Gavin Shinfield
Kyan Jukebox Festive 50 2008
Alright pop pickers? Not ’arf!
Well, it’s that time of year again, best of 2008 lists abound so I thought I’d put together some of the top tracks to be rocking the Kyan jukebox from this year’s releases and now that Saint John no longer graces our airwaves the top 50 tracks seemed like a fitting tribute to the great man.
So, in no particular order…
- Vampire Weekend – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
- MGMT – Kids
- M.I.A. – Paper Planes
- Wiley – My Rolex
- Foals – Tron
- Los Campesinos! – You! Me! Dancing!
- Amadou and Miriam – Sabali
- Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
- The Long Blondes – The Couples
- Elbow – Grounds For Divorce
- Okkervil River – Singer Songwriter
- Shearwater – Rooks
- David Holmes – I Heard Wonders
- TV On The Radio – Dancing Choose
- Santogold – The Creator
- Benga & Coki – Night
- Gui Boratto – Beautiful Life
- Neon Neon – Belfast
- M83 – Graveyard Girl
- Sébastien Tellier – Divine
- The French Kicks – New Man
- Monkey – Peach Blossom Banquet
- Beck – Gamma Ray
- Lord Skywave – Idyll (Just Like)
- The Rubies – Room Wihout a Key
- Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris – Dance Wiv Me
- The Presets – Talk Like That
- The Hold Steady – Sequestered In Memphis
- Ladyhawke – Back Of The Van (Fred Falke Mix)
- The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
- Bon Iver – Wisconsin
- Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
- Sia – I Go To Sleep
- Portishead – Machine Gun
- The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement
- The Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Him How To Dance With You
- Coldplay – Lovers In Japan / Reign Of Love
- The Cool Kids – Little Bit Of Gold And A Pager
- Mystery Jets – Two Doors Down
- Sigur Rós – Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
- Mr. Scruff – Kalimba
- Glasvegas – Daddy’s Gone
- J.U.S.T.I.C.E. – DVNO
- Cut Copy – Feel The Love
- Deastro – Michael, The Lone Archer of the North Shore
- Lykke Li – Dance, Dance, Dance
- Psapp – The Camel’s Back
- Fuck Buttons – Sweet Love for Planet Earth
- British Sea Power – Waving Flags
- The Raveonettes – Dead Sound