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Which bands/artist do you own the most albums by?
*counting from memory* four Alanis Morissette ... five Queen ... five Håkan Hellström ... six Rufus Wainwright ... Yeah, Rufus it is.

What was the last song you listened to?
Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne

What's in your CD player right now?
My CD player is on the other side of the sea, so nothing. Latest album I bought and uploaded to my laptop was Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You.

What's your favorite local band/group?
The Lloyd, I guess.

What was the last show you attended?
Peace & Love 2009! Go Borlänge! ;)

What's the most musically involved you have ever been?
I sing. Choirs, mostly. I've had singing lessons, and a few piano lessons. Oh, and cello lessons, waaaay back. I have a standing invitation to sing the solo of "O Holy Night" on midnight mass in my home church and when I was a kid, I used to write little songs to amuse myself. I still make up nonsensical improvs when I'm out walking without my walkman ... I think that's about it.

What show are you looking forward to?
Rufus Wainwright and Family, "A Not So Silent Night" in Royal Albert Hall in December.

What is your favorite band shirt?
For looks and comfort - my David Bowie - Aladdin Sane T-shirt.
For treasured memories - my Bruce Springsteen - Magic Tour T-shirt.

What musician would you like to hang out with for a day?
Oh, dear. Rufus maybe. Or The Boss. Or Leonard Cohen. Too Hard!

Who is one musician or group you wish would make a comeback?
So many people I listen to are dead! :( Can I wish people back from the grave? Cause that'd be Jeff Buckley then.

Who is one band/artist you've never seen live but always wanted to?
Used to be The Boss. Now that I've seen him, I don't know. I'll go for Jeff Buckley again. Or Antony and the Johnsons, among the living.

Name 5 of your favorite songs of all time?
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Thunder Road
Håkan Hellström - Nu kan du få mig så lätt
Lars Winnerbäck - Nästan perfekt
Simon & Garfunkel - America
The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

Name 4 flawless albums:
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live 1975-85 (Display Box)
Håkan Hellström - Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars
Queen - A Kind of Magic

How many music related videos/DVDs do you own?
3 (1 Stones concert DVD, Elvis, The Boat That Rocked - I think the music is a huge part of that, ok? Can't think of any more right now.)

How many concerts/shows have you been to in total?
6 (counting Peace & Love as one) that I've decided to go to myself and not just followed my parents or my school to. Or sung at. (Counting all those as well it would be more than I can even guess).

What was your last musical "phase" before you wisened up?
The Buffy phase? :P Listened to - or bought without listening! - a lot of music simply because it had been on the show. I don't regret it though. It widened my musical horizons quite dramtically, introducing me to dozens of bands and singers from The Who and Cream to Sarah McLachlan and Alison Krauss.

What's your "guilty pleasure" that you hate to admit to liking?
Right now: Boyzone - Love You Anyway
Generally everything that I find myself liking that's very nineties (like boybands! :P) or hiphop (like Eminem) or just plain mainstream. Though I guess Håkan is pretty mainstream by now. But I love him anyway (haha).

Who is your favorite musician?
Oh, don't make me! Bruce ... or Håkan ... or Bruce ... or Håkan ... aaargh!

In an effort to organize myself for the arduous task of compiling a “Best of 2009” list or two (Albums? Tracks?) I have, here, a list of all the albums released in 2009 that I have listened to.

Without further ado, in reverse alphabetical order:

