The new video for “There Are Birds” from The Ruby Suns album Sea Lion. One of my favorites!
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Best Songs of 2008 – Indie Rock
Every year I host a music swap with my music geek friends where we share our top albums of the year. This year we spiced it up a bit by adding a new component – a mix of your favorite songs of 2008 by artists not represented in our Best Albums of 2008 list. (Ryan’s rules, not mine.) So here it is, my mix of some of my favorite indie rock tunes for 2008. I was struck by a lot of San Francisco local music this year and have noted those artists with an asterisk (**). I enjoyed the emergence of such good music from my hometown and hope you will too. Enjoy!
- ** Pigeonhold by Port O’Brien
- Testify by Carney
- ** The Drag by Ty Segall
- Pot Kettle Black by Tilly and the Wall
- Operation by Deerhunter
- There Are Birds by The Ruby Suns
- The Dazzled by Crystal Stilts
- The Shedding Path by The Lord Bird Dog
- Chemtrails by Beck
- Oppressions Each by Brightblack Morning Light
- The Columbia by Lackthereof
- ** Hellhole Ratrace by Girls
- ** New York Through York by Lady Genius
- Charlyn, Angel of Kensington by Jason Collett
- My Baby by Juliana Hatfield
- Furr by Blitzen Trapper
- ** Peg by Cryptacize
- Lady Luck by Richard Swift
- Don’t You Worry by Jim Noir
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the OCMD Mixtape: Best Songs of 2008…So Far
It’s the last day of July and half the year has gone and passed. To celebrate, I’ve compiled a mixtape of my favorite songs (not albums) of the year…so far. You can listen here, but if you want the file, you’ll have to subscribe to the OCMD Mixtape. Enjoy!
- The Raconteurs – These Stones Will Shout
- The Duke Spirit – This Ship Was Built to Last
- Elbow – Grounds for Divorce
- Black Angels – You on the Run
- The Black Keys – Psychotic Girl
- Beck – Soul of a Man
- Women – Black Rice
- The Raveonettes – Aly, Walk with Me
- The Ruby Suns – There are Birds
- Handsome Furs – Handsome Furs Hate this City
- Girls – Hellhole Ratrace
- Atlas Sound – Recent Bedroom
- High Places – Head Spins
- Beach House – Gila
- Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
- Bon Iver – Skinny Love
- Citay – Little Kingdom
- The Helio Sequence – Lately
- Art in Manila – The Sweat Descends
- The Dodos – Paint the Rust
- Port O’Brien – I Woke Up Today
- Tilly and the Wall – Pot Kettle Black
- Rafter – zzzpenchant
- School of Language – Extended Holiday
- Jason Collett – Charlyn, Angel of Kensington
- The Morning Benders – Boarded Doors
- Jim Noir – Don’t You Worry
- Cut Copy – Lights & Music
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