[music] // BEST OF: Top 50 of 2008

So here are my top 50 songs of 2008, for your gracious perusal. I thought I was going to have trouble choosing but there were so many good songs this year that I actually had to cut this list down to just 50. Feel free to discuss or just tell me what awesome taste I have :-)

1. “After Hours” – We Are Scientists – Brain Thrust Mastery

2. “Við spilum endalaust” – Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

3. “Human” – The Killers – Day And Age

4. “Trojan Horse” – Bloc Party – Intimacy

5. “Kelly” – Van She – V

6. “Kim & Jessie” – M83 – Saturdays=Youth

7. “Focker” – Late Of The Pier – Fantasy Black Channel

8. “Young Marks” – The Mae Shi – HLLLYH

9. “Fun Punch (Bag Raiders Remix)” – Bag Raiders – Bag Raiders Remixed – EP

10. “I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked” – Ida Maria – Fortress Around My Heart


11. “Moving to New York” – The Wombats – The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss, and Desperation
12. “L.E.S. Artistes” – Santogold – Santogold
13. “Skinny Love” – Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
14. “Dawn of The Dead” – Does It Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
15. “Spiralling” – Keane – Perfect Symmetry
16. “Kids” – MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
17. “Always Where I Need To Be” – The Kooks – Konk
18. “Id Engager” – Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping
19. “Sinceraly, Jane” – Janelle Monáe – Metropolis: The Chase Suite
20. “Campus” – Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend

21. "Anyway You Choose To Give It" – The Black Ghosts – The Black Ghosts
22. "Feel The Love" – Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
23. "Halfway Home" – TV on the Radio – Dear Science,
24. “Hometown Glory” – Adele – 19
25. "Dr Yang" – Ben Folds – Way To Normal
26. "Cassius" – Foals – Antidotes
27. “In This City” – Iglu & Hartly - & Then Boom
28. “Engine” – LA Priest – Engine - EP
29. "Dance Wiv Me" (feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome) – Dizzee Rascal
30. "Dancing On My Grave" – Ghostland Observatory – Robotique Majestique
31. "Ready For The Floor" – Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
32. “Everything Is Borrowed” – The Streets – Everything Is Borrowed
33. "That's Not My Name" – The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
34. "The Opening Title Sequence" – Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
35. "Black Car" – Ladytron – Vocifero
36. "Black & Gold" – Sam Sparro – Sam Sparro
37. "Amazing” (feat. Young Jeezy) – Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
38. "Death and All His Friends/The Escapist” – Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
39. "Wearing My Rolex” – Wiley
40. "Beat it” – Fall Out Boy – Live in Phoenix
41. "Use Somebody” – Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
42. "The Shock Of The Lightning" – Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul
43. "Mercy” – Duffy – Rockferry
44. "The Race" – Cajun Dance Party – The Colourful Life
45. "Never Miss A Beat" – Kaiser Chiefs – Off With Their Heads
46. "Love Is Noise" – The Verve – Fourth
47. "Got Money" (Feat. T-Pain) – Lil' Wayne – Tha Carter III
48. "Beggin’" – Madcon – So Dark the Con of Man
49. "Young Love" [Ft. Laura Marling] – Mystery Jets – Twenty One
50. "Numerology (AKA Numbers)" – These New Puritans – Beat Pyramid