4. The Dodos - Visiter

"Ah, gnarly! Dido made the list! I loved that 'White Flag' song and that one song she did with Eminem! I didn't even know she released an album this year - oh wait, according to Wikipedia, Safe Trip Home was released November 17th, 2008. Crunchy...she even has a song with Citizen Cope! This is so awesome! I completely forgot about her! I'd better read the heading just to make sure I didn't misread it - oh shit, wait a second..."

4. The Dodos - Visiter

That's right. Not Dido. Not do-do. Coming in at #4 and winner of the "Definitely Not Dido" Award are The Dodos, some "psychedelic folk duo" from San Francisco, with their sophomore release, Visiter. That is the absolute last time I put my fucking trust into that whore, Dido.

Though their spelling might not be perfect (Visiter is usually spelled Visitor), The Dodos have created something much more importanant then speling - some fresh-sounding folk music (fresh-sounding folk is not actually more important than spelling is, but still Visiter has become one of my go-to-albums of 2008).

With Animal Collective-esque tribal percussion, undercooked lyrics, and metal-styled acoustic guitar, Visiter is an album that, unlike the dodo bird (or Dido), won't die out (at least on my iPod). The mix of open-strummed acoustic guitar and primitive (in a good way) rhythm, make songs like "Fools" and "Red and Purple" hard to get sick of.

Sidenote: I'm a big fan of home-made music videos made by Asian girls I don't know

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