My top 50 records of 2009...
Oh hi. It's been awhile! A year, in fact... so it goes.
A while back I promised that I'd get back to spending months working on this list, and while I have been on it since October, writing a bit on each record, Wordpress recently ATE IT FOR DINNER. Screw those dudes. Seriously. Lesson learned : don't trust the internet.
So, I'm gonna just leave it at this: The 50 records that most captured my ears' attention this year, the albums that swept me away and made me thrash, dance, mellow out, bum out, dance some more + then some. I'd love to know what you discover via this list, so let me know what you think about it! Please n Thanks!
The Top 10:
1. The XX : S/T – Young Turks
2. Phoenix : Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Glassnote
3. Dirty Projectors : Bitte Orca - Domino
4. Martyn : Great Lengths - 3024
5. Gentleman Reg : Jet Black – Arts & Crafts
6. Jay Reatard : Watch Me Fall - Matador
7. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart : S/T – Slumberland Records
8. Grizzly Bear : Veckatimest – Warp Records
9. Passion Pit : Manners – Startime/French Kiss
10. Handsome Furs : Face Control – Sub Pop
And the rest...
11. Stimming : Reflections - Diynamic
12. Buraka Som Sistema : Black Diamond – Enchufada
13. Converge : Axe To Fall - Epitaph
14. Patrick Watson : Wooden Arms – Secret City
15. Tiga : Ciao! – Turbo Recordings
16. Health : Get Color – Lovepump Unlimited
17. Girls : Album – True Panther
18. Lukid – Foma – Werk Discs
19. Antony & The Johnsons : The Crying Light – Secretly Canadian
20. Moderat : S/T – BPitch Control
21. Micachu & The Shapes : Jewelry - Rough Trade
22. Major Lazer : Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do – Downtown/Mad Decent
23. Bill Calahan : Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle – Drag City
24. Bibio : Ambivalence Avenue – Warp Records
25. The Rural Alberta Advantage : Hometowns – Saddle Creek
26. Tortoise : Beacons of Ancestorship – Thirll Jockey
27. The Antlers : Hospice – French Kiss
28. Metric : Fantasies – Last Gang
29. We Were Promised Jetpacks : These Four Walls – Fat Cat Records
30. Juan Maclean : The Future Will Come – DFA Records
31. Future Of the Left : Travels With Myself And Another – 4AD
32. Ghislain Poirier : Soca Sound System EP – Ninja Tune
33. Andrew Bird : Noble Beast - Merge
34. Bahamas : Pink Strat - Nevado Records
35. Nomo : Invisible Cities - Ubiquity
36. Nosaj Thing : Drift - Alpha Pup Records
37. M Ward : Hold Time – Merge
38. Yo La Tengo : Popular Songs – Matador
39. Apostle Of Hustle : Eats Darkness – Arts & Crafts
40. Sonic Youth : The Eternal – Matador
41. Nathan Fake : Hard Islands – Border Community
42. Mos Def : The Ecstatic – Downtown Records
43. White Rabbits : It's Frightening - TBD Records
44. Now Now Every Children : Cars - Afternoon Records
45. Circlesquare : Songs About Dancing & Drugs - !K7 / Boompa
46. Toddla T : Fabric Live 47 - Fabric
47. Pissed Jeans : King Of Jeans – Sub Pop
48. God Help The Girl – S/T – Rough Trade
49. DOOM : Born Like This – Lex Records
50. Polvo : In Prism – Merge
Honorable Mentions, in no order:
1. Four Tet + Burial : Moth/Wolf Cub split 12" - TEXT Records
2. jj : jj no. 2 – Sincerely Yours
3. Discovery : LP – XL Recordings
4. Pink Mountaintops : Outside Love – Jagjaguwar
5. Depeche Mode : Sounds Of The Universe – Mute Records
6. Cymbals Eat Guitars : Why There Are Mountains – Self Released
7. Various Artists : Dark Was The Night – 4AD/Red Hot
8. UUVVWWZ : S/T – Saddle Creek
9. The Breeders : Fate To Fatal EP – Self Released
10. Lindstrom & Prins Thomas : II – Feedelity
11. YACHT : See Mystery Lights – DFA Records
12. Little Girls : Tambourine EP - Paper Bag
13. Baroness : The Blue Album – Relapse Records
14. Kings Of Convenience : Declaration of Dependence – Virgin
15. Black Mold : Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz – Flemish Eye
16. Zeus : Sounds Like Zeus EP – Arts & Crafts
17. Bon Iver : Blood Bank EP - Jagjaguwar
18. Sleigh Bells : S/T EP – Self Released
19. Toddla T : Skanky Skanky – 1965 Records
20. J Tillman : Vacilando Territory Blues - Western Vinyl
21. Black Meteoric Star : S/T – DFA Records
22. Delroy Wilson : Dub Plate Style (The Prince Jammy Remixes, 1968) - Pressure Sounds
23. King Midas Sound : Waiting For You... - Hyperdub
24. Tim Hecker : An Imaginary Counrry - Kranky
25. Clipse : Till The Casket Drops - Re-Up Records
Well, actually I hated you:
1. Animal Collective : Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Bat for Lashes : Two Suns
Any glaring omissions? Anything I completely slept on?
Lemme know!
