i am now culturally dead

black mountain & also the new portishead album

I think I listen to some of its song everyday since I got it.

at least giving the new Girl Talk album a try. If just for the sheer fun of finding old songs you remember.

Official site where you can get the album with the price of your choice is below.

http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/__girl__talk___feed__the__anima.ls___/

I compile weekly personal charts over at my website and another Proboards website. I compiled my third annual yearly personal music chart, as well, back in late December.

As for current music, I listen to primarily alternative/rock, but also occasionally some hip-hop. I also occasionally like awful ’80s hair metal/flare and classic country.

Here are my top 100 songs of 2008:

Alkaline Trio score their first career yearly #1, “Help Me.”

KEY
CH# = Chart Appearance (by Artist)
PK = Peak
WKS = Number of Weeks on Chart
# = Number on Chart

CH# PK WKS # ARTIST – SONG TITLE
06. 02. 21. 01. Alkaline Trio – Help Me
04. 01. 20. 02. Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart <<6 Weeks @ #1>>
05. 03. 23. 03. Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife
03. 01. 20. 04. Band Of Horses – Is There A Ghost <<2 Weeks @ #1>>
02. 01. 20. 05. Armor For Sleep – Hold The Door <<4 Weeks @ #1>>
05. 01. 19. 06. Death Cab For Cutie – Cath <<2 Weeks @ #1>>
04. 01. 20. 07. Shinedown – Devour <<5 Weeks @ #1>>
01. 01. 23. 08. MGMT – Time To Pretend <<3 Weeks @ #1>>
05. 01. 21. 09. Atreyu – Falling Down <<5 Weeks @ #1>>
08. 01. 18. 10. Breaking Benjamin – Until The End <<3 Weeks @ #1>>
05. 01. 17. 11. Offspring – Hammerhead <<3 Weeks @ #1>>
03. 02. 22. 12. Band Of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You
03. 01. 17. 13. Jack’s Mannequin – The Resolution <<2 Weeks @ #1>>
09. 01. 18. 14. Coldplay – Viva La Vida <<2 Weeks @ #1>>
08. 05. 18. 15. Coldplay – Violet Hill
08. 02. 16. 16. Rise Against – Re-Education
01. 03. 20. 17. Flobots – Handlebars
09. 05. 19. 18. Chevelle – The Fad
01. 06. 17. 19. Ashes Divide – The Stone
04. 02. 17. 20. Panic At The Disco – Nine In The Afternoon
01. 01. 14. 21. Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight <<2 Weeks @ #1>>
01. 03. 19. 22. Safetysuit – Someone Like You
03. 09. 18. 23. Shiny Toy Guns – Rainy Monday
08. 02. 14. 24. Fall Out Boy – I Don’t Care
01. 03. 17. 25. Republic Tigers – Buildings And Mountains
03. 08. 20. 26. Augustana – Sweet And Low
01. 04. 17. 27. Tickle Me Pink – Typical
01. 04. 15. 28. Foxboro Hot Tubs – Mother Mary
07. 02. 14. 29. Jimmy Eat World – Always Be
01. 03. 20. 30. Ludo – Love Me Dead
01. 05. 18. 31. Forever The Sickest Kids – She’s A Lady
13. 01. 14. 32. Foo Fighters – Long Road To Ruin <<3 Weeks @ #1>>
08. 01. 13. 33. Snow Patrol – Take Back The City <<4 Weeks @ #1>>
02. 02. 16. 34. Louis XIV – Air Traffic Control
03. 01. 17. 35. Serj Tankian – Lie Lie Lie <<2 Weeks @ #1>>
02. 05. 18. 36. I Hate Kate – It’s Always Better
06. 07. 18. 37. Modest Mouse – Fire It Up
06. 05. 19. 38. Story Of The Year – Wake Up
03. 10. 17. 39. Armor For Sleep – Williamsburg
02. 06. 16. 40. Raconteurs – Salute Your Solution
07. 04. 15. 41. Puddle Of Mudd – Psycho
02. 05. 15. 42. Oasis – The Shock Of The Lightning
05. 05. 18. 43. Coheed And Cambria – Feathers
07. 06. 16. 44. Stone Sour – Zzyzx Rd.
