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PIVOT / SJ ESAU - LIVE (15th May)

I can't wait for SJ Esau's new stuff to get recorded! It's amazing! I love his new lyric about zooming in on an eye "..yooooooousing photoshop". I enjoy Pivot alot more live than on record, not to say that i don't enjoy their album, it's just they are soo awesome live (i like using the word awesome at the moment, you have to do in an Austrailian accent though..which actually is relavant here as that's where the band are from). They were even more impressive than the last time i saw them (Dot2Dot festival '08). They always seem to get compared to Battles, i think i actually prefer them live to Battles..but prefer Battles on record. The combination of the band and my rucksack full of whiskey destroyed me! I didn't take any photos or videos, see live video below..

* Pivot - 'O Soundtrack My Heart' live

B.O.B 2008 AWARDS - BEST MUSIC VIDEO

BEANSONBREAD 2008 AWARD
(Award # 3)

Best Music Video of 2008

2007 Winner - Grizzly Bear 'Knife'

CLICK HERE to see the 2007 list in full.

MY TOP 50 MUSIC VIDEOS OF 2008..
(Click on links to watch videos)


B.O.B RULE - An artist may only have 3 entries, 2 of which may be tied in the same position (or not).

50) The Last Shadow Puppets - 'The Age Of The Understatement'
49)
Kanye West - 'Love Lockdown'
48) Roots Manuva - 'Buff Nuff'
47) Fujiya & Miyagi - 'Sore Thumb'
46) El Guincho - 'Palmitos Park'
45) Late Of The Pier - 'The Bears Are Coming'
44) Wild Beasts - 'Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants'
43) Beyoncé - 'Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)'
42) Vampire Weekend - 'A-Punk'
41) Santogold - 'L.E.S. Artistes'
40) Vampire Weekend - 'Oxford Comma' / 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa'
39) TV On The Radio - 'Golden Age'
38) Caribou - 'She's The One'
37) Ratatat - 'Mirando'
36) Our Brother The Native - 'Younger'
35) White Williams - 'New Violence'
34) Beck - 'Youthless' / 'Gamma Ray'
33) Late Of The Pier -
'Focker'
32) Radiohead - 'House Of Cards'
31) British Sea Power - 'Waving Flags' / 'No Lucifer'
30) The Bug - 'Skeng'
29) Cocknbullkid - 'On My Own Again'
28) Excepter - 'Kill People'
27) Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
26) Dan Deacon - 'Okie Dokie'
25) Wild Beasts - 'The Devil's Crayon'
24) MGMT - 'Time To Pretend'
23) Let's Wrestle - 'I Won't Lie To You'
22) Hot Chip - 'One Pure Thought'
21) White Williams - 'Violator'

20) Black Affair - 'It's Real'
19) Animal Collective - 'Water Curses'
18) Lykke Li - 'Little Bit' / 'I'm Good I'm Gone'
17) The Wave Pictures - 'I Love You Like A Madman'
16) Efterklang - 'Illuminant'
15) Flying Lotus - 'Parisian Goldfish'
14) M83 - 'Kim & Jessie'
13) Kanye West - 'Flashing Lights'
12) Mystery Jets - 'Young Love'
11) Björk - 'Wanderlust'

10) The Pictish Trail -
'Winter Home Disco'..



9) Ponytail - 'Beg Waves'..



8) No Age - 'Eraser'..



7) Lil Wayne - 'A Milli'..



6) Justice - 'DVNO'..



5) Justice - 'Stress'..



4) Radiohead - 'Wierd Fishes/Arpeggi'..



3) The Aliens - 'Magic Man'..



2) Late Of The Pier - 'Heartbeat'..



1) Pivot
- 'In The Blood'..





B.O.B 2008 AWARDS (so far)
click link to view list/winner..

Best Film
Worst Song

LIVE GIGS (March - June)

I normally write a few notes or post a video from any live gigs i go to but for whatever reason i seem to have forgotten or put-off doing this for quite some time. He's a re-cap (for my own sake really, i like doing them end of year lists don't i..and i need the info for the 'Best Live Gig' award. Ha! I'm soo cool aren't i!?). Before anyone starts with the "I thought you said you had no money!!" ..a lot of these i got into free (thanks JC!). I'm not gonna go into details, maybe i'll just score them (you gotta have a system!). The scores are based soley on what the gig was like that night and not on how much i like/dislike the band, singer, dj ...oooh, i feel like i'm getting a bit serious here, sorry about that.

