Sounds From The Stacks: Employee Top Tens 2008.

CAMERON BLACKWELL
1. Teenage Jesus & the Jerks - Beirut Slump/Shut Up & Bleed CD (Atavistic)
2. Flipper - Sex Bomb Baby CD (Water)
3. Miss Pussycat & Quintron - Trixie & the Tree Trunks Season 1 DVD (Rhinestone)
4. Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind LP (Alternative Tentacles)
5. George Coleman - Bongo Joe LP (Mississippi)
6. Zomes - s/t LP (Holy Mountain)
7. Sharron Kraus - Foxes Wedding CD (Durtro/Jnana)
8. Drinking on the Oakland Alameda Ferry
9. V/A - Sprigs of Thyme: 78s from the EMI Archives LP/CD (Honest Jon's)
10. V/A - Victrola Favorites CD+Book (Dust to Digital)

CRISTIAN CEIA
1. The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent CD (Castle)
2. Half Man Half Biscuit - CSI: Ambleside CD (Probe Plus)
3. The Bug - London Zoo 3xLP/CD (Ninja Tune)
4. DJ/Rupture - Uproot CD (Agriculture)
5. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles 2xLP/CD (Warp)
6. Portishead - Third 2xLP/CD (Island)
7. V/A - Mary Ann Hobbs Presents Evangeline 4xLP/CD (Planet Mu)
8. Neil Landstrumm - Lord for £39 3xLP/CD (Planet Mu)
9. Koen Holtkamp - Field Rituals 2xLP/CD (Type)
10. Genghis Tron - Board Up the House 2xLP (Lovepump United)
Single of the Year: DJ Mujava - Township Funk 12-inch (Warp)

JERRY CONNOLLY
1. V/A - Des Jeunes Gens Modernes 1978-1983 LP (Born Bad)
2. V/A - IVG: French Futur Anterieur 1979-1985 CD (Born Bad)
3. Mayyors - Live & Singles
4. Cheveu - s/t LP (S-S)
5. Aufgehoben - Khora CD (Holy Mountain)
6. Black Boned Angel - Endless Coming Into Life CD (20 Buck Spin)
7. Houston's - Veggie Burger
8. Rosso Pizzeria & Wine Bar
9. White/Light - Black Acts CD (Smells Like)
10. Ludella Black & the Masonics - From the Witness Stand LP/CD (Damaged Goods)

THEE MIKE DOYLE
1. Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends CD/LP (Anticon)
2. Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night CD/LP (Slumberland)
3. The Week That Was - s/t CD/LP (Memphis Industries)
4. V/A - Notwave CD (DFA/Rong)
5. Eden Express - Que Amors Que CD/LP (Holy Mountain)
6. Diplo & Santogold - Top Ranking CD (Mad Decent)
7. Sic Alps - A Long Way Around to a Short Cut CD (Animal Disguise)
8. Jonas Reinhardt - s/t CD (Kranky)
9. Eddie Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colors CD/LP (Goner)
10. Personal & the Pizzas - Live!!!

ULI ELSER
1. Devon Williams - Carefree CD (Ba Da Bing)
2. The Duke Spirit - Neptune CD (Artist First)
3. DJ/Rupture - Uproot CD (Agriculture)
4. Diplo & Santogold - Top Ranking CD (Mad Decent)
5. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals CD (Illegal Art)
6. 16 Horsepower - Live 2001 2xCD (Alternative Tentacles)
7. El Perro Del Mar - From The Valley To The Stars CD (Control Group/TCG)
8. John Maus - Love Is Real LP/CD (Upset The Rhythmn)
9. Kill Surf City - EP (Morr Music)
10. Zomes - s/t LP/CD (Holy Mountain)

THURSTON GRAHAM
1. XYX - Sistema de Terminacion Sexual 7-inch (S-S)
2. Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night LP/CD (Slumberland)
3. Animals and Men - Never Bought Never Sold LP (Mississippi)
4. Sic Alps - U.S. EZ LP/CD (Siltbreeze)
5. V/A - IVG: French Futur Anterieur 1979-1985 CD (Born Bad)
6. Zomes - s/t LP/CD (Holy Mountain)
7. Jean-Pierre Massiera - Psychoses: Freakoid 1963-1978 LP/CD (Mucho Gusto)
8. Los Llamarada - Take the Sky LP (S-S)
9. Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends LP/CD (Anticon)
10. Mac Blackout - s/t LP/CD (Deadbeat)

