Favorite Songs of 2008.

[Benny Profane]

To name a few...

Ease Back -- Amos Lee
Weird Fishes -- Radiohead
Fix It -- Ryan Adams
All You Ever Wanted -- Black Keys

[Arthur Seaton]

Probably too mainstream for some, but I love "The Resolution" by Jack's Mannequin.

[D_Davis]

There are tons...

Still putting together my top 10 list of albums. So from some of the nominees:

1. Home - David Byrne and Brian Eno
2. Suite: Little Lucid Moments - Motorpsycho
3. Endless Drifting Wreck - Farflung
4. Unlit Hallway - Sun Kil Moon
5. Young Cassius - Meat Beat Manifesto
6. I'm Sorry Huston - Drive-by Truckers
7. You Alone - Alt-Ctrl Sleep
8. Pensive Aphrodite - Harold Budd and Clive Wright
9. Move - Q Tip
10. Sex is on Fire - Kings of Leon
11. Weekend - The Sea and Cake
12. UV Sine - The Black Dog
13. Judas - The Verve
14. Joy - Daniel Lanois

[Acapelli]

sex is on fire came up on shuffle and i was pretty wowed by it

my list would take a while to compile

[EvilShoe]

A few:
Cut Copy - So Haunted
Deerhunter - Never Stops
The Walkmen - Canadian Girl

[bac0n]

A few that come immediately to mind...

MGMT - Time to Pretend
Meat Beat Manifesto - Solid Waste
Shawn Lee & His Ping Pong Orchestra - Brazilian Bubble
Stars - 14 Forever

[Acapelli]

Jesse McCartney - Leavin'
Telepathe - Chrome's On It
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
Wonky Pop All Stars - Digital Love
Kanye West - Robocop (the 2nd demo version though)
Chris Brown - Forever
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
Jamie Lidell - Little Bit Of Feel Good (Mr Oizo Remix)
Santogold - LES Artistes (XXXchange Mix Ft Movado)
Glasvegas - Go Square Go
Jay-Z - Jockin' Jay-Z (Dope Boy Fresh)
Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat
Avalon - Get Out Of The Labyrinth
Aeroplane - Whispers feat. Kathy Diamond
Lloyd - Girls Around The World (Remix) feat. Trey Songz & Lil' Wayne
PNAU - Embrace (Fred Falke & Miami Horror Remix) feat. Ladyhawke
The Bug - Insane feat. Warrior Queen
Solange - I Decided (Part II)
Kanye West - Paranoid
MGMT - Kids
Sam Sparro - Black And Gold
TV On The Radio - Shout Me Out
Weezer - Pork And Beans
Mystery Jets - Young Love feat. Laura Marling
Bloc Party - Ion Square
Women - Shaking Hand
Bun B - II Trill feat. Z-Ro & J. Prince
El Guincho - Palmitos Park
T.I. - Swagger Like Us feat. Jay-Z, Kanye West & Lil' Wayne
M83 - Graveyeard Girl
Annie - Songs Remind Me Of You
British Sea Power - Atom
The Killers - Spaceman
Amadou & Mariam - Sabali
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
Animal Collective - Water Curses
Wire - One Of Us
The Bug - Angry feat. Tippa Irie
The Tallest Man On Earth - The Gardner
Re-Up Gang - Dey Know Yayo
Raphael Saadiq - Big Easy
Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow
Jean On Jean - Tonight

edit: wow that's a lot

2nd edit: bolded my standout tracks

[Ivan Drago]

Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Chris Brown - Forever
MGMT - Time To Pretend
The Killers - Human
Weezer - Pork and Beans

[Dead & Messed Up]

TV on the Radio - "Family Tree"
Nine Inch Nails - "The Lights in the Sky"
MGMT - "Kids"

I've heard a lot of music that's brand-new to me in 2008, so I'll list a few of those "discoveries" here, for kicks:

Deep Purple - "Soldier of Fortune"
Slipknot - "Circle"
Depeche Mode - "The Things You Said"
Weezer - "Surf Wax America"

[Henry Gale]

Santogold - LES Artistes (the original for me though)
Jay-Z - Jockin' Jay-Z (Dope Boy Fresh)
Kanye West - Paranoid
MGMT - Kids
Weezer - Pork And Beans
El Guincho - Palmitos Park
The Killers - Spaceman


These, plus:

