Ruby & Kimmy

’08

Ladies and gentlemen, you have waited all year for this so without any ado, here it is…

50 POP LEVI – Dita Dimone
49 INFADELS – Make Mistakes
48 HOT CHIP – One Pure Thought
47 LILY ALLEN – The Fear
46 AMY-LOU – Too Late (Gone Too Far) ^
45 POPPY AND THE JEZEBELS – UFO
44 DANNI HALIFAX – Memoirs ^
43 ONE GLOVE – Tell Me Something I Don’t Know ^
42 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS – I Wish I Was James Bond
41 LYKKE LI – Breaking It Up

40 BENNIE JAMES & THE HESITANT FEW – Bubbleboy ^
39 THE GOOD CHINA – All Nothing ^
38 DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? – Dawn of the Dead
37 ZIBRAZIBRA – Arcade Catastrophe
36 CUT OFF YOUR HANDS – It Doesn’t Matter
35 HOLLYWOOD LOVESCENE – No Ordinary Girl
34 THE TRANSIENTS – One Day ^
33 THE BOAT PEOPLE – Awkward Orchid Orchard ^
32 TOKYO POLICE CLUB – Tessellate
31 TOMMYFORD – It’sALLorNOTHING (ulittleprick)

30 THE TWO NINE NINES – Where to Now? ^
29 BE YOUR OWN PET – The Kelly Affair
28 THE TING TINGS – That’s Not My Name
27 EUGENE FRANCIS JNR – My Own Pollution
26 THE GRATES – Burn Bridges ^
25 OF MONTREAL – Id Engager
24 ART VS. SCIENCE – Flippers ^
23 THE DO – Queen Dot Kong
22 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE – Cath…
21 LADY INSANE – Sticks and Stones ^

20 THE TWO NINE NINES – Hippies ^
19 THE KTHANXBYES – Powerlines ^
18 THE KOOKS – Sway
17 CSS – Move
16 TWIST OLIVER, TWIST! – Band Vs. Band ^
15 DRESDEN DOLLS – Dear Jenny
14 CHEESE PEOPLE – Ua-a-a!
13 BAND OF HORSES – Is There A Ghost
12 THE TEENAGERS – Homecoming
11 CHAIRLIFT – Evident Utensil

10 KINGS OF LEON – Sex On Fire
9 MYSTERY JETS – Two Doors Down
8 VAN SHE – Strangers ^
7 BIRD AUTOMATIC – Suburbs ^
6 AMANDA PALMER – Oasis
5 CUT COPY – Feel the Love ^
4 BMX – Theme to BMX ^
3 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE – I Will Possess Your Heart
2 THE TWO NINE NINES – Some Days ^
1 THE KTHANXBYES – Nrrd Love Song ^

^ denotes Australian artist. Total: 20/50 = 40%.
Top 10 = 60% Australian.

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BEST ALBUMS
10. CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES – Waves and the Both of Us (at least I’ve the guts to admit it)
9. THE KOOKS – Konk
8. BE YOUR OWN PET – Get Awkward
7. BAND OF HORSES – Cease To Begin (released in 2007 – so shoot me)
6. KINGS OF LEON – Only By The Night
5. VAN SHE – V ^
4. MYSTERY JETS – Twenty One
3. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE – Narrow Stairs
2. CUT COPY – In Ghost Colours ^
1. THE TWO NINE NINES – X Minus One ^ (it’s an EP – you got a problem with that?!)

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THE INAUGURAL THUMBS DOWN FOR BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT
THE GRATES – Teeth Lost, Hearts Won
KAISER CHIEFS – Off With Their Heads
TV ON THE RADIO – Dear Science,

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HIGHEST ANTICIPATIONS OF 2009
YEAH YEAH YEAHS – Third Album
NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB – Second Album
LILY ALLEN – It’s Not Me, It’s You
SARAH BLASKO – Third Album
KLAXONS – Second Album
EXPATRIATE – Second Album

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