My top ten songs of '08 so far. Yes, I know it's early in the year to be doing this.

01. Trifonic - "Lies"
02. Morcheeba - "Enjoy The Ride"
03. Headstrong - "Love Calls (Floris de Haan Mix)"
04. Cicada - "Same Old Scene (Cicada Remix)"
05. Ernesto vs. Bastian - "Sound of Soul"
06. The Rolling Stones - "You Can't Always Get What You Want (Soulwax Mix)"
07. Lange - "Remember You"
08. AmpLive - "15 Stepz"
09. Tocadisco - "Better Begin"
10. The Micronauts - "Reaction"

This will probably change quite a bit as the year goes on.

some favorites of the year
Vampire Weekend "Bryn"
Hot Chip "Hold On"
British Sea Power "No Lucifer"
Beach House "Holy Dances"
Constantines "Hard Feelings"

there's some Atlas Sound and Los Campesinos! tracks I really like too, but can't remember the names.

An early favorite for song of the year might just be Jason Anderson's "July 4, 2004", which I just a really fun song in a similar vein to The Hold Steady. The whole album is really good, but this song stands out the most.

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Whoa. That XXXChange remix of Santogold's "L.E.S. Artistes" is excellent.

I had the original as one of my 5 favorite songs last year. What a great song. I'll have to check out the remix but will be tough to convert me considering how much I like the original.

The Last Shadow Puppets - "The Age Of The Understatement"

A few of my favorite songs so far this year:
British Sea Power: No Lucifer, Waving Flags
Nada Surf: Whose Authority, I like what you say
Fleet Foxes: White Winter Hymnal, In the Hot, Hot, Rays
Hot Chip: Ready for the Floor, Made in the Dark, Wrestling
Born Ruffians: Badonkadonkey

Let's just compile a list:

Headlights - Cherry Tulips
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (made it on my list last year but no one cared )
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Beat (Health, Life and Fire)
Vampire Weekend - M79
Los Campesinos! - Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks
Lightspeed Champion - Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk

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Originally posted by Allan:
Let's just compile a list:

Headlights - Cherry Tulips
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (made it on my list last year but no one cared )
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Beat (Health, Life and Fire)
Vampire Weekend - M79
Los Campesinos! - Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks
Lightspeed Champion - Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk

My favorite of theirs is either "We Are All Accelerated Readers" or "This Is How You Spell 'HAHAH, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics'", which of are two of the more unheralded tracks on the album. Which speaks to how solid of a debut Hold On Now, Youngster is.

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Sam Roberts - Them Kids

Here are some songs that I am loving:

Fleet Foxes - "White Winter Hymnal"
The Tallest Man On Earth - "A Gardener"
The Tallest Man On Earth - "I Won't Be Found"
Jason Anderson - "Wanting and Regret"
Jason Anderson - "Watch Your Step"
The Battle of Land And Sea - "Lady"
Ilya E. Monosov - "Winter Lullaby"

I have to also throw in "Rosenband" by Kelley Polar. Great track.

"Skeleton Man" by Evangelicals. Also, "English House" and "Mykonos" by Fleet Foxes.

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I hate California Girls...

"California Girls" should be a classic. LOVE that song!

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Originally posted by BContrat:
I hate California Girls...

"California Girls" should be a classic. LOVE that song!

I love that entire album. So many good songs there.

Animal Collective - Water Curses from the new EP is just awesome.

Fleet Foxes- He Doesn't Know Why

Evangelicals "Stoned Again", Party Crashin'" & "Snowflakes"--the best 4-5-6 sequence in '08?

My top favorite songs of '08 at the moment-

in no particular order-

"Wide Awake on the Voyage Home" Liam Finn
"Bryn" Vampire Weekend
"Sweet Soul Music" The Lions
"Righteous Path" Drive-By Truckers
"I Only Want to Be with You" Shelby Lynne
"In The Privacy Of Our Love" Hot Chip

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Originally posted by Cheesyp00f:
Animal Collective - Water Curses from the new EP is just awesome.

OH. MY. GOD.

And I thought my AC obsession couldn't get any worse.......... Oh dear.....

There is a new Grizzly Bear song out there that was recorded live on KCRW. It's called "While You Wait For The Others", and it's absolutely incredible. If they make an albums worth of this sound they could destroy the world.