DAVE GULBIS
Wow, this was a really hard list to make this year, not even to mention all the incredible reissues that came out. Keep it up, music!
1. Burning Star Core - Challenger LP/CD (Plastic Records/Hospital)
2. Sight Below - Glider CD (Ghostly International)
3. Sic Alps - U.S. EZ LP/CD (Siltbreeze)
4. Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me CD (Audika)
5. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna LP/CD (Social Registry)
6. Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill LP/CD (Type)
7. Billy Bao - Dialectics of Shit LP (Parts Unknown), Accumulation 7-inch (Xerox), Fuck Separation 10-inch (S-S)
8. Dead C - Secret Earth LP/CD (Ba Da Bing), DR503 & Eusa Kills 2xLPs (Ba Da Bing/Jagjaguwar)
9. Pigeons - Virgin Spectacle LP (Black Dirt)
10. Grey Daturas - Return to Disruption CD (Neurot)
Re-issue of the Year: Better Beatles - Mercy Beat LP (Hook or Crook)
Live Show: clearly, Celine Dion

KYLE KRAMER
10. The Breeders - Mountain Battles (4AD)
9. Aidan Baker - I Wish Too, To Be Absorbed 2xCD (Important)
8. Darkspace - III CD (Avantgarde)
7 1/2. Ladytron - Velocifero 2xLP (Cobraside)
7. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing 2xLP/CD (ATP)
6. Sic Alps - U.S. EZ LP/CD (Siltbreeze)
5 1/2. The Pink Noise - Dream Code LP (Sacred Bones)
5. Cobalt - Landfill Breastmilk Beast CD (Profound Lore)
4. Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. 2xCD (Kranky)
3. Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends LP/CD (Anticon)
2 1/2. Trelldom - Til Minne CD (Regain)
2. Blank Dogs - On Two Sides CD (Sacred Bones)
1. Gnaw Their Tongues - An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood CD (Crucial Blast)

POTSIE "UTRILLO" KUSHNER
1. Eric Chenaux - Dull Lights CD (Constellation)
2. Clark-Hutchinson - A = MH2 Expanded CD (Sunbeam Records)
3. Earth - Bee Made Honey in the Lion's Skull 2xLP/CD (Southern Lord)
4. Padded Cell - Savage Skulls CDEP (DC Recordings)
5. Zomes - s/t LP/CD (Holy Mountain)
6. Devon Williams - Carefree CD (Ba Da Bing)
7. Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends LP/CD(Anticon)
8. Burning Star Core - Challenger LP (Hospital Productions)
9. The re-opening of Sam Adato's Drum Shop
10. Kurt Vile - Constant Hitmaker CD (Gulcher)

MATTHEW J. LAMMIKINS, JR.
1. Der TPK - Games for Slaves LP (Siltbreeze)
2. The Bug - London Zoo LP/CD (Ninja Tune)
3. Abe Vigoda - Skeleton LP/CD (PPM)
4. Devon Williams - Carefree CD (Ba Da Bing)
5. Nodzzz - s/t LP (What's Your Rupture)
6. Earth - Bee Made Honey in the Lion's Skull 2xLP/CD (Southern Lord)
7. Colossal Yes - Charlemagne's Big Thaw LP (Ba Da Bing)
8. Eat Skull - Sick to Death LP/CD (Siltbreeze)
9. DJ Rupture - Up/Root mix CD (Agriculture)
10. Vampire Weekend - s/t LP/CD (XL)
Oh yeah, and reissues (too easy to list in the top 10): V/A - Auteur Labels: Object Music CD, Earles & Jenson - Just Farr a Laugh (Matador), V/A - Victrola Favorites CD+Book (Dust to Digital), The Lines CD, Performing Ferret Band & all the new Messthetics comps

