a trucks villain: 12.08

Hi Friends.

Another year, another collection of favorite music. All the election fun kept me from listening to as much music as usual, but I still heard plenty I liked. As usual, the list is divided into songs that helped me (slowly) down the road on my runs ("Run") and everything else ("Walk"). I should point out that Bon Iver and Vampire Weekend had great 2008 releases that I recommend, but I left them off this collection since I treated them as late-2007 releases and included them on last year's list.

One artist to highlight for those of you in NEPA: Strand of Oaks (aka Tim Showalter) - he's from Indiana, but is living (and playing) in Wilkes-Barre. Catch him now while you can. His official debut comes out early next year and he may not be around much longer.

[Just to be clear (as some of you missed this last year): The songs are all hot-linked and can be downloaded as MP3s. On a Mac you can "alt-click" on them or "ctrl-click" and hit "download linked file." Then click on the song in your download folder and it will load into iTunes. I'm sure it works about the same way on a PC. Let me know if you need help.]

Happy New Year!

Enrico

Run:

"195 lb." - Nightmares on Wax

"The Twist" - Frightened Rabbit

"Say Hey (I Love You)" - Michael Franti & Spearhead
"Young Love" - Mystery Jets (Ft. Laura Marling)
"Golden Age" - TV on the Radio
"American Boy" - Estelle (Ft. Kanye West)
"Your Control" - Crooked Fingers (Ft. Neko Case)

"Sequestered in Memphis" - The Hold Steady

"The Modern Leper" - Frightened Rabbit

"Basement Party" - Cool Kids

"Bruises" - Chairlift

"My Only Offer" - Mates of State

"Some Kind of Kindness" - Firewater

"Write it All Down For You" - Elliot Brood

"Barack Obama" - Cocoa Tea

Walk:

"Lawns Breed Songs" - Strand of Oaks

"Fast Asleep" - Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down

"Come Over" - Estelle