Anton Djamoos
12/10/07, 06:03 PM
The Best Albums, Yo
25. Britney Spears - Blackout
24. Tum Tum - Eat or Get Ate
23. Kylie Minogue - X
22. Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
21. The National - Boxer
20. Kanye West - Graduation
19. Vampire Weekend - Blue CD-R
18. Digitalism - Idealism
17. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
16. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
15. Yelle - Pop Up
14. Office - A Night at the Ritz
13. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
12. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
11. New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
10. Feist – The Reminder
9. Daft Punk - Alive 2007
8. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
7. Calvin Harris – I Created Disco
6. M.I.A. - Kala
5. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
4. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
1. Justice - †
That's right - LCD Soundsystem isn't on the list. And yea - Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, and Rihanna all are. The point is that I love pop music. And though † is hardly a pop album, it does make me (and everyone else, really) dance. Thus, it's number one. If you don't have it (which isn't too unlikely, seeing as how this is Absolute Punk), you need to go pick it up immediately.
Ah, These Guys Tried Hard Too
1990s - Cookies
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Björk - Volta
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Gwenno - U and I
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
Lil' Wayne - Da Drought 3
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird On The Water
Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm
Menomena - Friend and Foe
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
St. Vincent - Marry Me
Ted Leo - Living With the Living
Teenage Bad Girl - Cocotte
Tegan and Sara - The Con
The Tough Alliance - A New Chance
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
How 'Bout EPs?
Yea, I didn't really listen to too many of these this year.
Most Disappointing:
1. Interpol
Best Remixes:
+1: Britney Spears - "Gimme More (DJ Eli Remix Feat. Amanda Blank)"
25. Chromeo - "Needy Girl (FrankMusik Remix)"
24. Justice - "The Party (Feat. Uffie) (L.A. Riots Remix)"
23. Yelle - "Short Dick Cuiz (TEPR Remix)"
22. Soulja Boy - "Crank Dat Soulja Boy (Cousin Cole Remix)
21. Krazy Fiesta - "Never Zkared"
20. Timbaland - "Apologize (Remix Feat. Lil Wayne, Bun B, Ivko, One Republic)
19. Kelis - "Bossy (SebastiAn Remix)"
18. Soho Dolls - "Trash the Rental (Crystal Castles Remix)"
17. Fat Joe - "Make It Rain (Remix)"
16. Nico Vega - "Cocaine Cooked the Brain (Guns'n'Bombs Remix)"
15. Thom Yorke - "Eraser (XxxChange Remix)"
14. Flosstradamus - "Act a Fool"
13. The Killers - "Mr. Brightside (Thin White Duke Remix)"
12. Mitchell Brothers - "Michael Jackson (Calvin Harris Remix)"
11. Feist - "1234 (Van She Tech Remix)"
10. In the Club - "She's a Man (Killdahype Remix)"
9. M.I.T.C.H. - "Fair Rentrer Les Euros (Feat. Uffie and Feadz) (Feadz Vocal Edit)"
8. Hollywood Holt - "Caked Up (Klever Remix)"
6. Grizzly Bear - "Knife (Girl Talk Remix)"
6. New Young Pony Club - "Get Lucky (MSTRKRFT Remix)"
5. M.I.A. - "Paper Planes (Remix Feat. Bun B and Rich Boy)"
4. Robyn - "Be Mine (Ocelot Remix)"
3. The Teenagers - "Homecoming (Gentlemen Drivers Rave Remix)"
1. Kanye West - "Get 'em High (A-Trak Remix)"
1. Rihanna - "Umbrella (VNDLSM Remix)"
Some of you have read my blog Panda Toes (http://www.pandatoes.blogspot.com/). Those of you who have are better people than those that haven't. Whatever, there's still time for you abstainers to change.
Anyhow, this is the official Panda Toes countdown. I'd change some stuff around on it if I could, but my boy Kagan (who writes with me) had to have a bit of input. So it goes.
Best Live Shows:
1. Daft Punk, Ratatat, SebastiAn, Kavinsky - Sports Arena, Los Angeles - 07/21/07
I have a list of other great shows, too. Uffie was awesome of course (see what I did there, Uffie fans?) as were a million other gigs I hit up, but we all know this is the only one that really mattered.
Most Anticipated For 2008: (in no particular order)
The Cool Kids
The Glamour
The Teenagers
The Ting Tings
Uffie
Vampire Weekend
The Cool Kids are everyone's favorite Chi-town rappers (Kanye who?), the Glamour are tearing it up in Milwaukee, the Teenagers are France's latest great product, Vampire Weekend's Blue CD-R is magnificent, and Paul Tao refuses to share the Ting Tings' demos with me. Oh yea, and Uffie's full-length will be the only thing I listen to all year long after it drops.
