Monday, December 1, 2008

Best of 2008: 140 - 131

Best of 2008: 140 - 131


140. Automatic, Starflyer 59, Dial M
RIYL: repetitive guitar licks, hi-hattery, synthetic violin, Arthur Miller


139. Put On, Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West, The Recession
RIYL: guttural boasting, club melodrama, Auto-Tune Kanye, Godzilla movies


138. Hit The Wall, Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning, Something For All of Us...
RIYL: guitar wankery, buried vocals, that Arts & Crafts swagger, The Big Chill

137. Washington Dreams of the Hippopotamus, Of Great and Mortal Men, 43 Songs for 43 Presidents
RIYL: Mount Vernon, inaugural vocals, Sufjan Stevens, alternate history novels


136. Winston, Bound Stems, The Family Afloat
RIYL: apologetic anthems, boy-girl harmonies, banjo pop, William Manchester's The Last Lion


135. Born to Be Your Man, Birdmonster, From the Mountain to the Sea
RIYL: metallic twang, handclaps & rim-shots, Van Morrison, sleeping in the bed you were born in


134. Losing Touch, The Killers, Day & Age
RIYL: unabashed saxophones, Hollywood anthems, Duran Duran, soft rock radio


133. Girls, Walter Meego, Voyager
RIYL: synth hooks, dance confessionals, Madonna, the fairer sex


132. Get Up, 50 Cent, Before I Self Destruct
RIYL: marching organs, being addressed in the imperative, Shady Aftermath, multiple gun shot wounds


131. Paper Planes, I'm From Barcelona, Who Killed Harry Houdini?
RIYL: Scandinavian pop, clarinet and banjo duos, Cosby show allusions, Hans Christen Anderson

Best of 2008: 140 - 131



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