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TLOBF.COM :: 2008 Readers Choice Album Of The Year

Posted on 28 November 2008 by The Line Of Best Fit

It’s that time of year again… We’re making our list and checking it twice, trying to find out who’s been naughty or nice. Yes, it’s our Album of the Year! More coveted than a shiny penny, more famous than the winner of last year’s X-Factor and guaranteed to start debate!

This year, to shuffle blame away from TLOBF HQ, we’re getting YOU, yes, YOU the reader, to vote for the albums YOU think are the best 2008 had to offer. We’ve whittled down a mammoth list of prospective albums to a mere 50. It’s tough work, but someone had to do it.

So, mouse button at the ready - get clicking! You can pick as many albums as you like, there are no limits. If you feel it’s worthy of “Album of the Year” status, then do the right thing and cast your vote.

If you need some help making that all-important decision, you can read our take on the albums listed in our 2008 archive here.

The poll will close on Friday December 12th.

There is a prize up for grabs for one lucky reader. Some very kind record companies behind the following 50 records have offered up a selection of prizes including: ultra-rare vinyl, posters, t-shirts and CDs by some of the nominees, plus a pair of tickets to see the sold-out Fleet Foxes show at London Roundhouse in February 2009. To be in with a chance of winning this mammoth and hugely exciting prize, enter your details at the bottom of this page. The lucky winner will be notified via email. Competition closes on Friday 12th December.

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20 Questions with… High Places

Posted on 12 November 2008 by Rich Hughes

We love them and so should you. New York’s High Places have worked their way into our hearts, first with their collection of early work and now with their full length, selt-titled, debut album, which was out on a few weeks ago. If you missed it, our own Tom Whyman reviewed the album here. So, before you read that, we’ve had a chance to quiz them on their answers to our World Famous 20 Questions…

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An Interview with High Places

Posted on 23 September 2008 by Tom Whyman

This is nice. An opportunity to interview High Places, the somewhat inscrutable duo of Mary Pearson and Rob Barber, whose totes proper debut album has just been released (and reviewed here to some large acclaim by THIS VERY WRITER WHAT IS WRITING THIS RIGHT NOW). Marvel as they give some really quite interesting answers to the questions I e-mailed in to their publicist. Continue Reading

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High Places - High Places

Posted on 17 September 2008 by Tom Whyman

Earlier this year, High Places, aside from touring to great effect with Liars and Deerhunter and picking up a good slice of Pitchfork hype, released (and I did a pretty rubbish review of, because I liked it but couldn’t think of anything significant to write) 03/07-09/07, essentially an expanded EP collection and precursor to this, their debut album proper, only admittedly one that is only 2 minutes longer than its ‘not quite proper’ cousin, just scraping the 30 minutes mark with 10 (same number as 03/07…) tracks worth of simple, cooing dub-pop songs.

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