Blog: The Tape

Gabo's Top 10 Albums of 2008

Gabo's Top 10 Albums of 2008 10. James Pants - Welcome James Pants is a Spokane artist signed to Stones Throw and on his album Welcome he delivers spaced out, vocoded, groovy tunes that remind me of Hot Chip if they got locked in a time machine that only played 70s funk and soul. The album wanders from percussive jams to odd vocoded raps but hits its high point with songs like I Choose You, Ka$H and especially We're Through which is one of my favorite songs of the year. No one did anything [...]
Artist:Cut Copy
Title:Far Away
Link Text:Cut Copy - Far Away
File Name:10-far-away.mp3
Bitrate:215 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Friendly Fires
Title:Jump In The Pool
Link Text:Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool
File Name:01-jump-in-the-pool.mp3
Bitrate:215 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Grouper
Title:Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping
Link Text:Grouper - Heavy Water/I
File Name:02-heavy-water_id-rather-be-sl eeping.mp3
Year:2008
Artist:James Pants
Title:We're Through
Link Text:James Pants - Were Through
File Name:05-were-through.mp3
Bitrate:244 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Starfucker
Title:Isabella of Castile
Link Text:Starfucker - Isabella Of Castille
File Name:11-isabella-of-castile.mp3
Year:2008