Tune In Saturdays: Hype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist

Rather than featuring a band, we'll take a step back and just pick our favorites from the fantastic Music Blog Zeitgeist 2008 from Hype Machine. You'll find the top 50 artists, albums and songs as posted by the music bloggers they track. 

Check out the album section first. It's super.

Some of my favorites:

Artists

37. Ratatat

31. Sebastien Tellier(especially Divine. It's a jam.)

27. Spoon

11. Bon Iver

9. Fleet Foxes

5. Vampire Weekend

Albums

38. Blitzen Trapper - Furr

30. Why? - Alopecia

28. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park

27. Beach House - Devotion

14. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

...a whole bunch in the top 10.

Songs

Grizzly Bear - Knife (Girl Talk Remix)

Notorious B.I.G. - Party and Bullshit (Ratatat Remix)

The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By (Hot Chip Remix)

MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix)

Jay-Z & Santogold - Brooklyn Go Hard

Passion Pit - Sleepyhead (Wallpaper Dio Remix)

via MBV

Comments

[jon chamberlin]

Thanks Paul.

I don't see why Electric Feel by MGMT gets so much more play than Time to Pretend. In my opinion it's a far better song.

[Underworld]

We contributed to this in 2007 and again this year. Great way to spread blog love.