Top 8 of 08 (with video evidence)

I am severely disappointed that I am severely disappointed by the Pitchfork top pick.  I don't know what it says about me that I care what a somewhat pretentious, but generally good website thinks about music.  Regardless, rather than complain, I thought it would make more sense to actually list my top 8 of 08.

8.  Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends (I have a weird soft spot for stuff like this.  Can't really explain it.  I just like it.)

7.  TVOTR - Dear Science (A very good record.  Not quite as good as Cookie Mountain, but really solid all the way through)

6.  Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple / Beck - Modern Guilt ("The Danger Mouse Sound" is underappreciated.)

5.  Portishead - Third (Realistically, this would have been higher if I didn't absolutely hate the single)

4.  Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing (Much much more than a gimmick)

3.  Girl Talk - Feed The Animals (The funnest record.  Also the record, according to my iTunes, that I've listened to most this year.  That counts for something.)

2.  Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreaks (An incredibly compelling record/piece of theater.)

1.  Hercules & Love Affair - s/t (Just the best record)

-DIP

Show 20: The 2k8 Wrap Up

Show 20: The 2k8 Wrap Up

This week on the last show with both Chip and Dip in the year 2008, we name our 2008 superlatives: Best album, Best grower, Best nerd dance jam, AND EVEN MORE.  This one will literally blow up the watercooler.

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Playlist (with superlative)

Album of the year

DIP: Coldest winter – Kanye West

CHIP: Nothing ever happened – Deerhunter

 

Grower of the year

DIP: Silence – Portishead

CHIP: Eraser – No Age

 

Party album of the year

DIP: Here’s the thing – Girl Talk

CHIP: Look at me (when I rock wichoo) – Black Kids

 

Headphones album of the year

DIP: Oppressions each – Brightblack Morning Light

CHIP: Vanished – Crystal Castles

 

Single of the year

DIP: Let tha beat build – Lil Wayne

CHIP: U.R.A. Fever – The Kills

 

Concert of the year

DIP: Let’s pretend we’re married – Prince

CHIP: Missing you – A Place to Bury Strangers

 

Rock song of the year

DIP: Sour cherry – The Kills

CHIP: Electric Feel – MGMT

 

Cover of the year

DIP: Robo Tussin – Flying Lotus

CHIP: Oh it’s such a shame – Deerhunter

 

Local act of the year

DIP: Salt – Rafter

CHIP: Obvious – Jezebel

 

Nerd dance jam of the year

DIP: One pure thought – Hot Chip

CHIP: Dawn of the dead – Does it offend you yeah?

 

 

Slow jam of the year

DIP: Lady luck – Richard Swift

CHIP: You came to me – Beach House / Can you still make clover crowns – Prayer Breakfast

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Show 019: Bring Da Noize / The Happiest Mixtape Ever

Show 019: Bring Da Noize / The Happiest Mixtape Ever

This week on the program, a lot of distortion, vulgarities, and happiness.

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Playlist:

Bring Da Noize – Dip’s Mix

Plaster casts of everything – Liars

Atlas – Battles

Mister jung stuffed – Man Man

Halfway home – TV On The Radio

Heartbeat - Late of the Pier

 

Bring Da Noize – Chip’s Mix

In the meantime, in between time – Hella

Saddle up! - Rapider than Horsepower

The universal polymath – The Mae Shi

For you I’d kill – Bunny Brains

A pack of wolves – Black Eyes

Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket!!! – Marnie Stern

SLC hunks – The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower

Cecilia – The Blood Brothers

A kick in the pussy is just getting our feet wet - Tremendous Fucking

 

The Happiest Mixtape Ever – Chip’s Mix

Come on get happy – The Partridge Family

Get up – Sleater-Kinney

Like a movie star – The Sixths and Dominique

Mingle – Anavan

Our secret – Beat Happening

Plastic stars – Freezepop

Huddle formation – The Go! Team

Punk rock girl – The Dead Milkmen

 

The Happiest Mixtape Ever – Dip’s Mix

Be gentle with me – The Boy Least Likely To

Jogging gorgeous summer – Islands

You got yr cherry bomb – Spoon

Hi – Psapp

I was born (a unicorn) – The Unicorns

Wild mountain nation – Blitzen Trapper

Success – Iggy Pop

BONUS JAM: Look at my hands, look at my knees - Dykeritz