Top Five Albums of 2008: Two and Three

This was certainly a good year in music. While not as ridiculously strong as 2007, 2008 had more than its fair share of fantastic releases. Over the course of the next week ScooterDMan, Evan Mix and myself will list our picks for the best albums of the year.

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A Review Of Calexico's Carried To Dust

It's as if there were a slider that could adjust music much as a saturation control adjusts color. There would just be... more.

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If you cross the US-Mexican border at the town of Calexico you might run into a photographer named Daniel Santillan. But he's not likely to be shooting pictures of tourists. He only has eyes for Mexican schoolchildren who want an American education.

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The Shins, Iron & Wine, Calexico, She Wants Revenge and lots more...

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