Dynammy Awards: 2008 Nominees

It's that time of the year again, when everyone looks back at the year that's come and gone, and here at Dynamic Range Radio that means it's time for the second annual Dynammy Awards, honouring the best music of 2008 according to yours truly.

Those of you who are even more anal than I am might notice that some of these nominees were released in late 2007, but they made a big impact on Dynamic Range Radio's playlist in 2008, so that's my main criteria. When I did this last year there were a few albums that had just been released that probably deserved to be nominated then, but I wanted to live with them for a while and see if I was equally impressed with them six months down the road. Several of those songs and albums were too good to be ignored a second time, so I included them in this year's nominees.

So, without any further ado, here are the finalists for the 2008 Dynammy Awards.

Song Of The Year

Detlef Schrempf - Band Of Horses
Geraldine - Glasvegas
Go To Sea - Ocean Colour Scene
I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked - Ida Maria
Rockist Part 4 - School Of Language
Run To Your Grave - The Mae Shi
Shout Me Out - TV On The Radio
Thrash Unreal - Against Me!
Time To Pretend - MGMT
Waving Flags - British Sea Power

Album Of The Year

Andorra - Caribou
Dear Science - TV On The Radio
Do You Like Rock Music? - British Sea Power
New Wave - Against Me!
Santogold - Santogold

Breakthrough Artist

Glasvegas
Fleet Foxes
MGMT
Santogold
Vampire Weekend

Best Sound Quality

Andorra - Caribou
Dear Science - TV On The Radio
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Worst Sound Quality

Rockferry - Duffy
Stay Positive - The Hold Steady
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

I'll be picking my winners from these nominees, but I'm also letting the listeners have their say. Click here to choose your favourites among the nominees, or write in your own choice on any of the categories.

I'll be announcing my selections along with the listeners' choices on February 7th, one day before the Grammy awards hand out their trophies, so even if you're not familiar with all the nominees you've got a full month to catch up on some of this great music you may have missed.