We have become fast friends with Cold Spring, Kentucky native Daniel Martin Moore in 2008. Just before he released his debut album on the Sub Pop label, Stray Age, he joined us in the lounge for a great set of music. Then, earlier this month, Daniel returned to the lounge for another great set, this time of all Christmas tunes to celebrate the holiday season.

And to finish up 2008, Daniel recently did a guest DJ set as well, playing some of his favorite songs. The show aired last weekend, but we wanted to make it available for you on demand as well, just in case you missed out the first time. Enjoy it below, and Happy New Year!

Here is our 97 Best albums of 2008 determined strictly by our airplay. Nothing critical about this list, just going with the things we spun the most this year. Have a full look and very soon you will get a chance to hear the 97 Best again on woxy.com! Thanks for making 2008 a great year!

97 Those Dancing Days - In Our Space Hero Suits
96 Daniel Martin Moore - Stray Age
95 School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
94 Thao Nguyen - We Brave Bee Stings And All
93 King Khan & The Shrines - The Supreme Genius Of King Khan & The Shrines
92 These United States - Crimes
91 Conor Oberst - S/T
90 James Yuill - Turning Down Water For Air
89 Cold War Kids - Loyalty To Loyalty
88 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
87 Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs
86 Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
85 The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
84 Ladytron - Velicifero
83 Ruckus Roboticus - Playing With Scratches
82 Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
81 French Kicks - Swimming
80 Sons & Daughters - This Gift
79 The Airborne Toxic Event - S/T
78 Black Mountain - In The Future
77 Spiritualized - Songs In A & E
76 Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s - Animal/Not Animal
75 Tilly & The Wall - o
74 Brendan Canning - Something For All Of Us
73 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
72 The Whigs - Mission Control
71 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
70 Takka Takka - Migration
69 Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
68 The Dears - Missiles
67 The Verve - Forth
66 Bloc Party - Intimacy
65 Say Hi - The Wishes & The Glitch
64 Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
63 Blitzen Trapper - Furr
62 Vellela Vellela - Flight Club EP
61 The Futureheads - This Is Not The World
60 Secret Machines - S/T
59 Mates Of State - Re-Arrange Us
58 Islands - Arm’s Way
57 Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
56 Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
55 R.E.M. - Accelerate
54 Peter Adams - I Woke With Planets In My Face
53 Bound Stems - The Family Afloat
52 The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
51 The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
50 Gentleman Auction House - Alphabet Graveyard
49 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
48 The Photographic - Pictures of a Changing World
47 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
46 Friendly Fires - S/T
45 Foals - Antidotes
44 Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
43 Pomegranates - Everything Is Alive
42 Calexico - Carried To Dust
41 The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
40 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
39 The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
38 The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
37 Catfish Haven - Devastator
36 Mason Proper - Olly Oxen Free
35 The Stills - Oceans Will Rise
34 The Week That Was - S/T
33 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Pershing
32 Deerhunter - Microcastle
31 The Features - Some Kind Of Salvation
30 The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
29 The Kills - Midnight Boom
28 These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid
27 Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Flight
26 Cut Copy - IN Ghost Colours
25 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
24 M83 - Saturdays = Youth
23 Sigur Ros - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
22 The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
21 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazurus Dig
20 Mother Mother - O My Heart
19 The Whip - X Marks Destination
18 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
17 Devotchka - A Mad & Faithful Telling
16 Dr. Dog - Fate
15 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
14 Delta Spirit - Ode To Sunshine
13 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
12 Beck - Modern Guilt
11 The Walkmen - You & Me
10 Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
9 Portishead - Third
8 The Black Keys - Attack & Release
7 Santogold - S/T
6 Dead Confederate - Wrecking Ball
5 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
4 Fleet Foxes - S/T
3 Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
2 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
1 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

We know you are gonna miss our live shows between now and the new year, but you gotta love all the year end programming we have ready for you between now and 2009. Have a look below at how the rest of this week shapes up.

