Wednesday, December 24, 2008

The MOG rejected post that must go somewhere


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Subtitle: The post where I try for the record for the most YouTube embeds ever, and try to bring both MOG and YouTube to their knees. Muwahahahaha and apologies for some of the lousy sound or dorky fansub vids.

Now, to refresh your memory, here is the list that I made for the first half of 2008:

  1. Portishead - Third
  2. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster
  3. The Kills - Midnight Boom
  4. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
  5. Foals - Antidotes
  6. Ladytron - Velocifero
  7. These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid
  8. Sons & Daughters - This Gift
  9. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
  10. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead

Now, on to the list for the full year.

40. Crystal Castles

39. Like Honey - Leaves

38. Soundpool - Dichotomies & Dreamland

37. Friendly Fires

36. Darker My Love - 2

35. Correcto

34. Bauhaus - Go Away White

33. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig! Lazarus! Dig!

32. The Faint - Fasciination

31. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead

30. Neon Neon - Stainless Style

29. Tearwave - Different Shade of Beauty

28. The Courteeners - St. Jude

27. Bloc Party - Intimacy

26. Wire - Object 47

25. The Notwist - The Devil You & Me

24. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling

23. The Dandy Warhols - Earth To The Dandy Warhols

22. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

21. Sons & Daughters - This Gift

20. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

19. For Against - Shade Side Sunny Side

18. The Daysleepers - Drowning In An Ocean of Sound

17. M83 - Saturdays = Youth

16. Ladytron - Velocifero

15. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

14. The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust

13. Longwave - Secrets Are Sinister

12. The Charlatans - You Cross My Path

11. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster

10. Uh Huh Her - Common Reactor

9. Secret Shine - All of the Stars

8. Glasvegas

7. Foals - Antidotes

6. These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid

(MUST. SEE. LIVE. NOW.)

5. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

4. Portishead - Third

3. The Kills - Midnight Boom

2. The Presets - Apocalypso

1. Blackstrap - Steal My Horses And Run

(Figures, my #1 band of the year is camera-shy. Ugh.)

Questions? Glaring omissions? "You listen to THAT?!?" moments? Comment away.

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