ANDY LARSEN
1. Black Time - Double Negative CD/LP (In The Red)
2. Der TPK - Games For Slaves LP (Siltbreeze)
3. Viva l'American Death Ray Music - Sangre Libre 2xLP (Sangre Libre)
4. Irma Thomas - Sings LP (Change)
5. XYX - Sistema de Terminacion Sexual 7-inch (S-S)
6. Cold Cave - Trees Grew Emotions and Died 12-inch (Dais)
7. Human Eye - Fragments of the Universe Nurse LP (Hook or Crook)
8. V/A -Local Anesthetic CD/LP (Smooch)
9. Mystery Girls - Incontinopia CD/LP (In The Red)
10. The Nixe - s/t LP (Polly Magoo)

MURPH
1. Common Eider, King Eider - Figs, Wasps, & Metronomes CD (Root Strata, please buy it)
2. Hank IV - Refugee in Genre LP (Siltbreeze)
3. Get Offs - Airplane Fight 7-inch (self-released)
4. The VSS - Nervous Circuits CD/DVD (Hydrahead)
5. Bum Kon - Drunken Sex Sucks LP/CD (Smooch/Maximum Rocknroll)
6. V/A - Local Anesthetic CD (Smooch)
7. Soul Merchants - s/t 2xCD (Smooch)
8. Horn of Dagoth - demo
9. Woven Hand - Ten Stones LP/CD (Sounds Familyre)
10. Git Some - Cosmic Rock LP/CD (1-2-3-4 Go!)

KEN OLSON
1. V/A - Weird Records Compilation 4xLP (Weird)
2. The Clean - Compilation LP (Little Axe)
3. The Rats - s/t LP (Mississippi)
4. Sex/Vid - Communal Living 12-inch (Dom America)
5. V/A - Local Anesthetic CD (Smooch)
6. Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night LP/CD (Slumberland)
7. XYX - Sistema de Terminacion Sexual 7-inch (S-S)
8. Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind LP/CD (Alternative Tentacles)
9. Animals and Men - Never Bought Never Sold LP (Mississippi)
10. Leuzemia - s/t LP (Lengua Armada)

RANDY RANSONE
1. Lebenden Toten - Near Dark CD (Wicked Witch/Feral Ward)
2. XYX - Sistema de Terminacion Sexual 7-inch (S-S)
3. V/A - Obsession 2xLP/CD (Bully)
4. V/A - Psychedelic Snarl LP (Rubble)
5. V/A - Pop Sike Pipe Dreams LP (Rubble)
6. Leuzemia - s/t LP (Lengua Armada)
7. Debris' - Static Disposal LP/CD (Anaopheles)
8. Zomes - s/t LP/CD (Holy Mountain)
9. Hunches - Exit Dreams LP/CD (In The Red)
10. Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind LP/CD (Alternative Tentacles)

TIM SOETE
1. V/A - Obsession 2xLP/CD (Bully)
2. Kurt Vile - Constant Hitmaker CD (Gulcher)
3. Jonas Reinhardt - s/t CD (Kranky)
4. Ariel Pink - Oddities Sodomies vol. 1 LP (Vinyl International)
5. Lindstrom - Where You Go, I Go Too 2xLP/CD (Smalltown Supersound)
6. Bum Kon - Drunken Sex Sucks LP/CD (Smooch/Maximum Rocknroll)
7. La Dusseldorf - Viva LP/CD (Water)
8. John Maus - Love Is Real LP/CD (Upset The Rhythm)
9. Wooden Shjips - Vol. 1 LP/CD (Holy Mountain)
10. Sic Alps - U.S. EZ LP/CD (Siltbreeze)

TOPPE
1. The Week That Was - s/t CD (Memphis Industries)
2. V/A - Notwave CD (Rong/DFA)
3. Chap - Mega Breakfast CD (Ghostly International)
4. Dark Captain Light Captain - Miracle Worker CD (Loaf)
5. Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends LP/CD (Anticon)
6. Milk & Cookies - s/t 2xLP (Radio Heartbeat)
7. Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel CD (Kranky)
8. Kelley Polar - I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling CD (Environ)
9. Sexy Kids - Sisters Are Forever 7-inch (Slumberland)
10. Rodriguez - Cold Fact LP/CD (Light in the Attic)