Billy's Best of 2008 (MUSIC)

#10
Artist: Girl Talk
Album: Feed the Animals
Label: Illegal Art
Favorite Track: 02. "Shut the Club Down"
Notes: I'm a big fan of the track featuring samples of Avril Lavigne. Srsly.


#09
Artist: Ra Ra Riot
Album: The Rhumb Line
Label: Barsuk
Favorite Track: 05. "Dying is Fine"
Notes: This is one of the only albums featuring stringed instruments (beyond guitar and bass) that I've enjoyed. A great tone to the whole album.

#08
Artist: The Knux
Album: Remind Me in 3 Days...
Label: Interscope
Favorite Track: 05. "Roxxanne"
Notes: This is exactly what all Hip-Hop should sound like. These dudes have a really cool mix of songs here, which keeps every track super fresh fresh ya'll... you don't stop?

#07
Artist: Department of Eagles
Album: In Ear Park
Label: Beggar's Group
Favorite Track: 02. "No One Does It"
Notes: Another album with a fantastic tone and seemingly limitless listenability.

#06
Artist: MGMT
Album: Oracular Spectacular
Label: Sony/Columbia Records
Favorite Track: 02. "Weekend Wars"
Notes: These fellas remind me of the record snagging hoodlums from High Fidelity. I want to hate them. I look at them and I know that I don't like them. Unfortunately, they make really good music...

#05
Artist: My Morning Jacket
Album: Evil Urges
Label: ATO Records
Favorite Track: 13. "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Part 2"
Notes: The range from "Highly Suspicious" to my favorite track is pretty great, yet all of these songs fit so well together. Jim James' voice is too perfect for their sound.

#04
Artist: Dr. Dog
Album: Fate
Label: Park the Van
Favorite Track: 04. "Army of Ancients"
Notes: Great, classic sounding tracks borrowing from previous generations' sound perfectly.

#03
Artist: TV on the Radio
Album: Dear Science
Label: Interscope
Favorite Track: 07. "Red Dress"
Notes: The horns were a great addition... a sexy great addition.


#02
Artist: Blitzen Trapper
Album: Furr
Label: Sub Pop
Favorite Track: 03. "Furr"
Notes: Can we get a blood test to confirm that Eric Earley wasn't switched with Jakob Dylan at birth?


#01
Artist: Fleet Foxes
Album: Fleet Foxes
Label: Sub Pop
Favorite Track: 03. "Ragged Wood"
Notes: An album for the times... just fantastic.