Favorite Records of 2008

Sorry. Kept forgetting to post this!

20. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
19. Man Man - Rabbit Habits
18. Hauschka - Ferndorf
17. Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
16. Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron & Fred Squire - Lost Wisdom
15. She & Him - Volume One
14. Bound Stems - The Family Afloat
13. Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
12. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything that Happens will Happen Today
11. Los Campesinos - Hold On Now, Youngster...
10. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
9. No Age - Nouns
8. Amadou & Miriam - Welcome to Mali
7. Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
6. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
5. Jay Reatard - Singles 06-07 / Matador Singles '08
4. High Places - s/t / 03/07-09/07
3. Fleet Foxes - s/t / Sun Giant
2. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
1. Dodos - Visiter

I bought all these records yesterday. I'm broke!

The Albums That Made 2007 Bearable

20. Liars - s/t
19. Dinosaur, Jr. - Beyond
18. Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
17. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
16. Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
15. Pandabear - Person Pitch
14. Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me
13. Justice - †
12. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
11. Ponytail - Kamehameha
10. Thurston - Trees Outside the Academy
09. Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
08. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, are you the Destroyer?
07. Radicalfashion - Odori
06. Radiohead - In Rainbows
05. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
04. Spoon - Worst Album Title Ever
03. Battles - Mirrored
02. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
01. Deerhunter - Cryptograms

Biggest Disappointment: Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity

Favorite reissues: Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen, Betty Davis - s/t, Jean-Claude Vannier - L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches

Best Compilations: Eccentric Soul: TwiNight's Lunar Rotation, Jonny Greenwood is the Controller

Top 15 Songs That Make Me Lose My Shit

At some point while doing an insane freakout dance to Jackie Wilson's "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher," I got the idea to compile a list of songs that 'make me lose my shit.' In this particular case, the freakout dance in question was done alone in an elevator at work. That is what I mean by losing my shit. For years on the five-hour drive from School in Gainesville to Home in Coral Springs, FL, I would always wind up shoulder-dancing, totally unaware of my speed, shouting at the top of my lungs with the stereo pumping so loud I could hear the speakers crackle. I could have gotten in an accident and I would not have cared at all. That is what I mean by losing my shit. I'm not suprised by how much Motown is on this list, but I am suprised by how much of the list is what you would consider 'oldies'. Born in the wronge age, eh?

1. "Heatwave" by Martha and the Vandellas
2. "Be My Baby" by the Ronnettes
3. "Naive Melody" by the Talking Heads
4. "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" by Jackie Wilson
5. "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys
6. "Bernadette" by the Four Tops
7. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" by the Temptations
8. "Complete Control" and 9. "Train In Vain" by the Clash
10. "Someone has His Fingers Broken" by Black Eyes (actually, most their first self-titled album)
11. "El Scorcho" and 12. "Only in Dreams" by Weezer
13. "The City" by the Dismemberment Plan
14. "Promises" by Fugazi
15. "Instant karma" by John Lennon

honorable mention to gang of four, early beatles, q and not u and chuck berry.