Kicking off my Best Of 2008 Review with my favourite 66 songs of the year, coming at you in three installments (this is what all the cool music websites do, but it’s also because I’m only finished writing up 22 of them and haven’t finished my albums write-ups at all. This is maybe what the cool music websites are doing, too — gaining time). Each song includes a 6 word description (no more or no less, I hope); these are sometimes poignant descriptions but are mostly just a way for me to add a little bit of fun to an otherwise straight listing of songs.
I realize my whole method here brings about a Toby Flenderson reference, but it just kind of fell into place so I’m rolling with it. And also, I realize that a lot of the songs here are songs which I’ve already talked about in previous blog posts and shit — so, yea, it’s a bit redundant but it only makes logical sense.
I didn’t bother to post links to each individual song, but you can certainly find each song here. Alternatively, you can download these 22 songs together as a .zip file here (and let me know if this link stops working so I can re-upload it).
Please note that these songs are listed in no particular order.
01.
“Saro”
by Samamidon
The best song for lighthouse operators.
02.
“Moab”
by Conor Oberst
Better than “Travellin’ Song” for roadtrips.
03.
“Blind”
by Hercules & Love Affair
Antony’s voice is good for dancing.
04.
“Willow Tree”
by Chad VanGaalen
Why does everyone like “Molten Light?”
05.
“I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory”
by Kathleen Edwards
Loved especially for its Canadian content.
06.
“Time To Pretend”
by MGMT
Diiido Do Do Do Diiiiii Diiiiiii.
07.
“The Crook Of My Good Arm”
by Pale Young Gentlemen
Punchy beat and violins make it.
08.
“Strange Victory, Strange Defeat”
by Silver Jews
An unassuming epic quality to it.
09.
“Inni mer syngur vitleysingur”
by Sigur Ros
Summer song from Icelandic post-rockers.
10.
“The Gardener”
by The Tallest Man On Earth
Like a Stasi’s paranoid love story.
11.
“The BPA (feat. David Byrne & Dizzee Rascal)”
Toe Jam
Naked people dancing. Shag carpets. Censored.
12.
“Days Of Elaine”
by The Decemberists
Builds additional anticipation for new album.
13.
“At Last”
by The Dø
Not singing along yet? Listen again.
14.
“Border Guards”
by The Rosebuds
For driving on highways at night.
15.
“Lover’s Day”
by TV On The Radio
Marching band exit in amazing closer.
16.
“I Told Her On Alderaan”
by Neon Neon
Star Wars reference of the year.
17.
“X Telling Me About The Loss Of Something Dear At Age 16″
by Hello Saferide
Play by play of losing virginity.
18.
“Another Day”
by Jamie Lidell
Use to start your morning with.
19.
“Lost Verses”
by Sun Kil Moon
Ten minutes. Ethereal haze. Memories haunt.
20.
“Bright Tomorrow”
by Fuck Buttons
Just wait for two Guenther busts.
21.
“Before I Knew”
by Basia Bulat
See previous blog post for description.
22.
“Re: Stacks”
by Bon Iver
Delicate finale. Melodies do wondrous things.
Photo by Bernd Nies.
6 comments ↓
i love it. keep ‘em coming…
not one acknowledgement. im a little hurt, after all those talks we had.
definitely voted blind as my fav in the pitchfork readers poll. haha
ditto what dane said. these will keep me busy for a few days though..
pleasantly surprised (relieved, even) that alderaan got repped here
Yea, Alderaan is a serious track. I still don’t get the “silver pylons in the sun” lyric though. Thoughts?
what about communication towers… they can be pylons… perhaps the lyric refers to the inability to send a msg to her (i.e. get it through to her) because of the metaphorical silver pylons in the sun… where they couldnt function? stretch? maybe?
maybe it is just descriptive of Alderaan landscape?
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