Metric, not SAE.

The new Metric single, Help! I'm Alive, rocks. I can't find a streaming MP3, you you'll just have to head over to their myspace, but it is totally worth it. (I'm really late on this one, but hey! better late than never, right?)

The album this track is from is due out April 14th.

The List

Well, Here's the list. I'm going to start filling it in from the bottom!

[Editorial Disclaimer:
The order of this list doesn't exactly reflect my opinions very well, but if I were to reorder it, I don't think it would do any better. Some of the albums down towards the bottom simply didn't get enough play time for me to fall in love and/or dissect them and likely should be placed higher. You may also notice the absence of Fleet Foxes, which I can understand, but I could never get into the album. It's good stuff, but it never caught me. And don't even get me started on coldplay.]

1) Marnie Stern - This is it...
2) Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
3) My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Sharks Teeth
4) Azeda Booth - In Flesh Tones
5) MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
6) M83 - Saturdays=Youth
7) Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
8) Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
9) Santogold - Santogold
10) The Dodos - Visiter
11) Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
12) Deerhunter - Microcastle
13) Passion Pit - Chunk of Change EP
14) Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue
15) Lykke Li - Youth Novel
16) This is Deer Country - Daylily King EP
17) Subtle - Existing Arm
18) The Black Keys - Attack and Release
19) Hilotron - Happymatic
20) Parts and Labor - Receivers
21) Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
22) Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
23) The Grates - Teeth Lost, Hearts Won
24) The Dears - Missiles
25) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig! Lazarus Dig!
26) Shearwater - Rook
27) The Very Best - The Very Best Mixtape
28) Chad Vangaalen - Soft Airplane
29) Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
30) Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
31) Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
32) The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
33) TV on the Radio - Dear Science
34) The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
35) Chris Walla - Field Manual
36) Fuck Buttons - Street Horrising
37) The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
38) Little Joy - Little Joy
39) Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge
40) Forward Russia - Life Processes
41) The Rosebuds - Life Like
42) Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
43) Portishead - Third
44) The Mae Shi - Hlllyh
45) Cut Copy - In Ghost Colors
46) The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
47) The Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace
48) No Age - Nouns
49) The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of Understatement
50) Duffy - Rockferry
51) The Breeders - Mountain Battles
52) Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
53) Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath
54) Ladyhawk - Shots

Flashdance Ass Pants' favourites of '08

Over the past few weeks, I've been trying to play catch-up with all of the albums I missed over the past year so I can do a proper year end review. Some people may be tired already of the year-end chart orgy that takes place every year, but I find that to get a clear picture of the year, you need to wait a few weeks after it's over. Due to the sheer number of albums I neglected over this past year, I've decided to release my list, starting from the bottom, 5 albums at a time so I have ample time to listen to each record and write a review. I plan on doing a top 50 or 100 songs of the year at some point in the future, too. I will try to get a new batch of 5 up every day, but I'm not going to make any promises.

Welcome!

Congratulations! You've found the Flashdance Ass Pants Musical Review! Let me take a moment to introduce this blog. Flashdance Ass pants finds its home in sunny Houghton, MI, A nice place to live...


There is currently 3 feet of snow on the porch and it's 24f outside with a 40% chance of measurable snowfall.

Hopefully you will find some ahead-of-the-curve musical selections here. If I fail in that respect, you'll at least find a rehash of the top music blogs filtered through and sprinkled with a little special sauce.

Enjoy!