Yuksek - Away from the Sea
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
Various Artists - Dark Was the Night
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
YACHT - See Mystery Lights
xx - The XX
Woods - Songs of Shame
Wooden Shjips - Dos
Wild Light- Adult Nights
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
WhoMadeWho - The Plot
Whitest Boy Alive - The Rules
White Rabbits - It’s Frightening
White Lies - To Lose My Life
The Warlocks - Mirror Explodes
The Veils- Sun Gangs
Thomas Function - In the Valley of Sickness
Therapy? - Crooked Timber
The Temper Trap - Conditions
Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Twice Born Men
Swan Lake - Enemy Mine
Superdrag - Industry Giants
Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
St. Vincent - The Actor
Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio
Soap & Skin - Lovetune for Vacuum
The Snake the Cross the Crown - On A Carousel of Sound, We Go Round
Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike
Röyksopp - Junior
The Rifles - The Great Escape
Richard Hawley - True Love’s Gutter
The Raveonettes - In and out of Control
A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
PJ Harvey & John Parrish - A Woman A Man Walked By
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing
Pet Shop Boys - Yes
Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
ThePains of Being Pure at Heart - S/T
Nouvelle Vague - 3
Neon Indian - Psychic Charms
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
My Latest Novel - Deaths and Entrances
Muse- The Resistance
múm - Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know
MSTRKRFT - Fist of God
Mr. Lif - I Heard it Today
Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Monsters of Folk- S/T
Modest Mouse - No One’s First, And You’re Next
Moderat - S/T
Miike Snow - S/T
Metric - Fantasies
Maxïmo Park/artist] - Quicken the Heart
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Mando Diao - Give Me Fire
The Maccabees - Wall of Arms
M. Ward - Hold Time
Lucky Fonz III - A Family Like Yours
The Legends - Over and Over
La Roux - S/T
Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti….Is Skyscraper
JJ - jj N° 2
Jónsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps
Joker’s Daughter - The Last Laugh
Jarvis Cocker- Further Complications
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Jack Peñate - Everything Is New
J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid
It Hugs Back - Inside Your Guitar
Islands- Vapours
Idlewild - Post Electric Blues
Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top
God Help The Girl- S/T
Girls - Album
Generationals - Con Law
Ganglians - S/T
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band
Florence + The Machine - Lungs
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
The Field - Yesterday and Today
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
The Felice Brothers - Yonder is the Clock
Engineers - Three Fact Fader
Elephant Stone - The Seven Seas
Eels- Hombre Lobo
The Drums - Summertime!
Doves- Kingdom of Rust
Doom - Born Like This
The Dodos - Time to Die
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
Dead Weather- Horehound
Dead Man’s Bones - S/T
Darker My Love - 2
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul
Dan Auerbach - Keep it Hid
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
CondoFucks- Fuckbook
The Clues - Clues
The Cave Singers- Welcome Joy
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Burning Hearts - Aboa Sleeping
Burial and Four Tet - Wolf Cub & Moth
Brendan Benson - My Old, Familiar Friend
The Boxer Rebellion - Union
Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish I Were an Eagle
The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
Beck - The Velvet Underground & Nico (Record Club Recording)
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Antony and the Johnsons- The Crying Light
Antlers - Hospice
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beaty
Akron/Family- Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free
A.A. Bondy - When the Devil’s Loose


In the same fashion I went about doing this last year I will do a Top Ten Albums countdown beginning 10 days before the end of the year. I am also thinking that I will do a Top Ten Tracks of 2009 that will begin 20 days before that. I better get to work on this quick like.

Did I miss anything particularly noteworthy? Please let me know if I did so I do not forget to check something or another that might be awesome but forgotten out!

Courtesy of Heat Haze: http://lastfm.heathaze.org/

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended artists)

