The Worst Of 2008 - Rate Your Music

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Pretty self-explanatory, I think.

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Atmosphere

When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (2008)

Oh. Atmosphere are still releasing shitty albums. Not much has changed there.

I had incredibly high hopes--not expectations--for "808s." Sadly, Kanye finally found a way to make me not like him. Through all of his ridiculous hissy fits and egotistical bullshit, I still had myself convinced that I really, really liked him and his music. He released three amazing full-lengths in a row, and I was of the impression that, at least musically, he could do no wrong. Then he dropped this electro-pop steamer on me five days before my birthday and ruined my whole year. Auto-tune is one of the most annoying trends in music right now, and it pains me to think that Kanye West, a man who defies hip hop standards and trends constantly when he's not the one setting them, could fall victim to it. He's going to have to work pretty God damned hard to win me back over after this disaster.

Shai Hulud

Misanthropy Pure (2008)

It sounds like every other Shai Hulud album except this one doesn't have any good songs on it.

Death Cab for Cutie

Narrow Stairs (2008)

Ben Gibbard, fuck off. I loved "I Will Possess Your Heart" the first time I heard it. I was at work, it came on following a string of awful adult-oriented pop type tracks, and I was hooked. So I got the album and, here's what happened:
I found out that it was eight and a half fucking minutes long.
What I fell in love with, apparently was a radio edit of the song that cut off its un-fucking-believably awful, droning, pointless introduction. Now come on, did you never once listen to both versions before releasing the ridiculously long one and think "Hmm.... Y'know I think we might've overdid it on the intro there. Let's just cut the LP with the radio version instead." Because honestly, had you done this, I might not have been so disgusted that it was impossible for me to enjoy the rest of the album.

The Whip

X Marks Destination (2008)

Shameless pandering to the "nu-rave" generation. Slick, glossy post-punk / dance beats, glittery synths, muted percussion, buzzing bass... Fuck you could've put this on and told me it was Cut Copy and I probably would have never noticed any difference.

Pyramids

Pyramids (2008)

They try to mix metal and shoegaze type stuff, and mostly end up with a mixed result that at times is just downright unlistenable.

DJ Scotch Egg

Drumized (2008)

Yeah... Game Boys... Uh.... Neat?

Brazilian Girls

New York City (2008)

I can't really say that I understand the accolades rained down upon this album. To me, it just reminds me of how awful the Teenagers would be with a female singer, and that is plenty awful, I assure you. The entire album is basically just one genre-cop after another, as they seem to feel it necessary to show how utterly varied their tastes are. It's like talking to some douche bag music geek drone on about the various albums he liked/disliked from the past year.

What?

The Cure

4:13 Dream (2008)

See: Bauhaus - "Go Away White"

Brightblack Morning Light

Motion to Rejoin (2008)

Holy crap. This is so. Fucking. Boring. I guess if you like this, you're still alright, I just probably wouldn't want to be in the same room as you for long. I can only assume that much like this record, you have absolutely 0 qualities that I find interesting.