Best of 2008, BJ: A-M

A: Animal Collective, "Fireworks"
B: B.R.M.C., "Ain't No Easy Way"
C: Cat Power, "Silver Stallion"
D: Dr. Dog, "The World May Never Know"
E: Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, "Our Hell"
F: Fruit Bats, "Magic Hour"
G: Gorillaz, "Dirty Harry"
H: Holland, Jolie, "December, 1999"
I: "I," Andrew Bird
J: "January," Headlights
K: Kodacrhome, "Paul Simon"
L: Langhorne Slim, "Restless"
M: Metric, "Empty"

Since this is our first year of Alphabet Soup, I decided to go through my year in music. If you were to run into me on the street and ask to what was I listening, I'd tell you these musicians. If you don't know them, click on the links where you can find one or many personal explanations for their greatness.