EPISODE 6 // Courtesy of South Korea, The New Balearic
Bruce Mans is a good good good friend. I just hadn’t seen him for a year and a half. He curates The New Balearic, an eclectic monthly podcast that features a good range of tracks and is truly the pipeline of excellent music for myself and nearly all my pals. If you haven’t yet, go listen…even before you listen here. Bruce gives us a modified top 10 of 2008…Not of around here, but sticking to the accepted motif of Pop Music From Around Here…Not too much electronic work, not too heavy…essentially the greek doctrine of “Nothing in Excess”…Not that Mr. Man usually does excess. But…Whatever.
As well, I, Reuben Moes(Friend Friend Friend), and Beth Mans(Friend Friend Friend) give our top tracks of 2008. Yup Yup Yup.
Little Joy – The Next Time Around
The Dodos – Fools
Vampire Weekend – Kids Don’t Stand A Chance
Plants and Animals – Feedback in the Field
Port O’Brien – Stuck On a Boat
French Kicks – Abandon
TV On The Radio – Love Dog
Why?- Close to me
The Walkmen – In the New Year
Fleet Foxes – Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Culture Reject – Inside the Cinema
Chad Vangaalen – Willow tree
Bon Iver – Skinny Love
Pop Music From Around Here, With The New Balearic ( Bruce Mans), Beth Mans, and Reuben Moes