Best singles of 2008 (singles I liked, here and there, in 2008. Sooooo personal)
Let’s make things clear: this is NOT a chart. I ain’t got any chart. Because I’m so.. messy, and because during this 2008 I listened to not so many songs (let alone entire albums).
I compiled this list according to one rule only: “If it sounds good to my ears, then it’s good”. Period. No matter how catchy, cheesy, “commercial” a song is. No matter whether it’s Animal Collective or Beyoncè.
And..
If you won’t find any of your favourites here, it’s pretty much possible that I.. simply haven’t listened to them!
(however.. I strongly recommend you to take a look at the “2008 useless awards” post!!)
Hope you’ll appreciate my efforts (39 singles. Thirrrrty-nine!).
This is my last post of 2008. So.. I wish you a HAPPY NEW (indie) YEAR!!!
Enjoy.
In no particular order.. TA-DAAAN!!
BEST (39) SINGLES OF 2008
SHE & HIM: Why do you let me stay here? (we talked in PTBJ here)
VAMPIRE WEEKEND: A-punk (we talked in PTBJ here)
TV ON THE RADIO: Golden Age
THE RAVEONETTES: Blush (we talked in PTBJ here)
FRIENDLY FIRES: Jump in the pool (we talked in PTBJ here)
THE GUTTER TWINS: Idle hands (we talked in PTBJ here)
MORRISSEY: All you need is me
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE: Water curses (we talked in PTBJ.. almost everywhere!)
FEIST: I feel it all (album in 2007, single in 2008)
ME ICON: Me gadget
Uh.. it’s.. ME SINGING!! (ME ICON is an italian London-based electro duo. I happened to be in London.. they were looking for a weird voice.. I don’t appear in the home made lo-fi vid, actually. Kick-ass tune. Definitely)
GOLDFRAPP: Happiness
LADYHAWKE: Paris is Burning
WEEZER: Pork & Beans
LATE OF THE PIER: Heartbeat (we talked in PTBJ here)
LATE OF THE PIER: Focker (Heartbeat B-side)
LATE OF THE PIER: Space and the woods
KATY PERRY Hot N cold
BE YOUR OWN PET: Becky (we talked in PTBJ here)
FLEET FOXES: White winter hymnal (we talked in PTBJ here. Also in Jocelyn’s Christmas wishlist)
THE CURE: The only one
FILM SCHOOL: Compare (we talked in PTBJ here)
BAUSTELLE (from Italy): Charlie fa surf (certainly not the best track on the “Amen” album..)
THE TING TINGS: Great DJ
SANTOGOLD: L.E.S. Artistes (we talked in PTBJ here)
SLUSHCO: Astronaut (we talked in PTBJ here)
M83: Graveyard Girl (we talked in PTBJ here)
IL TEATRO DEGLI ORRORI (from Italy): La canzone di Tom
PJ HARVEY: The Devil (album in 2007, this single in 2008. Live on Denmark Tv)
dEUS: Eternal woman (we talked in PTBJ here)
SUNNY DAY SETS FIRE : Adrenaline (out in January 2009)
Before they become huge! (I used to hang out with the guitar player). Awesome song. Take a listen!!
AU - RR Vs. D (we talked in PTBJ here)
SPIRITUALIZED: You lie, you cheat (we talked in PTBJ here)
MGMT: Time to Pretend (2007? 2008?.. 2005??)
Justice: DVNO
JAY REATARD: Fluorescent grey (Deerhunter cover) (we talked in PTBJ here)
WHY? - Song of the sad assassin (we talked in PTBJ here)
LADYTRON: Runaway
PORTISHEAD: Machine Gun
Last but not least..
BECK: Chemtrails (no official video yet. But the song is absolutely awesome. Also in Jocelyn’s Christmas wishlist)
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December 29th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
do you like late of the pier a little bit?
December 30th, 2008 at 7:03 am
shit. i’m blogging me icon. awesome song! are you singing all of it or just the awesome half screaming?
January 4th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Hell yess!!
Maybe it’s just an.. “obsession of the moment”, and maybe it’s going to melt very soon.
But I think that their ear-friendly pop is one of the freshest of these days.
“Me Gadget”: I actually sang the whole song.
And co-wrote the lyrics.
And co-chose the melody of the voice with both Dino and Gianni.
Before Dino left Sardinia to definitely move to London (2003), we recorded four songs, me and him. I tried to finish the mixing duty with a friend of us here in Sardinia, but we never came to an end.
Believe me, they’re pretty good (Dino was not into disco yet: it’s a sort of.. not cheesy pop, with distorted guitars, and some noisy / shoegaze parts here and there). To me at least.
Maybe this year we’ll manage to “release” this e.p. somehow.
The name of the duo was “Nixon”.
(thank you so much, Jenny. It was very kind of you)
January 4th, 2009 at 9:11 am
kind has nothing to do with it, i genuinely like the song! and the video. and i must say, you have a great voice
January 4th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
WOW!!!
Thank you so much Sergio for mentioning us on this blog and thank you so much Jenny for your words on our song. But most of all… Jocelyn, thanks a million for tolerating this blah blah about Me Icon on your blog!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Love you all
Dino (Me Icon)
January 5th, 2009 at 12:34 am
you’re welcome, dino.
but i think we all know that this is sergio’s blog and i just live here.
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:05 pm
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