Love to love you, friends!
A while back I promised that I'd get back to spending months working on this list, and while I have been on it since October, writing a bit on each record, Wordpress recently ATE IT FOR DINNER. Screw those dudes. Seriously. Lesson learned : don't trust the internet.
So, I'm gonna just leave it at this: The 50 records that most captured my ears' attention this year, the albums that swept me away and made me thrash, dance, mellow out, bum out, dance some more + then some. I'd love to know what you discover via this list, so let me know what you think about it! Please n Thanks!
The Top 10:
1. The XX : S/T – Young Turks
2. Phoenix : Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Glassnote
3. Dirty Projectors : Bitte Orca - Domino
4. Martyn : Great Lengths - 3024
5. Gentleman Reg : Jet Black – Arts & Crafts
6. Jay Reatard : Watch Me Fall - Matador
7. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart : S/T – Slumberland Records
8. Grizzly Bear : Veckatimest – Warp Records
9. Passion Pit : Manners – Startime/French Kiss
10. Handsome Furs : Face Control – Sub Pop
And the rest...
11. Stimming : Reflections - Diynamic
12. Buraka Som Sistema : Black Diamond – Enchufada
13. Converge : Axe To Fall - Epitaph
14. Patrick Watson : Wooden Arms – Secret City
15. Tiga : Ciao! – Turbo Recordings
16. Health : Get Color – Lovepump Unlimited
17. Girls : Album – True Panther
18. Lukid – Foma – Werk Discs
19. Antony & The Johnsons : The Crying Light – Secretly Canadian
20. Moderat : S/T – BPitch Control
21. Micachu & The Shapes : Jewelry - Rough Trade
22. Major Lazer : Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do – Downtown/Mad Decent
23. Bill Calahan : Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle – Drag City
24. Bibio : Ambivalence Avenue – Warp Records
25. The Rural Alberta Advantage : Hometowns – Saddle Creek
26. Tortoise : Beacons of Ancestorship – Thirll Jockey
27. The Antlers : Hospice – French Kiss
28. Metric : Fantasies – Last Gang
29. We Were Promised Jetpacks : These Four Walls – Fat Cat Records
30. Juan Maclean : The Future Will Come – DFA Records
31. Future Of the Left : Travels With Myself And Another – 4AD
32. Ghislain Poirier : Soca Sound System EP – Ninja Tune
33. Andrew Bird : Noble Beast - Merge
34. Bahamas : Pink Strat - Nevado Records
35. Nomo : Invisible Cities - Ubiquity
36. Nosaj Thing : Drift - Alpha Pup Records
37. M Ward : Hold Time – Merge
38. Yo La Tengo : Popular Songs – Matador
39. Apostle Of Hustle : Eats Darkness – Arts & Crafts
40. Sonic Youth : The Eternal – Matador
41. Nathan Fake : Hard Islands – Border Community
42. Mos Def : The Ecstatic – Downtown Records
43. White Rabbits : It's Frightening - TBD Records
44. Now Now Every Children : Cars - Afternoon Records
45. Circlesquare : Songs About Dancing & Drugs - !K7 / Boompa
46. Toddla T : Fabric Live 47 - Fabric
47. Pissed Jeans : King Of Jeans – Sub Pop
48. God Help The Girl – S/T – Rough Trade
49. DOOM : Born Like This – Lex Records
50. Polvo : In Prism – Merge
Honorable Mentions, in no order:
1. Four Tet + Burial : Moth/Wolf Cub split 12" - TEXT Records
2. jj : jj no. 2 – Sincerely Yours
3. Discovery : LP – XL Recordings
4. Pink Mountaintops : Outside Love – Jagjaguwar
5. Depeche Mode : Sounds Of The Universe – Mute Records
6. Cymbals Eat Guitars : Why There Are Mountains – Self Released
7. Various Artists : Dark Was The Night – 4AD/Red Hot
8. UUVVWWZ : S/T – Saddle Creek
9. The Breeders : Fate To Fatal EP – Self Released
10. Lindstrom & Prins Thomas : II – Feedelity
11. YACHT : See Mystery Lights – DFA Records
12. Little Girls : Tambourine EP - Paper Bag
13. Baroness : The Blue Album – Relapse Records
14. Kings Of Convenience : Declaration of Dependence – Virgin
15. Black Mold : Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz – Flemish Eye
16. Zeus : Sounds Like Zeus EP – Arts & Crafts
17. Bon Iver : Blood Bank EP - Jagjaguwar
18. Sleigh Bells : S/T EP – Self Released
19. Toddla T : Skanky Skanky – 1965 Records
20. J Tillman : Vacilando Territory Blues - Western Vinyl
21. Black Meteoric Star : S/T – DFA Records
22. Delroy Wilson : Dub Plate Style (The Prince Jammy Remixes, 1968) - Pressure Sounds
23. King Midas Sound : Waiting For You... - Hyperdub
24. Tim Hecker : An Imaginary Counrry - Kranky
25. Clipse : Till The Casket Drops - Re-Up Records
Well, actually I hated you:
1. Animal Collective : Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Bat for Lashes : Two Suns
Any glaring omissions? Anything I completely slept on?
Lemme know!
Love to love you, friends!
posted by Eli at 5:40 AM
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