Here's the re-cap of what i've seen since March..

* 06/03/08 - Benga & Skream @ Thekla - 8.5
* 06/03/08 - XX Teens @ Start The Bus - 6.3
* 14/03/08 - Casiotone For The Painfully Alone @ The Cube - 6.5
* 23/03/08 - Malcolm Middleton @ Glee Comedy Club, Cardiff - 7.1
* 24/03/08 - Malcolm Middleton @ Thekla - 7.3

* 28>30/03/08 - Fence Homegame Festival @ Various Venues, Anstruther, Scotland - 9.0 (Overall Festival score. Too many acts to mention)
- Steve Mason (weekend highlight) - 9.2

* 05/04/08 - The Teenagers @ Thekla - 5.5
* 09/04/08 - Clinic @ Thekla - 7.7
* 14/04/08 - Low @ Thekla - 8.3
* 01/05/08 - White Williams @ Ansom Rooms - 7.6
* 01/05/08 - Vampire Weekend @ Ansom Rooms - 7.9
* 03/05/08 - Team Brick (soundtracking a silent film) @ Arnolfini - 6.6
* 03/05/08 - Pase Rock & Switch @ Start The Bus - (i have no memory of this at all!?)
* 10/05/08 - Unknown Bands? @ Southville Arts Trail - 3.2
* 18/05/08 - King Creosote & Pictish Trail @ Louisiana - 8.8
* 22/05/08 - Animal Collective @ Koko, London - 9.7

* 24>25/05/08 - Dot To Dot Festival @ Various Venues, Bristol
- Spiritualized - 8.0
- Caribou - 8.7
- Pivot - 9.0
- Telepathe - 7.5
- Saul Williams - 8.1
- Chrome Hoof - 6.3
- Dan Deacon - 9.2
- Hercules & Love Affair - 8.0

* 07/06/08 - Venn Festival @ Various Venues, Bristol
- Nancy Elizabeth - 7.4
- Infinite Livez - 8.1
- Fuck Buttons - 9.0
- Fungus Moth - 1.2
- Drinks - 7.4
- Munch Munch - 6.8

* ??/06/08 - Portmanteau @ Start The Bus - 6.8
* 09/06/08 - Cat Power @ Colston Hall - 7.6
* 10/06/08 - Beach House @ Louisiana - 7.5
* 10/06/08 - Fleet Foxes @ Louisiana - 8.6
* 13/06/08 - Rozi Plain & Rachael Dadd @ Folkhouse - 8.0
* 21/06/08 - Melt Banana @ Thekla - 8.0
* 26/06/08 - SJ Esau @ Croft - 8.4
* 26/06/08 - Sole @ Croft - 7.3
* 26/06/08 - School Of Language @ Start The Bus - 7.9

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> dream 1 - i had to seat a noisy Maggie Thatcher at a cinema.i watched in shock as she began to deal ecstasy and then down a few pills herself! dream 2 - i was on a ghost train ride.my mum & i opened a swimming pool & charged £9 for a midnight swim. after we went charity shop shopping. dream 3 - was at an almost empty Wild Beasts gig where the few peeps there filled the venue with brooms and stood around the venue edges. dream 4 - went shopping in toys r us and bumped into old friends. i then played with comedy oven gloves and thumb wars toys.
> continuing with the tour poster. MUST finish today!!
* Of Montreal 'Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?'
> pen detail is hurting my hand. nearly done the poster. i'm giving myself a 6pm deadline. it'll be up soooooon.
> i have a ginger nut to go with my tea! (thank u natalie! x). back to the poster.
* Pivot 'O Soundtrack My Heart'
* Late Of The Pier 'Fantasy Black Channel'
> OLO session..wow!! 'Neutral Zones' has taken off (like a swarm of wasps) and is now a 8min epic!! its BIG!! (does actually include wasps). OLO meeting over. sooo many things needed sorting out. my jobs are all visual.
> whaaaaat!!!? they've put Noirin's ex-boyfriend in the house!! oh jesus H!!
> poster DONE!! at last!
* The Pictish Trail 'Secret Soundz' / Antony & The Johnsons 'The Crying Light' / Bon Iver 'For Emma, Forever Ago'

OLO RADIO - BB34 - BB's BEST OF 2008 (Part 2) - 31/12/08

PART 2 of 2

Simple! A selection of tracks taken from my TOP 2008 SONGS & ALBUMS lists.

