Top Tracks of 2008 45-31

45. (Full Single) King Midas Sound- Cool Out/ One Ting (Dabyre mix)/ Lost (Flying Lotus Mix)

One Ting (Dabrye Remix) - King Midas Sound

Lost (flying lotus remix) - King Midas sound



44. Paleface ft Kayla- Do You Mind (Controls mix)

This one was up Youtube up until a few days ago, but seems to have been removed due to copyright violation. People went gaga over the Crazy Cousinz mix of this song as the epitome of Funky House, but I found this version much more appealing. It kinda reminds me of some of the underappreciated New Sector Movements stuff.

43. Matthew Herbert Big Band- The Yessness

Stream here

42. Friendly Fires- Jump in the Pool

Jump In The Pool - Friendly Fires

41. Sigur Ros- Gobbledigook

Stream Nudity-filled video here

40. T.I.- Whatever You Like


Whatever You Like - T.I.

39. Xylitol- Ghost Office/ Billy Haddock

(streaming only- not yet releeased)




Stream "Billy Haddock" here

38. Kurt Vile- Best Love

Best Love - Kurt Vile

37. Kylie- Wow



36. Morgan Geist- Most of All

Most of All - Morgan Geist

35. Copy- Fist

Fist - Copy

34. The War on Drugs- Taking the Farm



33. Coldplay- Viva La Vida


Viva La Vida - coldplay

32. Fennesz- On a Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes Bye

On a Desolate Shore a Shadow Passes By - Fennesz

31. Beat Broker- Cactus Cooler/Lars Behrenroth- The Beach

Stream both sides of the Disques Sinthomme single here

Best Tracks of 2008 60-46

60. RSD- Speeka Box



59. Architecture in Helinski- That Bleep (French Mix by Radioclit)

Download/Stream here

58. Tape- Beams


57. Bar 9- Duck Hunt



56. Portishead- The Rip


The Rip - Portishead

55. Black Devil Disco Club- For Hoped

For Hoped - Black Devil Disco Club

54. Melon- Nitzi (In My Mind, So Fine)

Nitzi (In My Mind, So Fine) - Melon

53. Clouds- Worms



52. Roll Deep ft Janee- Do Me Wrong



51. T.I. ft. Rihanna- Live Your Life


T.I. ft. Rihanna - Live Your Life - T.I. ft. Rihanna

50. Ramadanman- Carla



49. Phillip Jeck- Plays Charles Matthews



48. Meat Beat Manifesto- Less

Less - Meat Beat Manifesto

47. Barry Adamson- Spend a Little Time



46. Bela Emerson- Cavaquin

Stream Here

Best Tracks of 2008: 75-61

OK, so I was going to make this list much shorter by cutting off the last 50 or so entries, but I went through quite a long and often pissy hierarchical process to make the full list. And just so I don't feel like I've wasted my time, I'm presenting the full list- 75 in total- counting down what I consider the best songs of 2008 (not included are individual tracks from albums that work best as a full piece- Grouper, Caretaker). If that seems unfair, so be it. These are the new songs that kept me stimulated throughout the year.

75. Of Montreal- Jimmy




74. Rihanna- Disturbia



Disturbia - Rihanna



73. John Legend ft. Kanye West- It's Over

Its Over (Featuring Kanye West) - John Legend


72. Booka Shade- Charlotte





71. Young Jeezy ft Kanye West- Put On


Put On - Young Jeezy



70. Meat Beat Manifesto- Hellfire




69. Kid Cudi- Day N Nite (Crookers Mix)




68. Common ft Pharell- Universal Mind Control


Universal Mind Control Trailer - Common


67. Appleblim/ Peverelist- Circling





66. Bobby Caldwell- You Won't Do For Love (DZ Mix)




65. Heartbreak- We're Back

Listen Here


64. Voyager One- The Future's Obsolete




63. Prodigy- Invaders Must Die




62. The Bug ft. Tippa Irie- Angry




61. Santogold- Lights Out

The Best Albums of 2008

listed alphabetically...


