Losanjealous End-of-Year Dept: Sung’s Picks, 2008
By Ryan - Friday December 19th 2008 |
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Few – if any of you – are witness to more live music on a weekly basis than our own Sung, official capturer of all things live in Los Angeles. Don’t believe me, hang out with the guy for a week and see if you can keep up. Here now are Sung’s favorite 10 albums, favorite 10 tracks and favorite 10 live acts of 2008…
Favorite Albums
1) Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
2) Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
3) Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
4) El Guincho – Alegranza!
5) Elbow – Seldom Seen Kid
6) MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
7) Mystery Jets – Twenty One
8) Sigur Ros – Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
9) Hot Club de Paris – Live at Dead Lake
10) Foals – Antidotes
Favorite Songs (Not on the above albums)
1) Of Montreal – An Eluardian Instance
2) Lightspeed Champion – Number One/Galaxy of the Lost
3) Lykke Li – Little Bit
4) Beach House – Wedding Bell
5) WHY? – Good Friday
6) Chairlift – Bruises
7) The Ting Tings – Great DJ
8) Hot Chip – Made in the Dark
9) Sharleen Spiteri – All the Times I Cried
10) Vampire Weekend – Mansard Roof
Favorite Live Acts
1) M.I.A.
2) Portishead
3) Jens Lekman
4) Dirty Projectors
5) Girl Talk
6) Of Montreal
7) Lykke Li
8) Bon Iver
9) She & Him
10) The Last Shadow Puppets
SUNG IS THE COOLEST!!!
OMG: 8 ) turns into sunglasses smiley! That is adorablz!
YES YOU GO SUNG!!!
Thanks Colette, Thanks (Mom???), Thanks Brianna, Sorry Aziz.
What up sung? really crystal castles its a good album but if anything its a comp of everything that was coming out before the album and they threw in some remixes but anyways hope to see you soon playa btw I was there with your when Girltalk was playing the Echo not the Echoplex
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sung, I was glad to see Elbow make your album list.
@Robert: there are quite a few new songs on crystal castles, but i totally agree that it seems a little unfair for an album to include so much previously released material. the mgmt album also contained several previously released songs, different arrangements/mixes, but still the same song. furthermore, mgmt, as well as bon iver and vampire weekend, sold copies of their cds in ’07 at shows. i referred to the record label’s physical release date to determine qualification for ’08. all that aside, good god man, i haven’t seen you in ages.
@Ryan: i almost went to see ‘burn after reading’ just because they used elbow’s ‘grounds for divorce’ in the trailer. guy garvey’s voice is excellent just as on previous recordings, but i think the music is outstanding on the album. can’t wait to see them again.