: The Great Northern Whalekill
Mudcrutch: Mudcrutch
Nat Baldwin: Most Valuable Player
Nerf Herder: IV
New Found Glory: Tip of the Iceberg/Takin’ It Ova!
New Frontiers: Mending
New York Dolls: Live At The Fillmore East
Newton Faulkner: Hand Built by Robots
Philip Glass: The Concerto Project Vol.III
Philip Glass: From the Philip Glass Recording Archive, Vol. III -JENIPAPO
Portishead: Third
Robert Forster: The Evangelist
Robyn: Robyn
The Roots: Rising Down
Santogold: Santogold
Sarah McLachlan: Rarities, B-Sides 2 And Other Stuff, Volume 2
The Slackers: Self Medication
South: You Are Here
Steve Earle: Copperhead Road (remastered with bonus tracks)
Steve Winwood: Nine Lives
Tickley Feather: Tickley Feather
Various Artists; Deal (soundtrack)
Various Artists: Nigeria Rock Special
Various Artists: Putumayo Kids Presents: African Dreamland
Various Artists: Putumayo Presents: African Party
Various Artists: Sleepytime Tunes: Johnny Cash Lullaby
We Shot The Moon: Fear and Love
Your Vegas: A Town And Two Cities
Zappa Plays Zappa: Zappa Plays Zappa