Kendall's Favorite Songs of 2008 : Part 3

Ugh! I’m trying not to get another one of my Favorite Songs of 2008 posts stricken down by the nefarious DMCA, so I have begun to speak in code. Discodust found out that whenever a certain artist’s tracks were upped on the interwebs, the associated post is almost always deleted by the DMCA Bandits. The machines have taken over, we have been forced underground. So don’t be confused by that certain artist’s name, I’m sure you can figure it out.

On the post taken down yesterday, I lamented the fact that I forgot to include Everyone’s Got To Make A Living by Dances With White Girls on my favorites of ’08 list. Ask my roommate, this song ruled my life for about four days and annoyed the shit out of him. I won’t go back and amend the list but it would not be fair unless I posted Everyone’s Got To Make A Living here and here. Enjoy the rest of the best below.

Dance
The Bloody Beetroots – Rombo
The Bloody Beetroots – Butter
Justice – Planisphere Parts 1 through 4
The Golden Filter – Solid Gold
The Phantom’s Revenge – Moondancer
Surkin – Chrome Knight ft. Dave 1
A-Trak – Say Whoa
BURNS – Make Love
Beni – My Love Sees You

Australia
Miami Horror – Summerfest ’86
Miami Horror – Make You Mine
Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
Ladyhawke – Dusk Til Dawn
Ladyhawke – My Delirium
Cut Copy – Hearts On Fire
Cut Copy – Far Away
Cut Copy – Out There On Thin Ice
Empire of the Sun – Walking On A Dream
Empire of the Sun – Standing On The Shore
Empire of the Sun – Swordfish Hotkiss Night
BMX – WAR

Hip Hop

Kid Sister – Get Fresh [YSI]
T-Pain – Can’t Believe It ft. Lil’ Wayne [YSI]
Lil’ Wayne – 3 Peat [YSI]
Lil’ Wayne – Let The Beat Build [YSI]
The Count & Sinden – Hardcore Girls ft. Rye Rye [YSI]
Wale – The Kramer [YSI]
Young Jeezy – Put On ft. K@nye We$t [YSI]
K@nye We$t – Street Lights [YSI]
Dizzee Rascal – Dance Wiv Me ft. Calvin Harris [YSI]
Herve & A-Trak – Roll With The Winners ft. Cadence Weapon [YSI]
Kid Cudi – T.G.I.F. ft. Chip The Ripper [YSI]

B-More

Debonair Samir – Freaky Girl [YSI]

Indie Rock
Metronomy – Heartbreaker
Magistrates – Make This Work
Ghostland Observatory – Freeheart Lover
Boy Crisis – L’homme
Bloc Party – Mercury
Starfucker – German Love
Black Kids – Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo)
Cansei De Ser Sexy – Move
The Ting Tings – Shut Up and Let Me Go
Tokyo Police Club – Tessellate

Indie Pop
Priors – What You Need
Lykke Li – Breaking It Up
Lykke Li – I’m Good I’m Gone
The Twelves – Works For Me
Little Boots – Meddle
NERD – You Know What
Sam Sparro – 21st Century Life

pic via fuckyeahsharks

Kendall's Favorite 50 Songs of 2008: Part 1

SSDT: Come for the music, stay for the pictures of Samuel L. Jackson's floating head.

Two weeks ago, I wasn’t planning on making any end of the year lists. Why? Because I don’t listen to full albums often, I have the memory of a 72 year old stroke victim, and the whole process of choosing the better song out of two equally good songs and then choosing the BEST song out of a larger list of better songs is too daunting. Plus I’m lazy. But then my friends over at We Wore Masks asked me to put a little something together and of course I obliged. I’m too nice. So here it is, Kendall’s Favorite Songs of 2008 list.

In it, you will mostly find danceable indie pop, straight dance music and smatterings of raps songs thrown in to reaffirm my Blackness. What you won’t find are remixes. Rummaging through the thousands of remixes that came out in 2008 to determine which Cross The Dancefloor remix was “the best” would have been far too time consuming. I couldn’t do it, I would have drove myself crazy. So I made the stipulation that all the songs included in the list must be in their original form. So in the end, what I’ve compiled is by no means a strict comparison of “the best” songs of 2008, it’s simply my favorite songs released in 2008 (that I could remember). Hope you like it.

First up are my “Dance” picks. The picks are pretty straight forward except for Butter and Rombo by The Bloody Beetroots. I’m aware these songs were floating around in 2007 but those versions were early drafts, my picks are the final Rombo EP versions. Check back tomorrow for “Australia” which is now a music genre.

