"This is a rock and roll takeover...": Best of 2008

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

"Sorry, Dudes, My Bad,"

So where the hell have I been? Parties, friends, everything in between. Until I can catch up, check out the AP.net best of 1008 list right myah. It has over 150 best of lists from staff, to labels, to bands.

Friday, December 19, 2008

More Best of 2008: Pitchfork

If you been paying attention to my blog than you understand my feelings twoard Pitchfork (hint: they aren't good). However since I promised comprehensive best of coverage, you can find their list here.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

More Best of 2008

James Montgomery already released his list of the best songs of 2008, now here is his list for the best albums of 2008. Discussion encouraged.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Pitchfork Best Songs of 2008

Though I'm often skeptical and critical of Pitchfork, I figured I'd link to their very comprehensive list of best tracks of 2008. Check it out myah.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Last.fm Best Of

This will be one of the most interesting "best of" lists simply because it is not a list composed by a few people, rather hundreds of thousands of people. Compiled using plays as votes, this is a list of the most listened to artists, songs, and albums of 2008 by last.fm users. The downside is that there isn't any merit other than popularity, therefore coldplay whoops everyone else's ass (spoiler alert). If this angers you as much as it does me, then sign up for last.fm and help make next year better. Check out the lists myah.

Best Inventions

Here is Time magazines list of the best inventions of 2008. Some pretty cool stuff on that list.

Monday, December 15, 2008

More Best of Lists

I'm currently agonizing over my best of 2008 list. I'm seriously considering coping out and just doing a "Listen to these albums" sort of deal, rather than going through the personal and social agony of listing the best albums on a "1 through 10" scale. Regardless of what kind of list I end up creating, I would invite anyone who feels so inclined to submit a list as well. If you read this blog often enough to consider submitting a list, then chances are you might have a couple of gems that got released this year that all the rest of us would benifit from hearing.

I created this blog to try and provide a one sided version of the converstation that music enthusaists have whenever they talk, and I would be doing my original goal a sever disservce to not invite all of you dear readers to join in on the conversation. I'll be posting more best of lists as they come in.

Enjoy your last bits of 2008! Start making your New Years Eve mixes now (and if you already have a good one, what's on it).

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Best of 2008 lists

As the best of lists from this past year start to roll in, I'll post them on the blog. Best of lists are one of the best ways to find new good music, and hopefully after reviewing the lists, you'll find a couple of new artists that you like. I know that this has been a very fruitful year of music discovery for me.

The first two to go up are James Montgomery from MTV's best songs of 2008 list, and Rolling Stones best of 2008 list (Normally I hate Rolling Stone, but their list is somewhat bearable this year).

James Montgomery's List.

Rolling Stone's List:

1 | TV on the Radio: Dear Science

2 | Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs — The Bootleg
Series Vol. 8

3 | Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III

4 | My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges

5 | John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Love
and Freedom

6 | Santogold: Santogold

7 | Coldplay: Viva la Vida or
Death and All His Friends

8 | Beck: Modern Guilt

9 | Metallica: Death Magnetic

10 | Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend