Top Listens 2008

Most of my music listening this year has been via digital means - IPod, Itunes or WinAmp. I still play CDs and Vinyl sometimes but not enough to count. And, notwithstanding some issues with IPod scrobbling, all of these plays should have been collected by Last.FM. So here's my top listens in 2008:

Artists:

Steely Dan - i went though a very, very extensive re-appraisal of all this for some reason

A Slow Rip - hey, we released a record and i needed to hear everything again

Wire - incomprehensible to me that this is 3rd place

TV on the Radio - almost solely their latest album

Sufjan Stevens - saw him live and played them ad-infinitum

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - a favourite for the morning commuter sleep inducing properties

Flight of the Conchords - very funny, even now

Family - one of my all time favourite hard rock bands

Boards of Canada - another good one for the train

The Chap - 2nd favourite album of the year

Al Green - a mix of the new album (really good) and a great comp

Ladyhawke - 3rd favourite album fo the year

Walter Becker - 4th favourite album of the year

Albums

Apart from the new ones here, i also listened to these a lot:

Dennis Wilson - Pacific Oceean Blue: not that good really but i played it 86 times

Laura Marling - Alas I cannot Swim: as above but 83 plays

Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather: one of those bands i love but whose albums i tire of very quickly

Jenny Lewis - Acid Tounge: pretty great overall

Hot Chip - Made in the Dark: quite dull, really

The Shangri-Las - Myrmidons of Melodrama: a fab comp

Barabara Morgenstern - BM: one great track (with R Wyatt) and the rest is dull

Juana Molina - Un Dia: i like it a lot but extended plays were not forthcoming

Fav tracks:

TV on the Radio - Golden Age, Dancing Choose, Red Dress, Half Way Home, etc

Walter Becker - God's Eye View

Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me: great Aussie pop

Flight of the Conchords - Foux De Fafa: irresistible

The Ting Tings - That's Not My name

Can - Vitamin C: an old one got in there.