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos, Blue Ridge Mountains, He Doesn't Know Why
Coldplay - Prospekt's March/Poppyfields, Strawberry Swing, Lovers In Japan (for "Lovers" the album version is great, but the acoustic one is just remarkable)
Weezer - Dreamin', Miss Sweeney
Kanye West - Street Lights, Coldest Winter, Bad News, Love Lockdown
The Black Keys - Strange Times
The Cool Kids - Jingling, One Two
Tokyo Police Club - Juno
The Walkmen - Canadian Girl
The Killers - I Can't Stay, A Dustland Fairyland
N.E.R.D. - You Know What
Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance, Little Bit
Death Cab For Cutie - Cath..., Bixby Canyon Bridge
My Morning Jacket - Remnants, Touch Me I'm Going To Scream, Pt. 2
TV On The Radio - Halfway Home
Portishead - We Carry On
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk, Walcott, Ottoman
Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
Ne-Yo - Miss Independent
The Dodos - Fools
Rihanna - Disturbia
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Strange Overtones
Travis - Quite Free, Something Anything, Before You Were Young
Moby - Hyenas
Albert Hammond, Jr. - In My Room
Kid Cudi - Day N Nite
The Raconteurs - Many Shades Of Black, Attention
Destroyer - Foam Hands
Keane - The Lovers Are Losing, Spiralling
MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice's remix is fantastic too)
Oasis - Falling Down
Nine Inch Nails - Head Down
Ray LaMontagne - Sarah
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Crossed Out Name
Ladytron - I'm Not Scared
Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook
Metallica - All Nightmare Long
The Roots - Rising Up
R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious
Lil Wayne - Lollipop (Remix with Kanye West), Shoot Me Down
Gnarls Barkley - Who's Gonna Save My Soul, Whatever

Um... so both an extremely long and (for the most part) radio-friendly list, but to me this is the stuff I listened to over and over. I still have a lot from the year still to get around to, but even now I gotta say it's been a pretty satisfying year for the musics.

[D_Davis]

American Flags by David Bazan

Fantastic.

Absolutely amazing.

I really hope Bazan's new album comes out soon.

[D_Davis]

David Byrne & Brian Eno - Strange Overtones


This is a great track. It's really hard for me to pick just one stand out song from this album. The entire thing is a bona fide masterpiece. I am still shocked that we got a new album from Eno, Byrne, Lanois, and Budd all in the same year.

That's just too awesome.

[Lasse]

Off the top of my head...

Beta Satan - Rave Kenneth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uT-mlXJRF0)
Majors - Suckers Never Play Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4TcyxcO4mw)
Suspekt - Midbrug (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3MrGSvIg7g)
Jooks - Træk Vejret (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBYnJnTatQQ)
K-Liir - Griber Mikken (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jZFoQd3Mg4)
Szhirley - Gammel Kongevej (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glsm7n3rVLo)
Polarkreis 18 vs Nephew - Allein, Alene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OCdp3cItQI)

[origami_mustache]

I'm listening through all my 2008 albums again...and will be sorting out a best of list hopefully in a few weeks. I did top 50 lists the last 2 years, but this year since I probably only listened to half as many albums as I had in the past, I will also be doing my favorite songs.

[transmogrifier]

I'm listening through all my 2008 albums again...and will be sorting out a best of list hopefully in a few weeks. I did top 50 lists the last 2 years, but this year since I probably only listened to half as many albums as I had in the past, I will also be doing my favorite songs.


I think it's been a good year for established artists that I was already a fan of - I liked to loved in varying degrees the albums by Nick Cave, Deerhoof, TV on the Radio, REM, Portishead, Guns N Roses, Wolf Parade - but I didn't find a single new or newish band to call my own this year.

[Boner M]

Grouper - "Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping"
Gang Gang Dance - "House Jam"
The Bug ft. The Spaceape - "Fuckaz"

[D_Davis]

I think it's been a good year for established artists that I was already a fan of

This is true.

[transmogrifier]

So far (in no particular order):

Sing for the Submarine - REM
DLZ - TV on the Radio
Hold On to Yourself - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
IRS - Guns N' Roses
We Carry On - Portishead
Kissing the Beehive - Wolf Parade
Jagged Fruit - Deerhoof

[Derek]

Put mp3's of my top 50 songs into two zip files on sendspace, available here:

#1-25 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/9zov6s)

#26-50 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ea168z)