Maps

I dieci dischi del 2008
1. Women – s/t (Flemish Eye/Jagjaguwar)
2. Deerhunter – Microcastle/Weird Era Cont. (4AD/Kranky)
3. Department Of Eagles – In Ear Park (4AD)
4. Fleet Foxes – ST (SubPop/Bella Union)
5. British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music? (Rough Trade)
6. Crystal Stilts – Alight Of The Night (Slumberland Records)
7. Beach House – Devotion (Car Park)
8. The War On Drugs – Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)
9. Desolation Wilderness – White Light Strobing (K Records)
10. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

I cinque dischi che… non ce l’hanno fatta
Ruby Suns – Sea Lion (Sub Pop)
The Wave Pictures – Instant Coffee Baby (Moshi Moshi)
The Walkmen – You & Me (Gigantic)
Mount Eeerie – Lost Wisdom (P. W. Elverum & Sun)
Little Joy – s/t (Rough Trade)

Cinque canzoni
1. Animal Collective – Street Flash
2. Jay Reatard – Always Wanting More
3. Wavves – Wavves
4. Final Fantasy – The Butcher
5. Banjo Or Freakout – 42 (Upside Down)

Cinque concerti del 2008
1. Radiohead + Grizzly Bear (Molson Amphitheatre , Toronto, 15.08.08)
2. Fleet Foxes (Magazzini Generali, Milano, 15.11.08)
3. Women (The Windmill, Brixton, 03.12.08)
4. Bill Callahan (Bronson, Ravenna, 24.05.08)
5. British Sea Power (Whelan’s, Dublino, 18.01.08)

Il migliore live@MAPS del 2008
Parenthetical Girls (13.11.08)

Miglior artwork
No Age – Nouns (Sub Pop)

I tre “music moments” del 2008
Ovverosia, tre momenti particolarmente emozionanti legati alla musica 
1. Sentire dal vivo per la prima volta Two Weeks e While You Wait For The Others dei Grizzly Bear..
2. “Jonny speaks!” urlò Thom Yorke al pubblico.
3. Indietracks …

Video del 2008
Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish