Our Favorite Songs of 2008 So Far…

We’re a few weeks late  – okay, a month – with our mid-year songs lists, but i’ve finally gotten off my lazy ass to get this up.  This has been an annual thing since the blog has started, so it would be wrong to just completely forget about it.  Anyways, in previous years, I used to have a set of guidelines in choosing our favorite songs; this time around, though, I just let everyone choose whatever songs they wanted.  It took a while to get everyone’s lists, but after having all of them for a couple of weeks now, it was yours truly who didn’t compile his own until last night.

Speaking of my list, I know I probably forgot to mention plenty of other songs, let alone the fact that i’ve still yet to listen to so many other ones.  Have fun with the lists, and feel free to mention your favorites as well.

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PJ’s Picks:
MP3: The Magnetic Fields :: “Drive On, Driver”
MP3: Mates of State :: “The Re-Arranger”
MP3: Beach House :: “You Came To Me”
MP3: Cut Copy :: “Strangers In The Wind”
MP3: The Lodger :: “The Good Old Days”
MP3: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin :: “Think I Wanna Die”
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: “White Winter Hymnal”
MP3: Grizzly Bear :: “While You Wait For The Others”
MP3: Headlights :: “Cherry Tulips”
DeVotchka :: “The Clockwork Witness”
MP3: M83 :: “Kim & Jessie”
MP3: Lykke Li :: “Little Bit”
MP3: Moscow Olympics :: “Ocean Sign”
MP3: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down :: “Beat (Health, Life And Fire)”
MP3: The Submarines :: “You, Me & The Bourgeoisie”

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Ok… here are a few of those songs that had my attention this year. I’m really more of an album man myself, but some songs just do a great job of sticking in my head and taking me somewhere else for 3-5 minutes. Some of these are from albums that will probably continue onto my year-end music list, others are there just because they were fun (like Weezer’s track, which I liked because it took me back a decade… but maybe I should be angry instead because it got my hopes up for the album!)
– Pablo
MP3: Air France :: “Collapsing at Your Doorstep”
Basia Bulat :: “Snakes and Ladders”
The Black Keys :: “Strange Times”
MP3: Bon Iver :: “Skinny Love”
Gnarls Barkley :: “Going On”
Mates of State :: “Get Better”
R.E.M. :: “Man-Sized Wreath”
Shearwater :: “The Snow Leopard”
MP3: Sigur Ros :: “Gobbledigook”
MP3: The Submarines :: “You, Me and the Bourgeoisie”
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down :: “Swimming Pools”
Weezer :: “Pork and Beans”

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Val’s Picks:
MP3: The Dodos :: “Jodi”
Jukebox the Ghost :: “Static”
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: “White Winter Hymnal”
The Black Keys :: “Strange Times”
MP3: Pattern Is Movement :: “Right Away”
Santogold :: “L.E.S. Artistes”
The Twilight Sad :: “Some Things Last A Long Time (Daniel Johnston cover)”
MP3: Sigur Ros :: “Gobbledigook”
Mates of State :: “You Are Free”
Vampire Weekend :: “A-Punk”
Kaki King :: “Pull Me Out Alive”
The Dirtbombs :: “Ever Lovin Man”

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I wanted to include a wide range of tracks encompassing the year so far, and even a little into last year. I DJ and produce my own stuff, so I prefer dancier upbeat stuff mostly because I deal with it all the time. But we all have our down times, and there have been some bangers for me as well. So Here goes (in no particular order). 16 songs, plus other rantings.
– Eric
Bon Iver :: “The Wolves (Act I and II)”
Cloud Cult :: “No One Said It Would Be Easy”
Crystal Castles :: “Black Panther”
Cut Copy :: “Lights and Music”
Yeasayer :: “2080″
Hot Chip :: “Ready For The Floor”
Santogold :: “L.E.S Artistes”
The Teenagers :: “Make it Happen”
The Ting Tings :: “We Started Nothing”
MGMT :: “The Kids”
Why? :: “These Few Presidents”
Black Keys : “I Got Mine”
Islands :: “Creeper”
We are Scientists :: “After Hours”
Cool Kids :: “Bassment Party”
Black Kids :: “Im not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance with you”

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Andie’s Picks:
The Dodos :: “The Season”
Ida :: “For Shame of Doing Wrong”
Cat Power :: “Silver Stallion”
MP3: Atlas Sound :: “Quarantined”
Black Keys :: “Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be”
MP3: Helio Sequence :: “Keep Your Eyes Ahead”
Hercules and the Love Affair :: “True False/Fake Real”
The French Kicks :: “Sex Tourists”
Man Man :: “Doo Right”
Ruby Suns :: “Kenya Dig It?”
MP3: She & Him :: “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?”
The Magnetic Fields :: “I’ll Dream Alone”
Wolf Parade :: “An Animal in Your Care”
MP3: Bon Iver :: “Skinny Love”

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