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Best of 2008: Lykke Li “Dance Dance Dance” Feat. Bon Iver

I’ve already recapped re: the Bon Iver-ish half of this Lykke Li/Bon Iver video that made the rounds in 2008 on the indie blogs (and most likely RS’ Rock Daily). “Dance Dance Dance,” my favorite Lykke Li track from her lovely debut, Youth Novels (and one of my favorite songs of the year) is featured [...]

My Poproks 10 Best Albums of 2008

If you read this blog regularly, you may find my 1500 word Coldplay rant from earlier this year to be pretty hypocritical, considering I didn’t even put the album on my own Top 10 for 2008. I guess, in the end, I couldn’t justify bumping any of these albums (even though I do love Coldplay [...]

NY Mag’s Ten Best Hip Hop Mixtapes of 2008

Aside from Lil Wayne, Clipse, Fix Your Face, and The Nigger Tape, I haven’t heard any of the mixtapes on New York Magazine’s Ten Best Hip Hop Mixtapes of ’08 list. I didn’t even know Fabolous was still making records, let alone an “honest contender for best rapper alive.” But, his and DJ Drama’s There [...]

Best of 2008: The Helio Sequence

This has sort of become my tribute to great albums that are most likely going to be crossed off the short list for my Top 10 Albums of the Year. The Helio Sequence’s Keep Your Eyes Ahead is going to be another tough one to exclude. Brandon Summers, the voice of the band, blew out [...]

Best of 2008: Bon Iver “Flume”

Before we dig in to the year end lists (Top 10 Singles and Top 10 Albums, at the very least, are on the way), I wanted to recap a bit on the better musical moments of 2008. One of them has to be what went on between Bon Iver and myself this fall; Cold, cloudy [...]

My Poproks 10 Best Albums of 2008 Q1

You’ll notice my #1 (ehem, ugh. Oh God, sorry, I love it), and also #3 (I vowed that the Kate Nash album would count for 2008 according to My Poproks). And still on the fence as to whether Maths + English will count for ’08 as well, but it isn’t out officially in the US [...]