TOP ALBUMS OF ’08!

Disclaimer: I didn’t listen to everything that came out this year (I know, it’s a shocker). There are albums that I know are good but that I didn’t listen to till way later than I should have (i.e. Fleet Foxes, She & Him), so I can’t really justify putting them on this list. Also, I can’t get the freakin’ apostrophe in the ’08 to go the other way and it’s really bothering me. Anyway:

15. Mates of State – Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)
14. Okkervil River – The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
13. Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
12. Adele – 19 (Sony)
11. Hercules and Love Affair – s/t (Mute)
10. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular (Sony)
9. Kaki King – Dreaming of Revenge (Velour)
8. Santogold – s/t (Downtown)
7. Amanda Palmer – Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)
6. Noah and The Whale – Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down (Cherry Tree)

Top 5 after the jump!

New live review/photos: Santogold @ Saint Andrews Hall


Santogold show review on filter-mag.com

On Saturday a couple of friends and I ventured from East Lansing to Detroit to see Santogold, whose album I have pretty much been wearing out on my computer … I would’ve had to wait hours to see her at Central Park Summerstage in July (but didn’t get in), but Michigan is no New York. So, I was really curious what the crowd would be like and guessed that maybe Saint Andrews would be pretty empty. And it was. We’re talking balcony blocked off and floor half full (and the venue only has a thousand-person capacity).

The show was a ton of fun though — we danced and danced, more so during the second and third openers (Plastic Little and A-Trak) than during Santogold, but that’s OK.

Santogold’s setlist:

“You’ll Find A Way”
“L.E.S. Artistes”
“Shove It”
“Say Aha”
“Lights Out”
“Anne”
“My Superman”
“Guns of Brooklyn”
“Icarus”
“Starstruck”
“Creator”

Encore:
“Get It Up”
“Unstoppable”

Lots of photos after the jump!

Since when does Michigan get good shows?

Granted, there are still plenty of awesome tours not hitting the mitten this fall (Mountain Goats/Kaki King, Okkervil River, Jenny Lewis …), but considering it’s tough for me to get out to Detroit, Pontiac or Grand Rapids during the school year anyway, I’m looking forward to some awesome stuff in the next couple of months.

The most exciting though (just announced today!):

Santogold, hellllll yes.

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