Dance

The Bloody Beetroots – Rombo [YSI]
The Bloody Beetroots – Butter [YSI]
Justice – Planisphere Parts 1 through 4
The Golden Filter – Solid Gold [YSI]
The Phantom’s Revenge – Moondancer [YSI]
Surkin – Chrome Knight ft. Dave 1 [YSI]
A-Trak – Say Whoa [YSI]
BURNS – Make Love [YSI]
Beni – My Love Sees You [YSI]

Australia

Miami Horror – Summerfest ’86
Miami Horror – Make You Mine
Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
Ladyhawke – Dusk Til Dawn
Ladyhawke – My Delirium
Cut Copy – Hearts On Fire
Cut Copy – Far Away
Cut Copy – Out There On Thin Ice
Empire of the Sun – Walking On A Dream
Empire of the Sun – Standing On The Shore
Empire of the Sun – Swordfish Hotkiss Night
BMX – WAR

Hip Hop

Kid Sister – Get Fresh
T-Pain – Can’t Believe It ft. Lil’ Wayne
Lil’ Wayne – 3 Peat
The Count & Sinden – Hardcore Girls ft. Rye Rye
Wale – The Kramer
Young Jeezy – Put On ft. Kanye West
Kanye West – Street Lights
Dizzee Rascal – Dance Wiv Me ft. Calvin Harris
Herve & A-Trak – Roll With The Winners
Lil’ Wayne – Let The Beat Build
Kid Cudi – T.G.I.F. ft. Chip The Ripper

B-More

Debonair Samir – Freaky Girl

Indie Rock

Metronomy – Heartbreaker
Magistrates – Make This Work
Ghostland Observatory – Freeheart Lover
Boy Crisis – L’homme
Bloc Party – Mercury
Starfucker – German Love
Black Kids – Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo)
Cansei De Ser Sexy – Move
The Ting Tings – Shut Up and Let Me Go
Tokyo Police Club – Tessellate

Indie Pop

Priors – What You Need
Lykke Li – Breaking It Up
Lykke Li – I’m Good I’m Gone
The Twelves – Works For Me
Little Boots – Meddle
NERD – You Know What
Sam Sparro – 21st Century Life

JNSTY's Top 10 for 08/08

Just a little early..

A-Trak feat. Lupe Fiasco - Mastered
Bob Rifo - Kinky Malinki (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
Calling in Sick - Console
Goose - Trendsetter
Hearts Revolution - Switchblade (LA Riots Remix)
OldSchoolReunion - Street Ninja [YSI]
Power Glove - Night Force [YSI]
The Presets - My People (D.I.M. Remix)
The Toxic Avenger - Poker Face (Lies In Disguise Remix) [YSI]
Yuksek - Composer

A-Trak - Running Man

You know why I like Kidz By Colette, cause they just don't give a flip (I know, "flip" is lame but there may be children reading this post). I have a feeling that Running Man, the new Nike workout album mixed by A-Trak, is not supposed to be spread across the blogosphere the day of its release, but they did it anyway. Thanks guys. And all the peeps who are downloading this from here, you're welcome.

A-Trak - Running Man [YSI] *

*Removed due to my own growing feeling of bloggers' guilt. Here, have the free single from the album instead.

A-Trak - Say Whoa

Oh!

I have to admit, i'm really not that cluey when it comes to electro house from more than a year an a half ago. While I have been listening to 'house music' for over two years, the fact remains that most of those years were spent listening to those annual compilations that are brought out by The Ministry of Sound; not exactly ahead of the game by any stretch. The point i'm getting at is that I'm only just realising who the big artists are. Boys Noize is one artist who i've been trying to get up to date with. With Danger's highly anticipated remix of "Oh!" making its way to my library, I thought it a must to finally become aquainted with the original, especially since both the Danger and A-Trak remixes have been absolutely superb. The original is an absolute tune, and is a strongly encouraged listen. However, I know what you readers are like; you want the newest tracks, and you want them now! So without further ado - the Danger remix.

Boys Noize - Ne.Oh!.Pen (Danger Remix)

Digitalism Live: Tonight @ Engine Room

I don’t know what it was about Digitalism’s debut album but it somehow got lost in the busy year that was 2007. Justice and Simian Mobile Disco released their albums into the already crowded “two-man electronic group” genre in 2007 and pushed Digitalism’s album to the side. I thought Digitalism’s debut had carved a niche for itself as an electro-dance-rock album that could have garnered more blog loving. While Justice and MSTRKRFT force there listeners to move with hard kicks and distortion, Digitalism asks its listeners to dance like LCD’s Sound of Silver or The Rapture Echoes. From Zdarlight, to Digitalism in Cairo, to the near perfect Pogo, to Home Zone, their debut album was one of the most solid electronic albums of the year. With Digitalism delivering these tracks and more tonight, this concert is a must see event. Some Digitalism tracks below to get the party started.

Digitalism - Pogo [link for fast download]

Digitalism - Digitalism in Cairo [link for fast download]

Digitalism - Idealistic (A-Trak Remix) [link for fast download]

Digitalism - Home Zone [link for fast download]