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Bob van Heur is one of our main suppliers of cool bands. He made a top 25 of essential albums from 2008. It goes a little like this:

1) FUCK BUTTONS – STREET HORRRSING
2) BLACK MOUNTAIN – IN THE FUTURE
3) SLEEPY SUN – EMBRACE (EP)
4) BON IVER – FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO
5) VARIOUS ARTISTS – SOUL MESSAGES FROM DIMONA
6) WOMEN – WOMEN
7) TITUS ANDRONICUS – THE AIRING OF GRIEVANCES DEERHUNTER – MICROCASTLE/ WEIRD ERA CONTINUED
9) HEALTH – HEALTH
10) NO AGE – NOUNS
11) PAS CHIC CHIC – AU CONTRAIRE
12) zZz – RUNNING WITH THE BEAST
13) ERRORS – IT”S NOT SOMETHING, BUT ITS LIKE FOREVER
14) BEACH HOUSE – DEVOTION
15) BOWERBIRDS – HYMNS FOR A DARK HORSE
16) THEE SLIVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA & TRA-LA-LA BAND – 13 BLUES FOR THIRTEEN MOONS
17) THE DODOS – VISITER
18) GANG GANG DANCE – SAINT DYMPHNA
19) ATLAS SOUND – LET THE BLIND LEAD THOSE WHO CAN SEE BUT CANNOT FEEL
20) PONYTAIL – ICE CREAM SPIRITUAL
21) ABE VIGODA – SKELETON
22) BLACK ANGELS – DIRECTIONS TO SEA A GHOST
23) STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS – REAL EMOTIONAL TRASH
24) GRAILS – DOOMDAYER’S HOLIDAY
25) PETE & THE PIRATES – LITTLE DEATH