Comments on: Top 10 Tracks of 2008 (Part 1)

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Top 10 Tracks of 2008 (Part 7) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:05:48 +0000

[...] Bon Iver, great for sure TVOTR, etc. etc.). On the other hand, it means some respite from the standard hipster-trash picks of the rest of my staff (he says pompously). For those of you not swilling PBR, [...]

By: kevinlincoln

kevinlincoln — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:49:21 +0000

Black Mags was on “The Bake Sale” EP, which means it was released in 2008 as well, so it’s fair game. And 88 is also great, as is A Little Bit Cooler, as is Mikey Rocks, but I can’t choose all of them.

By: Varun

Varun — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:22:44 +0000

No black mags is better, but lincoln doesn’t have to say why it is self evident

By: natefreeman

natefreeman — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:00:49 +0000

“Black Mags” came out toward the end of 2007, on the “Totally Flossed Out” EP. And of those early Cool Kids singles on the EP, “88″ was the best, not “Black Mags.”

By: kevinlincoln

kevinlincoln — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:26:24 +0000

Five two-syllable words, Alex. Driving organ, rousing background vocals. And Finn’s probably crooned a better line than that this morning since he woke up. Also, I would never call what Finn does crooning.

And bwahaha. Thanks for the quotes Baish.

By: Baishi Wu

Baishi Wu — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:39:23 +0000

Why do I know people like this?

Wrong again. If you keep this up, you’ll make a career out of it.

By: Alex Klein

Alex Klein — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:06:59 +0000

Really? “Stay Positive”? There were like 5 better tracks on that album.

All three hidden tracks were better, in my humble opinion. One of them had the best line ever crooned by Finn: “His one silver earring / says he parties on weekends.”

And what could beat that first riff on “Constructive Summer”? I demand you answer my important questions!

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