TOP 49 OR 50 MUSICSAL THINGS IN 2008

I have been going back and forth about this, but I have decided just to post it. Here is the list of all the music I liked best in 2008, with my favorites in bold, and excluding quite a few things I'm forgetting, and even more things I haven't listened to yet.

Aeroplane - "Whispers", Grace Jones remix, Allez Allez remix

Allez Allez – Best Of

A-Trak - DJ sets, "Shake It Down", "Say Whoa"

Beyonce – "Single Ladies"

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (not their live show), "Out There on the Ice", "Lights & Music" and Boys Noize remix

Duke Dumont – EP, Mystery Jets remix

Erol Alkan – He can do the psych thing (Beyond the Wizards Sleeve), he can do the disco thing (Disco 3000), and then when he does his own thing (which is now electro) he does it weirder, harder, and better than anyone. His label Phantasy is also releasing some good stuff, but I still have trouble getting into the bands he produces.

Fake Blood – "Mars", remixes for the Kills, Little Boots. A bit gimmicky, but is still undeniable over a good system.

Family Guy – I Dream of Jesus (Surfin’ Bird episode). This totally counts.

Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux

Foals – Antidotes, live show

Free Blood – singles, live, being weird

Friendly Fires - album

Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna, live

Glass Candy - Deep Gems compilation

Goldfrapp - "A&E" single and video

Hercules & Love Affair - "You Belong", "Blind", album, videos, remixes (of Yaz's "Situation" especially), live show

Holy Fuck – live show with only analog gear

Holy Ghost! – remixes which are basically original tracks, DJ sets

Hot Chip - "Ready for the Floor", "One Pure Thought", live

In Flagranti – "Codependancy", anything

Invisible Conga People - "Cable Dazed" (Italians Do It Better)

Jacques Renault – RVNG of the NRDS Vol. 6, DJ sets, Runaway, remix for Moby, mix with Justin Miller for FACT Magazine

Joakim – remix of Simian Mobile Disco's "Hustler", remix of DJ Mehdi's "Pocket Piano"

Katy Perry - "Hot N Cold"

Kelley Polar - "Entropy Reigns" (Environ)

Laidback Luke – production, remixes, DJ sets

Lil Wayne - "A Milli", "Got Money", being Lil Wayne

Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too

Metalocalypse – We need more TV about music. This was by FAR my favorite telvevision show, and probably my favorite pastime, of 2009.

Metro Area - Fabric 43

MGMT - "Kids (Soulwax Remix)", "Time to Pretend", Oracular Spectacular

Morgan Geist – "Detroit" (CC Remixes), Double Night Time, just in general

Nacho Lovers - "Acid Life" (Fool’s Gold)

Plastique De Reve feat. Ghostape - "Lost in the City" (Death From Abroad) - I could listen to this forever.

Poni Hoax – "Hypercommunication" original and Alter Ego remix

Raveonettes - live

Runaway - "Brooklyn Club Jam", edits, Wurst 12”, DJ sets

Simian Mobile Disco – Joakim and Cosmi Vitelli remixes, Deerhunter edit, live in Japan album, Fabriclive.41, Nike+ Run

Style of Eye – "Girls" (Pickadoll), some other singles

Syclops – I’ve Got My Eye On You

T.I. feat. Rihanna – "Live Your Life"

The Faint - "The Geeks Were Right (Boys Noize vs. DIM Remix)" – hate this band but adore this track

The Juan Maclean - live, "Happy House", "The Simple Life", "One Day"

The Kills – Midnight Boom, live, "Last Day of Magic"

The Presets - "This Boy's In Love (Lifelike Remix)", album, other remixes

Tiga - "Mind Dimension 2" - Completely unstoppable. Just SOUNDS so good. Makes Justice irrelevant. Biggest track of the year, and this is the same year Soulwax remixed "Kids".

Todd Terje – that fucking Chic edit, anything else

Vampire Weekend – I enjoy this band

YACHT - "Summer Song"

GET LIVE '08

Check out Culture Bully's Top Musical Moments of 2008 Guest List, and see my list of best shows I saw this year. Bam!

TOP 15 MOST ANTICIPATED RECORDS OF 2008

1. The Black Ghosts - LP
This album is supposedly finished and I can't wait to see what's on it and finally hear it. The Black Ghosts were, in my mind, underrated and one of the best singles band of 2007 with "Some Way Through This", "Any Way You Choose To Give It", "I Want Nothing", and the Switch remix of "Face". I've started to assemble playlists of tracks from all their different releases and I'm very excited.

2. The Kills - Midnight Boom (Domino)
My favorite band produced by one of my current favorite producers, XXXChange. He says that the slower tracks turned out best.

3. Hercules & Love Affair - s/t (DFA)
I finally obtained a hi-fi copy of "Blind" featuring Antony. I waited to listen to it until I played it out at First Ave on Saturday. It sounded like god. It's the only track I've ever played twice in a set. That's how good it is. Can't wait for the LP which is supposedly life-changing.

4. Sinden & Count of Monte Cristal - LP (Domino)
These guys consistently put out bangers, but also often manage to surprise, so I'm especially anxious to hear how they go about making a full length instead of just a 12" or remix.

5. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (Modular)
I was very surprised that "Hearts on Fire" wasn't on way more best of lists for 2007. It was definitely in my top 3 tracks of the year. Their first album always kind of underwhelmed me, but this Goldsworthy-produced long player shouldn't disappoint.

6. The Juan Maclean - "Happy House" or anything else (DFA)
I'm sick of reading about this track; I want to fucking hear it!

7. Dead Meadow - Old Growth (Matador)
This and a number of other records on this list have already leaked, but I'm waiting for hi-fi copies to come out and/or the right moment to listen to them. Dead Meadow added a fourth member for their last one and lost that fourth member before this one, so it might sound a bit different than Feathers, an album I adore.

8. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark (EMI)
Hearing a lot of mixed stuff about this one. I like "Shake A Fist" and "Ready for the Floor" but I guess I'm not totally nuts about them.

9. Black Mountain - In The Future (Jagjaguwar)
I will see this band at the 7th St. Entry for the third time on March 24th, and I can't wait. Fucking love this band.

10. The Futureheads - LP (Longest Mile)
Supposedly one of those "return to form" albums, released on their own label. Let's hope so.

11. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
I'm actually nervous to listen to this one. I felt that Black Cherry made a lot more sense in context after hearing Supernature, so I'm sort of disappointed to hear they're ditching the glam.

12. R.E.M. - Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
I'm actually one of those people who LIKED Monster, so I want to hear this.

13. Deerhunter - Microcastle (Kranky)
I was extremely surprised, but despite Pitchfork constantly over-selling this band, Cryptograms was one of my hands-down favorites for last year. Maybe this will be as good.

14. Be Your Own PET - Get Awkard (XL)
I'm not sure why this band doesn't seem like my thing, but they don't, and they are. I would marry Jemina Pearl. Just sayin'.

15. Foals - Antidotes (Sub Pop)
I avoided these guys for a really long time, but when I finally heard them, ahhh they ain't so bad. Maybe they won't start sucking big time like Bloc Party. Gosh I'm eloquent.