03. 03. 16. 45. Raconteurs – Many Shades Of Black
05. 12. 18. 46. Korn – Hold On
08. 13. 17. 47. Jack Johnson – If I Had Eyes
02. 02. 13. 48. Forever The Sickest Kids – Whoa Oh
12. 05. 15. 49. Linkin Park – Given Up
02. 02. 16. 50. Flobots – Rise
06. 07. 15. 51. Offspring – You’re Gonna Go Far Kid
05. 08. 18. 52. Disturbed – Inside The Fire
09. 06. 14. 53. White Stripes – Conquest
04. 03. 10. 54. Avenged Sevenfold – Almost Easy
07. 07. 13. 55. Angels And Airwaves – Secret Crowds
04. 07. 12. 56. Saosin – Sleeping
02. 11. 17. 57. Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place
01. 10. 24. 58. Black Keys – Strange Times
01. 08. 14. 59. Verve – Love Is Noise
10. 06. 14. 60. Coldplay – Lost
02. 09. 14. 61. Ashes Divide – Enemies
06. 13. 15. 62. Atreyu – Slow Burn
02. 01. 09. 63. Almost – Southern Weather <<1 Week @ #1>>
03. 07. 15. 64. Academy Is – About A Girl
01. 08. 13. 65. Chiodos – Lexington
14. 09. 14. 66. Foo Fighters – Let It Die
08. 07. 10. 67. Yellowcard – Fighting
02. 14. 14. 68. Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
03. 01. 09. 69. Paramore – Decode
03. 10. 11. 70. Metallica – The Day That Never Comes
07. 13. 12. 71. Nine Inch Nails – 20 Ghosts III
05. 11. 12. 72. Beck – Chemtrails
06. 13. 11. 73. Mudvayne – Do What You Do
03. 09. 12. 74. Cold War Kids – Something Is Not Right With Me
09. 09. 09. 75. Fall Out Boy – The Take Over The Break’s Over
01. 04. 08. 76. Serj Tankian – Empty Walls
02. 19. 16. 77. Mutemath – Control
09. 08. 09. 78. Killers – Human
03. 13. 11. 79. Flogging Molly – Requiem For A Dying Song
04. 13. 12. 80. Slipknot – Psychosocial
09. 12. 13. 81. Seether – Breakdown
06. 10. 09. 82. Nine Inch Nails – Discipline
06. 05. 07. 83. Jimmy Eat World – Big Casino
05. 13. 11. 84. Senses Fail – Family Tradition
01. 15. 11. 85. Pennywise – The Western World
03. 17. 11. 86. Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
07. 02. 08. 87. Alkaline Trio – Over And Out
01. 15. 11. 88. Kid Rock – All Summer Long
01. 13. 11. 89. Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
06. 16. 14. 90. Hot Hot Heat – Harmonicas And Tambourines
02. 08. 06. 91. Eddie Vedder – Hard Sun
04. 15. 07. 92. Say Anything – Baby Girl I’m A Blur
01. 08. 09. 93. Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
01. 16. 09. 94. Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan
01. 17. 10. 95. From First To Last – Worlds Away
02. 20. 14. 96. Ours – The Worst Things Beautiful
07. 07. 06. 97. Used – Pretty Handsome Awkward
10. 16. 09. 98. Incubus – Love Hurts
07. 17. 08. 99. Weezer – Pork And Beans
04. 20. 09. 100. Underoath – Desperate Times Desperate Measures

20 New Acts
Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight
Ashes Divide – The Stone
Black Keys – Strange Times
Chiodos – Lexington
Flobots – Handlebars
Forever The Sickest Kids – She’s A Lady
Foxboro Hot Tubs – Mother Mary
From First To Last – Worlds Away
Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
Kid Rock – All Summer Long
Ludo – Love Me Dead
MGMT – Time To Pretend
Pennywise – The Western World
Republic Tigers – Buildings And Mountains
Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan
Safetysuit – Someone Like You
Serj Tankian – Empty Walls
Tickle Me Pink – Typical
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
Verve – Love Is Noise

