Spin names four HIP bands the best of the bunch

Spin magazine has given four HIP bands gold stars, and spots on the famed music mag’s ‘Best Albums of 2008’ list. Congrats to all!

5 — Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes

Although the Fleet Foxes do what a lot of bands do–reach back to grab at rootsy rock influences–Spin applauds them for doing something very rare. For embellishing its music with a “sense of mystery that no one’s really summoned since Oh, Inverted World changed Natalie Portman’s life.”

8 — Hot Chip, Made In The Dark

Spin calls Hot Chip’s type of music giddy “blue-eyed robo-soul,” utilizing keyboards which “sound like lasers.”

13 — No Age, Nouns

Randy Randall’s guitar, according to Spin, switchers back and forth between “glittering instrumental swells and diesel fuzz.”

32 — The Gutter Twins, Saturnalia

Spin says “Mark Lanegan’s narcoleptic, baritone moan and the Greg Dulli’s mischievous, soulful wail give these mid-tempo dirges, awash in revelations and Revelation, a touch of grace that recalls their classic work without repeating it.”