CLICK HERE
to see my full TOP 100 SONG list.
CLICK HERE to see my full TOP 50 ALBUM list.

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD

Joker - Snake Eater
Animal Collective - Water Curses
The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit) - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
The Ruby Suns - Kenya Dig It?
TV On The Radio - Golden Age
Pivot - In The Blood
White Williams - Smoke
SJ Esau - Frustrating
The Wave Pictures - I Love You Like A Mad Man
Johnny Flynn - Brown Trut Blues
The Pictish Trail - I Don't Know Where To Begin
James Yorkston - Tortoise Regrets Hare
Laura Marling - Crawled Out Of The Sea (Interlude)
Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
Metronomy - My Heart Rate Rapid
Hot Chip - Bendable Poseable
JME - Standard
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam
Black Affair - Reel To Reel
Neon Neon - Dream Girls
Late Of The Pier - Heartbeat
Deerhunter - Never Stops
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Bon Iver - For Emma
Wild Beasts - Cheerio Chaps Cheerio Goodbye

B.O.B 2009 AWARDS - BEST MUSIC VIDEO

BEANSONBREAD
2009 AWARDS
(Award # 7)

Best Music Video of 2009





2008 Winner > Pivot - 'In The Blood'
Click HERE to see the full 2008 list.

2007 Winner > Grizzly Bear - 'Knife'
Click HERE to see the full 2007 list.

Just a quick word to say if you're gonna watch the videos, best watch them on youtube/vimeo as my blog cuts off alot of the picture in most cases (and i can't make them any smaller).

MY TOP 25 MUSIC VIDEOS OF 2009..
(Click track name to watch video)

25) Washed Out - Belong
24) Kanye West - Paranoid
23) Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity of Huge
22) Dimlite - Ravemond's Young Problems
21) Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
20) The xx - Basic Space
19) Tempa T - Next Hype
18) Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele - Meet Me In The Garden
17) Jon Hopkins - Insides
16) Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
15) Max Tundra - Which Song
14) Major Lazer - Keep it Going Louder / Pon De Floor
13) Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains - 'Be Water (Je Suis De L'Eau)'
12) The Flaming Lips - Watching The Planets
11) Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move

10) Micachu & The Shapes - Golden Phone



9) Slow Club - It Doesn't Have To Be Beautiful



8) Wild Beasts - Hooting & Howling



7) Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able



6) King Creosote - Coast On By



5) Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar



4) Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes



3) Dan Deacon - Paddling Ghost



2) Salem - Dirt



1) Fever Ray - When I Grow Up




B.O.B 2009 AWARDS (so far)
click link to view list/winner..

B.O.B 2009 AWARDS - BEST GIG

BEANSONBREAD
2009 AWARDS
(Award # 6)

Best Gig of 2009






2008 Winner > Animal Collective & Atlas Sound @ Koko, London
Click HERE to see the full 2008 list.

2007 Winner > King Creosote & The Fence Collective @ Glastonbury Festival
Click HERE to see the full 2007 list.

There were quite a few i couldn't afford or get to as usual (Fever Ray in perticular).

Special mention to everyone who played at the Fence Collective's Homegame Festival. It was the best yet! Too many people to choose from, i can't pick favourites, so i won't (i copied this from last year i know, but hey..i mean it).

MY TOP 25 GIGS OF 2009..
(Click on date to see the original posts)

25) Poppy & Friends @ The Croft - 22/2/09
24) Ponytail @ Start The Bus - 8/3/09
23) Freeze Puppy @ The Cube - 13/3/09
22) Zun Zun Egui @ The Croft - 24/1/09
21) The Welcome Committee @ Start The Bus - 25/10/09
20) Micachu @ The Croft - 28/3/09
19) The Three Craws/Pictish Trail/Rozi Plain @ Green Man Festival - 21/8/09 >
18) Dirty Projectors @ The Arnolfini - 3/4/09
17) Pivot @ The Louisiana - 15/5/09
16) Ariel Pink @ The Loft? - 17/5/09
15) Late Of The Pier @ ?? , Bath - 23/2/09
14) Wild Beasts @ The Louisiana - 19/2/09 (2nd part)
13) SJ Esau @ The Croft - 24/1/09 / SJ Esau @ The Cube - 13/3/09
12) Slow Club/The Pictish Trail @ Union Chapel, London - 17/12/09
11) Francois @ The Croft - 24/10/09