9 Foreign Acts
Coldplay – Lost (United Kingdom)
Coldplay – Violet Hill (United Kingdom)
Coldplay – Viva La Vida (United Kingdom)
Hot Hot Heat – Harmonicas And Tambourines (Canada)
Oasis – The Shock Of The Lightning (United Kingdom)
Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place (United Kingdom)
Seether – Breakdown (South Africa)
Snow Patrol – Take Back The City (United Kingdom)
Verve – Love Is Noise (United Kingdom)

#1 Songs
In order from first week of 2008 to last week of 2008

Foo Fighters – Long Road To Ruin
Almost – Southern Weather
Breaking Benjamin – Until The End
Band Of Horses – Is There A Ghost
Armor For Sleep – Hold The Door
Atreyu – Falling Down
MGMT – Time To Pretend
Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart
Offspring – Hammerhead
Shinedown – Devour
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Death Cab For Cutie – Cath
Serj Tankian – Lie Lie Lie
Jack’s Mannequin – The Resolution
Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight
Snow Patrol – Take Back The City
Paramore – Decode

2008 Awards
Female Artist: Hayley Williams (Paramore)
Solo Artist: Serj Tankian
Icon: Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie)
Music Video: “Hammerhead” by the Offspring
Breakthrough Artist: Band Of Horses
Comeback Artist: Offspring
Album: Oracular Spectacular (MGMT)
Artist: Coldplay
Song: “Help Me” (Alkaline Trio)

The only thing I have from 2008 is a couple of Japanese pop singles, an indie band’s decent-but-not-great sophomore effort, and We Are Scientist’s Brain Thrust Mastery, which wins by default.

Otherwise I spent 2008 exploring the world of 80s Japanese punk and 70s Japanese pop idols.

I had a weird year.

but check it out if you want:
http://www.last.fm/user/giles22_atl

It was Ben Folds. It was okay. I downloaded MGMT’s “Time to Pretend’, that MIA song that played in "Pineapple Express” and that catchy Vampire Weekend song. I think that’s it. I’m old.

saw them live too very good show. Dropped an acoustic stage into the middle of the arena and played accoustic for a bit. Against Me was very good with them and while I love Serj I wasn’t impressed with his set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVW9FDSlmwU

partial credit maybe

My favorites albums were from Okkervil River, Vampire Weekend, Airborne Toxic Express, Adele, Carolina Liar, Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, MGMT, and the Old 97’s. I just got the Alkaline Trio album and The Killers album is strange to say the least. I also preferred Sam’s Town, but this one is growing on me.

On the Meego song, is this the year that synth rock and disco came back? Just seemed to me like that was the case, especially MGMT. That and it’ll be the year that hip hop jumped off the diving board into a pool without water, with everyone fighting over whose Auto-Tune voice is better.

But I still have my british rap from Pip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqnKbdqjh2I

No idea if these are ‘08 releases, but also liked Les Savy Fav’s: Lets Stay Friends, Giant Sand’s : ProVisions, Stephen Malkmus’ : Real Emotional Trash, the new TV on the Radio, a 2008 live performance by Tom Waits in Atlanta that I dug up on NPRs website, Bug’s The London Zoo, and GZA’s Pro Tools.

I think their new album was in 2008. http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/

All their music is in Icelandic, so you can make the lyrics whatever you want. Also, the new Radiohead album In Rainbows was brilliant.

Amos Lee-Last Days at the Lodge
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals-Cardinology
Counting Crows-Saturday Nights/Sunday Mornings
Ray LaMontagne-Gossip in the Grain
Eric Hutchinson
Old Crow Medicine Show-Tennessee Pusher

of the top of my head my favorite albums of 2008 were

nick cave – dig lazarus dig
hold steady – stay positive
drive by truckers – brighter than creations dark

favorite music moment of the year:

drove w/two friends to nashville to see hold steady and dbt play

I believe that was 2008, at least that was when I bought it.

Reckless Kelly- Bulletproof a close 2nd.

Kings of Leon
Death Cab
Republic Tigers

Can’t wait for 311 in ’09

here’s mine

http://www.last.fm/user/pwfcafe

Dandy Warhols – Earth to the Dandy Warhols

The Upsidedown – Human Destination

Sleepy Sun – Embrace

The Rebel Drones

The Blue Scholars

Hypatia Lake

The Alimonies

Cause sometimes chugging ’tussin and space effing is all that really matters.

