My top15 albums of 2008 from Austria (in no particular order). Damn, it's been a good year for great music from Austria.

 

A LIFE, A SONG, A CIGARETT - black air (siluh)

BR'ER - of shemales and kissaboos (beat is murder)

BULBUL - 6 (exile on mainstream)

BULBULTUMIDO - summer, herbst & drobil (rockishell/interstellar/trost)

DUSTCOVERED CARPET - reredust the doubts I trust (beatismurder)

FUGU & THE COSMIC MUMU - off (rock is hell)

G'SCHU - a picture you're not in (siluh)

SLOBODAN KAJKUT - the compromise is not possible (wiregloberecordings)

KILLED BY 9VOLT BATTERIES - escape plans make it hard to wait for success (siluh)

LIGER - crash symbols (beat is murder)

NEIGUNGSGRUPPE SEX, GEWALT UND GUTE LAUNE - goodnight vienna (trost)

THE STRIGGLES - expressionism (noise appeals)

THALIJA - II (pumpkin)

TUMIDO - the orgy (trost)

TUPOLEV - memories of Björn Bolssen (Valeot)

VALINA - a tempo! a tempo! (Trost)

 

to be continued (I hope, there are still two months to go)