Home of the Brave : Spiritualized (Score = 111.91)
The Individual : Spiritualized (Score = 105.92)
200 Bars : Spiritualized (Score = 100)
100 Bars (Accapella) : Spiritualized (Score = 100)
Going Down Slow : Spiritualized (Score = 98.1)
Electricity : Spiritualized (Score = 43.76)
Come Saturday : The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (Score = 139.78)
Everything With You : The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (Score = 93.97)
Young Adult Friction : The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (Score = 69.62)
Sugarcube : Yo La Tengo (Score = 92.43)
Deeper Into Movies : Yo La Tengo (Score = 85.26)
Last Days of Disco : Yo La Tengo (Score = 47.29)
By Two's : Yo La Tengo (Score = 42.46)
Moby Octopad : Yo La Tengo (Score = 34.64)
Never Stops : Deerhunter (Score = 156.31)
Agoraphobia : Deerhunter (Score = 119.72)
Vapour Trail : Ride (Score = 101.1)
Dreams Burn Down : Ride (Score = 96.3)
Kaleidoscope : Ride (Score = 71.95)
Alison : Slowdive (Score = 267.72)
Pearl : Chapterhouse (Score = 150.8)
Breather : Chapterhouse (Score = 96.46)
kim & jessie : M83 (Score = 107.63)
Graveyard Girl : M83 (Score = 107.05)
Evergreen : The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Score = 51.47)
That Girl Suicide : The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Score = 46.61)
Wisdom : The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Score = 41.46)
She Made Me : The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Score = 38.37)
Crushed : The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Score = 32.7)
To Fix The Gash In Your Head : A Place to Bury Strangers (Score = 107.44)
Missing You : A Place to Bury Strangers (Score = 102.2)
Spark Plug : Stereolab (Score = 99.99)
Transona Five : Stereolab (Score = 96.27)
Love Canal : Flipper (Score = 100)
Get Away : Flipper (Score = 89.45)
To Know Gospel : The Declining Winter (Score = 100)
Goodbye Minnesota : The Declining Winter (Score = 83.43)
Taste the Floor : The Jesus and Mary Chain (Score = 112.25)
The Living End : The Jesus and Mary Chain (Score = 50.77)
The Perfect Needle : The Telescopes (Score = 64.43)
Flying : The Telescopes (Score = 53.02)
Celeste : The Telescopes (Score = 45.37)
Sight of You : Pale Saints (Score = 102.31)
You Tear the World in Two : Pale Saints (Score = 60.11)
Three Decades : The Horrors (Score = 82.85)
Do You Remember : The Horrors (Score = 76.64)
Pet Grief : The Radio Dept. (Score = 85.75)
Keen on Boys : The Radio Dept. (Score = 35.1)
Ewan : The Radio Dept. (Score = 34.55)
Knife : Grizzly Bear (Score = 100.05)
Deep Blue Sea : Grizzly Bear (Score = 50.72)
Come Down Easy : Spacemen 3 (Score = 148.8)
Sugarless : Autolux (Score = 86.31)
Angry Candy : Autolux (Score = 55.63)
Black Metallic : Catherine Wheel (Score = 68.81)
Texture : Catherine Wheel (Score = 65.84)
23 : Blonde Redhead (Score = 74.92)
Messenger : Blonde Redhead (Score = 58.21)
Chinese Translation : M. Ward (Score = 70.59)
Post-War : M. Ward (Score = 60.68)
Deeper Than Love : Antony and the Johnsons (Score = 46.72)
Twilight : Antony and the Johnsons (Score = 42.99)
Cripple and the Starfish : Antony and the Johnsons (Score = 40.55)
Red Oak Way : Lotus Plaza (Score = 66.6)
Quicksand : Lotus Plaza (Score = 59.59)
Dick Johnson : Pussy Galore (Score = 65.55)
Handshake : Pussy Galore (Score = 57.62)
Sweetness and Light : Lush (Score = 82.67)
Nothing Natural : Lush (Score = 40.08)
Blush : The Raveonettes (Score = 54.37)
You Want The Candy : The Raveonettes (Score = 52.14)
Horror Head : Curve (Score = 63.58)
Already Yours : Curve (Score = 42.11)
Suzuki : Tosca (Score = 56.12)
Doris Dub : Tosca (Score = 49.15)
City Girl : Kevin Shields (Score = 104.41)
Clear Skies Above the Coastline Cathedral : Manual (Score = 104.18)
Homebase : dZihan & Kamien (Score = 55.96)
Airport : dZihan & Kamien (Score = 45.75)
Long Road : Funki Porcini (Score = 100)
Victorious D : Pinback (Score = 100)
Drop Out : Beasts of Bourbon (Score = 100)
Release The Kraken : The Daysleepers (Score = 54.91)
Twilight Bloom : The Daysleepers (Score = 44.14)
Jackie Big Tits : The Kooks (Score = 96.21)
Time Is the Enemy : Quantic (Score = 50.65)
The 5th Exotic : Quantic (Score = 44.26)
The Ballad of Katrin Cartlidge : Hard-Ons (Score = 54.73)
Girl in the Sweater : Hard-Ons (Score = 38.12)
Cherry-Coloured Funk : Cocteau Twins (Score = 89.11)
Shining : Peace Orchestra (Score = 47.88)
Domination : Peace Orchestra (Score = 40.56)
Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt : We Are Scientists (Score = 53.38)
After Hours : We Are Scientists (Score = 34.4)
A Zed and two L's : Fila Brazillia (Score = 87.49)
On the Sly : Thunderball (Score = 44.92)
Solar : Thunderball (Score = 42.52)
Damn : Nightmares on Wax (Score = 45.08)
Les Nuits : Nightmares on Wax (Score = 42.32)
Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister remix) : Sofa Surfers (Score = 45.67)