10) Animal Collective @ Trinity Church - 22/3/09
9) Bon Iver @ Green Man Festival - 21/8/09 >
8) Flying Lotus @ Start The Bus - 4/5/09
7) Gang Gang Dance @ Green Man Festival - 21/8/09 >
6) Animal Collective @ Koko, London - 12/1/09

5) The XX @ The Thekla (top deck) - 23/5/09 / The XX @ The Cooler - 1/10/09
4) Grizzly Bear @ Green Man Festival - 21/8/09 >
3) F*** Buttons @ Colston Hall - 26/9/09
2) Joker @ Start The Bus - 19/9/09

1) Wild Beasts @ The Thekla - 3/10/09





B.O.B 2009 AWARDS (so far)
click link to view list/winner..

B.O.B 2008 AWARDS - BEST SONG

BEANSONBREAD 2008 AWARD
(Award # 7)

Best Song of 2008

2007 Winner - Panda Bear 'Bros'
2006 Winner - Hot Chip 'Over And Over'


CLICK HERE to see the 2007 list in full.
CLICK HERE to see the 2006 list in full.

* Some songs that appeared on last years list i had owned before they actually came out properly this year (as singles or on albums released this year) so in some cases i will be entering them again on this years list. In some cases i won't, depends whether or not i think of them as '07 or '08 songs. My game, my rules..ha! Their have been a few amazing tracks i've been hammering over the last month or so that would have definitly featured right up near the top of the list (if not the very top). They'll be out next year so i'll leave them off this list and save them for the '09 one.

The rules this year are that each artist may have up to 3 entries, 2 of which may be tied in the same position (or not).

MY TOP 100 SONGS OF 2008..

100) The Gorlkeepers - Not Quite Over Yet
99) Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Loud
98) Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
97) Pivot - In The Blood
96) The Streets - The Escapist
95) My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
94) Ratatat - Mirando
93) King Creosote - Esther's planet / Ear Against The Wireless
92) The Bug (Feat. Warrior Queen) - Poison Dart
91) Beck - Gamma Ray
90) Cadence Weapon - In Search Of The Youth Crew
89) Ponytail - Beg Waves
88) Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish
87) The Notwist - Boneless (Panda Bear Remix)
86) Santogold - L.E.S Artistes
85) Fuck Buttons - Colours Move
84) Kanye West - Flashing Lights
83) School Of Seven Bells - Face To Face On High Places
82) Metronomy - My Heart Beat Rapid / Heartbreaker
81) Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
80) Kanye West - Love Lockdown
79) Roots Manuva - Buff Nuff / Again & Again
78) Max Tundra - Will Get Fooled Again
77) Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris - Dance Wiv Me
76) Mystery Jets - Young Love
75) Gang Gang Dance - House Jam
74) Cocknbullkid - On My Own Again / There's A Mother In Our Bed
73) School Of Language - Rockist Pt.1
72) OLO Worms - Don't Touch Baby (Portmanteau Remix)
71) Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen
70) Born Ruffians - I Need a Life (Four Tet Remix)
69) The Week That Was - Learn To Learn
68) Dodos - Fools / God?
67) High Places - Head Spins
66) The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Undestatement
65) Hot Chip - One Pure Thought / Bendable Poseable
64) The Aliens - Theremin
63) Santogold - Light's Out / Light's Out (Diplo's Panda Bear Mix)
62) Girls Aloud - The Promise
61) Telepathe - I Can't Stand It
60) No Age - Eraser / Teen Creeps
59) Laura Marling - Ghosts
58) The Aliens - Bobby's Song
57) The Ruby Suns - Kenya Dig It?
56) The Bug (Feat.Ricky Ranking) - Murder We
55) Black Affair - Just Keep Walking / Reel To Reel
54) Atlas Sound - Recent Bedroom
53) The Wave Pictures - I Love You Like A Madman
52) White Williams - In The Club
51) TV On The Radio - Stork And Owl

