by Andrew Hibbard on December 23, 2008
Former Bill Clinton aide Howard Wolfson offers up his favorite albums of 2008 over at his blog Gotham Acme. The list includes Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and Bonnie “Prince” Billy to name a few. His take on Beach House:
The sounds of the carnival at night: hazy, gauzy, just over the ridge. Who knew Mazzy Star [...]
by Andrew Hibbard on December 15, 2008
A whole 17 days before the year ends, we did it. We summarized the best our favorite music of 2008 on our humble blog, and its name was Justin Vernon. The Jagjaguwar re-release of Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago, our favorite album of the year, made it into six of our nine lists, all [...]
by Alex Reinstein on December 4, 2008
Here is the fifth installment in our nine-part series about the best tracks of 2008. For the first four, click here.
10. Black Kids. “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You.” The ultimate dance song. The bass line is unparalleled by any other upbeat song of late that I can think [...]
by Baishi Wu on December 2, 2008
For more of the Top 10 Tracks of 2008 series, click here.
10. Noah & the Whale. “5 Years Time.” I worry that this song, with it’s pleasant whistling and tinkling message of love, will get people to buy more Saturn’s. That would be awful.
9. Sigur Ros. “Gobbledigook.” Departing from their previous soft, instrumental work, Sigur [...]
by Andrew Hibbard on November 30, 2008
Yoni Wolf of WHY? Courtesy hiphopcore.net
While I regret not listening to Silver Jews’ Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, Department of Eagle’s In Ear Park, Air France’s No Way Down EP, Portishead’s Third, Neil Halstead’s Oh! Mighty Engine, No Age’s Nouns, Atlas Sound’s Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, Dosh’s Wolves [...]