[Updated on December 22, 2008] A list of my 20 (ish) favorite songs of this year that stood out in my ears.   From the beautiful 'Signs' by Bloc Party and wonderful 'Skinny Love' by Bon Iver (my fav album of the year), to the continued observational wit of Scroobius Pip, to the brilliantly epic sound of Last Shadow Puppets (proving Alex Turner has more musical talent in his little finger than most musicians have in th... [+]

[Updated on December 22, 2008] A list of my 20 (ish) favorite songs of this year that stood out in my ears.

From the beautiful 'Signs' by Bloc Party and wonderful 'Skinny Love' by Bon Iver (my fav album of the year), to the continued observational wit of Scroobius Pip, to the brilliantly epic sound of Last Shadow Puppets (proving Alex Turner has more musical talent in his little finger than most musicians have in their whole bodies), to the 80s synth sounding anthem 'Kids' by MGMT and equally 80s sounding (in a cool way) 'Walking on a dream' bu Australians 'Empire of the Sun' and Does it Offend You, Yeah's 'Dawn of the Dead', to the crazy sounds of my fav new band of 08, Foals.

08 also saw Elbow finally get some long over due recognition, and Oasis' best album for over 10 years. Its hard to pick a track in my opinion as its a classic album album, but I'm Outta Time seems to get most peoples vote!

Heres to 2009! [-]