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The Cool Hunter's Ten Best Tracks of 2008 (So Far)

Thursday, 05 June 2008

Is it too early for lists? Never, we say. So here they are, all the songs that have set the bar so high for music in '08.

10 - Foals - 'Balloons'

These Oxford boys "fly balloons on this fuel called love". So they own my favourite lyric so far this year. They also sport snaky, crystal guitar lines and a gurgling brass section - what else can you do but sit back and lap it up? Encore.

9 - Tokyo Police Club - 'In A Cave'

These young Ontarions, do it straight up. The drum beat makes my neck snap, the guitars make me want to jump and the whole thing, in all its raw, snotty glory makes me feel like I did when I discovered punk for the first time.

8 - Cut Copy - 'Lights & Music'

Even when they're cruising, Cut Copy churn out fabulously energetic pop gems. Tops.

7 - M83 - 'Graveyard Girl'

Would getting to second base in a cemetary be awkward/blasphemous? This makes it sound so right. And hot.

6 - Snoop Dogg - 'Sensual Seduction'

Snoop can do anything he likes, basically. He could ditch the blunts and 8-Balls for a harmonica and some overalls and get all country and western on us and he'd still drop a hot record.

5 - Santogold - 'L.E.S. Artistes'

Perfect pop. Without borders, without barriers. The best song from hands down the best indie-reggae rock-hop album, ever.

4 - The Presets - 'This Boy's In Love'

Like some forgotten gem from Depeche Mode's bombed out basement, This Boy's In Love thunders into the list. It's equal parts new romantic fey-pop and pure dancefloor dynamite. Brilliant.

3 - Vampire Weekend - 'A Punk'

Every time lead vocalist Ezra Koenig sings that hook: "Look outside, the raincoats gone" he dangles just one, excruciatingly good 'Say Oh!' off the end of it. I wish he would have given me a more traditional 'Say Oh, oh, oh', but the fact he didn't is probably the reason I keep coming back for more.

2 - The Teenagers - 'Love No (Delorean Remix)'

Week old pepperoni pizza, Showgirls, broken English and blatant hipster narcissism. Yes, the Teenagers have it all. And this Delorean remix somehow manages to make them even better. Superb.

1 - MGMT - 'Kids'

Oh man. The little rising synth, warbling like a bird to the sound of children playing. Is there are more uplifting intro to a song anywhere in the world right now? MGMT make you pump fists in the air, sing at the top of your voice, dance like a fool and smile until you hurt. Thank you MGMT.

By Nick Christie and Dave Ruby Howe

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