[work in progress: my list will be completed gradually]

My list contains no compilations of material recorded before this decennium (so no Arthur Russell, Sibylle Baier etc.) This list includes albums and EP's. All genres are mixed.
Order: Albums alphabetically, albums chronologically:

AFX - the Analord series (2005, Rephlex)
Air - 10.000 Hz Legend (2001, Virgin)
AIR - Talkie Walkie (2003, Virgin)
Animal Collective - Feels (2005, FatCat Records)
Animal Collective & Vashti Bunyan - Prospect Hummer (2005, FatCat Records)
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (2007, Domino)
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009, Domino)
Antony and the Johnsons - The Lake (EP) (Secretly Canadian, 2004)
Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now (Secretly Canadian, 2005)
A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place To Bury Strangers (2007, Important Records)
Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004, Merge)
Arpanet - Wireless Internet (2002, Record Makers)
Autechre - Confield (2001, Warp)

Aidan Baker - Black Flowers Blossom (2003, Sonic Syrup)
Aidan Baker - Field Of Drones (2004, Arcolepsy Records)
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops series (2002-2003, 2062)
William Basinski - El Camino Real (2007, 2062)
Battles - B EP (2004, Dim Mak Records)
Battles - Mirrored (2007, Warp)
Beach House - Beach House (2006, Bella Union)
Belle and Sebastian - Books EP (2004, Rough Trade)
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production Of Eggs (2005, Righteous Babe Records)
Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs From The Beehive (2008, Smallville Records)
Björk - Selmasongs (2000, One Little Indian)
Björk - Medúlla (2004, One Little Indian)
Black Devil Disco Club - 28 After (2006, Lo Recordings)
Black Dice - Creature Comforts (2004, DFA)
Bloc Party - Bloc Party EP (2004, V2 Records)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005, V2 Records)
Boards of Canada - In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country (2000, Warp)
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005, Saddle Creek Records)
Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light (2006, Matador)
Broadcast - Tender Buttons (2005, Warp)
Peter Broderick - Ten Duets (2009, Digitalis Limited)
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (2002, Arts & Crafts International)
David Thomas Broughton - The Complete Guide To Insufficiency (2005, Plug Research)
Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Music from the film Mysterious Skin (2005, Rykodisc)
Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering (2005, FatCat Records)

My 35,000 track was....
The Pine Hill Haints - Cuckoo Bird

As of 10.30.09:
Top ten artists
01. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
02. The Decemberists
03. The Handsome Family
04. Neko Case
05. They Might Be Giants
06. Rufus Wainwright
07. Tom Waits
08. Sufjan Stevens
09. Elliott Brood
10. 16 Horsepower

