Rolling out our Tops

THE TOP 30 RECORDS OF 2008
BY PETER GIANAKOPOULOS

GOLDFRAPP “SEVENTH TREE”

THE WEEK THAT WAS “S/T”

THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS “THE AGE OF THE UNDERSTATEMENT”

HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR “S/T”

FUCKED UP “THE CHEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE”

THE HELIO SEQUENCE “KEEP YOUR EYES AHEAD”

GRACE JONES “HURRICANE”

ERYKAH BADU “NEW AMERYKAH P.1”

BABY DEE “SAFE INSIDE THE DAY”

BECK “MODERN GUILT”

PORTISHEAD “THIRD”

DUKE SPIRIT “NEPTUNE”

DAVID BYRNE/BRIAN ENO “EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN TODAY”

AMADOU & MARIAM “WELCOME TO MALI”

BRAZILIAN GIRLS “NEW YORK CITY”

MRR-ADM “UNTITLED” 10” LP

LINDSTROM “WHERE YOU GO”

FLYING LOTUS “LOS ANGELES”

WIRE “OBJECT 47”

TED AUSTERLITZ “JOURNEY”

THE FIREMAN “ELECTRIC ARGUMENTS”

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO “REAL ANIMAL”

Q-TIP “THE RENAISSANCE”

NOMO “GHOST ROCK”

MGMT “ORACULAR SPECTACULAR”

V.A. 1970’S ALGERIAN PROTO-RAI UNDERGROUND (LP)

V.A. NIGERIA ROCK SPECIAL

MOTORPSYCHO “LITTLE LUCID MOMENTS”

NURSE WITH WOUND “HUFFIN’ RAG BLUES”

V.A. ELASTE-V.2 SPACE DISCO


BEST REISSUE: DENNIS WILSON “PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE”

SONG OF THE YEAR: MGMT “ELECTRIC FEEL”

BEST OLD TITLE NEWLY DISCOVERED: MICHAEL CHAPMAN “RAINMAKER /FULLY QUALIFIED SURVIVOR” (2-FER CD)





Geoff’s Tops for 2008

1.Valerio Cosi - Collected Works
2. Leila - Blood, Looms and Blooms
3. Woven Hand - Ten Stones
4. Lulu Rouge - Bless You
5. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt. 1
6. Nurse with Wound - Bacteria Magnet/Huffin' Rag Blues
7. Nomo - Ghost Rock
8. VA: Elaste - Space Disco Vol. 2
9. Wire - Object 41/Read & Burn 3
10. Portishead - Third
11. Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
12. The Week That Was - s/t
13. Sam Ragga Band - In Dub
14. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
15. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
16. Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments
17. Osunlade - Passage
18. Appleblim - Dubstep Allstars Vol. 6
19. Beck - Modern Guilt
20. Daniel Baldelli & Marco Donji: Cosmic Disco? Cosmic Rock!

Top 5 Unmixed Comps:
1. 1970s Algerian Proto-Rai Underground
2. Wackie's - Black World
3. BIPPP: French Synth Wave 1979-85
4. Nigeria Rock Special
5. African Scream Contest

Best Old/New DiscoveryCultural Amnesia - Press My Hungry Button


Robert’s Tops for 2008

Earles & Jensen - Just Farr a Laugh v. 1 & 2
John Zorn - Lucifer
Thoth Trio -Thoth Speaks
Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar - Go Marko Go!
Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan
Anthony Braxton 12+1 - Live at Victoriaville
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
Kocani Orkestar - The Ravished Bride
Fanfara Tirana - Albanian Wedding
Melvins - Nude with Boots
v.a. - Sprigs of Time
v.a. – 1970s Algerian Proto-Rai Underground


Stefani's List

1 blind pilot - three rounds and a sound
2 quiet village - silent movie
3 low motion disco - keep it slow
4 milosh - III
5 human highway - moody motorcycle
6 michna - magic monday
7 benoit pioulard - temper
8 sun kil moon - april
9 eliot lipp - the outside
10 galactic dice - alleatoric grooves
11 pacific - reveries
12 anthony hamilton - the point of it all
13 populous with short stories - drawn in basic
14 leon ware - moon ride
15 elbow - the seldom seen kid
16 flying lotus - los angeles
17 french kicks - swimming
18 department of eagles - in ear park
19 nightmares on wax - thought so
20 anthiliawaters - the miles without you


Jodi's Top Records (In No Order) for 2008
1-Motorhead "Motorizer"
2-Beck "Modern Guilt"
3-Last Shadow Puppets "Age of Understatement"
4-Grace Jones "Hurricane"
5-Paul Austerlitz "Journey"7
6-Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Dig Lazarus Dig"
7-Nomo "Ghost Rock"
8-Amadou & Miriam "Welcome To Mali"
9-"Benjamin Button" soundtrack
10-Brazilian Girls "NYC"
11-George Clinton & His Gangsters of Love
12-Abiyou Solomon "In Search of My Roots"
13-Lee Perry "Scratch Came...."