2008 in Music

[Viaene]

it's up here, I'll listen to it asap

http://www.deezer.com/#music/album/255900

[_Laurie_]

My daughter stopped by to use our computer. She had to do some school work.... After she was done she was working on her playlist...I really like this one song she had on it....

I'm Yours ~ Jason Mraz

[Foolonthehill]

yeah, my brother really likes that song, he plays it a lot. I have to say I really enjoy it. I like sappy romantic stuff like that.

[_Laurie_]

Well since the girls have moved out, I don't hear too much of the new music that's out now....once in awhile I'll surf through the stations and hear something I like...

[Farin]

December marks the time for Best of (insert year) lists...

here's what the influental magazine Musikexpress has to say:

"You know nothing about music"* aka Top 50 albums of 2008

50. Lay it Down ~ Al Green

49. Melancholie und Gesellschaft ~ PeterLicht

48. Atzelgift ~ Herrenmagazin

47. The Chemistry of Modern Life ~ F*cked Up

46. Harps and Angels ~ Randy Newman

45. Visiter ~ The Dodos

44. Little Joy ~ Little Joy

43. Lightbulbs ~ Fujiya & Miyagi

42. Verlass die Stadt ~ Gustav

41. Modern Guilt ~ Beck

40. Intimacy ~ Bloc Party

39. To Survive ~ Joan As Policewoman

38. The Taste and The Money ~ Ja, Panik

37. Lambs Anger ~ Mr. Oizo

36. Soft Power ~ Gonzales

35. Partie Traumatic ~ Black Kids

34. Alopecia ~ Why?

33. Microcastle ~ Deerhunter

32. Censored Colors ~ Portugal. The Man

31. Midnight Boom ~ The Kills

30. Nights Out ~ Metronomy

29. All We Could Do Was Sing ~ Port O'Brien

28. Fantasy Black Channel ~ Late of the Pier

27. Sool ~ Ellen Allien

26. High Places ~ High Places

25. The Seldom Seen Kid ~ Elbow

24. In Ghost Colours ~ Cut Copy

23. At Mount Zoomer ~ Wolf Parade

22. Hurricane ~ Grace Jones

21. The Age of the Understatement ~ The Last Shadow Puppets

20. Stay Positive ~ The Hold Steady

19. We All Belong ~ Dr. Dog

18. Jukebox ~ Cat Power

17. Get Awkward ~ Be Your Own Pet

16. Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust ~ Sigur Rós

15. Consolers of the Lonely ~ The Raconteurs

14. Antidotes ~ Foals

13. Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon ~ Get Well Soon

12. We Started Nothing ~ The Ting Tings

11. Scott Matthew ~ Scott Matthew

10. Only By The Night ~ Kings of Leon

9. Made in the Dark ~ Hot Chip

8. For Emma, Forever Ago ~ Bon Iver

7. Hercules and Love Affair ~ Hercules and Love Affair

6. Santogold ~ Santogold

5. Oracular Spectecular ~ MGMT

4. Vampire Weekend ~ Vampire Weekend

3. Dear Science ~ TV on the Radio

2. Third ~ Portishead

1. Fleet Foxes ~ Fleet Foxes

* the title refers to the majority of the expected mails, mainly because they're pretty proud to NOT have included Chinese Democracy

so... do you know as many of the albums as I do?

[Levis]

Wow I really don't know anything about music... I only recognised 15 albums. I don't even know all the bands (I know most )

[TheLizard]

I'm familiar with most of those albums. I'm so scene. Anyways, they did somewhat of a better job than Rolling Stone, I'd say.

[Viaene]

That's a quite accurate list. I know most of the albums in the top 20 and some others below that I think should have scored higher.

[LeeBB]

There must have been a clerical error at NME, because I can't see Robyn by Robyn on that list?!?

That's doubly strange because NME's own review called Robyn "the most inventive pop album you’ll hear all year" ;-)

LBB

Edited December 14, 2008 by Guest

[Farin]

that's not NME, that's a German magazine

[LeeBB]

that's not NME, that's a German magazine

WHoops!!! Stupid Aussie Alert!!

[Farin]

no worries, I doubt anyone but me here has ever heard of it

[Batman]

I thought Hercules and Love Affair & Vampire Weekend were sooooo overrated!

