Wadada Leo Smith/Wadada Leo Smith Golden Quartet (USA) (19)
Deerhunter (USA) (18) Have A Nice Life (USA) (18)
Adebisi Shank (Ireland) (17) Balmorhea (USA) (17) John Zorn (USA) (17) Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc Bonilla (UK/USA) (17) Neal Morse (USA) (17)
Joëlle Léandre (France) (16) John McLaughlin (UK) (16) Opeth (Sweden) (16) The Notwist (Germany) (16) Van der Graaf Generator (UK) (16)
The American Dollar (USA) (15) EF (Sweden) (15) Machinefabriek (Netherlands) (15) My Bloody Valentine (UK) (15) Russian Circles (USA) (15) Unitopia (Australia) (15)
Frost* "Experiments In Mass Appeal" (InsideOut) (22) Jóhann Jóhannsson "Fordlandia" (4AD) (22)
Gang Gang Dance "Saint Dymphna" (The Social Registry) (21)
Have A Nice Life "Deathconsciousness" (Enemies List Home Recordings) (20) Russian Circles "Station" (Suicide Squeeze) (20) Valet "Naked Acid" (Kranky) (20) Windy & Carl "Songs For The Broken Hearted" (Kranky) (20)
Earth "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull" (Southern Lord) (19) Hammock "Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow" (Darla) (19)
Birds And Buildings "Bantam to Behemoth" (Emkog Records) (18) Fleet Foxes "Fleet Foxes" (Sub Pop) (18) Karmakanic "Who's the Boss in the Factory" (Inside Out) (18) Magenta "Metamorphosis" (Laser's Edge) (18) The Tangent "Not As Good As The Book" (InsideOut Music) (18)
Extra Life "Secular Life" (Planaria) (17) God Is An Astronaut "God Is An Astronaut" (Revive) (17)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore "Dolores" (PIAS/IPECAC) (16) Fennesz "Black Sea" (Touch) (16)
Gregor Samsa "Rest" (Kora) (15) Grouper "Draggin A Dead Deer Up A Hill" (Type) (15) It Bites "The Tall Ships" (InsideOut) (15) Neal Morse "Lifeline" (Radiant) (15)
Bersarin Quartett "Bersarin Quartett" (Lidar) (14) Bon Iver "For Emma, Forever Ago" (Jagjaguwar) (14) Foals "Antidotes" (Transgressive/Sub Pop) (14) Grails "Doomsdayer's Holiday" (Temporary Residence) (14) Mars Volta, The "The Bedlam in Goliath" (Universal) (14) Neil On Impression "L'oceano Delle onde che Restano onde per Sempre" (Denovali/Holidays/Sons Of Vesta) (14)
Flying Lotus "Los Angeles" (Warp) (13)
Beardfish "Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two" (InsideOut Music) (12) Cult of Luna "Eternal Kingdom" (Earache) (12) Motorpsycho "Little Lucid Moments" (Rune Grammofon) (12)
Angles "Every Woman Is A Tree" (Clean Feed) (11) Cloud Cult "Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)" (Rebel Group) (11) Matt Elliott "Howling Songs" (Ici D'ailleurs) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 17. "Best albums of 2008"