Top ten tracks
01. Elliott Brood - President (35)
02. The Handsome Family - The Woman Downstairs
03. Songs: Ohia - The Old Black Hen
04. Jay Munly - Big Black Bull Comes Like a Caesar
05. 16 Horsepower - Hutterite Mile
06. The Decemberists - On the Bus Mall
07. Youth Group - Forever Young
08. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
09. Andrew Bird - Scythian Empires
10. Antony and the Johnsons - River of Sorrow

Top ten albums
01. The Pine Hill Haints - Ghost Dance
02. Elliott Brood - Ambassador
03. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
04. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Kicking Against the Pricks
05. The Handsome Family - Last Days of Wonder
06. Sophe Lux - Waking The Mystics
07. The Decemberists - Picaresque
08. 16 Horsepower - Folklore
09. The Decemberists - Her Majesty
10. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone

Top ten tracks demonstrating increasing popularity amongst Jessichaosi, aged 27 to 27
01. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
02. Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire
03. DeVotchKa - You Love Me
04. Bruce Springsteen - Night
05. Adele - Right as Rain
06. Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
07. Neko Case - Prison Girls
08. Neko Case - Red Tide
09. Andrew Bird - Imitosis
10. Sophe Lux - President

1. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
2. David Sylvian - Manafon
3. Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor
4. Nadja - When I See The Sun Always Shines On TV
5. Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
6. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
7. Steve Hauschildt - Critique Of The Beautiful
8. Nosaj Thing - Drift
9. Emeralds - What Happened
10. William Basinski - 92982

35 - Phrazes For The Young - Julian Casablancas 8/10

What 'First Impressions Of Earth' should've sounded like. Like Strokes (ofcourse) but crossed with Bowie-Eno era mixed with a bit of Ratatat. Will be higher up the list by the end of the year.

Standout Track: Glass

34 - See Mystery Lights - YACHT 6/10

disappointing but its Yacht... and theyre great.

33 - Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers 7/10

A pretty solid return from the only good band from Wales.

Standout Track: Jackie Collins Existential Question Time

32 - Dark Was The Night - Various Artists 8/10

A great collections of new and covered songs by some of the finest indie bands around.

Standout Track: Brackett, WI - Bon Iver

31 - Klang - The Rakes 7/10

"I just had a revolution, we've been f**ked by the institution, so we ain't got nothing to lose man"

Can't believe they've split up. Such a great band.

Standout Track: The Final Hill

30 - The Resistance - Muse 7/10

Isn't the classic album i was hoping it would be but still, its Muse. hugely enjoyable as always.

Standout Track: Exogenesis: Symphony Pt 3: Redemption

29 - xx - The xx 7/10

One of the years best debut albums. Be interesting to see where they go next.

Standout Track: VCR

28 - The Kinks Choral Collection - Ray Davies 7/10

The legendary Ray Davies backed by a choir. Bliss!

Standout Track: Picture Book

27 - Live At The Hollywood Bowl - Van Morrison 7/10

Van Morrison plays Astral Weeks in all its full glory. The original album was music perfection and live it sounds just as wonderful. just wish i was there.

Standout Track: Sweet Thing

26 - Wilco (The Album) - Wilco 7/10

A few standout tracks but overall its a bit disappointing. Still, not including Wilco in a best of list would be like making a best of the 60s and not including The Beatles or the Stones. yeah, they're the 00s equivalent.

Standout Track: Solitaire

25 - Live in London - Leonard Cohen 8/10

Fantasmical! I've only listened to this a few times all the way through but each time i've enjoyed it so much. The sound is amazing and his interaction with the audience is so warm and intimate. Such a legend.

Standout Track: Who By Fire

24 - No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry, They Washed Away - Mew 8/10

Mew have always been one of those bands you have to keep an eye on cos you know they have the protential to make some amazing, and with this album i think they've finally done just that. Pretty stunning effort. Their strongest album by far.

Standout Track: Introducing Palace Players

23 - The Crying Light - Antony and the Johnsons 7/10

Beautiful melodies and the voice is as haunting as ever but overall, a little dull. Disappointing follow up to 'I Am A Bird Now'.

