On the 2008 album In Ear Park by the indie / pop band Department of Eagles, a bowed upright bass is featured quite prominently on the songs Teenagers and In Ear Park.

In January 2008, it was reported that Marr had taken part in a week-long songwriting session at Moolah Rouge recording studio in Stockport with Wakefield indie group The Cribs.

A resurgence of dream pop in the independent music scene occurred in 2008, with the relatively successful indie acts of Silversun Pickups, Beach House, Au Revoir Simone, Tame Impala, Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Bat for Lashes, The Radio Dept., High Places, Lykke Li, Chairlift, Anomie Belle, Grimes, School of Seven Bells, Foxes in Fiction, Rem's Floating Chandelier The xx, Ellie Goulding, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Marissa Nadler, Holly Miranda, iamamiwhoami, Wild Beasts, and An Horse.

* British indie rock band Mystery Jets released an album entitled Twenty One in 2008.

In October 2008, the then British Culture Secretary Andy Burnham and Manchester indie band The Ting Tings called for the show to return.

In a December 2008 interview with Rolling Stone, Gibbard laughed off suggestions that The Postal Service's long overdue follow-up to their 2003 hit Give Up is an indie version of Guns N ' Roses ' Chinese Democracy.

In June 2008 Meiko signed a recording deal with MySpace Records / DGC, who released her album in partnership with Lucky Ear Music ( Meiko's own indie label ).

She also did a comic turn in Michael Winterbottom's well-regarded indie ensemble piece, A Cock and Bull Story, and appeared with Josh Hartnett in the 2008 release of August.

Gyllenhaal has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the indie film Sherrybaby ( 2006 ), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, the romantic comedy Trust the Man ( 2006 ), and big-budget films such as World Trade Center ( 2006 ) and The Dark Knight ( 2008 ).

On May 13, 2008 Vinnie launched his new indie label, called Paper + Plastick.

The album was originally finished in 2008, however the group described the album as indie rock and as a result, weren't sastified with the album, which lead them to restart the production completely.

* Storyteller ( video game ), a 2008 indie game by Daniel Benmergui

His first starring role in a feature film was in the 2008 indie release Johnny Got His Gun which garnered excellent reviews for his solo performance.

Downie also made a cameo appearance in the 2008 indie drama Nothing Really Matters, directed by Jean-Marc Piché.

In September 2008, Griffin was featured on the album Simple Times by indie artist Joshua Radin, duetting on the song " You Got Growing Up to Do.

In 2008, Michaels collaborated with the indie / punk group Hard Girls to form a punk band called Classics of Love.

In late 2008, DaRosa formed the band Destry which also features Sam Means of the indie rock group The Format, as well as Shaun Cooper from Straylight Run.

In 2008, the band signed with indie label Majordomo Records, joining label mates The Airborne Toxic Event and Earlimart.

The Daddies officially regrouped in 2002 to resume touring, independently recording and releasing their fifth studio album Susquehanna in 2008 before signing to indie label Rock Ridge Music the following year.

* Boilerplate features on the cover of Canadian indie pop band Stars's 2008 EP Sad Robots, as well as on merchandise for their 2008 – 9 tour.

The Canadian indie rock band The Constantines entitled a track " Credit River " on their 2008 album Kensington Heights.

* Red ( Guillemots album ), a 2008 album by English indie rock band Guillemots

In 2008, Leon starred in the 20th Century Fox thriller Cover, directed by Bill Duke, and stars alongside Danny Masterson and Dominique Swain in the indie comedy The Brooklyn Heist, directed by Julian Mark Kheel.

Despite the drop on popularity of the romantic dramas, some of them have enjoyed big box office and critical success, as the controversial, groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) for example, that won several awards and Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), a critically acclaimed romantic-drama that has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, and went on to win eight of them, including Best Picture.

* 2008: AFI's 10 Top 10-# 6 romantic comedy

In recent years, Seymour returned to film work, appeared in the Hallmark Channel film Dear Prudence ( 2008 ) with Jamey Sheridan and Ryan Cartwright, the romantic comedy Love, Wedding, Marriage ( 2011 ) with Mandy Moore, and the Hallmark Movie Channel film Lake Effects ( 2012 ) with Scottie Thompson and Madeline Zima.

She also starred in the 2008 biopic romantic thriller Death Defying Acts.

In 2008, Gere co-starred with Diane Lane in the romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe.

In October 2008, Warner played the role of Lord Mountbatten of Burma in the BBC Four television film In Love with Barbara, a biopic about the life of romantic novelist Barbara Cartland.

In 2008, she appeared in Fool's Gold, a romantic comedy released on February 8, and her second film to co-star Matthew McConaughey.

In 2008, Lane reunited with Richard Gere for the romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe.

Since 2008, her romantic partner is Fabrice Kerhervé.

In 2008, Mýa had a starring role in the direct-to-dvd romantic comedy film Love For Sale.

In 2008, Khan collaborated with Aditya Chopra for the third time for the romantic drama, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, opposite newcomer Anushka Sharma.

His last role was as Patrick Dempsey's father in the 2008 romantic comedy Made of Honor, which was playing in theaters at the time of his death.

In October 2008, Sigler began a romantic relationship with Jerry Ferrara, whom she met while guest-starring on Entourage as a love interest of Ferrara's role, Turtle.

In 2008, Castelluccio began a romantic relationship with actress Yvonne Maria Schaefer when they met at a premiere in New York City.

* A 2008 ad features the New York Jets Flight Crew asking anchor Chris McKendry advice on romantic relationships with players.

More recently, Tomas Alfredson's ( son of Hasse Alfredson ) romantic vampire film / drama film Let the Right One In ( Låt den rätte komma in ) ( 2008 ) received widespread acclaim from critics all around the world, becoming one of the best reviewed films of the year.

" An April 2008 article in Britain's Daily Mail listed Dirty Dancing as number one on a list of " most romantic movie quotes ever ", for Baby's line " I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you.

Dempsey's most recent roles include the 2008 film Made of Honor as Tom and the 2010's romantic comedy Valentine's Day ; the latter film, directed by Garry Marshall, follows five interconnecting stories about Los Angelinos anticipating ( or in some cases dreading ) the holiday of love.

She has appeared in a variety of films, including the 2001 comedy Saving Silverman, the 2003 romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give, the 2003 psychological thriller film Identity, the 2005 action-thriller Syriana, the 2006 comedy-drama remake Griffin & Phoenix, the 2007 romantic comedy The Ex, the 2008 science fiction film The X-Files: I Want to Believe and the 2009 disaster adventure drama 2012.

In 2008, Owens appeared alongside Paul Campbell, Andy Griffith, Doris Roberts, Liz Sheridan, Marla Sokoloff and Juliette Jeffers in the romantic comedy Play The Game.

Michelle Ryan also filmed an ITV romantic drama, Mister Eleven in 2008.

Rumors of the two dating surfaced starting 2008 although both continuously denied any romantic involvement until early 2010 when paparazzi photographs of the two were released and the couple officially confirmed their relationship.

Following his successes in 2007's Hairspray and Enchanted, Marsden played the male lead in the 2008 romantic comedy 27 Dresses opposite star Katherine Heigl, which grossed $ 160 million worldwide.