FUTURE SOUNDS BEST OF 2008 - THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN 2009

I actually have a really hard time with 'Best Of' lists each year because it's sometimes hard to put in perspective which bands, songs, albums, etc meant the most to you - which ones you played ALL the songs more than others with just one or two tracks - which ones marked a special moment that year or struck some personal connection. In a world where the iPod and iTunes has changed the way we encounter and devour music, so many have great individual songs, or just good songs, but it takes a real focused effort to turn out 10-13 cuts anymore that are comprehensive and interesting.

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2008

Benji Hughes – A Love Extreme – New West Records
Birds & Batteries – I’ll Never Sleep Again – Self-released
The Botticellis – Old Home Movies – Antenna Farm Records
Christopher Denny – Age Old Hunger – 2:59 Records
The Ettes – Look At Life Again Soon – Take Root Records
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes – Sub Pop
King Tuff – Was Dead – The Colonel Records
The Muslims (Aka The Soft Packs) – The Muslims – 1928 Recordings
The Weight – Are Men – The Colonel Records
White Denim – Explosion – Transmission


TOP TRACKS OF 2008

Adele – Hometown Glory
Alberta Cross – Old Man Chicago
Belaire – You Really Got Me Going
Benji Hughes – The Mummy
Benji Hughes – Tight Tee Shirt
Bon Iver – Skinny Love
Born Ruffians – Hummingbird
The Cave Singers – Seeds Of Night
Christopher Denny - Time
The Dodos – Fools
The Felice Brothers – Frankie’s Gun
Fleet Foxes – Oliver James
Girls – Lust For Life
Glasvegas – Geraldine
Graveyard – Lost In Confusion
The Heavy – Colleen
Hockey – Too Fake
Human Highway – The Sound
I Blame Coco – I Blame Coco
Ida Maria – Oh My God
Jamie Lidell – Figured Me Out
The Kills – Cheap & Cheerful
Little Comets – Joanna
Loch Lomond – Carl Sagan
M.I.A. – Paper Planes
Magic Wands – Black Magic
Meaghan Smith – I Know
MGMT – Time To Pretend
Mystery Jets – Two Doors Down
Passion Pit – Sleepyhead
Port O’Brien – I Woke Up Today
Radiohead – House Of Cards
Santogold – Lights Out
Stricken City – Tak o Tak
{{{Sunset}}} – Diamond Studded Caskets
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
Tenlons Fort – Forever Is A Long Time
Vertigo Smyth – Comfort Me
Violens – Violent Sensation Descends
Wisely – Through Any Window
The Yelling – Blood On The Steps


10 ARTISTS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2009

AVI BUFFALO

THE BROTHERS MOVEMENT

THE BUILDERS & THE BUTCHERS

DJANGO JAMES & THE MIDNIGHT SQUIRES

THE FEROCIOUS FEW

FITZ

HOCKEY

LILOFEE

VIOLENS

WET PAINT

THE YELLING

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Future Sounds #7 – 12/22/2008

Hatcham Social – Berlin – So So Happy Making – Fierce Panda
The Pity Party – H.O.T.S. – Orgy Porgy EP – Unsigned
French Miami – God Damn Best – French Miami – Unsigned

BREAK

The Frontier Brothers – Ego Protection – Space Punk Starlet – Unsigned
The Filthy Souls – Coz I Know Who You Are – Demos – Unsigned
Like A Fox – Night Person – Where’s My Golden Arm? – Transit Of Venus
Wet Paint – Bad Education – It Rots – Trial & Error Recordings

BREAK

Lemon Sun – Same Ole Ground – Lemon Sun – Unsigned
Django James & The Midnight Squires – Giving Tree – Demos – Unsigned
Mean Tambourines – Airwolf – Demos – Unsigned

BREAK

Joe Purdy – Dress Is Too Long – Last Clock On The Wall – Unsigned
Jessica Lea Mayfield – For Today – With Blasphemy So Heartfelt – Polymor Sounds
Pillars Of Silence – Guilty Hands – Pillars Of Silence – Unsigned
My Pet Saddle – Ill Fait Beau – EP – Unsigned

BREAK

Cheeky Cheeky & The Nosebleeds – You Let Me Go – Demos – Unsigned
Ram Di Dam – Flashbacks – Ram Di Dam – Mock Turtle Records
Little Comets – Joanna – Demos – Unsigned
Make Model – The L.S.B. – The L.S.B. Single – Unsigned

BREAK

Fitz – Winds Of Change – Songs For A Break-Up Vol.1 - EP – Unsigned
Mugison – To The Bone – Demos – Unsigned
Honey Claws – OrOr – Honey Claws Part II – Unsigned

BREAK

Violens – Already Over – Violens EP – Unsigned
Dead Snares – City Sparks – Speak The Language – PopAntiPop
Apteka – The Sheet – Demos – Unsigned

BREAK

One Little Plane – Sunshine Kid – Demos – Text Records
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band – Who’s Asking – Weepy EP – Unsigned
The Red Labels – Playdoh – Demos – Unsigned
The Hands – Lies Lies Lies – The Hands – Unsigned

BREAK

The Steeples – Loosy Lucy – Loosy Lucy Single – Easy Money Records
Human Highway – The Sound – Moody Motorcycle – Suicide Squeeze Records
Gringo Star – All Y’all – Gringo Star – Unsigned

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