Monday, June 02, 2008

THE BEST MUSIC OF 2008...SO FAR

>BRITISH SEA POWER (DO YOU LIKE ROCK MUSIC?) -CRAP ALBUM TITLE BUT BEAUTIFULLY EPIC ROCK

>FOALS (ANTIDOTES) - WHAT THE SECOND BLOC PARTY ALBUM SHOULD HAVE SOUNDED LIKE. MAGIC. DEBUT OF THE YEAR?

>HOT CHIP (MADE IN THE DARK) - TO QUOTE THE STREETS: "BANGERS, NOT ANTHEMS". PURE DANCE FLOOR MAYHEM.

>MGMT (ORACULAR SPECTACULAR) - WHAT A DEBUT- PSYCHEDELIC ROCK WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF ORGANS. 

>SPIRITUALIZED (SONGS IN A&E) - CYBER SOUL FROM A HOSPITAL BED WITH A TOUCH OF DEATH GOSPEL

>ELBOW (THE SELDOM SEEN KID - GIVING DOVES A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. GENIUS COLLABORATION WITH RICHARD HAWLEY

>HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR - 1970's GAY DISCO FROM DFA. YOU CAN'T REALLY GO WRONG, CAN YOU?

>THESE NEW PURITANS (BEAT PYRAMID) STYLISH, TALENTED AND EXTREMELY CATCHY. GREAT NAME. ONE WORD: ELVIS

>BON IVER (FOR EMMA, FOREVER AGO) LO-FI WOOD CABIN MEDICATION FOR A BROKEN HEART.

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