Standout Track: Aeon

22 - Unmap - Volcano Choir 7/10

Some of the songs and ideas seem a bit unfinished but its Justin Vernon and the guys a genius.

Standout Track: Island, Is

21 - Two Suns - Bat for Lashes 7/10

A beautiful and bewitching album. I love how she writes from the heart and pours herself in to every song.

Standout Track: Daniel

20 - March of the Zapotec - Beirut 7/10

A short but pleasant listen.

Standout Track: Venice

19 - A New Tide - Gomez 8/10

Comeback of the year for me. Gomez have always been consistent in making beautiful, catchy pop songs but not since 'Bring It On' have they brought together such a strong collection of songs in one album. This deserves more attention.

Standout Track: Little Pieces

18 - Manners - Passion Pit 7/10

Its hard not to like this album. Full of infectious vocals hooks, stomping pop rhythms and danceable synth grooves. Its just a little too much like Scissor Sisters than MGMT for me, and I always confuse the names of their songs because they all kinda sound the same.

Standout Track: To Kingdom Come

17 - The Ecstatic - Mos Def 8/10

The finest Hip-hop album of the year.

Standout Track: Quiet Dog Bite Hard

16 - Pourriture - Mr. Oizo 8/10

Mr. Oizo remixes some of his best songs from 'Lambs Anger'. Sound better than the originals.

Standout Track: Steroids (Mr. Oizo Remix)

15 - Kings & Queens - Jamie T 8/10

The boy from Wimbledon has done it again creating another polished album of modern pop brilliance.

Standout Track: The Man's Machine

14 - The Uninvited Guest - Siriusmo 9/10

This is seriousl dance music. I'm sure this guy will soon be recognized as one of the biggest names in the genre. Incredible stuff!

Standout Track: High Together

13 - Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Elvis Perkins 8/10

Folk album of the year.

Standout Track: Doomsday

12 - Jewellery - Micachu 9/10

Such an exciting album to listen to. So many different genres covered. Micachu is gonna be big.

Standout Track: Ship

11 - Resevoir - Fanfarlo 8/10

Standout Track: I'm A Pilot

When i first heard this i was overly critical thinking it was a poor British attempt at doing a Beirut but the more i listen to it the more i love it.

10 - Tarot Sport - Fuck Buttons 9/10

" A clusterfuck of noise and emotion".

Standout Track: olympians

09 - The Invisible - The Invisible 9/10

A great British debut worthy of the TVotR comparison. Should of won the Mercury Prize this year.

Standout Track: Ok

08 - Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors 8/10

Songs like Stillness Is The Move and Two Doves are so beautifully crafted. The whole album is just breathtaking.

Standout Track: Stillness Is the Move

07 - Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear 8/10

It's not 'Yellow House' but still a brilliant album. Keeps you coming back for more.

Standout Track: Two Weeks

06 - It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 9/10

Every song is a gem.

Standout Track: Hysteric

05 - Flashmob - Vitalic 9/10

Its been over 4 years since 'OK Cowboy' but this was so worth the wait! Monster electronic future anthems. French music rules the dancefloor.

Standout Track: Terminateur Benelux

04 - Two Dancers - Wild Beasts 9/10

I was expecting something good after their promising debut but never thought it would be this good. Beautiful falsetto vocals, glittering guitars and shifting rhythms. Its an astounding piece of work. Best British album of the year.

Standout Track: All The King's Men

03 - Power - Boys Noize 9/10

Listening to this album, and' Jeffer' especially, i finally realise why so many people in the blogosphere hold them in such high regard. These guys are incredible.

Standout Track: Jeffer

02 - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective 10/10

For most of the year it's been my favourite album of '09 but after seeing them twice headlining this year and both times leaving disappointed ive kinda lost a bit of love for AC. Still, theyre one of the most exciting and creative bands out there and this album is already a classic.

Standout Track: My Girls

01 - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix 10/10



Just an awesome indie-pop album. A pop masterpiece.

Standout track: Love Like a Sunset