[Batman]

here's my top ten!

1 Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

2 Flying Lotus - Los Angeles

3 The Cool Kids - Bake Sale

4 No Age - Nouns

5 Fleet Foxes - s/t

6 Passion Pit - Chunk of Change

7 Deerhunter - Microcastle

8 Dodos - Visiter

9 Tobacco - F**ked Up Friends

10 Oh No - Dr. No's Oxperiment

[Batman]

anyone else want to compare lists?

[Batman]

and I am replacing Dr. No's Oxperiment with Max Richter's "24 Postcards in Full Colour"

[TheLizard]

My list:

1. "Stay Positive" - The Hold Steady

2. "Float" - Flogging Molly

3. "In The Future" - Black Mountain

4. "Evil Urges" - My Morning Jacket

5. "Acid Tongue" - Jenny Lewis

6. "Not Animal" - Margot and the Nuclear So and So's

7. "Consolers of the Lonely" - The Raconteurs

8. "Accelerate" - REM

9. "Vampire Weekend" - Vampire Weekend

10. "Real Emotional Trash" - Stephen Malkmus

[Batman]

Hey nice list. Just curious, did you check out the Fleet Foxes? As a former Seattlite I think you'd really dig their sound.

[TheLizard]

They're probably number 11.

Funny how our lists don't overlap at all. Mine is much more rock-oriented, I guess.

[Batman]

Yeah I just noticed that as well, literally no shared albums in our top 10.

[TheLizard]

I'm actually only familiar with five of the albums on your list. That's a bit of a blow to my pride.

[Batman]

ha ha yeah out of your's I've only actually listened to 3 of them. Besides Margot and the Nuclear So Sos I've heard of the rest but haven't had a strong enough desire to check out. Well, I actually might still get around to listening to the new Flogging Molly and Hold Steady. What is Margot and the Nuclear So So's like?

Which five of my faves aren't you familiar with? I of course would reccomend all of them, seeing as they're my 10 favorites, but for you I'd especially reccomend the Dodos if you haven't listened to them.

this one especially,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhLRxui7vXU

it's one of my favorite songs of the year.

If you are curious about any of the other ones I could give a short description and a song reccomendation!

[Batman]

Here are my top 10 favorite songs from this year:

1 Lil Wayne - A Milli

2 MGMT - Time to Pretend

3 Passion Pit - Sleepyhead

4 Cool Kids - What Up Man

5 No Age - Eraser

6 Dodos - Fools

7 Usher - Love in this Club

8 Fleet Foxes - Sun It Rises

9 T.I. feat Rihanna - Live Your Life

10 Estelle feat Kanye West - American Boy

I didn't include anything from Feed the Animals or Los Angeles (my 2 favorites of the year) because both albums, especially Feed The Animals, are really meant to be listened to as a whole, and can't easily be separated into songs. They could I suppose, but it would be way too difficult to just choose one from each album. The same applies (to a lesser extent) to F**cked Up Friends and Dr. No's Oxperiment. And I'm starting to think Microcastle might not actually be in my top 10. It might be replaced by Cut Copy's In Ghost Colours or MGMT's Oracular Spectacular or F*ck Buttons' Street Horrrsing...all three would be prime contenders.

[Tenacious_Peaches]

OK, I rarely buy CDs anymore (I think Sugarland's was the only one I bought this year), but I hate to be left out of a list making session. So I present to you the

Top Ten Artists Songfactors Opened My Eyes To In 2008:

[smallest](whether or not they did anything new in 2008 and in no particular order)[/smallest]

1] MGMT

2] Screaming Jets

3] Deltron 3030

4] Kings of Leon

5] My Morning Jacket

6] Tricky

7] The Black Keys

8] Blitzen Trapper

9] The Cool Kids

10] The Notwist

[TheLizard]

1 Lil Wayne - A Milli

Funny, that's my second most hated song of the year. It annoys the hell out of me. As does Lil Wayne in general. (All Summer Long by Kid Rock is my most hated.)

As for Margot, I don't really know how to describe them. You should just got listen. And if you get a chance to see them live, do it. They're better live than on record, but I suppose that's true of most good bands.