Best Albums/Music of 2009
(50 posts)
by mfiander51 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
That Raekwon album just won't quit for me. And Telekinesis is definitely up there. But so is the Clientele, Polvo, Bill Callahan, and Super Furry Animals.
Also, some sleepers: Megafaun, P.O.S., Kurt Vile, Kingsbury Manx, Fruit Bats, and Dino Jr. Anyone, or a couple of these, could end up in the Top 10 when the dust clears. |
by jennacide97 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
i have the xx, raekwon, jj, syntaks, the antlers, phoenix and gus gus on my list ...
|
by Andrew_Martin196 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
My list so far...might have a few changes. We'll see:
1 - Brother Ali - Us |
|
by jennacide 97 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
hipster runoff has a funny article about this ..
|
by Daba18049 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
I was just gonna post about the Hipster Runoff post. haha.
|
by kwaping340 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
White Rabbits, and how could we forget the Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band already? I also must admit I like Zee Avi's debut album.
|
by h0gy1732 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
Glad to see someone else acknowledging Brooklynati's goodness... |
by oceanRain29 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
I reserve the right to say, "Oh I forgot about thata one" or "I haven't heard thata one yet (hey Flaming Lips)"
Animal Collective - MPP Cymbals Eat Guitars - Mountains Fever Ray - s/t Foreign Born - Person to Person Girls - s/t Grizzley Bear - Veckatimest Handsome Furs - Face Control Japandroids - Post-nothing Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms Memory Tapes - Seek Magic Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer Washed Out - Life of Leisure ep Woods - Songs of Shame The xx - s/t
...make up my short list, so far.
PS. I wrote out my list before reading hipster runoff. Which makes me feel a little bit stupid. *ahem* ...And a little like applying for a job over there. |
by ChrisBosman30 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
I'm looking at this shorlist right now:
The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa The Antlers - Hospice Japandroids - Post-Nothing Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Discovery - LP Girls - Album Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Not a lot has really caught my ear in '09. Hm. |
|
by oceanRain 29 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
I would add: it's been a good year for the Brits. They've had such a shitty decade it was good to hear some really good records from over there eg The Horrors, Patrick Wolf, The Big Pink, Bat for Lashes, Fuck Buttons, etc.
|
by B/|nGerKat 3751 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
I really need to check out xx.
|
|
by jennacide 97 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
yeah you do.
|
by tinnitus_photography37 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
i think that In Prism is gonna be my favorite record of 2009. it's not like i was a huge Polvo fan (though don't get me wrong, I've got most everything they recorded and saw 'em plenty back before they got back together) but i can't think of a record which is so strong from start to end, w/ some clear high points. really a tremendous record, the best they've ever managed for sure. 'city birds' and 'lucia' are spectacular songs.
|
|
by tinnitus_photography 37 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
oh, and 2009 was the year of Kurt Vile.
|
|
by mfiander 51 Posts |
2 years, 3 months ago
Tinnitus, you are right on about the new Polvo. I've had all those records around a while, but this is my favorite of theirs. This Eclipse might be close, but In Prism is hands down my favorite full-length from those guys. I've listened to it more than any other record, with the exception of maybe the Clientele, this fall.
And, am I the only one that things Merriwether Post Pavillion doesn't hold a candle to Strawberry Jam? They're both very tuneful, and have actual songs (something the older records could have used), but MPP seems way too similar all the way through. Strawberry Jam was all over the place in mood and sound, but remained strong song to song. Plus, it's got "For Reverend Green", which is easily the best song they ever wrote. I like MPP quite a bit, but I'm just not on board with it as one of the great successes of this year. |
