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As many of you who read this blog already know, I’m mostly indie rock girl but I do dabble in a little indie pop/electronica from time to time. I am attracted to that Euro/ambient/dub pop/downtempo groove. However, it’s the rare album in this genre that can hold my interest all the way through. Which is why you won’t find many (if any) electro/pop albums on my top 20 list for 2008.

But there were many great songs of this variety that stood out to me this year. And here is a compilation of some of those tracks that moved me. I love listening to this mix and hope you will too. Enjoy!

Listen to Best Songs of 2008 – Electro/Pop:

Koushik, ‘Lying in the Sun‘
Air France, ‘Collapsing at Your Doorstep’
Martina Topley-Bird, ‘Phoenix’
The Black Ghosts, ‘Full Moon’
Nightmares on Wax, ‘195LBS.‘
The Notwist (Panda Bear Remix), ‘Boneless’
Tobacco, ‘Hairy Candy’
Lemonade, ‘Sunchips’
Raised By Robots, ‘I Love You/U Luv Me 2′
Starf**ker, ‘Florida’
Rafter, ‘Juicy’
Cut Copy, ‘Lights & Music’
Nightmares On Wax, ‘Da Feelin’
Rainbow Arabia, ‘Omar K’

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I realized after obsessing this week over Beck’s new album, ‘Modern Guilt‘, that I was listening to yet another Danger Mouse production. What is this guy up to and what else is he working on? A lot, so it seems.

Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton) is famously known for remixing Jay Z‘s ‘Black Album‘ over samples from The Beatles ‘White Album’ to create, ‘The Grey Album.’ From there he collaborated with Cee-Lo (as half of Gnarls Barkley) to release the hugely popular ‘St. Elsewhere’. He’s also produced the debut album from The Good, The Bad and The Queen, and the latest releases of Sparklehorse, The Rapture and Gorillaz.