art as competition- THE DEEP CUTZ TOP 18 OF 2008

So, here is a very belated, very belabored..."top" o' the pops list of 2008...

I won't lie to you - I've come to hate "top-whatever" lists. Well, maybe 'hate' is too strong a word. But from a legitimate critical standpoint, they're useless, mostly becuase they're so brazenly subjective. (As an, even-to-me-inexplicably-random-act, I've made this a TOP-18 rather than a TOP-10...some sort of mini-rebellion against tradition, I suppose...) (it's also technically a TOP-22, but who's counting?)

"This artist is better than this artist, by one ranking position..."

But then - why stress? I just like seeing (and hearing about) what everyone else has been listening to this year... It provides some sort of inspiring snapshot, a montage, a cultural collage that makes up a grand interaction of tastes...

But, I've already decided not to ramble any longer..., just to simply "list..." everything. Besides, it would probably be best for you to simply go to their myspace, or just listen to someone else tell you why I'm wrong...

Or, write me...tell me what your lists are - I'd love to see them - we'll talk about music!
thanks for reading!!!

as the Yeasayer lyric goes...
"It's a new year, I'm glad to be here..."

more music writing soon...

the list..........Milo's deep cutz top 18 of 2008

18. Terrible Twos - S/T <-/-> Alan Scheurman - Old Patterns
www.myspace.com/terribletwos
www.myspace.com/alanpatrick

17. Prussia - Dear Emily, Best Wishes, Molly
www.myspace.com/prussiamusic

16. Blitzen Trapper - Furr
www.myspace.com/blitzentrapper

15. The Death Set - Worldwide

www.myspace.com/thedeathset

14. Oscillating Fan Club - Feverish Dreams As Told By.../ Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded
www.myspace.com/destroyer
www.myspace.com/thedirtbombs

13. The Walkmen - You And Me
www.myspace.com/thewalkmen

12. Mason Proper - Olly Oxen Free <-/-> Pas/Cal - I Was Raised...
www.myspace.com/masonproper
www.myspace.com/pascalgoespop

11. Quinn Walker - Laughter's An Asshole/Lion Land
www.myspace.com/quinnwalker

10. Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends
www.myspace.com/blackmothsuperrainbow

9. Edie Sedgwick - Things Are Getting Sinister and Sinisterer
www.myspace.com/ediesedgwick

8. The Oh Sees - The Master's Bedroom...
www.myspace.com/ohsees

7. Why? - Alopecia
www.myspace.com/whyanticon

6. Deerhunter - Microcastle
www.myspace.com/deerhunter

5. The Kills - Midnight Boom
www.myspace.com/thekills

4. Bonnie "Prince" Billy
www.myspace.com/princebonniebilly

3. The Silent Years - The Globe <-/-> Child Bite - Fantastic Gusts of Blood
www.myspace.com/thesilentyears

www.myspace.com/childbite

2. Future Islands - Wave Like Home
www.myspace.com/futureislands

1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (re-issued, Feb. 2008)
www.myspace.com/boniver

"i.....know that it's true....it's going to be a good year...."