Holiday Gift Ideas--Eve's Picks of 2008

If you're stumped on what to get your loved ones for the holidays, go out and grab some CD's the old fashioned way. Or, just download songs from your source of choice and make your own CD's; even better, a "best of 2008" mix catered to the individual. I've tried my best to split the best of the year into music personality types (sorry, no country here). You've got loads to choose from folks! Oh yeah, and happy holidays.

For the kid that likes good pop:

Beyonce "I Am...Sasha Fierce"

Katy Perry "One of the Boys"

Keane "Perfect Symmetry"

Rihanna "Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded"

Jason Mraz "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things"

Sia "Some People Have Real Problems"

Brett Dennen "Hope for the Hopeless"

Lykke Li "Youth Novels"

Vampire Weekend, self titled

Coldplay "Viva la Vida" and "Prospekt's March"

The Killers "Day & Age"

Ray LaMontagne "Gossip In the Grain"

Ting Tings "We Started Nothing"

The Kooks "Konk"

For the boys & girls that like to dance:

Cut Copy "In Ghost Colours"

Girl Talk "Night Ripper"

Santogold, self titled

MGMT "Oracular Spectacular"

Black Kids "Wizard of Ahhs"

Foals "Antidotes"

CSS "Donkey"

Does It Offend You, Yeah? "You Have No Idea What you're Getting Yourself into"

Those with an eclectic taste:

TV On the Radio "Dear Science"

Crystal Castles, self titled

Portishead "Third"

Of Montreal "Skeletal Lamping"

Radiohead "In Rainbows"

The Kills "Midnight Boom"

Weezer "The Green Album"

Calexico "Carried to Dust"

Ratatat "LP3"

Flight of the Conchords, self titled

The Breeders "Mountain Battles"

Sigur Ros "Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust"

Indie/Alt Lovers:

Fleet Foxes, self titled

Ra Ra Riot "The Rhumb Line"

Jenny Lewis "Acid Tounge"

She & Him "Volume One"

Rachel Yamagata "Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart"

Beck "Modern Guilt"

Conor Oberst, self titled

Death Cab For Cutie "Narrow Stairs"

Raveonettes "Lust, Lust ,Lust"

City and Colour "Bring Me Your Love"

The Felice Brothers, self titled

Bon Iver "For Emma, Forever Ago"

The Virgins, self titled

Little Joy, self-titled

For the folks that want to Rock:

Kings of Leon "Only By The Night"

My Morning Jacket "Evil Urges"

Black Crowes "Warpaint"

The Smiths "The Sound of the Smiths"

No Age "Nouns"

Cold War Kids "Loyalty to Loyalty"

Delta Spirit "Ode to Sunshine"

The Raconteurs "Cosnolers of the Lonely"

Metallica "Death Magnetic"

The Black Keys "Attack & Release"

The Clash "Live at Shea Stadium"

The Duke Spirit "Neptune"

The Black Angels "Directons to See a Ghost"

AC/DC "Black Ice"

Hip-Hoppers:

Kanye West "808s & Heartbreak"

T.I. "Paper Trail"

Lil' Wayne "Tha Carter III"

The Knux " Remind Me In 3 Days..."

Your parents might like:

Raphael Saadiq "The Way I See It"

Bob Dylan "Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs-Rare & Unreleased 1989-2006"

David Byrne & Brian Eno "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today"

The Clash "Live at Shea Stadium"

Ray LaMontagne "Gossip in the Grain"

She & Him "Volume One"

Sia "Some People Have Real Problems"

Coldplay "Viva la Vida"

Death Cab For Cutie "Narrow Stairs"

The Felice Brothers, self titled

Bon Iver "For Emma, Forever Ago"