My Picks for Best Of 2008 December 3, 2008 - by Fred Simani

Best Releases Of 2008       1 You & Me The Walkmen 2  Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes 3  Third Portishead 4  Real Emotional Trash Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks 5  Brighter Than Creations Dark  Drive-By Truckers 6  Lie Down in the Light Bonnie "Prince" Billy 7  Bootleg Series Vol 8 Bob Dylan 8  Furr Blitzen Trapper 9  Directions to See a Ghost The Black Angels 10  The Felice Brothers The Felice Brothers       Best Live Shows of 2008   Radiohead @ Lollapalooza   Stephen Malkmus w/ Blitzen Trapper High Noon Saloon;   The Black Angels The Annex; June 19, 2008   Drive-By Truckers Summerfest, Milwaukee; July 3, 2008