Losanjealous End-of-Year Dept: Sung’s Picks, 2008

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