Comments on: Best Music of 2008

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Best Music of 2009 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:22:49 +0000

[...] My Best of 2008 [...]

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:19:42 +0000

Maybe I should have added a few details for you…

Kristoffer Ragnstam is some more great Swedish-pop in the Jens Lekman or Suburban Kids vein. Erin Bode and Hi-Fly are both jazz albums, and Creature is an awesome dance band from Montreal. If they ever make an appearance in Toronto I'm there!

By: James McNally

James McNally — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:58:03 +0000

Hey Brad, thanks for sharing your list. I'm going to see if emusic.com has any of those available, so I can check them out.

By: James McNally

James McNally — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:57:15 +0000

Thanks, Brooke, but have those old farts actually made any new music this year? Not to say I'd like it even then.

Note: Brooke is my wife. We talk like this to each other all the time. Sadly, she is not kidding, either. Her taste in music really is this bad.

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:38:46 +0000

Who says they don't make good music anymore. Some fantastic stuff this year! My picks (in no particular order) are:

1. British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
2. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
3. That Handsome Devil – A City Dressed In Dynamite
4. Kristoffer Ragnstam – Wrong Side of the Room
5. Erin Bode – The Little Garden
6. Creature – No Sleep At All
7. Adam Green – Sixes & Sevens
8. The Hi-Fly Orchestsra – Mambo Atomico

By: Brooke Smith

Brooke Smith — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:51:40 +0000

Glad to see Sigur Ros is on your list…however, what happened to the greatest bands of our time?
Paul McCartney and Wings? Chris de Burgh?