Up until the time that we started this site, I used to do yearly mixes with a selection of my favorite tracks. It didn’t really fall into listmania, because the mixes were more organically selected than a top 10 or so. I would normally post this at the end of the month (year), but Mixwit is shutting down, which presumably means the mix won’t work in a week or so. In which case, HERE‘s an opentape (muxtape-like) version that doesn’t embed as well as Mixwit does. Too bad the RIAA didn’t realize earlier what they realized yesterday and just leave these streaming mix sites be… it was a way for us all to share music without explicitly doling out mp3s.
: BEST OF 2008 MIX :
more for myself than anyone esle, this was my top 50:
01. The Dodos – Fools
02. Frightened Rabbit – Good Arms vs. Bad Arms
03. Caltroit feat. Phat Kat & Elzhi – Goatit (prod. Black Milk)
04. Okkervil River feat. Jonathan Meiburg – Los Coastlines
05. The War On Drugs – Pushing Corn
06. The Helio Sequence – Hallelujah
07. Matt and Kim – Daylight
08. Frightened Rabbit – Old Old Fashioned
09. Why? – Simeon’s Dilemma
10. The Walkmen – In The New Year
11. Invincible feat. Finale – Locusts (prod. House Shoes)
12. Q-Tip – Gettin’ Up (prod. J Dilla)
13. Devotchka – New World
14. EMC – The Grudge (prod. Ayatollah)
15. French Kicks – Abandon
16. David Byrne & Brian Eno – Strange Overtones
17. Girl Talk – Play Your Part (Pt. 1)
18. The War On Drugs – Arms Like Boulders
19. Black Milk feat. Royce Da 5’9″ – Losing Out
20. TV On The Radio – Halfway Home
21. Nas – Queens Get The Money (prod. Jay Electronica)
22. Chairlift – Bruises
23. Cat Power – Silver Stallion (The Highwaymen cover)
24. M83 – Graveyard Girl
25. Jay Electronica – Exhibit A (Transformations) (prod. Just Blaze)
26. Alias – Crosswalks
27. Catcall – August
28. The Hold Steady – Slapped Actress
29. Dirty On Purpose – Audience In The Room
30. Al Green feat. Anthony Hamilton – Lay It Down
31. The Submarines – Sub Symphonika
32. French Kicks – Said So What
33. Health – Tabloid Sores (Nosaj Thing Remix)
34. Thunder Power – (Why Don’t You Go) Take A Hike?
35. Why? – A Sky For Shoeing Horses Under
36. M83 – Kim & Jessie
37. Wolf Parade – Soldier’s Grin
38. Frightened Rabbit – Fast Blood
39. Calexico feat. Pieta Brown – Slowness
40. Sera Cahoone – Only As The Day Is Long
41. Dirty On Purpose feat. Jaymay – Like Bees
42. The Helio Sequence – Keep Your Eyes Ahead
43. Black Milk feat. Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price & DJ Premier – The Matrix
44. Girl Talk – Shut The Club Down
45. Chaundon feat. Darien Brockington & Percy Miracles – Understanding (prod. 9th Wonder)
46. Meiko – Reasons To Love You
47. Flying Lotus – Camel (Nosaj Thing Remix)
48. The Lord Dog Bird – The Gift Of Song In The Lion’s Den
49. Q-Tip feat. Norah Jones – Life Is Better
50. She & Him – Sentimental Heart