If you’re anxiously awaiting part two of my year in review (the one where I normally talk about music and such), I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you.

Between the house and my work setting up the business, I just never got around to it. Plus, there’s simply far too many bands in 2008 that have been amazing. It was a great year for rock/alternative/poppunk, so a LOT of great music came out.

So what can I do? Well the best I can do is just list a few of the great bands that I’ve listened to this year. I don’t have time to check if these are albums that have come out in 2008, but these are artists I listened to for most of 2008. I can’t go into any detail because I just don’t have the time or energy to do so, but do check out some of these bands if you get a moment.

In alphabetical order (just because I’m skimming through iTunes):

Armor For Sleep
Avenged Sevenfold (courtesy of Rockband)
Billy Clyro
Blind Melon (yes, they made a new album)
The Black Maria
Breaking Benjamin
Buckethead (thanks to Guns n Roses)
City Sleeps
Coheed and Cambria (courtesy of Rockband)
Death Cab for Cutie
Econoline Crush (glad I saw them live in Ottawa and bought the new album)
Flobots
Foxboro Hot Tubs (aka Green Day’s side project)
The Fratellis
Gob
Guns n Roses
Louis XIV (great unique band!)
Ludo
Metallica
Panic At The Disco
Paramore
Puddle of Mudd (another comeback artist… amazing new album)
Radiohead
The Reason (a great Ontario band)
Rise Against (yet another Rockband influence)
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Sick Puppies
State of Shock
Story of the Year
To The Rescue (the Ottawa band)

As you can see, one hell of a long list. Check a few out… you won’t regret it. 

A7

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