merry christmas, happy channakuah, happy kawnaza, etc.. from us/me at captains dead! keeping with what i can now consider a tradition – cause i did this last year, here is pfork’s list of top 100 singles of 08. honestly, i have not heard of 95 percent of this stuff and i really dont know how many of them i am actually going to check out.
secondly, thanks to everyone for visiting captains dead this year! just in this year alone, captains dead had just over a million hits. which is pretty impressive, i think, for a site that is run from primarly from my couch. so, again, thanks for visiting….
oh, yeah, i cant take credit for compiling this, just the posting. thanks and love to the chap for putting this together…
1. blind – hercules and love affair
2. white winter hymnal – fleet foxes
3. ready for the floor – hot chip
4. l.e.s. artistes – santagold
5. kim and jessie – m83
6. nothing ever happened – deerhunter
7. hearts on fire – cut copy
8. collapsing at your doorstep – air france
9. machine gun – portishead
10. american boy – estelle
11. strange overtones – david byrne and brian eno
12. out there on the ice – cut copy
13. flashing lights – kanye west
14. a milli – lil wayne
15. sabali – amadou and mariam
16. run to your grave – the mae shi
17. wearing my rolex – wiley
18. black rice – women
19. where do you run to – vivian girls
20. happy house – the juan maclean
21. hercules’ theme – hercules and love affair
22. lights out – santagold
23. single ladies – beyonce
24. house jam – gang gang dance
25. constructive summer – the hold steady
26. in the new year – the walkmen
27. no matter what – t.i.
28. eraser – no age
29. m79 – vampire weekend
30. time to pretend – mgmt
31. whispers – aeroplane
32. untrust us – crystal castles
33. street flash – animal collective
34. sweet love for planet earth – fuck buttons
35. the snow leopart – shearwater
36. i couldnt sat it to your face – arthur russell
37. royal flush – big boi
38. dlz – tv on the radio
39. love lock down – kanye west
40. live your life – t.i.
41. sleeper hold – no age
42. dig!! lazarus, dig!!! – nick cave and the bad seeds
43. entropy reigns – kelley polar
44. one pure thought – hot chip
45. shake that devil – antony and the johnsons
46. graveyard girl – m83
47. fascination – alphabeat
48. soul on fire – spiritualized
49. always wanting more – jay reatard
50. cable dazed – invisible conga people
51. golden age – tv on the radio
52. enfants – ricardo villalobos
53. becky – be your own pet
54. little bit – lykke li
55. love in the club – usher
56. oxford comma – vampire weekend
57. from stardust to sentience – high places
58. i know ur girlfriend hates me – annie
59. fools – the dodos
60. courtshipt dating – crystal castles
61. gettin up – q tip
62. lucky – the tough alliance
63. kamphopo – the very best
64. golden cage – the whitest boy alive
65. which song – max tundra
66. dance, dance, dance – lykke li
67. put on – young jeezy
68. ribbons – four tet
69. the rip – portishead
70. dont stop the music – rihanna
71. gobbledigook – sigur ros
72. blue ridge mountains – fleet foxes
73. a&e – goldfrapp
74. the kramer – wale
75. stuck on repeat – little boots
76. dvno – justice
77. i cant stand it - telepathe
78. the modern leper – frightened rabbit
79. oh my god – ida maria
80. poison dart – the bug
81. wishing well – love is all
82. sandcastle disco – solange
83. upon viewing brueghel’s “landscape with the fall of icarus” – titus andronicus
84. gila – beach house
85. 16th stage – osborne
86. sweet dreams, sweet cheeks – los campesinos!
87. untouched – the veronicas
88. things are gonna get easier – low motion disco
89. celebrate the body electric – ponytail
90. message from the law – sic alps
91. all i wanna do – jamie lidell
92. i need a life – born ruffians
93. river card – atlas sound
94. fatalist palmistry – why?
95. paris – friendly fires
96. walking on a dream – empire of the sun
97. sound of kudero – buraka som sistema
98. the nun’s litany – the magnetic fields
99. the butcher – final fantasy
100. hellhole ratrace – girls
Merry Christmas, Captain!
Thanks for another great year of music. I’ve covered a lot of ground in the past 12 months mostly by moving from DC to Istanbul–great story, I will tell you someday!– and taken you with me, every day. Your site is the best and keeps me in touch with home in better ways than skype ever could.
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year
i truly appreciate your kind words andy, and i am psyched that i have been some kind lifeline to your old world. i would love to hear what the hell took you to instabul.. thanks again man, and take care! merry xmas and happy new year! godspeed…
Yes sir. Merry Christmas and thanks for the blog. It is very much appreciated. Maybe my favorite music blog to visit.
Thank you very, very much for this post. Downloading the PF 100 is bit of a Christmas tradition in our house (sad, I know), and you’ve saved me hours upon hours of time. Have a great holiday!
Hey Gregor,
I’ll save you some trouble…
My Top 15 of the Pitchfork Top 100:
1. nothing ever happened – deerhunter
2. machine gun – portishead
3. run to your grave – the mae shi
4. black rice – women
5. where do you run to – vivian girls
6. eraser – no age
7. untrust us – crystal castles
8. sweet love for planet earth – fuck buttons
9. dlz – tv on the radio
10. sleeper hold – no age
11. dig!! lazarus, dig!!! – nick cave and the bad seeds
12. always wanting more – jay reatard
13. from stardust to sentience – high places
14. upon viewing brueghel’s “landscape with the fall of icarus” – titus andronicus
15. celebrate the body electric – ponytail
@ bob, yeah that would be pretty much my list too. although, i would definitely have to add the walkmen track. sadly, i still have not heard the portishead record. i hear its quite good, but has escaped me thus far.
@ cj, i guess there are worse traditions to partake in…
@ jeff, thanks for the kind words man, truly appreciated..
Wow, what a post! Thank you to whomever put in the time! Merry Happy Christmas!
thank you for uploading this! happy new year