This is the time of the year when we present to you the La Suite 303’s Podcast about the best songs of the year, according to our personal taste and perception. Remeber that the tracks are listed alphabetically since we don’t believe in assigning numbers to them (Who’s to say which is the best overall track?). We have several choices this year but we sum it down to around 20, that’s always our criteria, we always say “20 tracks, more or less”, so some tracks didn’t make it to the list, but it is worth to mention that this one didn’t make it, because of an opinion clash between the editors, one of the reasons was “it’s not daring enough” and also it was not a new song but it was noticed (and charted in the USA, UK, New Zealand and Canada) until 2008, it is: Handlebars by Flobots (Denver, USA) and we were not the only ones disagreeing, as you can read here. Once again enjoy this issue! These songs, like last year’s, are really great!

LaSuite 303 - The Best Songs of the Year 2008:

All The Wrong Places (Sensibility) by Dead Pixels
(London, UK)

Día by Juana Molina
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Errata by Xploding Plastix
(Oslo, Norway)

From Stardust To Sentience by High Places
(New York, USA)

Gun by Emiliana Torrini
(Kópavogur, Iceland)

Lights Out by Santogold
(Philadelphia, USA)

Mansard Roof by Vampire Weekend
(New York, USA)

Music Takes Me Up by Mr. Scruff
(Manchester, UK)

Náttúra by Björk
(Reykjavík, Iceland)

Parachute by Shugo Tokumaru
(Tokyo, Japan)

Profanity Prayers by Beck
(Los Angeles, USA)

Rising Up by The Roots (featuring Wale & Chrisette Michele)
(Philadelphia, Washington DC & New York, USA)

Serenade by The Naked And Famous
(Auckland, New Zealand)

Shoulda Known by Atmosphere
(Minneapolis, USA)

Showtime by Quiero Club
(Monterrey, Mexico)

Snake Patrol by Hint (featuring Gavin Stenhouse)
(Leicester & London, UK)

Suspendida Del Cielo by Taera
(Madrid, Spain)

The Girl Ain’t Preggers by Grampall Jookabox
(Indianapolis, USA)

White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes
(Seattle, USA)

Won’t Say Anything by Hello Seahorse!
(Mexico City, Mexico)

Podcast Tracklist:
01 - Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
02 - Emiliana Torrini - Gun
03 - Beck - Profanity Prayers
04 - Hello Seahorse! - Won’t Say Anything
05 - Santogold - Lights Out
06 - Dead Pixels - All The Wrong Places (Sensibility)
07 - Atmosphere - Shoulda Known
08 - Grampall Jookabox - The Girl Ain’t Preggers
09 - Hint (featuring Gavin Stenhouse) - Snake Patrol
10 - Mr. Scruff - Music Takes Me Up
11 - The Roots (featuring Wale & Chrisette Michele) - Rising Up
12 - Taera - Suspendida Del Cielo
13 - Vampire Weekend - Mansard Roof
14 - Shugo Tokumaru - Parachute
15 - Juana Molina - Día
16 - The Naked And Famous - Serenade
17 - Quiero Club - Showtime
18 - Björk - Náttúra
19 - Xploding Plastix - Errata
20 - High Places - From Stardust To Sentience

 

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