In my eyes, they're all winners.
1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
2. The Mae Shi- HLLYH
3. Okay, Huggable Dust
4. Sun Kil Moon, April
5. Marnie Stern, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
6. M83, Saturdays = Youth
7. Deerhunter, Microcastle
8. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
9. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
10. Ponytail, Ice Cream Spiritual
11. Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
12. Santogold, Santogold
13. Beach House, Devotion
14. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Real Emotional Trash
15. Ex-Reverie, The Door Into Summer
16. Man Man, Rabbit Habits
17. Jeremy Jay, A Place Where We Can Go
18. Mount Eerie, Lost Wisdom
19. Amadou & Mariam, Welcome to Mali
20. Girl Talk, Feed the Animals
Other very, very, honorable mentions of 2008:
1. “Debutantes/The Town is Ablaze!” by Paper Airplanes (off Scandal, Scandal, Scandal, Down in the Wheat Field)
+ The only reason why this album isn’t on the top 15 is really, because, it kind of hasn’t been fully released yet, even though the CD was done and recorded this past summer. However, due to some pretty obvious connections (that trumpet playing on a couple of the tracks? That’s my boyfriend), I was able to be gifted with an album. And I couldn’t get enough of it- the subtle orchestral back ups, the boys’ raw vocals, and most of all, the catchy guitar melodies that permeate the album and keep hits like “Luckbite” and “White Angry Saxon Protestant” on your mind for the rest of the day. I’ll try to notify you guys when the album is available beyond the reach of close friends and concert-goers in Kansas, but for now, you can find their equally-lovely, widely-available Boyhood album on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Boyhood-Paper-Airplanes/dp/B000NJL15Q.
2. “When the Child Awakes” by Mount Righteous (off When the Music Starts)
+ One of the quotes on the band’s flyers is, “…we sing for you. We have fun”, and that couldn’t be a more accurate description of the 11-person ensemble that is Mt. Righteous, hailing from the indie Grapevine scene. After taking photos for their show at the Grenada theatre in Dallas, TX, I was fully convinced that this is definitely a band you have to see in concert. With the members playing instruments from tubas, bass drums, xylophones, cymbals, and the ever-present slide whistle in my favorite song off the album, their talent is bound to entertain you, if their joyous attitude and clapping won’t. Their 2008 album can be presently found at:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/mountrighteous
Furthermore...
I know you are all wondering, "Amanda. Where is the latest of Montreal CD in all this snobbery? Where are your priorities?". And I will have to answer you all, respectfully, I am scared to listen to it, simply because I am afraid it will be far too sexy for its own good.
1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
2. The Mae Shi- HLLYH
3. Okay, Huggable Dust
4. Sun Kil Moon, April
5. Marnie Stern, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
6. M83, Saturdays = Youth
7. Deerhunter, Microcastle
8. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
9. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
10. Ponytail, Ice Cream Spiritual
11. Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
12. Santogold, Santogold
13. Beach House, Devotion
14. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Real Emotional Trash
15. Ex-Reverie, The Door Into Summer
16. Man Man, Rabbit Habits
17. Jeremy Jay, A Place Where We Can Go
18. Mount Eerie, Lost Wisdom
19. Amadou & Mariam, Welcome to Mali
20. Girl Talk, Feed the Animals
Other very, very, honorable mentions of 2008:
1. “Debutantes/The Town is Ablaze!” by Paper Airplanes (off Scandal, Scandal, Scandal, Down in the Wheat Field)
+ The only reason why this album isn’t on the top 15 is really, because, it kind of hasn’t been fully released yet, even though the CD was done and recorded this past summer. However, due to some pretty obvious connections (that trumpet playing on a couple of the tracks? That’s my boyfriend), I was able to be gifted with an album. And I couldn’t get enough of it- the subtle orchestral back ups, the boys’ raw vocals, and most of all, the catchy guitar melodies that permeate the album and keep hits like “Luckbite” and “White Angry Saxon Protestant” on your mind for the rest of the day. I’ll try to notify you guys when the album is available beyond the reach of close friends and concert-goers in Kansas, but for now, you can find their equally-lovely, widely-available Boyhood album on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Boyhood-Paper-Airplanes/dp/B000NJL15Q.
2. “When the Child Awakes” by Mount Righteous (off When the Music Starts)
+ One of the quotes on the band’s flyers is, “…we sing for you. We have fun”, and that couldn’t be a more accurate description of the 11-person ensemble that is Mt. Righteous, hailing from the indie Grapevine scene. After taking photos for their show at the Grenada theatre in Dallas, TX, I was fully convinced that this is definitely a band you have to see in concert. With the members playing instruments from tubas, bass drums, xylophones, cymbals, and the ever-present slide whistle in my favorite song off the album, their talent is bound to entertain you, if their joyous attitude and clapping won’t. Their 2008 album can be presently found at:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/mountrighteous
Furthermore...
I know you are all wondering, "Amanda. Where is the latest of Montreal CD in all this snobbery? Where are your priorities?". And I will have to answer you all, respectfully, I am scared to listen to it, simply because I am afraid it will be far too sexy for its own good.
1 comment:
heys, i was wondering if you knew of of a way to get "Scandal, scandal, scandal down in the wheat field" by paperairplanes.
ive really wanted to listen to it in full put haven't been able to get my hands on it.
-ben
at ben_kenobi@live.com
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