Episode 48: Top 10

Well another year has passed. And What a year it was. Lot’s of great music was released, but here is the best.

Yes it’s the Mixed Frequencies top 10 11 of 2008, in no particular order. Why in no order? Mostly because I’m a little sleepy, but also because they were all so good that I couldn’t pick a favourite *cough* Death Cab *cough*.

• Death Cab for Cutie “Narrow Stairs”
• Bloc Party “Intimacy”
• Winter Gloves “About a Girl”
• The Human Statues “The Human Statues”
• Ra Ra Riot “The Rhumb Line”
• Vampire Weekend “Vampire Weekend”
• Tokyo Police Club “Elephant Shell”
• The Streets “Everything is Borrowed”
• “PlayRadioPlay!” Texas
• “Kosmonaut” Kosmonaut
• “Hexes & Ohs” Bedroom Madness

And of course, there are some honourable mentions. Complete with reasoning.

• Straylight Run “Un Mas Dos” (It’s only three songs!)
• Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog Soundtrack (It’s for a musical, I’m not sure if that counts?)
• The Midway State “Holes” (Made up of mostly songs from old E.P.s and ‘Barefoot’ was left out.)
• A.M. “Today Is…” (I really like it but I couldn’t put it on the list..)
• Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist Soundtrack (See Dr. Horrible, but a movie not a musical.)
• The Flobots “Fight With Tools” (Technically a 2007 disc, but re-released in 2008)

Here’s what we played today:

1. “I Will Possess Your Heart” Death Cab For Cutie
2. “Talons” Bloc Party
3. “Your Visits Are Getting Shorter” Bloc Party
4. “Party People” Winter Gloves
5. “Let Me Drive” Winter Gloves
6. “Too Too Fast” Ra Ra Riot
7. “Run My Mouth” Ra Ra Riot
8. “Oxford Comma” Vampire Weekend
9. “Campus” Vampire Weekend
10. “Tessellate” Tokyo Police Club
11. “In a Cave” Tokyo Police Club
12. “Everything is Borrowed” The Streets
13. “The Escapist” The Streets
14. “Some Crap About the Furniture” PlayRadioPlay!
15. “Madi Don’t Leave” PlayRadioPlay!
16. “Gravity (Safe and Sound)” Kosmonaut
17. “Hello Future” Kosmonaut
18. “Carol That I Know” The Human Statues
19. “Street Meat” The Human Statues
20. “You’re a Hologram” Hexes & Ohs
21. “Ship Going Down (Let’s Go! Let’s Go!)” Hexes & Ohs
22. “My Freeze Ray” Neil Patrick Harris
23. “Try” Straylight Run
24. “Change for You” The Midway State
25. “Shoulder Pads & Shiny Shoes” a.m.
26. “Nick & Norah’s Theme” Mark Mothersbaugh
27. “Handlebars” The Flobots