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[Paul]

This is finally ending. Here are the categories we'll have the results of: -Best Record Label -Best SOMB Mixes -Best Music-Related Movies -Best Live Acts -Best Album Tracks -Best Album Openers -Best Album Closers -Videos of the Year -Best Music-Related TV Performance -Best Music-Related Pop Culture Moments -Best New Artist of 2008 -Artist of the Year -Biggest Letdowns -Best Album Cover -Worst Album Cover -Biggest WTF Song -Worst Single of 2008 -Best Cover Song

[Paul]

SOMB Best Record Label:


#5.



4AD

#4.



Rough Trade


#3.



In The Red


#2.



Matador



#1.



Sub Pop

[MattDrufke]

Ummm... small problem with the pics there, Paul. Can't wait to see the result of this thread. Going to buy bedsheets with the family, so when I get home, most of it should be done.

[Mitchell]

This is finally ending.

Ha ha. Only 10.5 months to the EOY 2009 threads!

[Paul]

SOMB Best SOMB Mixes:


#5.



Slackmo's "Summer in Michigan (Mrs. Loblow Vol. 2)"



#4.



Mitchell's Quarter 2 Mix

1) Backfire At The Disco - The Wombats
2) Pork and Beans - Weezer
3) Sequestered in Memphis - The Hold Steady
4) Fallin' Down - Scarlett Johansson
5) Skinny Love - Bon Iver
6) American Boy (ft. Kanye West) - Estelle
7) In My Arms - Kylie Minogue
8) Kiss With A Fist - Florence and The Machine
9) Wearing My Rolex (Radio Edit) - Wiley
10) Salt, Pepper and Spinderella - Johnny Foreigner
11) See/Saw - Jay Reatard
12) The Devil's Crayon - Wild Beasts
13) Viva La Vida - Coldplay
14) Strange Fruit or David - The Wave Pictures
15) Leftovers - Johnny Flynn
16) Paris Is Burning (Cut Copy Remix) - Ladyhawke
17) Dance Wiv Me (ft. Calvin Harris) - Dizzee Rascal
18) The Rip - Portishead
19) White Blank Page - Mumford & Sons
20) Standing Next To Me - The Last Shadow Puppets

#3.



undo's SOMB Meltdown

#2.



Mitchell's Quarter 3 Mix

1) Jump In The Pool - Friendly Fires 3.37
2) I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me - Annie 3.08
3) Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon 3.26
4) White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes 2.27
5) Goobledigook - Sigur Ros 3.08
6) Golden Age - TV on The Radio 4.12
7) Stopp - Veronica Maggio 3.07
8) Heartbreaker - Metronomy 4.15
9) I'm In Fighting Mode - Let's Wrestle 3.24
10) Slow Parade - Broken Records 4.22
11) Tak O Tak - Stricken City 2.51
12) Billy Jack - Aliens 10.27
13) Devil's Trident - Telepathe 4.34
14) Love Is Noise - The Verve 4.03
15) Run Run - Those Dancing Days 3.18
16) Heartbeat - Late of The Pier 3.02
17) Scratch The Surface - The Week That Was 4.30
18) The Escapist - The Streets 5.16

#1.



Michell's Quarter 1 Mix

1 Young Love - Mystery Jets ft Laura Marling
2 A&E - Goldfrapp
3 Nude - Radiohead
4 No Lucifer - British Sea Power
5 I Turned Her on Alderaan - Neon Neon
6 Mr. Understanding - Pete & The Pirates
7 Little Bit - Lykke Li
8 Ready For The Floor - Hot Chip
9 The Step and The Walk - The Duke Spirit
10 Blind - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Antony Hegarty
11 Kid On Shoulders - White Rabbits
12 Elvis - These New Puritans
13 Remember - Ruby Suns
14 Black and Gold - Sam Sparro
15 Freejazz - Envelopes
16 Sun Giant - Fleet Foxes
17 The Fix - Elbow ft Richard Hawley
18 Problematic Girls - Team Waterpolo
19 Toothpaste Kisses - Maccabees

[Paul]

SOMB Best Music Related Movies:


#4.



