Monday, December 1, 2008

Best of 2008: 150 - 141

Best of 2008: 150 - 141

150. Car Alarm, The Sea and Cake, Car Alarm
Recommended If You Like: oceanic pop, sultry vocals, bouncy bass, graphic novels

149. Bones of Man, Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
RIYL: treble and tremble, self-harmonizing, DIY recording, menacing children's drawings


148. The Package Is Wrapped, Marnie Stern, This Is It And I Am It...
RIYL: Jimmy Hendrix on estrogen, Sleater-Kinney, loud drums, running in circles

147. Nothing Ever Happened, Deerhunter, Microcastle
RIYL: thumping shoegaze, long intros, acoustic-tinged choruses, rock and/or roll

146. Sequestered in Memphis, The Hold Steady, Stay Positive
RIYL: Bruce Hornsby, jam band organ, legal terminology, America


145. Hit That, M.I.A., single
RIYL: synthy dance, FEMA and ProTools references, sassy Sri Lankans, that cash register noise from "Money"


144. Boneless, The Notwist, The Devil, You + Me
RIYL: The Shins, whisper whisper, dainty pop, warm autumn days


143. Dirty Dancing, Frida Hyvonen, Silence is Wild
RIYL: piano ballads, Swedish chanteuses, Joni Mitchell, putting Baby in a corner


142. Inside A Boy, My Brightest Diamond, A Thousand Sharks' Teeth
RIYL: airy strings, fuzzy guitars, Regina Spektor, epic musicals


141. Crop Circle Jerk '94, Megapuss, Surfing
RIYL: bearded funk, Devendra Banhart, '60s surfing movies, pasty skinny dudes

Best of 2008 150 - 141

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