So it’s that special time of year. I’m in the process of putting together my Best of 2008 albums list, which really just means going back and re-listening to the albums I’ve heard, digging up the ones I haven’t and pretending that any ranking system I come up with really matters in the first place. (It doesn’t, but still fun.)
I’ve often found it to be difficult to narrow down a list of full albums I truly loved, and sometimes it’s much easier to come up with outstanding tracks peppered throughout. I thought I’d share a couple here in anticipation of the full list… all seem to fit together in the same mood.
One song I keep wanting to hear is “Canadian Girl” from The Walkmen’s latest album You & Me. Before this album, I was never really a fan of The Walkmen, but this album is quite great and very well could be in my top ten when all is said and done.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A8Gd8Tpcyk[/youtube]
Here is another performance of yet another song I’ve loved all year: “Out of Reaches” by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks from Real Emotional Trash. Love the guitar solos on this song (even if not pulled off perfectly in this video), and the very singable (for Malkmus) and poppy melodies.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP8vUFxYsJU[/youtube]
Lastly, here is “See These Bones,” a great lead off track from Nada Surf’s latest album Lucky.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPbLZkJAUe8[/youtube]
You can check out some of our picks for 2007 here: Greg’s list. Mike’s list.