Forum Overview :: No Stairway to Heaven :: 2008 in music (music thread version)

[quote name="Fussbett"]I decided to start a new 2008 music thread because this new thread will be all about positivity. I'd also like some feedback on your favourite hip hop of 2008 which I've not followed at all and fear that I'm missing out on the 2008 "Throw Some D's" or "Stuntin' Like My Daddy". Those should serve as examples of my taste -- party bangers. Another example is that in 2008 I heard the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ER5zmKgo_8" title="By far the coldest, '06 Lotus, 0 to 60, hocus pocus!">A-Trak remix of "Wamp Wamp" by Clipse</a>, but not knowing it was a remix I became a huge fan. Imagine the disappointment when I heard the slow and boring original. Also imagine my disappointment and heard the new "challenging" and genre expanding tracks on that Lil Wayne album. Enough of that, onto the 2008 slim pickings. 2008 was a year without Oink and also without Waffles.fm and What.cd for me because our "readership" is apparently very selfish. As such, I downloaded much less new music than before and you know who loses out there. The bands, you, me... Pretty much everyone loses. <h1>SAFE (Fuss)BETS of 2008</h1>(aka "heavy stuff") <center>[youtube id=m9KbmRTgigQ] [youtube id=iL7ndxWgW5A] The Sword, "Gods of the Earth"</center> <center>[youtube id=TAw5nWJBNrM] [youtube id=v50wkoofl-4] Gojira, "The Way of All Flesh"</center> <center>[youtube id=xMEYLlDThZU] [youtube id=6d7T_Z3g9gQ] The Dillinger Escape Plan, "Ire Works"</center> <center>[youtube id=t_GgowniQWk] [youtube id=Gs6AjuzJJNk] Boris, "Smile" (get both the US and Japanese editions for completely different mixes!)</center> <center>[youtube id=68XOzQLXE8E] Melvins, "Nude With Boots"</center> <center>[youtube id=rIj3kpPYh1M] Cavalera Conspiracy, "Inflickted"</center> <center>[youtube id=eZiB66BraPo] Harvey Milk, "Life... The Best Game in Town"</center> <h1>INDIE ALBUMS of 2008</h1> <center>[youtube id=49MMy0vu3yo] Be Your Own Pet, "Get Awkward"</center> <center>[youtube id=MQ9-IrQCy1A] The (International) Noise Conspiracy, "Cross of my Calling"</center> <h1>FRENCH ALBUMS of 2008</h1>(aka "early Daft Punk" (Soon to be renamed the Justice category?)) <center>[youtube id=atby-LDyy1o] Teenage Bad Girl, "Cocotte"</center> I wanted to include Mr. Oizo for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECzouL0_zZ8">Two it Takes</a> alone, but the album features a Uffie track, and I cannot abide Uffie. She is anti-music. <h1>THEME SONGS of 2008</h1> <center>[youtube id=hM5UJvnbbuY] Jack White & Alicia Keys (The White Keys?!?!), "Another Way to Die"</center> <center>[youtube id=5mJYtE-fBF4] Travis Barker & whoever composed the NFL ON FOX Theme, "Superbowl XLII Intro"</center> <h1>2009 ALBUMS of 2008</h1> <center>[youtube id=u7ScDAvF6Gk] [youtube id=fRxS1xpVa8I] Kid Sister, "Dream Date"</center> Holy shit, that took me like an hour![/quote]