YEAR END 2008

Wow. It amazes me how people think that the ending of a year starts a whole new beginning when its just another day. If you expect great things to happen just because its 2009, you'll have to do it yourself and be prepared for the numerous roadblocks.
That being said, here are some valuable albums of 2008. The set up and the categories are pretty much the same as the past couple years. I haven't bought or received as much music this year, but a lot of quality stuff has still come out, and I know I left some (Pennywise, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, etc.) out. All recognitions on this page are in alphabetical order. To read the TOP 5 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR and the TOP 25 SONGS OF THE YEAR, click this link.

PUNK ALBUMS OF YEAR
Better Luck Next Time-Start From Skratch
Briggs, The-Come All You Madmen
Roll the Tanks-Suffer City
Star Fucking Hipsters-Until We're Dead
Street Dogs, The-State of Grace

HARDCORE ALBUMS OF YEAR
Ceremony-Nothing Still Moves You
H20-Nothing to Prove
Paint it Black-New Lexicon
Shai Hulud-Misanthropy Pure
Verse-Rebuild

METAL-ish ALBUMS OF YEAR

Gridlink-Amber Gray
Norma Jean-The Anti Mother
Unearth-The March
United Nations
Warship-Supply and Depend

COUNTRY-ish ALBUMS OF YEAR

Drag the River-You Can't Live This Way
Girls, Guns and Glory-Inverted Valentine
Hank III-Damn Right Rebel Proud
Murder by Death-Red of Tooth and Claw
Old Crow Medicine Show-Tennessee Pusher

SINGER/SONGWRITER ALBUM OF YEAR

Bragg, Billy-Mr. Love and Justice
Cave, Nick and the Bad Seeds-Dig!Lazarus!Dig!
Kelly, Scott-The Wake
Segall, Ty
Wainwright, Loudon III-Recovery

REISSUE ALBUMS OF YEAR

Crime in Stereo-Selective Wreckage
Ghost Mice/Saw Wheel
Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies-Have Another Ball
Ruiner-I Heard These Guys are Assholes
Swingin' Utters-Hatest Grits: B Sides and Bullshit

EPS OF THE YEAR

Fake Problems-Viking Wizard Eyes Wizard Full of Lies
Gaslight Anthem-Senor and the Queen
Lagwagon-I Think My Older Brother Used to Listed to Lagwagon
New Found Glory-Tip of the Iceberg
Sharks Come Cruisin'-Four Years From the Mast

PUNK + ALBUMS OF YEAR

Alestorm-Captian Morgan's Revenge
Flogging Molly-Float
Real McKenzies, The-Off the Leash
Sharks Come Cruisin'-Four Years Before the Mast
Tossers, The-On a Fine Spring Evening

ETC. ALBUMS OF YEAR

Austrian Death Machine-Total Brutal
Dr. Manhattan
Flight of the Conchords
Man Man-Rabbit Habits
Sea Sick

RECORD LABELS OF YEAR

Fat
No Idea
Suburban Home
Vagrant
Yep Roc