50) Ghetto - Sing For Me
49) El Guincho - Antillas
48) Portishead - Machine Gun
47) TV on the Radio - Halfway Home
46) Joker - Snake Eater
45) The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit & Michael Jackson) - Will You Be There
44) Laura Marling - Cross Your Fingers / Crawled Out Of The Sea
43) Atlas Sound - Quarantined
42) James Yorkston - When The Haar Rolls In
41) Micachu - Golden Phone
40) Neon Neon - Trick For Treat / Michael Douglas
39) Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
38) White Williams - New Violence / Smoke
37) The Bug - Skeng (Kode9 Remix)
36) Telephathe - Chrome's On It
35) Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa / One (Blake's Got A New Face)
34) Black Affair - It's Real
33) Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
32) Lykke Li - Breaking It Up / I'm Good I'm Gone
31) MGMT - Time to Pretend / Kids
30) Why? - Song of the Sad Assassin / The Vowels Pt.2
29) Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules Theme
28) Bon Iver - Creature Fear / For Emma
27) M83 - Kim & Jessie
26) JME - Juju Riddim
25) The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit) - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa / Birthday
24) Lykke Li - Little Bit
23) Lil' Wayne - Dr.Carter
22) Animal Collective - Cobwebs
21) Gang Gang Dance (Feat. Tinchy Stryder) - Princes

20) Joker - Play Doe / Gully Brook Lane
19) Late of the Pier - Space In The Woods
18) The Pictish Trail - Words Fail Me Now / I don't Know Where To Begin
17) Deerhunter - Never Stops
16) Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
15) TV on the Radio - Golden Age
14) SJ Esau - I Threw A Wobbly *
13) Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
12) Flying Lotus - Robo Tussin (Lil Wayne 'A Milli' Remix)
11) Aidan Moffat - International Valentine

10) James Yorkston - Tortoise Regrets Hare

9) Wild Beasts - The Club Of Fathomless Love / Brace Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants

8) Late Of The Pier - Heartbeat / The Bears Are Coming

7) Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love For Planet Earth


6) Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor *


5) Animal Collective - Street Flash


4) Wild Beasts - The Devil's Crayon


3) Why? - Good Friday


2) Animal Collective - Water Curses


1) Lil' Wayne - A Milli



B.O.B 2008 AWARDS (so far)
click link to view list/winner..
Best Gig
Man Of The Year
Best (non 2008) Album
Best Music Video
Best Film
Worst Song

B.O.B 2008 AWARDS - BEST GIG

BEANSONBREAD 2008 AWARD
(Award # 6)

Best Gig of 2008

2007 Winner - King Creosote & The Fence Collective @ Glastonbury.


CLICK HERE to see the 2007 list in full.

Runners up..
Hercules & Love Affair, Caribou, Low, Clinic, The Aliens, Adem (with OLO Worms), School Of Language, Simian Mobile Disco, Skream, Art Brut, Rozi Plain & Rachael Dadd, Melt Banana, Malcolm Middleton, Cat Power, Drinks, Infinite Livez, Spiritualized, Saul Williams, & the Fence Hop Scout Hut gig.

*Special mention to everyone who played at the Fence Collective's Homegame Festival. It was amazing! Too many people to choose from, i can't pick favourites, so i won't. Here are the Homegame PHOTOS/VIDEOS.


MY TOP 25 GIGS OF 2008..
(Click on date to see the original posts)


All gigs were in Bristol unless otherwise stated.

25) Laura Marling @ Green Man Festival, Wales - 16/8/08
24) Jeffrey Lewis & The Wave Pictures @ The Thekla - 17/9/08
23) The National @ Green Man Festival, Wales - 16/8/08
22)
Telepathe @ The Thekla (Dot2Dot) - 24/5/08
21) Pivot @ The Thekla (Dot2Dot) - 24/5/08
20) Vampire Weekend & White Williams @ The Ansom Rooms - 1/5/08
19) Iron Crease @ Mothers Ruin - 19/12/08
18) SJ Esau @ The Croft - 26/7/08
17) Safetyword @ The Junction - 9/2/08 (Last gig i saw before the split)
16) Rozi Plain & Pictish Trail & Sleeping States @ The Cube Cinema - 5/10/08
15) Benga & Skream @ The Thekla - 6/3/08
14) Neon Neon @ Trinty Church - 28/10/08
13) The Ruby Suns @ The Louisiana - 7/11/08
12) Hot Chip @ The Academy - 24/2/08
11) The Dodos @ The Thekla - 15/9/08

