Saturday 10 January 2009

2008:Year in review

A review of 2008, originally posted over on wherediditallgoright.com/blog

albums of 2008
'Wilderness' by Brett Anderson (yes, I'm still banging on about that one, using every opportunity I get to do so becaue the press coverage is destructively negative or barely there; the album is a heartfelt, moving, brave and uncompromising piece of work).
'Seventh Tree', Goldfrapp (listen to it as a whole rather than cherry picking tracks; atmospheric and soothing, and deserving of acclaim)
'District Line' by Bob Mould (at least 3 tracks on here would be welcome on a best of compilation- surely a sign of a strong album)

Tracks/singles of 2008 (in alphabetical artist order)'Chinese Whispers', Brett Anderson'A&E', Goldfrapp'Paris is Burning', Ladyhawke'Tell Me What It's Worth', Lightspeed Champion'Kids', MGMT'Very Temporary', Bob Mould'Supernatural Superserious', REM (arguably, too little-too late, but it reminds me why REM's music touched me so much all those years ago)

Films of 2008 (alphabetically)
'Caramel'
'Couscous'
'Juno'
'Persepolis'
(I'm sure there are others, but I only managed to watch 6 or so new ones... 'Lust Caution' and 'Happy-Go-Lucky' were disappointing)

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