I love the year end music posts…BTW where is username andrewmiller to throw down his annual music stuff??? keep posting kids this is where I get my ideas for downloading illegally

are the only ones from the list I spent much time at all listening to. Really enjoyed all 3. By far the best show I saw was Down. 311 in Springfield was awful, the P-nut kept cutting out and had to dick with his amp cord the whole time, the Shrine Mosque has terrible acoustics, and was not their best set list IMO.

down-nola.com

I spent most of November and December listening to great music in order to compose my Best of 2008 Top 10s and recommendations. But with new releases scarce in January, I spent that whole month listening to everything terrible last year had to offer. Per tradition, I’ll deliver the bad news first. Here are 2008’s worst, #46-5. (#4-1 appears this Friday). Fortunately, and understandably, there seems to be very little overlap between the albums suggested above and this list.

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/hayden-weiland-urgency.php

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/maine-rosematter.php

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/mudvayne-cute-aim.php

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/haiku-alphabutt-hinder.php (All Haikus!)

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/nkotb-mraz-sucks.php

I’ll start with a few selections that complement bands that have already been mentioned:

Recommended if you like DOWN:

Deadbird, “Twilight Ritual”: Sludgy blues-riff metal from Arkansas
http://www.myspace.com/deadbird

Burst, “Lazarus Bird”: Some sludge, some pretty prog-stuff with fancy guitar harmonies, really nicely composed 7+ songs, nice mix of clean/brutal vocals, from Sweden
www.myspace.com/burstrelapse

Cult of Luna, “Eternal Kingdom”: A nice companion to Burst, see above description, really; also from Sweden. A concept album based on a diary found in an old asylum.
www.myspace.com/cultofluna

Recommended if you like SIGUR ROS:

Actually, the new MONO album doesn’t come out until 2009, but I can’t recommend this band highly enough to anyone who enjoys epic, cinematic instrumental music.
www.myspace.com/monojp

The next couple groups are a little louder, for people who love the basic Sigur Ros soft/loud dynamic but wish the “loud” part would include a few metal riffs:
Russian Circles
www.myspace.com/russiancircles

Daturah (from Germany)
http://www.myspace.com/daturah

And this one is a little subtler take on the formula, a bit jazzier perhaps:
Guapo (from London)
www.myspace.com/guapoband

Recommended if you like: JUNO Soundtrack kinda stuff, catchy, charming indie pop
Noah and the Whale
www.myspace.com/noahandthewhale

The Whitsundays (from Canada)
www.myspace.com/thewhitsundays

Recommended if you like: METAL and you’re not afraid to be a bit adventurous about it.
Nachtmystium: Psychedelic black metal, like a really spooky version of Pink Floyd.
 www.myspace.com/nachtmystium

Kivimetsan Druidi (from Finland): Self-described rock ‘n’ troll, it’s speed metal + medieval folk with female operatic vocals
  www.myspace.com/kivimetsandruidi

the new sylosis

• James Blackshaw – Litany of Echoes
• Bonnie Prince Billy – Lie Down in the Light
• The Magnetic Fields – Distortion
• Kelley Stoltz – Circular Sounds
• African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds from Benin & Togo 70s [reissue]
• Mission of Burma – Signals, Calls & Marches [reissue]

their new album was excellent

British Indy outfit Bloc party released their third album “Intimacy” and it is pretty effing legite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrMQwKK9gzU

and I discovered an awesome band by the name of Crystal Castles both incredibly awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56E8yYgLNHE

Im also gonna have to put on this list a pair of white rappers from boulder colorado who are so awesome you have to enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBN3C9FTldw&feature=related

But then they changed what “it” was

I might as well promote my Dandy Warhol’s Mis Amigos remix that I did for their contest. The contest ended on the 1st of February. I remixed the art as well. If anyone wants a high res copy of the photo, email me at et2kah@gmail.com.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbNJJQXJQn0

Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, She & Him, all good.

Other new albums in 2008 by older artists that I thought were very very good: Al Green Lay It Down, Elvis Costello & The Imposters Momofuku, Brian Wilson That Lucky Old Sun, Randy Newman Harps and Angels, and Fireman Electric Arguments.