Thursday, December 4, 2008

Best of 2008: 100 - 91

Best of 2008: 100 - 91


100.
Topps, BOAT, single
RIYL: indie-quirk, nostalgic pining, Pavement, wax packs


99.
No One Does It Like You, Department of Eagles, In Ear Park
RIYL: '60s percussion, Beirut, ghostly backing vocals, The Spy Who Loved Me


98.
Friends of P, Toyko Police Club, Tribute to the Rentals
RIYL: Moog, Saddle Creek vocals, mid-'90s covers, someone you call "P"


97.
Cape Canaveral, Conor Oberst, Conor Oberst
RIYL: lyrical dexterity, introspective guitar strumming, shaky delivery, the cheap seats


96.
Lone Star, Mirah, The Old Days Feeling
RIYL: acoustic 4-tracking, smoldering innuendo, female harmonies, sexy librarians


95.
No Epiphany, Fucked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life
RIYL: thickset powerchords, gargling gravel, hardcore straight-edge, shotgunning MGD


94.
Freeway, Aimee Mann, @#/&*! Smilers
RIYL: keyboard frivolity, nasally adjudication, soft-pop anthems, PT Anderson


93.
State of Emergency, The Game feat. Ice Cube, LAX
RIYL: profane violence, Dre production, uzi samples, the red-light beam


92.
Chicago, The Uglysuit, The Uglysuit
RIYL: Rhodes hooks, shimmery winter choruses, accordion accents, the Windy City


91.
Bitch Went Nuts, Ben Folds, Way to Normal
RIYL: flippant pop, pounding pianos, Vaudeville, voodoo dolls


Best of 2008: 100 - 91

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