10) Late Of The Pier @ Motion - 11/10/08
9) Fleet Foxes & Beach House @ The Louisiana - 10/6/08
8) King Creosote & Pictish Trail @ The Louisiana - 18/5/08 / James Yorkston & Rozi Plain & Pictish Trail @ The Louisiana - 20/11/08
7)
F*** Buttons @ The Arnolfini (Venn) - 7/6/08
6)
Super Furry Animals @ Green Man Festival, Wales - 16/8/08


5) Wild Beasts @ Green Man Festival, Wales - 16/8/08
4)
Lykke Li @ The Thekla - 6/10/08
3)
Dan Deacon @ The Thekla (Dot2Dot) - 24/5/08
2)
Steve Mason @ The Fence Homegame, Scotland - 30/3/08


1) Animal Collective & Atlas Sound @ Koko, London - 22/5/08




B.O.B 2008 AWARDS (so far)
click link to view list/winner..
Man Of The Year
Best (non 2008) Album
Best Music Video
Best Film
Worst Song

B.O.B 2008 AWARDS - BEST ALBUM

BEANSONBREAD 2008 AWARD
(Award # 8)

Best Album of 2008






2007 Winner - Animal Collective 'Strawberry Jam'
2006 Winner - Safetyword 'Man's Name Is Legion'
2005 Winner - Animal Collective 'Feels'
2004 Winner - Devendra Banhart 'Rejoicing In The Hands / Nino Rojo'
2003 Winner - Dizzee Rascal 'Boy In Da Corner'
2002 Winner - The Streets 'Original Pirate Material'
2001 Winner - The Beta Band 'Hotshots II'
2000 Winner - Outkast 'Stankonia'
1999 Winner - The Beta Band 'The Beta Band'

CLICK HERE to see the 2007 list in full.
CLICK HERE to see the 2006 list in full.

CLICK HERE to see the 2005 list in full.

2007 Albums that i got after last year's list was written that I have been playing this year (and the number they would have entered in last year's list..confused??)..

Deerhunter 'Cryptograms' (21)
Yeasayer 'All Hour Cymbols' (23)
Gravenhurst 'The Western Lands' (-)
Dirty Projectors 'Rise Above' (-)
Les Savy Sav 'Let's Stay Friends' (-)
Durrty Goodz 'Axiom' (28)
Trim 'Soulfood Vol 1' (27)
Lupe Fiasco 'The Cool' (-)
Chromeo 'Fancy Footwork' (-)
Jammer 'Are You Dumb Vol 1' (-)

THE RULES - NO Reissues, Live albums, EP's, & Best of's. I am allowing Mixtapes this year.

2008 Albums that i'd wish i'd heard/owned (but due to lack of funds i couldn't afford/lack of skill i couldn't steal..maybe i'll hear them next year)..

Deerhunter ('Wierd Era'), The Week That Was, School Of Language, Trim, 2562, Ghetto, Marnie Stern, Alexis Taylor, DJ/Rupture, Born Ruffians, The Flaming Lips, Ponytail, Zomby, The Wave Pictures, Lambchop, Abe Vigoda, Nas, Harlem, Skepta, Buraka Som Sistema, Lindstrom, Amadou & Mariam, Wavves, GZA, Dungen, David Holmes, Lucky Dragons, Erykah Badu, Errors, Wolf Parade, Women, Foot Village, Friendly Fires, T.I, Islands, The Fall, Fucked Up, Tindersticks, Tickley Feather, Stereolab, The Dutchess and the Duke, Busy Signal, Times New Viking, Parts & Labor, Yo Majesty, Heartbreak, The Black Keys, Virus Syndicate, Little Joy, The Notwist, These New Puritans, Vivian Girls, Chairlift, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Wilderness, Danielson, Foals, Camille, Jamie Lidell, Magnetic Fields, Those Dancing Days, Remember Remember, Liz Green, Department Of Eagles, Wale, XX Teens, Software Set, War Against Sleep, The Bumblebeez, White Demin, Crystal Antlers, Quiet Village, Johann Johannsson, Black Mountain, Adem, Matmos, Micah P Hinson, The Walkmen, Megapuss, Steve Malkmus, Jape, Vetiver, Grace Jones, Pyramids, Mercury Rev, Be Your Own Pet, Sway, Rolo Tomassi, Grouper, Air France, Paavoharju ..and..all of Fence Records output,..and probably loads loads more i have forgotten.

