not sure if there's been a better album released in 2008 than the new nick cave and the bad seeds record, but i know there hasn't been a more badass one. check the charmingly low-budget and over-acted video for the title track, "dig!!!, lazarus, dig!!!":

and that's probably the seventh best song on the album. if this guy's not on top of his game right now, i don't know who is.