2008 in Review - Best Lists

Just to finish up my list of favourites for 2008, here are some more.

Top 20 Songs

1. "Something Is Not Right With Me" - Cold War Kids
2. "Grounds for Divorce" - Elbow
3. "Diamond Hoo-Ha Man" - Supergrass
4. "Beau Geste" - You Am I
5. "The Golden Age" - TV on the Radio
6. "I Will Possess Your Heart" - Death Cab for Cutie
7. "Same Old Thing" - The Black Keys
8. "Oh My" - The Drones
9. "Skinny Love" - Bon Iver
10."Fighter Girl" - Mason Jennings
11."Dig, Lazurus, Dig!!!" - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
12."Make You Crazy" - Brett Dennen (feat Feli Kuti)
13."On My Shoulders - The Do
14."Kids - MGMT
15."Gamma Ray" - Beck
16."White Winter Hymnal" - Fleet Foxes
17."Awkward Orchid Orchard" - The Boat People
18."The Old Days" - Dr. Dog
19."The Bottle" - Mat McHugh
20."Carolina Drama" - The Saboteurs


Best Autralian Gig
1. You Am I - Ferntree Gully Hotel
2. Josh Pyke - Gold Coast BDO
3. Ash Grunwald - Ruby's Lounge
4. Hoodoo Gurus - St Kilda Festival
5. Tim Scanlan - Wesley Anne
6. silverchair - Gold Coast BDO
7. Christopher Ernst - The Evelyn
8. Mick Hart - Ruby's Lounge
9. Will Connor - Myer Music Bowl
10.Roger That - The Evelyn

Artist of the Year
1. You Am I
2. Rage Against the Machine
3. Brett Dennen

Best Radio Show
1. The Breakfasters - RRR
2. 2008 - Triple J
3. All Over the Shop - RRR
4. Roy & H.G. - Triple J
5. Roots and All - Triple J

Best Podcast
1. Get This
2. The Ricky Gervais Podcast
3. Smodcast

Best Movie
1. The Dark Knight
2. Kung-Fu Panda
3. Tropic Thunder
4. Iron Man
5. Pineapple Express
6. Gone Baby Gone
7. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
8. Wall E
9. Burn After Reading
10.Juno

Best TV Show
1. Entourage
2. Dexter
3. The Simpsons
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm
5. Weeds
6. Spicks and Specks
7. Scrubs
8. rage
9. The Hollowmen
10.South Park

Best Publications
1. Rolling Stone
2. Empire
3. In Press
4. Hit (Herald Sun)
5. J Mag

Best Books (Read in 2008)
1. Watchmen - Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
2. Things the Grandchildren Should Know- Mark Oliver Everett
3. Shakey - Jimmy McDonough
4. Highway to Hell - Clinton Walker
5. The Dave Grohl Story - Jeff Apter
6. Lolly Scramble - Tony Martin
7. The Rainmaker - John Grisham
8. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
9. Room Full of Mirrors - Charles R. Cross
10.Misery - Stephen King

Best Internet Sites
1. Facebook
2. Undercover Music News
3. Faster Louder
4. You Tube
5. Metacritic