By Randall Roberts
You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a
remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and
researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics,
technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans.
Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and
gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy
has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency,
and i
By Phil FreemanIn a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with
the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the
tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that
really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random
strangers in the face. Good thing there were so many awesome records
available to serve as a soundtrack for exactly that kind of behavior.
The ten discs below are just the tip of a very big, very heavy iceberg.
(Dr. Dre might need an intervention in order to release his long-awaited Detox album)With the music industry in a continued state of shambles, even the average consumer is starting to understand that it's a risky venture to release an album and that this holds true for newcomers as well as those who have had a taste of superstardom. But we've still got to tease the artists that continually claim to put out a project and somehow just never quite end up getting there, which is why we're honoring t
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