Arctic Monkeys: Live at the Apollo


#3.



Christmas on Mars

#2.



Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog



#1.



Walk Hard

[solace]

Mitchell = Rob Gordon king of the mix tape

[Slackmo]

Now we just have to get Mitchell some help for the covers.

[Mitchell]

#4.


Arctic Monkeys: Live at the Apollo

I can't recommend this highly enough. It's excellent directed, shot and edited. Performance is damn good too naturally.

and thanks everyone. No Sweden III comp to compete with this year.

[Paul]

SOMB Top Live Acts:


#10. (tie)





Laura Marling / Radiohead / Yeasayer

#9.



Deerhoof

#8.



Monotonix

#7.



The Hold Steady



#6.



My Bloody Valentine

[Paul]

#5.



Drive-By Truckers

#4.



Wilco

#3.



Neil Young

#2.



King Kahn & The Shrines



#1.



Kanye West

[Paul]

SOMB Best Album Tracks:


#10.



Jonathan Richman - When We Refuse To Suffer

#9.



Have A Nice life - Bloodhall

#8.



Sun Kil Moon - Lost Verses

#7.



Lil Wayne - Let The Beat Build

#6.



Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

#5.



M83 - Too Late

#4.



Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules Theme

#3.



Weezer - Heart Songs

#2.



The Hold Steady - Jokes About Jamica



#1.



Harvey milk - Motown

[Mitchell]

Strange list of artists for that live list. Very odd to see Kanye at #1, wasn't expecting that.

[Duff.]

Now we just have to get Mitchell some help for the covers.

heh heh, yeah.

[Paul]

SOMB Best Album Openers:


#10.



Lil Wayne - 3 Peat

#9.



M83 - You, Appearing

#8.



Portishead - Silence

#7.



Laura Marling - Ghosts

#6.



TV on the Radio - Halfway Home

#5.



MGMT - Time To Pretend

#4.



Weezer - Troublemaker

#3.



The Hold Steady - Constructive Summer

#2.



Sun Kil Moon - Lost Verses



#1.



Harvey Milk - Death Goes To The Winner

[Slackmo]

Strange list of artists for that live list. Very odd to see Kanye at #1, wasn't expecting that.

Yeah, people who voted for him should be forced to watch his tone-deaf SNL appearance on an endless loop.

[Paul]

Strange list of artists for that live list. Very odd to see Kanye at #1, wasn't expecting that.

Yeah, people who voted for him should be forced to watch his tone-deaf SNL appearance on an endless loop.

People that didn't vote for him should be forced to get in a time machine and go see him at Lollapalooza 2008/glow in the dark tour.

[Slackmo]

Strange list of artists for that live list. Very odd to see Kanye at #1, wasn't expecting that.

Yeah, people who voted for him should be forced to watch his tone-deaf SNL appearance on an endless loop.

People that didn't vote for him should be forced to get in a time machine and go see him at Lollapalooza 2008/glow in the dark tour.

Yeah, but that was before he started, you know--singing live.

[Paul]

SOMB Best Album Closers:


#10.



The Black Keys - Things Ain't Like They Used To Be

#9.



TV on the Radio - Lover's Day

#8.



The Streets - The Escapist

#7.



M83 - Midnight Souls Still Remain

#6.



Bon Iver - Re: Stacks

#5.



Fleet Foxes - Oliver James

#4.



Wolf Parade - Kissing the Beehive

#3.



Weezer - The Angel & The One

#2.



The Hold Steady - Slapped Actress



#1.



Portishead - Threads

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Strange list of artists for that live list. Very odd to see Kanye at #1, wasn't expecting that.

Yeah, people who voted for him should be forced to watch his tone-deaf SNL appearance on an endless loop.

can't believe that Kanye West live is considered a good thing around here after what i saw at Lollapalooza this past summer... it was horrible.