December 24th (Christmas Eve)
Mike’s Favorite Songs of 2008 - 9am
Shiv’s Favorite Songs of 2008 - Noon
Joe’s Favorite Songs of 2008 - 3pm

Holiday Mixer Programming On The Main Channel Starting at 8pm

December 25th (Christmas Day)
Holiday Mixer Programming On The Main Channel until 1pm
The 97 Best Of 2008 - 1pm

December 26th
Best Of The WOXY.com Lounge 2008 Show - 9am
Joe Strummer Special - Noon

December 27th
Daniel Martin Moore Guest DJ Segment - 11am

And lots more. And don’t worry, if you miss it the first time, you will likely hear these special shows again at some point before the end of the year.

Happy Holidays!

It was a great year in the WOXY.com Lounge. We hosted over 80 sessions this year, with 22 of those coming during our time in Austin, Texas at EAR Studios during SXSW. And now, it’s time to share. Below you will find two zip files containing the best of the lounge 2008. Or, if you prefer, you can download each of them individually.

In addition, you can hear these and several more lounge songs on our Best Of The WOXY.com Lounge 2008 show, which will be airing during the last week of the year.

Best Of The WOXY.com Lounge 2008 (Disc 1) (ZIP)

Ra Ra Riot - Oh, La
Thao Nguyen - Bag Of Hammers
Headlights - Cherry Tulips
Frightened Rabbit - Fast Blood (SXSW)
John Vanderslice - White Dove
French Kicks - Carried Away
The Kills - Tape Song (SXSW)
Film School - Sick Hipster Nursed By Suicide Girl (SXSW)
The Helio Sequence - Can’t Say No (SXSW)
Chairlift - Evident Utensil

Best Of The WOXY.com Lounge 2008 (Disc 2) (ZIP)

Mates Of State - Think Long/ You Are Free
Okkervil River - A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene
Jukebox The Ghost - Victoria
Lightspeed Champion - Galaxy Of The Lost (SXSW)
The Whip - Trash (SXSW)
Velella Velella - Alex Boom Selector
A Place To Bury Strangers - I Know I’ll See You (SXSW)
Dead Confederate - Get Out
Mason Proper - Only A Moment
These United States - Get Yourself Home

Mike Taylor, 9a-1p.

1. Portishead Third (Island)
2. Foals Antidotes (Sub Pop)
3. The Whip X Marks Destination (Southern Fried)
4. Friendly Fires Friendly Fires (XL)
5. Deerhunter Microcastle (Kranky)
6. TV On The Radio Dear Science (Interscope)
7. Sigur Ros Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust (XL)
8. Jessica Lea Mayfield With Blasphemy So Heartfelt (Polymer)
9. Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight (Fatcat)
10. Parts & Labor Receivers (Jagjaguwar)
11. Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer (Sub Pop)
12. Constantines Kensington Heights (Arts & Crafts)
13. Peter Adams I Woke With Planets In My Face (self-released)
14. Blitzen Trapper Furr (Sub Pop)
15. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
16. These New Puritans Beat Pyramid (Domino)
17. King Khan & The Shrines The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines (VICE)
18. Those Dancing Days In Our Space Hero Suits (Wichita)
19. Lightspeed Champion Falling Off The Lavender Bridge (Domino)
20. Pete & The Pirates Little Death (Stolen)

Mike’s Top 20 of: 2007 / 2006
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Matt Shiv, 1p-5p.

1. Mason Proper Olly Oxen Free (Dovecote)
2. TV On The Radio Dear Science (Interscope)
3. Ra Ra Riot The Rhumb Line (Basruk)
4. French Kicks Swimming (Vagrant)
5. The Kills Midnight Boom (Domino)
6. Portishead Third (Island)
7. Erykah Badu New Amerykah: Part 1 (4th World War) (Universal Motown )
8. The Helio Sequence Keep Your Eyes Ahead (Sub Pop)
9. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Anti)
10. M83 Saturdays=Youth (Mute)
11. Paul Weller 22 Dreams (Yep Roc)
12. Q-Tip The Renaissance (Universal Motown)
13. Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid (Geffen)
14. Hot Chip Made In The Dark (Astralwerks)
15. Pomegranates Everything Is Alive (Lujo)
16. Santogold Santogold (Downtown)
17. The Breeders Mountain Battles (4AD)
18. Daniel Martin Moore Stray Age (Sub Pop)
19. Gentlemen Auction House Alphabet Graveyard (Emergency Umbrella)
20. The Spinto Band Moonwink (Park The Van)

Shiv’s Top 20 of: 2007 / 2006
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Joe Long, 5p-10p.

