Ok, top whatevers of 2008, starting with:
Favorite Live Acts Seen In 2008:
1) Sonic Youth (July 4th, Battery Park, NYC)
2) Battles (September 4th, Wonder Ballroom, Portland)
3) King Khan & The Shrines (June 27th, South Street Seaport, NYC)
4) Les Savy Fav (September 6th, Wonder Ballroom, Portland)
5) Fleet Foxes (September 6th, Crystal Ballroom, Portland)
6) Fucked Up (September 6th, Satyricon, Portland)
7) DeVotchKa (December 27th, Crystal Ballroom, Portland)
Favorite Songs of 2008:
1) Why? -
A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under
2) The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn
3) Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
4) Bon Iver - Creature Fear
5) Thee Oh Sees - Block Of Ice
6) Human Highway - The Sound
7) Ruby Suns - Kenya Dig It?
8) TV on the Radio -
Dancing Choose
9) Los Campesinos! - This is How You Spell "Hahaha, We Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams Of A Generation Of Faux Romantics"
10) Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
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Favorite Live Acts Seen In 2008:
1) Sonic Youth (July 4th, Battery Park, NYC)
2) Battles (September 4th, Wonder Ballroom, Portland)
3) King Khan & The Shrines (June 27th, South Street Seaport, NYC)
4) Les Savy Fav (September 6th, Wonder Ballroom, Portland)
5) Fleet Foxes (September 6th, Crystal Ballroom, Portland)
6) Fucked Up (September 6th, Satyricon, Portland)
7) DeVotchKa (December 27th, Crystal Ballroom, Portland)
Favorite Songs of 2008:
1) Why? -
2) The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn
3) Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
4) Bon Iver - Creature Fear
5) Thee Oh Sees - Block Of Ice
6) Human Highway - The Sound
7) Ruby Suns - Kenya Dig It?
8) TV on the Radio -
9) Los Campesinos! - This is How You Spell "Hahaha, We Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams Of A Generation Of Faux Romantics"
10) Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
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A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under