05 January 2009

A Very Brief Goodbye to 2008

Five days late and a few dollars short, here's my recap of 2008 as promised. I was going to do a "best-of" list, but to be honest, that would imply that I've listened to everything that was worth listening to (I didn't), and that I remember everything that I liked that came out this year (I don't).

So, instead, I've decided to make a short list of songs that I dug, or at least feel deserve mention, from this past year. Again, though, there was a lot that came out earlier in the year that I just plain forgot came out in 2008, so forgive me if there's some songs you feel I should've included but didn't.

That said, here we go.

1. Antony & the Johnsons - Another World
2. the Black Keys - Attack and Release
3. Bon Iver - Flume
4. Cat Power - New York
5. Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
6. Ghostland Observatory - Heavy Heart
7. Girl Talk - In Step
8. Gnarls Barkley - She Knows
9. the Hold Steady - Stay Positive
10. Islands - the Arm
11. Jamie Lidell - Where D'You Go?
12. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
13. MGMT - Time To Pretend
14. My Morning Jacket - Highly Suspicious
15. Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
16. Old Crow Medicine Show - Caroline
17. Ratatat - Falcon Jab
18. the Raveonettes - Lust
19. Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing
20. Santogold - Lights Out
21. Sparks - Let The Monkey Drive
22. the Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
23. TV on the Radio - Halfway Home
24. Wolf Parade - Language City