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Olberding’s Best Songs of 2008

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Overall I didn’t feel that 2008 was a wonderful year personally for new music, regardless here’s a list of 35 tracks that I’ve fully enjoyed in the last year. I threw all of the tracks in a zip with some playlist files so that you can download them here:

1. Tilly and the Wall - Too Excited (3:16)
2. Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (3:24)
3. Stars - 14 Forever (3:47)
4. The Notwist - Good Lies (5:23)
5. Beirut - My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille (3:06)
6. DeVotchKa - Transliterator (4:29)
7. Okkervil River - Calling And Not Calling My Ex (4:21)
8. Laura Marling - Night Terror (3:09)
9. TV on the Radio - DLZ (3:48)
10. Herman Dune - 1 2 3 Apple Tree (3:21)
11. Grand Archives - Torn Blue Foam Couch (3:27)
12. Radiohead - Down Is The New Up (4:58)
13. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - We Call Upon The Author (5:11)
14. The Decemberists - Valerie Plame (4:54)
15. Estelle - American Boy (featuring Kanye West) (4:44)
16. Alaska in Winter - We Are Blind and Riding the Merry-Go-Round (4:33)
17. Wolf Parade - Bang Your Drum (3:12)
18. Death Cab For Cutie - Cath… (3:49)
19. Noah And The Whale - 5 Years Time (3:34)
20. The Magnetic Fields - The Nun’s Litany (2:58)
21. The New Pornographers - Adventures In Solitude (4:14)
22. De Novo Dahl - Shout (3:07)
23. Be Your Own Pet - Becky (2:58)
24. Pete and The Pirates - Ill Love (2:42)
25. Portishead - The Rip (4:32)
26. A Weather - Spiders, Snakes (5:17)
27. Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma (3:15)
28. Andrew Bird - Oh No (4:20)
29. Kanye West - Flashing Lights (3:57)
30. Hello Saferide - Anna (3:04)
31. Destroyer - Foam Hands (3:50)
32. The Walkmen - In the New Year (4:22)
33. Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook (3:07)
34. Why? - Fatalist Palmistry (3:53)
35. She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? (2:30)

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