A whole bunch of year-end stuff.
Here we are, two days from 2009, and this seems like the most appropriate time for us to post about the things we thought were awesome in 2008. You know, because you really care and are interested in what we think. BUT FIRST…
Word has reached us that we’ve made a few year-end lists ourselves, which is awesome and quite an honor, considering who wrote about us and who we were up against. Here’s what’s what:
- Andy and Jen from the awesome Band in Boston listed us in their “Best Bands You Should Know” list for Light in the Attic’s “2nd Annual End of the Year Extravaganza”
- Dog’s Hymns was named as one of BAGeL Radio’s “Top Bay Area Albums of 2008″
- “Dog’s Hymn” was named as one of BAGeL Radio’s “Top SF Bay Area Songs of 2008″
- Local shredders and friends extraordinaire, Tartufi, named us as one of their “11 Favorite Sounds of 2008″ list for the San Francisco Chronicle
- Tartufi also wrote about Dog’s Hymns for The Bay Bridged’s year-end guest-blogger best-of hyphenation fest (I was fortunate enough to be able to write about Dame Satan, and Birds & Batteries also got local love)
- We were named as one of SF Station’s “Best Albums of 2008″ (featured alongside Wichita, Kansas bros, Paper Airplanes)
Nevermind the fact that the last three things all had to do with Tartufi, it’s still awesome that our band and our new album is getting these mentions. Actually, mind that fact. Tartufi is an amazing band and even more amazing people. They have gone out of their way to mention us to anyone who will listen, and that goes a long way. Those two are the best, and they have been such amazing supporters and friends that they get Low Red Land’s “Top of 2008″ award that I just made up. Check it out:
Low Red Land’s “Top of 2008″ Award goes to…
TARTUFI
Congratulations to them for putting together an amazing new album, Nests of Wave and Wire, which will see release in 2009 on Southern Records. Be on the look-out.
Now that all of that is out of the way, here are our lists of things that totally ruled in 2008. Please keep in mind that we are (mostly) totally irresponsible and forgetful and there are probably a million things that were left off unintentionally.
Ben’s top albums of 2008:
Birds & Batteries, I’ll Never Sleep Again (and the people in the band, in general)
Dame Satan, Beaches and Bridges (ditto)
Tartufi, Nests of Wave and Wire (ditto)
Appomattox, A O (ditto)
Harvey Milk, Life…The Best Game in Town (and their show at the Great American Music Hall)
Earth, The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull
Young Widows, Old Wounds
Boris, Smile (Japanese version)
Cursed, III: The Architects of Troubled Sleep
Opeth, Watershed
Trap Them, Seizures in Barren Praise
These Arms Are Snakes, Tail Swallower and Dove
Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Lie Down in the Light
The Black Angels, Directions to See a Ghost
Disfear, Live the Storm
Spiritualized, Songs in A + E
Neil’s top stuff of 2008:
Birds & Batteries, I’ll Never Sleep Again
Tartufi, Nests of Waves and Wire (wink wink on the pre-release listen)
Cook Out
Dame Satan, Beaches and Bridges
Sears photos
new apartment
our new record
The Hangar and Robert Cheek, Wizard of the Faders
touring on a new record
Barack Freaking Obama
my lady
finishing Moby Dick
Top Chef Season 5
HBO’s John Adams
Wallace Stevens, The Palm at the End of the Mind
acoustic shows
Mark’s “Molto Bene 2008!”:
a-pizza
a-pasta
some-a nice-a gelato
That’s it for now. Happy New Year. We’ll see you soon.
