Beloved Music of 2008

Till the middle this seemed to become a mediocre music year. And then brilliant records started falling from the music sky. Mainly across the ocean, bringin back the acustic elements, the melodies, the most beautiful music organ, The Human Voice.

Has this something to do with the financial crisis that finally broke up, the way things were going down and down there the years before that led people to these isolations and inspirations?

I dunno know but I believe we are going to hear a lot more in that direction the years to come. The party is over. Back to Basics. Both musically and socially.

The Beloved Top 3

1. Fleet Foxes – „Fleet Foxes" (best newcomer)
2. Portishead – „Third" (best comeback)
3. Monika – "Avatar" (best of greek scene)

The rest of the Top 20+ in no particular order …

4. Bon Iver – "For Emma, Forever"
5. Fire On Fire – "The Orchard"
6. Shearwater – "Rooks"
7. Port O Brien – "All We Could Do Was Sing"
8. The Bowerbirds – "Hymns For a Dark Horse"
9. The Black Angels – "Directions To See a Ghost"
10. Devotchka – "A Mad and Faithful Telling"
11. Monsieur Minimal – "Lollipop"
12. Your Hand In Mine – "Every Night Dreams"
13. Sleepin Pillow – "Apples On an Orange Tree"
14. Jane Doe – „Heaven for Dogs"
15. Hauschka – "Ferndorf"
16. Finn – "The Best Low Priced Heartbreakers You Can Own"
17. Get Well Soon – ""
18. The Unbending Trees – "Chemically happy is the new sad"
19. Poni Hoax – "Images Of Sigrid"
20. The Last Shadow Puppets – "The Age Of Understatement"
21. Gotye – "Like Drawing Blood"
22. Lulu Rouge – "Bless You"

The Stats: 8 Americans, 5 Greeks, 3 Germans ,2 British,  1 French, 1 Hungarian, 1 Danish, 1 Australian

One late discovery from the year before

Die Romantik – "Narcissist's Waltz"

If this record was an EP with the first 5 songs only it will be there too: MGMT – „Oracular Spectacular"

Song

"White Winter Hymnal" – Fleet Foxes

Concerts

Portishead @ Primavera Sound, Barcelona

Fleet Foxes @ Rockpalast, Essen

Poni Hoax @ Synch, Athens

Happy New Music Year!