See Ya' Later! (Best of 2008)

Premature? Not really. I'm taking some time off and see ya' next year! 

IMI doesn't review new music because plenty of others do, such as:

Largehearted Boy has put together an aggregated list of blogs featuring "The Best of 2008" (a few mp3's). 

Silent Ballet has the Best 50 releases of 2008.

Tiny Mix Tapes  Year End Fest with some good articles.

Berkeley Place - 2008 Best

Soundscape - includes Best Reissues 2008 (no downloads)

Some of the blogs offering Best of 2008 downloads are:

R Indie - Top Pop Songs

Stereogum - The Outsiders of 2008 

Music Ruined My Life - MRML's Top Twenty-Two (2008)

Under G still has Best Albums of 2007 up (no 2008 - yet)

Hidden Track - Friday Mix Tape: Favorite Tunes of '08

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted - Top Singles of 2008

Sound on Sound - Top 20 Local Songs of 2008 (Seattle)

XChannel - The Best 50 Albums of 2008

Thighs Wide Shut - Music 2008 (mp3's) Sort of a "won't see this in Billboard and don't care"

If you know of another site, leave a comment and I'll update the post.