25. Britney Spears - Blackout
24. Tum Tum - Eat or Get Ate
23. Kylie Minogue - X
22. Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
21. The National - Boxer
20. Kanye West - Graduation
19. Vampire Weekend - Blue CD-R
18. Digitalism - Idealism
17. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
16. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
15. Yelle - Pop Up
14. Office - A Night at the Ritz
13. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
12. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
11. New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
10. Feist – The Reminder
9. Daft Punk - Alive 2007
8. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
7. Calvin Harris – I Created Disco
6. M.I.A. - Kala
5. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
4. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
1. Justice - †
That's right - LCD Soundsystem isn't on the list. And yea - Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, and Rihanna all are. The point is that I love pop music. And though † is hardly a pop album, it does make me (and everyone else, really) dance. Thus, it's number one. If you don't have it (which isn't too unlikely, seeing as how this is Absolute Punk), you need to go pick it up immediately.
Ah, These Guys Tried Hard Too
1990s - Cookies
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Björk - Volta
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Gwenno - U and I
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
Lil' Wayne - Da Drought 3
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird On The Water
Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm
Menomena - Friend and Foe
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
St. Vincent - Marry Me
Ted Leo - Living With the Living
Teenage Bad Girl - Cocotte
Tegan and Sara - The Con
The Tough Alliance - A New Chance
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
How 'Bout EPs?
Yea, I didn't really listen to too many of these this year.
Most Disappointing:
1. Interpol
Best Remixes:
+1: Britney Spears - "Gimme More (DJ Eli Remix Feat. Amanda Blank)"
25. Chromeo - "Needy Girl (FrankMusik Remix)"
24. Justice - "The Party (Feat. Uffie) (L.A. Riots Remix)"
23. Yelle - "Short Dick Cuiz (TEPR Remix)"
22. Soulja Boy - "Crank Dat Soulja Boy (Cousin Cole Remix)
21. Krazy Fiesta - "Never Zkared"
20. Timbaland - "Apologize (Remix Feat. Lil Wayne, Bun B, Ivko, One Republic)
19. Kelis - "Bossy (SebastiAn Remix)"
18. Soho Dolls - "Trash the Rental (Crystal Castles Remix)"
17. Fat Joe - "Make It Rain (Remix)"
16. Nico Vega - "Cocaine Cooked the Brain (Guns'n'Bombs Remix)"
15. Thom Yorke - "Eraser (XxxChange Remix)"
14. Flosstradamus - "Act a Fool"
13. The Killers - "Mr. Brightside (Thin White Duke Remix)"
12. Mitchell Brothers - "Michael Jackson (Calvin Harris Remix)"
11. Feist - "1234 (Van She Tech Remix)"
10. In the Club - "She's a Man (Killdahype Remix)"
9. M.I.T.C.H. - "Fair Rentrer Les Euros (Feat. Uffie and Feadz) (Feadz Vocal Edit)"
8. Hollywood Holt - "Caked Up (Klever Remix)"
6. Grizzly Bear - "Knife (Girl Talk Remix)"
6. New Young Pony Club - "Get Lucky (MSTRKRFT Remix)"
5. M.I.A. - "Paper Planes (Remix Feat. Bun B and Rich Boy)"
4. Robyn - "Be Mine (Ocelot Remix)"
3. The Teenagers - "Homecoming (Gentlemen Drivers Rave Remix)"
1. Kanye West - "Get 'em High (A-Trak Remix)"
1. Rihanna - "Umbrella (VNDLSM Remix)"
Some of you have read my blog Panda Toes (http://www.pandatoes.blogspot.com/). Those of you who have are better people than those that haven't. Whatever, there's still time for you abstainers to change.
Anyhow, this is the official Panda Toes countdown. I'd change some stuff around on it if I could, but my boy Kagan (who writes with me) had to have a bit of input. So it goes.
Best Live Shows:
1. Daft Punk, Ratatat, SebastiAn, Kavinsky - Sports Arena, Los Angeles - 07/21/07
I have a list of other great shows, too. Uffie was awesome of course (see what I did there, Uffie fans?) as were a million other gigs I hit up, but we all know this is the only one that really mattered.
Most Anticipated For 2008: (in no particular order)
The Cool Kids
The Glamour
The Teenagers
The Ting Tings
Uffie
Vampire Weekend
The Cool Kids are everyone's favorite Chi-town rappers (Kanye who?), the Glamour are tearing it up in Milwaukee, the Teenagers are France's latest great product, Vampire Weekend's Blue CD-R is magnificent, and Paul Tao refuses to share the Ting Tings' demos with me. Oh yea, and Uffie's full-length will be the only thing I listen to all year long after it drops.