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Top 10 of 2008: By the Numbers

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 [...]

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The Charlie Browniest Christmas Playlist

by Andrew Hibbard on December 5, 2008

Inspired by Ben Cohen’s endorsement of Bruce Springsteen’s Christmas classic, I decided to compile a list of some of my favorite holiday songs. Because I’m not from New Jersey, Springsteen didn’t make the cut. Sorry, Ben. This list, however, evokes a side of Christmas not seen in Mariah Carey’s or Bing Crosby’s respective Christmas albums. [...]

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Top 10 Tracks of 2008 (Part 5)

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 [...]

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Top 10 Tracks of 2008 (Part 1)

by Kevin Lincoln on November 25, 2008

 
10. Estelle featuring Kanye West. “American Boy.” Leave it to a girl from overseas to sing the best song about Americans this year. And leave it to Kanye to only make it better.
9. Pete and the Pirates. “Knots.” A beautiful piece of guitar pop that will seem longer than its 2 minutes and 14 seconds [...]

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