We’ve always been late late in dealing with the passing year; but this time we’re way into the new one. God only knows what next year will bring but knowing that lots of readers are still hunting good albums from 2008 here’s one final post about 2008 with a cream of the crop selection and we go straight to 2009! Promise!

Dinamo FM boss Fuchs’ list of 2008 albums that he can’t leave alone. incl. Beat Pharmacy, Quantic, Christian Prommer, Quiet Village and Eddy Grant.

“In recent years it is getting more difficult than ever to follow new releases as countless laptop artists use the net as a way to blur listener’s heads with their bedroom productions. For some, this is good as it brings creativity but I think there is a lack of sincerity in most of the productions compared to the 90s. ” Here’s Cenk Akyol’s top 10 for 2008.

Here’s our metalist of the most interesting best of lists from around the net, featuring (Thank God) more than the run-of-the-mill bands that you can find everywhere. Selected lists from Tiny Mix Tapes, Destination Out, Boomkat, Headphone Commute, The Decibel Tolls, The Wire, Rateyourmusic etc.

We’re back up with a new and hopefully a better design, we’ll be pumping late bestof lists in the coming days. Let’s start with our friend Golem, one half of the Flatliners dnb crew. Golem’s best of list spans dubstep, drum & bass and drone!.

Our Preliminary Top 10 List for Hype Machine’s Zeitgeist