#69

BIG IN '08

I don't need to make a TOP TEN list for my favorite music from 2008.  It's easy.  Taylor Swift and Gaslight Anthem, in all incarnations - EPs, new albums, old albums, whatever.  I don't need to listen to anything else...ever.

Best shows of 2008 (in chronological order):

-Hot Water Music -- Starland Ballroom -- January 25th

-Lucero -- Austin, TX -- March 15th

-Estelle -- Highline Ballroom -- April 28th

-Silverstein with The Stick Up -- Hamilton, ON -- May 2nd

-Gaslight Anthem -- Asbury Lanes -- May 30th

-At The Gates with Darkest Hour -- Irving Plaza -- July 10th

-Rancid -- Irving Plaza -- August 13th & 14th

-Paramore -- Central Park -- August 28

-Hayden -- Bowery Ballroom -- September 12

-Drive By Truckers with Hold Steady -- Terminal 5 -- November 6th

-Owen -- Mercury Lounge -- December 6th

Best show in '08 that I missed:

-The Souls with Gaslight Anthem -- Asbury Convention Center -- December 28th