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Greg Dona

Written by: Anton Djamoos (12/10/07)
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 - †

ExtraThat'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?

extraYea, 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)"

extraSome of you have read my blog Panda Toes. 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

extraI 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

ExtraThe 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.
 
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01:26 PM on 12/26/07
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You and Paul Tao are my favorites I think.
02:09 PM on 12/26/07
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good on you for bringing some flavor to AP. i disagree with a handful, but i like pretty much every group on your 25 tops, sans britney.

i also hate new young pony club!

overall, dope lists.
02:11 PM on 12/26/07
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also, you should get on the damn remix for justice's phantom by boys noize. it's heat.
03:15 PM on 12/26/07
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What the hell, Greg, how did you NOT include that Klaxons Soulwax remix on your remix list??

And for EPs... Black Ghosts, you cockgoblin.
03:34 PM on 12/26/07
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Yeah, I'm going to say what everyone is probably thinking: Britney? What the fuck?

But, your the only staffer to include Calvin Harris, so, for that alone I love your list.
04:59 PM on 12/26/07
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thank you for no LCD Soundsystem. they suck
05:31 PM on 12/26/07
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Yeah man, pop music the shit out of this website!
06:13 PM on 12/26/07
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regardless of what anyone says, that britney album is nearly solid. with the exception of two tracks, i love it.
07:56 PM on 12/26/07
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That Justice record is solid. I also thought LCD Soundsystem were overrated. Great list (with the exception of a few choices on there).
08:40 PM on 12/26/07
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good list

didn't know you still worked on this site
11:37 PM on 12/26/07
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I love you Greg Dona.
02:50 AM on 12/27/07
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I thought Greg Dona was a chick! I don't really know why, considering that Greg is clearly a guys name. I think the "Dona" part threw me off because I always read it as Donna! haha
07:47 AM on 12/27/07
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Originally Posted by iwasahero
You and Paul Tao are my favorites I think.
Truth. Paul Tao is my hero, so he wins.

Originally Posted by themostdeplete
like pretty much every group on your 25 tops, sans britney.

i also hate new young pony club!
Brit's album is hot. It's catchy as heck and the beats are fire. N.Y.P.C. I love, but I can understand the hate.

Originally Posted by Paul Tao
What the hell, Greg, how did you NOT include that Klaxons Soulwax remix on your remix list??
It made the list of top thirty or so, but Kagan voted it so low that it didn't make the top twenty five. And Black Ghosts is basically the only E.P. I listened to. I wasn't gonna have a one E.P. list.

Originally Posted by CatDiesel
didn't know you still worked on this site
Understandable. Makin' a comeback, though.

Truth.

Originally Posted by cereal4life
I thought Greg Dona was a chick! I don't really know why, considering that Greg is clearly a guys name. I think the "Dona" part threw me off because I always read it as Donna! haha
It happens a lot. Until you meet me and I'm the manliest man on the face of the earth.
11:12 AM on 12/27/07
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The Don is where it's at.

Check out the new Cunninlynguists album, Dirty Acres, if you haven't already, Greg.
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