1. TV On The Radio Dear Science (Interscope)
2. Foals Antidotes (Sub Pop)
3. My Morning Jacket Evil Urges (ATO)
4. Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
5. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
6. M83 Saturdays=Youth (Mute)
7. Sigur Ros Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust (XL)
8. Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid (Geffen)
9. The Walkmen You & Me (Gigantic)
10. The Dears Missiles (Dangerbird)
11. Horse Feathers House With No Name (Kill Rock Stars)
12. The Notwist The Devil, You + Me (Domino)
13. Thao with The Get Down Stay Down We Brave Bee Stings and All (Kill Rock Stars)
14. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (Say Hey)
15. Beck Modern Guilt (Geffen)
16. The Last Shadow Puppets The Age of the Understatement (Domino)
17. Hot Chip Made In The Dark (Astralwerks)
18. Blitzen Trapper Furr (Sub Pop)
19. Lightspeed Champion Falling Off The Lavender Bridge (Domino)
20. Deerhunter Microcastle (Kranky)

Joe’s Top 20 of: 2007 / 2006

Princeton are a group of four friends who’ve known each other since grade school. The guys reconnected while in London a few years ago and decided to form a band together. After moving back home to Los Angeles, they’ve released two EP’s, the latter of which, Bloomsbury, was released this summer.

Their debut in the Lounge came in the midst of a tour with Ra Ra Riot, premiering three new songs including a favorite from Bloomsbury as well.

Track Listing:
Power Makes Magic (new/unreleased)
Shout It Out (new/unreleased)
-interview-
Martina and Clive Krantz (new/unreleased)
Eminent Victorians

Princeton - Power Makes Magic (Live On WOXY.com)
Princeton - Shout It Out (Live On WOXY.com)
Princeton - Martina And Clive Krantz (Live On WOXY.com)
Princeton - Eminent Victorians (Live On WOXY.com)

Princeton - Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

We really have a great dedicated community of our listeners that congregate on our message boards over at WOXY.com. One of the things they put together on their own, and it is very impressive, is a full listing of their own top albums of the year. Here are the top 97 albums of 2007, as voted by the WOXY.com message boarders.

97. We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery
96. Shearwater - Rook
94. De Novo Dahl - Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound
93. The Presets - Apocalypso
92. CSS - Donkey
91. The Duke Spirit - Neptune

