Top 20 for 2008
Dec 16th, 2008 by Alex
1. “Stay Positive” – Hold Steady (from Stay Positive)
2. “Nonpareil of Favor” – Of Montreal (from Skeletal Lamping)
3. “Hairdo” – Tall Firs (from Too Old to Die Young)
4. “The Hollows” – Why? (from Alopecia)
5. “L.E.S. Artistes” – Santogold (from Santogold)
6. “Tape Song” – The Kills (from Midnight Boom)
7. “Ballons” – Foals (from Antidotes)
8. DLZ – TV on the Radio (from Dear, Science)
9. “Endogenous Morphine” – Osa Bella (from A List of Names)
10. “The Ice is Getting Thinner” – Death Cab for Cutie (from Narrow Stairs)
11. “Hands on Us” – The Notwist (from The Devil You + Me)
12. “Audience” – Autolux
13. “Waving Flags” – British Sea Power (from Do You Like Rock Music?)
14. “Human” – The Killers (from Day & Age)
15. “Chimera” – Howlies (from Trippin’ with Howlies)
16. “Like a Vibration” – The Whigs (from Mission Control 2)
17. “We Call Upon the Author” – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!)
18. “Some Crap About the Furniture/Invisible Suits and Ties” – Playradioplay! (from Texas)
19. “Come on Forest Fire Burn the Disco Down” – Rae Spoon (from Superioryouareinferior)
20. “Closer” – The Kings of Leon (from Only By the Night)
I had a big rant/analysis of this started this week but I got sick of reading my own words. I like these songs. They are good. I like a bunch more. They are also good. Click the arrow to play the ones listed here or right-click and “save as” to download. These will be up until Jan. 1, 2009. Enjoy.
I’ll be spinning this set and the next 20 of the top 40 from 2008 tonight at my rezday party (I was two yesterday, Myg is two today, and Hawks, that train jumper, is two tomorrow). Come party another rezday away with us, at our loft, starting 5 p.m. SL time, 12/15/08.
I’ll be spinning this and other great stuff at 5 and 8, sandwiching a couple of great sets by Romana at 6 and Esteban at 7. Get your geek on.
I have to comment because this is such an awesome list and you end with my favorite new tune of the year. Yay!
I was wondering, what embedded mp3 player are you using? Thanks.
hey kerem -
I’m using Taragana’s Del.icio.us mp3 Player Plugin — it’s simple and painless.
ahahahahaha i was like wait your inviting people on the internet to a party isn’t that a bad idea…. then i saw “SL” and realized it wasn’t real people, not real birthdays, not real location, and not real social connections…
i always thought that second life was like a combination of only the worst parts of MMORPG’s and real life
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Um, Jon? Not much of a flame. You’re entitled to an opinion, though I think your idea of “real” is severely limited. And if “inviting people on the internet to a party” is a new idea to you, you need to get out more and try some actual networking tools, it’s 2009, Sparky. You might also find that making real connections is possible via the internet.
P.S. That’s “you’re inviting,” not “your inviting.” The two clauses have quite distinct meanings. Try proofreading your comments before hitting submit and you might not appear as much of a dolt.
sweeet. i miss SL somethin fierce. *sigh*