The Year Through My Ears: 2008 Disc 1
This is disc 1 of my 4 disc retrospective on 2008 (85 songs in all). When I think back on 2008, these will be the songs I remember. They’re in no particular order except what sounds good in sequence… I tried to spread things pretty evenly across the 4 discs.
There was a lot of good music this year, but way more shitty music. It’s becoming increasingly difficult for quality musicians to make a living in a day in age where they have to compete for attention with every heartbroken asshole with a guitar & a laptop. So if you find something new that you like, please buy the record. Or go see their show. Or order a t-shirt. Support them somehow. It goes a long way. It’s awesome to get really positive myspace messages, too, fyi.
Grab the full thing here (124mb).
Album Artwork: Adolf Eichmann on trial in Israel for war crimes committed during WW2, listening to the proceedings being translated in his native German. For some reason it semt appropriate.
Discrepancies: The Sharon Jones track was originally released as a 7” single in ‘05, but re-released as part of a singles collection in ‘08. And the Ponderosa track is a demo that was never officially released, only on myspace.
1. Noah And The Whale - Shape Of My Heart (2:54)
2. Phantom Planet - Do The Panic (3:33)
3. White Denim - Sitting (2:17)
4. Man Man - Top Drawer (3:26)
5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (4:12)
6. Dr. Dog - The Old Days (3:42)
7. Passion Pit - Better Things (4:33)
8. Benji Hughes - You Stood Me Up (3:33)
9. The Felice Brothers - Love Me Tenderly (3:40)
10. Ponderosa - Pistolier (3:33)
11. Delta Spirit - People C’mon (3:26)
12. Kings of Leon - Crawl (4:09)
13. Darker My Love - Blue Day (4:11)
14. Black Mountain - Stormy High (4:34)
15. TV On The Radio - Halfway Home (5:32)
16. Gnarls Barkley - Whatever (2:18)
17. Johnson&Jonson - The Only Way (2:25)
18. Raphael Saadiq - Love That Girl (3:04)
19. Veronica Maggio - Gammal Sång (3:27)
20. Jazzanova - I Can See (feat. Ben Westbeech) (3:32)
21. Ray Lamontagne - You Are The Best Thing (3:57)
22. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In) (3:34)
Total Runtime: 79:20
