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Best Songs of 2008: Leftovers

Jared — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:34:02 +0000

I’m really enjoying the Best of 2008, I’m happy with how it turned out. I was worried for a while, it seemed like I wasnt finding any good music. Well, I found plenty of good music, hence the 4 cd’s full. Here’s the tracklist for Leftovers Disc 3 and a chance to listen or download it. For the actual Best of 2008 look here.

01-She and Him _ Why Do You Let Me Stay Here_.mp3

02-Oasis _ The Turning.mp3

03-Shearwater _ The Snow Leopard.mp3

04-A.C. Newman _ Submarines Of Stockholm.mp3

05-Forest Fire _ Slow Motion.mp3

06-R.E.M. _ Houston.mp3

07-Beach House _ Gila.mp3

08-Wolf Parade _ Fine Young Cannibals.mp3

09-MGMT _ Electric Feel.mp3

10-TV on the Radio _ DLZ.mp3

11-Ley Lines _ Cardiac.mp3

12-Vampire Weekend _ Campus.mp3

13-Bon Iver _ Blindsided.mp3

14-Thao Nguyen _ Beat (Health, Life, and Fire).mp3

15-Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s _ As Tall As Cliffs.mp3

16-The Raveonettes _ Aly, Walk With Me.mp3

Best of 2008

Jared — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:04:18 +0000

Well, here it is after much hand wringing and gnashing of teeth, my Favorite songs of 2008. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. The tracklist.

01-Shearwater _ Century Eyes

02-Fleet Foxes _ White Winter Hymnal

03-The Helio Sequence _ Can’t Say No

04-Bon Iver _ Flume

05-Frightened Rabbit _ Old Old Fashioned

06-Vampire Weekend _ The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance

07-Cut Copy _ Feel The Love

08-Sigur Rós _ Gobbledigook

09-Dr. Dog _ The Old Days

10-The Black Keys _ Psychotic Girl

11-Kathleen Edwards _ Asking For Flowers

12-The Whigs _ Right Hand On My Heart

13-Santogold _ Starstruck

14-Plants and Animals _ Feedback In The Field

15-Cloud Cult _ When Water Comes To Life

16-Wolf Parade _ Call It A Ritual

17-TV On The Radio _ Golden Age

18-Portishead _ We Carry On

19-M83 _ You Appearing

20-Okkervil River _ Lost Coastlines

Its a great cd and I ended up with 3 cd’s full of leftovers also. I’ll post those some other time. If you want a copy of the mp3’s just leave a comment or e-mail me at jared@functionlovesform.com.

Enjoy.

Where’s Beth?

Jared — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:05:41 +0000

Yes, Where is Beth? She’s at home taking care of 3 kids, Getting Christmas presents ready, painting, crafting (yes she still doesn’t like that word), and doing other Bethish stuff. You can expect her to return from hibernation sometime after the Christmas Holiday. In the meantime, you’re stuck with me and my musical dilemmas.

Its Christmas Eve Eve and I’m still not finished with the Best of 2008. I’m under the gun. No way I’m getting done. Anyway, here are my finalists for 2008 song of the year.

Call It A Ritual-Wolf Parade
I have a soft spot for Wolf Parade. I think it’s because I listen to the majority of my music while running and Wolf Parade makes great running music. That or they just make great music.

Winter Hymnal-Fleet Foxes
Do you find yourself asking, “Where did harmony go?”. Here’s your answer.

Re: Stacks-Bon Iver
Bon Iver made it on my best of 2007 list but, as it turns out, the album wasn’t properly released until 2008. This album was recorded by one man. He secluded himself in the wintry Wisconsin wilderness for 3 months, recording with nothing more than a few microphones, 2 drums, and some aged recording equipment. This is beautiful, Heart Wrenching Music.

Feedback In the Field-Plants & Animals
This was the early frontrunner for song of the year. Can it hold out? The suspense is killing me.

Starstuck-Santogold
This does not fit my typical taste in music. Its stop-start, bleep-synth, indie hop that gets better with every listen.
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