TnJ 049 (12/17/08)

2008 HONORABLE MENTIONS

-HOUR ONE-

THE WAYBACKS – Black Cat (2008 Loaded)
DREW EMMITT – Take the Highway (2008 the Long Road)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Free Somehow (2008 Free Somehow)
JOHN BROWN’S BODY – Push Some Air (2008 Amplify)
FREEKBASS – Ghost of Temptation (2008 Junkyard Waltz)
ACORN PROJECT – Stomp (2008 We’ll Be Fine)
BLUES TRAVELER – Free Willis (Ruminations from Behind Uncle Bob’s Machine Shop) (2008 North Hollywood Shootout)
MARKUS JAMES – Exile Tracks (2008 Snakeskin Violin)
HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD – Sara & Jane (2008 Poison)

-HOUR TWO-

INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Well, Well (4/15/08 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO)
OAKHURST – Bitterroot Hop (2008 Jump in the Get Down)
ZACH DEPUTY – She Takes Me High (2008 Out of the Water)
GOOSE CREEK SYMPHONY – Tulsa Turnaround (2008 the Same Thing Again)
JEFF COFFIN MU’TET – Tag (2008 Mutopia)
ROBERT WALTER – Box of Glass (2008 Cure All)
STANTON MOORE TRIO – (Proper) Gander (2008 Emphasis! On Parenthesis)
THE MACPODZ – Quatroliola (2008 Orcastrate)
PHISH – Suzy Greenberg > Buried Alive > Punch You in the Eye (1993/2008 At the Roxy, 2/19-21/1993 Atlanta, GA)

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While Tom and I are having fun putting our 2008 Top Ten Lists together behind the scenes, there was a lot of other great music that came our way this year. So, here you have the "almosts," which we felt deserved one last spin before 2008 comes to a close.

You might recognize a bunch of these picks from my earlier HONORABLE MENTIONS post. The Fox Theatre (Boulder) Infamous Stringdusters show was my favorite "unofficial" live recording of the year. Phish's "At the Roxy" is my favorite "official" live release, though the show dates back to 1993. Goose Creek Symphony comprises material recorded in the 1970's, but never released until 2008, I believe. Lastly, though I really liked the Macpodz' release, "Orcastrate," if anyone who knows them reads this, for the love of all that's Holy, PLEASE ASK THEM TO CONSIDER USING A READABLE FONT NEXT TIME! If it wasn't for the press release we would've had no idea what the name of the band was, the name of the CD, or the names of the songs. Ah well, it still sounds great. One of my "Best Bands I'd Never Heard of Before 2008," though I believe they had one previous release.

As always, if you have trouble finding any of the music you hear on Toast-n-Jam for purchase, take a gander over at homegrownmusic.net

Catch us on NEW YEAR'S EVE at the usual time for our ABSOLUTE TOP PICKS of 2008!!! We're taking Xmas Eve off. Happy Holidays y'all (^_^)

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