90. Why? - Alopecia
89. Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer
87. Crystal Castles - s/t
86. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
85. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
84. Dungen - 4
83. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
82. Black Mountain - In The Future
81. Hercules And Love Affair - s/t
80. Cat Power - Jukebox
79. Sons And Daughters - This Gift
78. Margot & The Nuclear So and Sos - Not Animal!
77. Tapes n’ Tapes - Walk It Off
76. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
75. Sun Kil Moon - April
74. The Dears - Missiles
73. Man Man - Rabbit Habits
72. Flight Of The Conchords - s/t
71. Dept. Of Eagles - In Ear Park
70. The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
69. Delta Spirit - Ode To Sunshine
68. Conor Oberst - s/t
67. Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow & Blue
66. The Constantines - Kensington Heights
65. Parts & Labor - Receivers
64. Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
63. The Stills - Oceans Will Rise
62. Tilly And The Wall - o
61. Mates Of State - Re-Arrange Us
60. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
59. Calexico - Carried To Dust
58. Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
57. The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
56. Bound Stems - The Family Afloat
55. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
54. Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings And All
53. Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
52. Bloc Party - Intimacy
51. The Dodos - Visiter
50. She And Him - Volume One
49. Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
48. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
47. Jukebox The Ghost - Let Live & Let Ghosts
46. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
45. Islands - Arm’s Way
44. The Whigs - Mission Control
43. Mason Proper - Olly Oxen Free
42. The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
41. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
40. No Age - Nouns (551 points, 16 votes)
39. Foals - Antidotes (566 points, 16 votes, 1 #1 vote)
38. Beck - Modern Guilt (567 points, 21 votes)
37. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead (581 points, 16 votes, 1 #1 vote)
36. Nada Surf - Lucky (610 points, 19 votes, 1 #1 vote)
35. Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (622 points, 21 votes)
34. Blitzen Trapper - Furr (630 points, 18 votes, 1 #1 vote)
33. Dr. Dog - Fate (633 points, 17 votes, 1 #1 vote)
32. The Kills - Midnight Boom (640 points, 15 votes, 2 #1 votes)
31. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals (662 points, 18 votes)
30. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (672 points, 21 votes)
29. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs (672 points, 22 votes, 1 #1 vote)
28. Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) (677 points, 18 votes, 1 #1 vote)
27. Ladytron - Velocifero (682 points, 20 votes)
25. R.E.M. - Accelerate (698 points, 19 votes, 1 #1 vote)
24. Santogold - s/t (725 points, 21 votes)
23. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark (733 points, 23 votes)
22. Deerhunter - Microcastle (743 points, 18 votes, 1 #1 vote)
21. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (750 points, 21 votes)
20. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (784 points 24 votes)
19. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (809 points, 24 votes, 2 #1 votes)
18. The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust (907 points, 24 votes, 2 #1 votes)
17. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (954 points, 24 votes, 6 #1 votes)
16. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (989 points, 29 votes, 1 #1 vote)
15. The Walkmen - You And Me (997 points, 24 votes, 2 #1 votes)
14. The Black Keys - Attack & Release (1013 points, 27 votes, 1 #1 vote)
13. Sigur Rós - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (1074 points, 29 votes, 1 #1 vote)
12. Portishead - Third (1076 points, 29 votes, 2 #1 votes)
11. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (1119 points, 31 votes)
10. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (1126 points, 28 votes, 2 #1 votes)
9. M83 - Saturdays=Youth (1168 points, 30 votes, 2 #1 votes)
8. Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins (1191 points, 37 votes)
7. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer (1214 points, 33 votes, 1 #1 vote)
6. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? (1239 points, 33 votes, 1 #1 vote)
5. Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line (1394 points, 35 votes, 5 #1 votes)
4. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (1503 pts, 36 votes, 3 #1 votes)
3. Fleet Foxes - s/t (1769 points, 47 points, 4 #1 votes)
2. TV On The Radio - Dear Science (2018 points, 48 votes, 12 #1 votes)
1. Vampire Weekend - s/t (2315 points, 56 votes, 4 #1 votes)

Hey everyone in Indianapolis! Yeah, you. Tonight in your fair city, Cincinnati’s own Heartless Bastards are playing and you should really make sure you attend. The band are about to release a new album here in the new year and the set should be loaded with new tunes and old favorites as well.

The gig is tonight in Indianapolis at Birdy’s and you can grab your tickets right now via this link.

So get out and support great music this evening in Indianapolis. And for those of you not in the area, join us for a Lounge Act with Heartless Bastards Friday afternoon at 1pm ET!

In the midst of their first national tour together, Golden Animals took time out to join us in the lounge for a really enjoyable set. Linda and Tommy started together in Brooklyn, but now call Southern California home.

During their chat with Joe, Tommy shares some history about the Salton Sea, the area where they recorded their debut album, Free Your Mind And Win A Pony.

They also treated us to a brand new song which should be a part of their next release.

Track Listing:
Queen Mary
Call My Name (new/unreleased)
- interview -
Try On Me
Ride Easy

Golden Animals - Ride Easy (Live On WOXY.com)
Golden Animals - Queen Mary (Live On WOXY.com)
Golden Animals - Call My Name (Live On WOXY.com)
Golden Animals - Try On Me (Live On WOXY.com)

Golden Animals - Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

It’s hard to believe, but this will be the 25th consecutive year we’ll count down the year’s 97 Best albums. Yep, on Thursday, December 18th @ 10am, we’ll start at #97 and won’t stop until we reach #1 (apologies to Casey Kasem). As in previous years, the 97 Best is determined by airplay. We feel that’s the most accurate reflection of the sound of the station in 2008 although, again this year, Shiv, Joe, and myself will weigh in on our favorites separately during our YEAR IN REVIEW program. So, plan to carve out the whole day to listen and see where your favorites land on this years list.

If you’re a history buff, here’s a look back at the previous #1 records (click the link to see that year’s entire list). You’ll notice the musical shifts from one decade to the other and sometimes, one year to the next.

Check out the full listing after the jump…
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