I am, from time to time, struck with the fear that I will, one day soon, suddenly become blindingly irrelevant. Culturally, musically, intellectually. I see it happen to people around me all the time. Ask the average person on the street what their favorite music/book/piece of art is and, almost without fail, it will be something they listened to/read/gazed at longingly between the ages of sixteen and twenty four. And I hate that. I bordered on fucking retardation in high school and didn’t know shit about shit until I was …

I though it would be fun to compile a few stats about my list of the best music of 2008:
From New York - 23%
From Scandinavia - 10%
From countries where English is the primary spoken language - 87%
Bands with women - 31%
From cities I have lived in - 15%
Bands that are new to me - 67%
Percent that I agree with Micael - 88%

Los Campesinos! - My Year in Lists - (From - Hold On Now, Youngster…)

I was excited about them (here and here) and still fucking love it. Sorry, Maíra, You! Me! Dancing!, doesn’t have the line “You said, ‘Send me stationary to make me horny.’”
Lykke Li - Breaking it up - (From - Youth Novels)

Me and Kniquii have both been obsessing. Plus, my favorite video of the year. Check out those awesome Stevie Nicks moves!

Breaking it up – alternative live video. Filmed by: Christian Haag from Lykke Li on Vimeo.

M83 - …