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Q&A with Larry Gus
We Own the Night: The Edison2008 was a crazy year. We elected a President that we can actually love. The economy melted into a puddle of mush. And musicians kept making music—some of which was actually worth listening to! Here’s what was blasting on Anthem's stereo when we weren’t busy rallying for Obama or popping Xanax.
BEST ALBUM THAT REVIVES DARK 80S ELECTRO-SYNTH WITHOUT BEING LAME
Cale Parks, Sparklace
BEST COLLECTION OF COUNTRY AND FOLK SONGS FROM A GUY PRIMARILY KNOWN FOR WEIRD DISCO AND EXPERIMENTAL CELLO
Arthur Russell, Love Is Overtaking Me
BEST ALBUM OF RAINY DAY, SAD INDIE ROCK THAT WON'T MAKE YOU WANT TO JUMP OUT THE WINDOW
Viking Moses, The Parts That Showed
BEST EXAMPLE OF WHY WHITE PEOPLE CAN RAP, SORT OF
WHY?, Alopecia
MOST APPROPRIATE SOUNDTRACK SELECTION
M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes,” in Slumdog Millionaire
MOST OVERHYPED ALBUM WE NEVER WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER GODDAMN THING ABOUT AS LONG AS WE LIVE
She & Him, Volume 1
BEST DOUBLE ALBUM OF PSYCH-FOLK/GENERAL MADNESS FROM BROOKLYN
Quinn Walker, Laughter’s an Asshole/Lion Land
MOST UNEXPECTED ALBUM TO BE PLAYED CONSTANTLY IN OUR OFFICE
Tough Alliance, A New Chance
BEST BAND THUMBING IT’S NOSE AT WHAT’S ‘HOT’ IN MUSIC RIGHT NOW
Fleet Foxes, S/T
GIRL WE WISH WE’D ASKED TO BE OUR PROM DATE
Lykke Li, Youth Novels
BEST NON-M.I.A. ARTIST TOO UNIQUE TO BE DUBBED ANYTHING ELSE BUT “THE NEXT M.I.A.”
Santogold, S/T
BEST AURAL EQUIVALENT TO A 7-11 BIG GULP AND COOL RANCH ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Little Joy, S/T
BEST REASON TO MOSH LIKE IT'S 1994
The Death Set, Worldwide
BEST DISCO ACT TO REINVIGORATE OUR LOVE FOR AN ERA WE NEVER LIVED THROUGH
BEST NEW BELGIUM ELECTRONIC DUO TO FLIP DANCE MUSIC ON ITS ASS
Aeroplane, “Whispers” 12”
BEST NEW HOUSE MUSIC HEAVYWEIGHT
LONGEST DRAWN OUT REMIX OF 2008
Hatchback, “White Diamond (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)” (17:13)
MOST OVER REMIXED SONG OF 2008
Blaqstarr featuring Rye Rye, “Shake It to The Ground”
BEST REMIXES
Friendly Fires, “Paris (Aeroplane Remix)”
Tim Green, “Revox (Justin Martin Remix)”
MOST OVER PLAYED ELECTRO REMIX IN A HIP HOP CLUB
Kid Cudi, “Day ‘N’ Nite (Crookers Remix)”
BEST SCENE FROM THE JUSTICE DVD ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
The school bus footage from Anthem’s 2007 Coachella Party!
BEST GUITAR GODDESS SOPHOMORE ALBUM
Marnie Stern, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
BEST ART SCHOOL BAND TO BRING THE FUN BACK INTO SQUEAKY VOCALS
Ponytail, Ice Cream Spiritual
BEST HIGH-PROFILE GOOD IDEA TO GO COMPLETELY HAYWIRE AND BRING US ONE STEP CLOSER TO DISOWNING TWO MUSICAL ICONS
David Byrne and Bryan Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
BEST ROCK RECORD THAT MAKES A CERTAIN ANTHEM STAFFER PROUD TO BE FROM OHIO
Times New Viking, Rip It Off
BEST WE-NEVER-KNEW-SEINFELD-COULD-INSPIRE-A-MIXTAPE MIXTAPE
Wale, The Mixtape About Nothing
BEST REASON FOR HIPSTERS TO DIG PREPARED PIANO
Hauschka, Ferndorf
BEST SPACEY KRAUT ROCK ENTRY
Jonas Reinhardt, S/T
BEST REASON TO AVOID TEENAGE HIPSTER JOINTS
Girl Talk, Feed the Animals
BEST BAND TO VALIDATE THE EVER-PRESENT CANADA'S-SO-HOT-RIGHT-NOW MENTALITY
Wolf Parade (and the more-than-just-side-projects: Handsome Furs and Sunset Rubdown.)
BEST EXCUSE TO UNASHAMEDLY JAM TO COSMIC BALEARIC DANCE MUSIC
Windsurf, Coastlines
BEST REVIVAL OF A GENRE THAT USED TO MAKE US CRINGE
Portishead, Third
BEST ALBUM TO LISTEN TO IN DECK SHOES AND KHAKIS
Vampire Weekend, S/T
BEST ATTEMPT TO BRING GEEKY ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC BACK
Metronomy, Nights Out
BEST USE OF TWO GUYS & TWO GUITARS
The Dodos, Visiter
BEST DECISION KITSUNÉ HAS MADE IN WAY TOO LONG
autoKratz, Down and Out In Paris and London
BEST REASON—OTHER THAN THE RECESSION—TO WEEP LIKE A BABY
Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
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