Ugh. I began to write this entry while procrastinating a week’s worth of hell, and I finished it doing the same thing. Only this time it was a different week. Regardless, this list took a lot longer than the last, for obvious reasons, and only makes me dread making part 3 (the movies list) sometime in later January in ways that still somehow allow me to look forward to it. Either way, it’s a nice feeling of relief to know I’m done with this, and I like my picks. I’m eager to see how different mine are from Pitchfork. After all, that’s the only reason I wanted to put this out so soon – to beat Pitchfork and to prevent myself from being influenced. Anyway, here goes.
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THE LISTS, part 2 – Top Albums of 2008
December 15, 2008 at 3:10 am · Filed under Lists, Music Reviews ·Tagged Beach House, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, Born Ruffians, Conor Oberst, Cut Copy, Deerhunter, Eagles of Death Metal, Fleet Foxes, Flight of the Conchords, Flying Lotus, Foals, Foo Fighters, Girl Talk, Led Zeppelin, No Age, Pitchfork, Portishead, The Band, The Beatles, The Bug, The Dodo's, The Walkmen, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend, Wolf Parade
THE LISTS, part 1 – Top Songs of 2008
December 2, 2008 at 4:15 am · Filed under Lists, Music Reviews ·Tagged Animal Collective, Beach House, Beck, Bon Iver, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Born Ruffians, Conor Oberst, Cut Copy, Eagles of Death Metal, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Foals, Girl Talk, Hercules & Love Affair, Hot Chip, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, No Age, Portishead, The Bug, The Dodo's, The Walkmen, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend
I was thinking that I should stop at 25 as far as top songs go, otherwise I would have three or four songs from each of my favorite albums of the year, and that would kind of get pointless. But then I realized when compiling the list that all of that happened within the top 25 anyway, so I expanded to 40, and here we go. Unlike last year, for those who remember, I will give a short explanation for each track. I won’t compare, because that would be ridiculous, but I hope that my synopses are appropriately glowing for each place in the list. In it are The Walkmen, Born Ruffians, TV On The Radio, Beach House, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, the Dodos and much more, but this post is huge – you’ll have to hit the jump for it all. Plus, you wouldn’t want to ruin the surprise immediately, would you?
I Ate My DVD Collection 