Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs: How To Get To Heaven From Scotland
"Big Blonde" [mp3]

Alela Diane: To Be Still
full album stream
"White as Diamonds" [mp3]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: The Century of Self
full album stream

Annie Lennox: The Annie Lennox Collection
full album stream

The Appleseed Cast: Sagarmatha
full album stream

Architecture in Helsinki: That Beep
full album stream

Asobi Seksu: Hush
full album stream
"Me and Mary" [mp3]

Audrye Sessions: Audrye Sessions
full album stream

Azita: How Will You?
"I'm Happy" [mp3]

Benjy Ferree: Come Back to the Five & Dime, Bobby Dee Bobby Dee
full album stream

Broken Spindles: Kiss/Kick
"Introvert" [mp3]

Charlie Wilson: Uncle Charlie
full album stream

The Deep Dark Woods: Winter Hours
"All the Money I Had Is Gone" [mp3]

Eleni Mandell: Artificial Fire
"Artificial Fire" [mp3]

Faunts: Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.
"Feel.Love.Thinking.of" [mp3]

Fol Chen: Part 1: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made
"The Believers" [mp3]
"No Wedding Cake" [mp3]

Gun Outfit: Dim Light
"In the Dark" [mp3]
"Troubles Like Mine" [mp3]

Iran: Dissolver
full album stream

Lal Meri: Lal Meri
"Dreams of 18" [mp3]

M. Ward: Hold Time
full album stream
"Never Had No One Like You" [mp3]

Mr Russia: Teething
"Skipping Hearts" [mp3]
"It's True" [mp3]

N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo
"Spacious Thoughts (feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)" [mp3]

Odawas: The Blue Depths
"Harmless Lover's Discourse" [mp3]

Psapp: The Camel's Back
full album stream

Robyn Hitchcock: Goodnight Oslo
full album stream

Sam Roberts: Love at the End of the World
full album stream

Sand Pebbles: A Thousand Wild Flowers
"Wild Season" [mp3]

Sin Fang Bous: Clangour
full album stream

Southeast Engine: From the Forest to The Sea
"Black Gold" [mp3]

Thursday: Common Existence
full album stream

Various Artists: Dark Was The Night
"Knotty Pine" [mp3]

Vetiver: Tight Knit
full album stream
"Everyday" [mp3]

Weird Owl: Ever The Silver Cord Be Loosed
Weird Owl: "Mind Mountain" [mp3] from Ever The Silver Cord Be Loosed (out February 17th)

William Elliott Whitmore: Animals in the Dark
full album stream
"Old Devils" [mp3]

also at Largehearted Boy:

previous Try It Before You Buy It lists
CD & DVD release lists
online "best of 2008" music lists