Peaking
Advisory Circle- Other Channels
The Alps- III (review)
Belong- Colorloss EP (review)
Thomas Brinkmann- When Horses Die
The Bug- London Zoo (review)
The Caretaker- Persistent Repetition of Phrases
Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours (review)
Fennesz- Black Sea
Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes/ Sun Giant EP
Grouper- Dragging a Dead Deer (review)
High Places- High Places (review)
Lindstrom- Where You Go I Go Too
Luomo- Convival
Matthew Hebert Big Band- There's Me and There's You (review)
Raglani- Of Sirens Born (review)


Penultimate
2562- Aerial
Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno-Journey into the Cosmic Inferno
Alan Licht and Aki Onda- Everydays (review)
Appleblim- Dubstep Allstars vol 6 (review)
Burning Star Core- Challenger
Cloudland Canyon- Lie in Light (review)
Dusk and Blackdown- Margins Music
Friendly Fires- Friendly Fires
M83- Saturdays=Youth
Rod Modell- Incense and Blacklight (review)
Orion Rigel Domisse- What I Want From You is Sweet (review)
Populous With Short Stories- Drawn in Basic (review)
Portishead- Third
Quiet Village- Silent Movie
Roll Deep- Return of the Big Money Sound
Squincy Jones- Nintendub
The Stranger- Bleaklow
Tobacco- Fucked Up Friends (review)
The War on Drugs- Wagonwheel Blues (review)
Willits and Sakamoto- Ocean Fire (review)


Retro
Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Don Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Peacock, and Sonny Murray- New York Ear and Eye Control
Gas- Nah Und Fern
A Guy Called Gerald- Black Secret Technology
The Lines- Memory Span/Flood Bank (review)
Loop- Fade Out
Monolake- Hongkong Remastered (review)
Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark- Dazzle Ships
Pluxus- Solid State (review)
Pole- 1 2 3 (review)
Soft Cell- Nonstop Erotic Cabaret
Steinski- What Does it All Mean? (review)
Univers Zero- 1313 (review)
Susumu Yokota- The Skintone COllection (review)

Koushik- Out My Window

Canadian Stones Thrower Koushik's debut full length reviewed by me here.

Fragments of the Best

I've got a few mini-pieces up at PopMatters;

A short review of the new album by Mego founder and Pita/KTL member Peter Rehberg. And another short review about the Jamaican Roots band Culture and their 12" disco mixes.

The still-ongoing PopMatters best music of 2008 feature also has a few short pieces- another one on Cut Copy in the 60 Best Albums of the Year and one on Susumu Yokota in the Reissue list.

PopMatters's Best Electronic(a) Albums of 2008

In it's continuing series of the Best Music of 2008, PopMatters today has a list of The Best Electronic Albums of 2008. I contributed three blurbs to the Top 10 (Cut Copy, The Bug, The Advisory Circle), along with PM's Filmore Mescalito Holmes, Dan Raper, and David Abravanel.

You can check out the list here


On the opposite end of the spectrum, I have reviews of two completely non-electronic albums at EDGE- MV & EE and the Golden Road's Drone Trailer and Devendra side project Megapuss's Surfing.

Timh's Mixmas Xmas

a Wintry mix for the holidays for all y'all.
Downloadable here

Setlist:
Imagene Peise- Winter Wonderland
British PSA
Tom Waits and Peter Murphy- Xmas Sucks
Jerry Goldsmith- A Gremlin's Christmas
Jackie Mitoo- After Christmas
David Sedaris- Six to Eight Black Men
John Baker- Christmas Commercial
Sun Ra- It's Christmas Time
The Vandals- My First Christmas as a Woman
Dance Hall Crashers- I Did it For the Toys
Tomita- Ave Maria
Eazy E- Merry Muthafuckin Christmas
Chuck Berry- Run Rudolph
The Ronettes- Sleigh Ride
Corporal Blossom- White Christmas
Squirrel Nut Zippers- Santa Claus is Smoking Reefer
Mel Torme- The Christmas Song (Sonny J mix)
Windy and Carl- Christmas Song
Pizzicato Five- Snowflakes
Martin Denny- Exotic Night
Esquivel- Snowfall
The Heptones- Christmastime is Here
Cotton Bottom Mountain Sanctified Singers- Christ Was Born on Christmas Morning
CKY- Santa's Coming
Monster Magnet- Dead Christmas
Mark Mothersbaugh- Let There Be Snow
Forcefeel- Subvert the Snow Authority and Let it Die Before it Snows

PopMatters Best of 2008

Looks like PopMatters have started their Best Music of 2008 features, starting off with the Best Singles. I've got blurbies in there for Cut Copy and Britney. Check them out. It's an interesting list. Not one I can say I agree with much of, though their pick for number one single did match mine this year.

Check it Out Here

I will have a few more pieces for the rest of the week, so continue to check out the picks as the week goes on.