Boards
2008 best of
Favourite Songs:
1. mirando - Ratatat
2. hearts on fire - Cut Copy
3. two doors down - Mystery Jet
4. kim and jessie - M83
5. white winter hymnal - Fleet Foxes
6. time to pretend - MGMT
7. buff nuff - Roots Manuva
8. one pure thought- Hot Chip
9. flume - Bon Iver
10. bathroom gurgle - Late of the Pier
11. little bit of feel - Jamie Lidell
12. grounds to divorce - Elbow
13. a-punk - Vampire Weekend
14. a thing for me - Metronomy
15. viva la vida - Coldplay
16. water here - Bodies of Water
17. outdoor games - magic arm
18. dancing choose - TV on the Radio
19. so everyone - bonnie 'prince'
20. electric feel - MGMT
21. while you wait for the others - Grizzly Bear
22. shake that devil - Antony and the Johnsons
23. flakes - Mystery Jets
24. shempi - Ratatat
25. queen bee - Neil Halstead
26. the bears are coming - Late of the Pier
27. YOA (The Twelves Remix) - Theatre of Disco
28. Young Love - Mystery Jets
29. the rip - Portishead
30. unforgetable fire - Cut Copy
31. my hearts rate rapid - Metronomy
32. bitchstealer - Absentee
33. pork and beans - Weezer
34. parisian goldfish - Flying Lotus
35. im a lady - Santogold
36. Candian Girl - The Walkmen
37. its the life - Shades
38. if you want to, you have to - Dosh
39. Forever - Walter Meego
40. the end of you too - Metronomy
41. Wearing My Rolex - Wiley
42. darling, be here - Bodies of Water
43. wrestlers - Hot Chip
44. monkey bee - Monkey
45. Sabali - Sabali and Mariam
46. theme/i.m.c - David Holmes
47. blind - Hercules and Love Affair
48. no one does it like you - Department of Eagles
49. ghosts Laura Marling
50. re: stacks - Bon Iver
51. another world - Antony and the Johnsons
52. water curses - Animal Collective
53. walking like a dream - Empire Of The Sun
54. black birds - The Ghost Orchid
55. hurricane - Jamie Lidell
56. back on the motorway - Metronomy
57. wow (modeselektor remix) - Siriusmo
58. rr vs d - Au
59. hercules' theme - Hercules and Love Affair
60. death and all his friends - Coldplay
61. seal eyeing - Animal Collective
62. offical - Q-Tip
63. deep water - Portishead
64. to cure a weaking chile (boy girl song) - Adem
65. skinny love - Bon Iver
66. hold me down (the shoes remix) - Primary 1
67. weekend wars - MGMT
68. strawberry swing - Coldplay
69. paint a face - Neil Halstead
70. tortoise regrets hare - James Yorkston and The Athletes
71. divine - Sébastien Tellier
72. festival - Sigur Rós
73. in ear park - Department of Eagles
74. alright - The Subways
75. love lockdown - Kanye West
76. black heroes - Ratatat
77. shake a fist - Hot Chip
78. la la radio Shugo Tokomaru
79. arrows or eros - Golden Silvers
80. orphanied - Max Tundra
81. minuteman's pulse - Mr. Oizo
82. lay it down - Al Green
83. ares- Bloc Party
84. agoraphobia - Deerhunter
85. willow tree - Chad VanGaalen
86. for the birds - Earlimart
87. gobbledigook - Sigur Rós
88. nine in the afternoon - Panic at the Disco
89. balloons - Foals
90. i got mine - The Black Keys
91. machine gun - Portishead
92. buildings and mountains The Republic Tigers
93. the lonliness of a tower craine - Elbow
94. to be lonely - Joan as Police Woman
95. sour cherry - The Kills
96. anyway you choose to give it - Black Ghosts
97. kalise - El Guincho
98. you belong - Herules and Love Affair
99. canadian girl - The Walkmen
100. Lovers are losing - Keane
Favourite albums:
1. Bon Iver - For Emma and Forever Ago
The most beautiful, affecting and rewarding album i have listened to since Antony & The Johnsons' 'I am a Bird Now'. Best record of 2008.
2. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
I was expected something pretty amazing from Cut Copy after the impressive debut 'Bright Like Neon Love', and boy did they deliver the goods. Electro-pop perfection.
3. Ratatat – LP3
One of the most progressive and adventurous albums ive listened to this year. It has so much depth and they’re really added so much to their sound. Even better live too. Shempi and Mirando are killer tracks.
4. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Like a Hip-hop version of Burial. Genius.
5. Metronomy - Nights Out
So much love for these guys.
6. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
An instant hip-hop classic. Comeback of the year.
7. Portishead – Third
Another great comeback.
8. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
The guys never disappoint. Hugely enjoyable.
9. TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
Most of the album it kinda felt like id heard it before somewhere and was a bit of a disappointing follow up to ‘RTCM’. Still, better than most of the albums this year.
10. Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
The most exciting new band this year.
11. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
12. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
13. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
14. Jamie Lidell - Jim
15. Mystery Jets - 21
16. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
17. M83 - Saurday = Youth
18. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
19. Bodies of Water - A Certain Feeling
20. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
21. Santogold - Santogold
22. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
23. Roots Manuva - Slime and Reason
24. Antony and the Johnsons - Another World
25. Absentee - Victory Shorts
26. James Yorkston and The Athletes - When The Haar Rolls In
27. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
28. The Black Keys - Attack and Release
30. Animal Collective - Water Curses
31. Adem - Takes
32. The Kills - Midnight Boom
33. Al Green - Lay It Down
34. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light
35. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
36. Deerhunter - Microcastle
37. Dosh - Wolves And Wishes
38. Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
39. The Fireman - Electric Arguements
40. Foals - Antidotes
41. Max Tundra - Parallax Error Behinds You
42. School of Seven Bells - Alphinisms
43. Sabali and Mariam - Welcome To Mali
44. Sébastien Tellier - Sexuality
45. Takka Takka - Migration
46. The Walkmen - You and Me
47. David Holmes - The Holy Pictures
48. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
49. Bloc Party - Intimacy
50. The Chap - Mega Breakfast
Favourite Gigs:
1. Ratatat@ Cargo
2. Sigur Rós @ Latitude
3. Radiohead @ Victoria Park
4. Bodies of Water @ Cargo
5. Simian Mobile Disco @ Field Day
6. Joanna Newsom @ Latitude
7. Metronomy @ Koko
8. The Black Keys @ Forum
9. Fleet Foxes @ ICA
10. Hot Chip @ Brixton Academy
11. Tunng @ Field Day
12. Black Lips @ Latitude