2008 Albums that i owned but just didn't really get into or didn't listen to enough (for whatever reason) so cannot really be included in the top list..

Cut Copy, Tricky, Jay Reatard, Spiritualized, Subtle, Squarepusher, Q-Tip, Brian Eno & David Byrne, Autechre, Safetyword, N*E*R*D, Sigur Ros, Wiley ('See Clear Now'), Girl Talk, Frightened Rabbit, Scarlett Johansson, Kings Of Leon, Glasvegas, Sebastien Tellier.

THE 2008 RUNNERS-UP (in no order)..

Mogwai, Deerhoof, School Of Seven Bells, The Last Shadow Puppets, My Morning Jacket, Holy Fuck, Clipse (Mixtape), Re-Up Gang (Mixtape), HMS Ginafore & King Creosote, The Streets, Ratatat, Ghetto (Mixtape), Mystery Jets, Wiley ('Grime Wave'), Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Of Montreal, Chipmunk (Mixtape), Crystal Castles, Excepter, Beach House.

MY TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2008..

50) Rozi Plain - 'Inside Over Here'
49) King Creosote - 'They Flock Like Vulcans To See Old Juiter Eyes On His Home Craters'
48) Elbow - 'The Seldom Seen Kid'
47) Roots Manuva - 'Slime & Reason'
46) Max Tundra - 'Parallax Error Beheads You'
45) Benga - 'Diary Of An Afro Warrior'
44) Cadence Weapon - 'Afterparty Babies'
43) Beck - 'Modern Guilt'
42) MGMT - 'Oracular Spectacular'
41) Kanye West - '808s and Heartbreak'
40) Pivot - 'O Soundtrack My Heart'
39) Portishead - 'Third'
38) Hercules & Love Affair - 'Hercules & Love Affair'
37) Johnny Flynn - 'A Larum'
36) No Age - 'Nouns'
35) British Sea Power - 'Do You Like Rock Music?'
34) Metronomy - 'Nights Out'
33) JME - 'Famous?'
32) Dodos - 'Visiter'
31) Flying Lotus - 'Los Angeles'
30) M83 - 'Saturdays=Youth'
29) Santogold/Diplo - 'Top Ranking' (Mixtape) / 'Santogold'
28) High Places - 'High Places' / '03/07-09/07'
27) The Aliens - 'Luna'
26) The Ruby Suns 'Sea Lion'

25) Fleet Foxes - 'Fleet Foxes'

24) Gang Gang Dance - 'Saint Dymphna'


23) El Guincho - 'Alegranza!'


22) The Bug - 'London Zoo'


21) Atlas Sound - 'Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel'


20) White Williams - 'Smoke'


19) Laura Marling - 'Alas I Cannot Swim'


18) Fuck Buttons - 'Street Horrrsing'


17) The Pictish Trail - 'Secret Soundz Vol 1'


16) Black Affair - 'Pleasure Pressure Point'


15) Vampire Weekend - 'Vampire Weekend'


14) Neon Neon - 'Stainless Style'


13) Lykke Li - 'Youth Novels'


12) James Yorkston - 'When the Haar Rolls In'


11) SJ Esau - 'Small Vessel'


10) The Very Best - 'Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit Are The Very Best' (Mixtape)


9) Bon Iver - 'For Emma, Forever Ago'


8) Lil' Wayne - 'Tha Carter III'


7) Hot Chip - 'Made In The Dark'


6) TV On The Radio - 'Dear Science'


5) Aidan John Moffat - 'I Can Hear Your Heart'


4) Deerhunter - 'Microcastle'


3) Late Of The Pier - 'Fantasy Black Channel'


2) Why? - 'Alopecia'


1) Wild Beasts - 'Limbo, Panto'



B.O.B 2008 AWARDS (so far)
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Best Song
Best Gig
Man Of The Year
Best (non 2008) Album
Best Music Video
Best Film
Worst Song