The Best And Worst Of 2008

What did we enjoy in 2008, what don't we ever want to see or hear again? Click on our names to find out!

Imre Nick Romana Megan Liam Jess Malin

Imre

Albums

  1. Brett Anderson - Wilderness [review]
  2. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night [review]
  3. Alphabeat - Alphabeat

Worst album: The Rasmus - Black Roses [review]

Gigs

  1. Presidents of the United States of America in Groningen, NL [review]
  2. Lostprophets in Amsterdam, NL [review]
  3. HIM in Amsterdam, NL [review]

Worst gig: The fact that we had no Apocalyptica shows in 2008...

Films

  1. The Dark Knight [review]
  2. Prince Caspian [review]
  3. Shoot 'em up [review]

Worst film: Twilight [review]


Albums

  1. Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone [review]
  2. Cancer Bats - Hail Destroyer
  3. Disturbed - Indestructible [review]

Worst Album: Elliot Minor - Elliot Minor: After bring out many singles to support the album, all of them solid and catchy, the album was just a big disapointment of boring much-of-the-same music holding these singles together.

Gigs

  1. Iron Maiden with Avenged Sevenfold, Within Temptation and Lauren Harris - London, UK [review]
  2. Cancer Bats - Southend-On-Sea, UK [review]
  3. 30 Seconds To Mars - London, UK

Films

  1. Mirrors
  2. Don't Mess With The Zohan
  3. Death Race


Romana

Albums

  1. Poets of the Fall – Revolution Roulette
  2. 51koodia - Mustat Sydämet
  3. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night [review]

Worst album: sad to say but… The Rasmus - Black Roses [review]

Gigs

  1. Poets of the Fall on Tallink Galaxy (ferry gig: Helsinki - Tallin)
  2. Crumbland & Killer Aspect in Helsinki, Finland [review]
  3. Linkin Park & Enter Shikari in Vienna, Austria [review]


Megan

Albums

  1. 3OH!3 - Want
  2. A Bird A Sparrow - EP
  3. Escape the Fate - This War is Ours

Worst Album: Fall Out Boy - Folie a deux: I hate it. There are a few good songs, but overall I'm pretty disappointed with where the band has gone, sound-wise.

Gigs

  1. From First to Last - Chicago, IL
  2. 2*Sweet - Chicago, IL
  3. Flogging Molly - Columbus, OH [review]
  4. My Chemical Romance - Columbus, OH [review]

Worst gig: Ultraviolet Sound (on the Family Force 5 tour) - Chicago, IL. This band should not exist at all. Seriously.

Films

  1. The Dark Knight [review]
  2. Sex and the City
  3. Twilight - but only because I got to state at Jackson Rathbone for 2 hours [review]

Worst film: Worst Film - Twilight - the parts not containing Jackson Rathbone. [review]


Jess

Albums

  1. Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone [review]
  2. Disturbed - Indestructible [review]
  3. From First to Last - From First to Last

Worst album: Escape the Fate - This War Is Ours

Films

  1. The Dark Knight [review]
  2. Iron Man [review]
  3. Tropic Thunder

Worst film: Disaster Movie


Malin

Gigs

  1. SMV - Groningen, NL
  2. Pete Philly&Perquisite - Rotterdam, NL
  3. New Cool Collective - Groningen, NL