KEXP is counting down the top 90.3 (.3?) albums of 2008 and is asking all of us to help them out by paying them a visit and voting for your favorites. Countdown closes this Friday, December 19th. Our picks include David Byrne & Brian Eno, Drive-By Truckers, Fleet Foxes, Helms Alee, Jake One, Love Is All, Lupe Fiasco, New Faces, Santogold, The Knux, The Moondoggies, The Saturday Knights, The Black Keys, to name a few. How about you? Feel free to share in the comments! more ›

They've already garnered Mojo's #1 spot in the British mag's 2008 Top 50, as well as #2 in Uncut and Q and #6 in Paste (thanks to Stereogum for compiling this shit). Now the Fleet Foxes are getting some local year-end love too. In this month's Sound Magazine, Robin Pecknold and Co. didn't get Artist of the Year (that went to Jake One, thankyouverymuch), but the Fleet Foxes did win Year of the Year [RealRead Viewer], um, we guess for having an awesome year. more ›

Amazon has come out with their Top 10 lists for the year, and check out the hiphop picks: more ›

Local producer Jake One and Rhymesayer emcee Brother Ali co-hosted KUBE 93's Sunday Night Sound Session this week to discuss and play a bunch of tracks from the most excellent new album White Van Music. DJ Hyphen's blog Audacity of Dope has the Sound Session download and streaming links posted, so get it while the getting's good! While you're in Jake! One! mode, Raindrophustla has a longish video from DJ Nphared featuring footage of Brother Ali and Jake hanging out in the station's studio as well as an extended glimpse at Npha's car's dashboard. Note: White Van Music is the next big thing, and for very good reason. more ›