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32 Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
31 Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
30 The Fall of Troy - In the Unlikely Event
29 Karen O and the Kids - Where The Wild Things Are
28 Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx Part 2
27 U2 - No Line On The Horizon
26 The Mars Volta - Octahedron
25 Brand New - Daisy
24 Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Solar Gambling
23 Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
22 Maxwell - BLACKSummer's Night
21 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
20 Clipse - Til The Casket Drops
19 Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic
18 As Cities Burn - Hell Or High Water
17 Metric - Fantasies
16 Method Man & Redman - Blackout 2
15 Say Anything - Say Anything
14 Passion Pit - Manners
13 Thrice - Beggars
12 Sufjan Stevens - The BQE
11 St. Vincent - Actor
10 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
9 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
8 Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
7 Volcano Choir - Unmap
6 Mew - No More Stories
5 Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
4 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
3 Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini: Wizard Of Poetry In Emerald City
2 Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Xenophanes
1 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest


Bonus - Beach House - Teen Dream (2010)

1. Thrice - Beggars
2. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
3. Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - III
4. Baroness - Blue Record
5. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
6. Isis - Wavering Radiant
7. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
8. Peste Noire - Ballade cuntre lo Anemi Francor
9. The Dead Weather - Horehound
10. Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow

20. Isis -- Wavering Radiant




19. Mos Def -- The Ecstatic




18. Poison the Well -- The Tropic Rot




17. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart -- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart




16. Rx Bandits -- Mandala




15. Kid Cudi -- Man On The Moon: The End Of Day




14. The Mars Volta -- Octahedron




13. Portugal. The Man -- The Satanic Satanist




12. Mastodon -- Crack The Skye




11. The xx -- The xx




10. As Tall as Lions -- You Can't Take It With You




9. The Antlers -- Hospice




8. The Dear Hunter -- Act III: Life and Death




7. Taking Back Sunday -- New Again




6. Brand New -- Daisy




5. The Bravery -- Stir The Blood




4. Converge -- Axe To Fall




3. Baroness -- Blue Record




2. Thrice -- Beggars




1. Closure In Moscow -- First Temple

I always have a hard time making lists. Don't like this one, sue me.

1. roi - smears // something between Fergie and Jesus
2. The Antlers - Hospice // слоукор
3. Wet Hair - Dream // гипногоджик
4. The Horrors - Primary Colours // шугейз
5. Talk Normal - Sugarland // ноу-вэйв
6. Sun Araw - Heavy Deeds // гипногоджик
7. Megafaun - Gather, Form and Fly // фолк
8. Ducktails - Ducktails // сёрф
9. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic // чиллвэйв
10. Real Estate - Real Estate // сёрф-поп
11. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic // экспериментал
12. brazos - Phosphorescent Blues // фолк
13. Wavves - Wavves // глоу-фай
14. YACHT - See Mystery Lights // поп
15. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs // нойз-поп
16. White Denim - Fits // гараж-панк
17. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist // инди
18. Pocahaunted - Gold Miner's Daughters // гипногоджик
19. La Roux - La Roux // электропоп
20. A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head // пост-панк
21. Passion Pit - Manners // поп
22. Wet Hair - Glass Fountain // гипногоджик
23. Blank Dogs - Under and Under // глоу-фай
24. The xx - The xx // пост-панк
25. Jackie-O Motherfucker - Ballads of the Revolution // экспериментал
26. Julian Lynch - Orange You Glad // сёрф
27. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul // инди
28. Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic // психоделик
29. Best Coast- make you mine // гараж
30. Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be // нью вейрд америка

+ SoulJacker

01 Brand New “Daisy”
02 Kevin Devine“Brother's Blood”
03 Manchester Orchestra“Mean Everything to Nothing”
04 ROBBERS“Flesh EP”
05 MSTRKRFT “Fist of God”
06 mewithoutYou “It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright”
07 Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band“Outer South”
08 Mew “No More Stories Are Told Today...”
09 Dan Auerbach “Keep It Hid”
10 Thrice “Beggars”

11 St Vincent “Actor”
12 PJ Harvey & John Parish“A Woman A Man Walked By”
13 Sonic Youth“The Eternal”
14 John Mayer“Battle Studies”
15 Dan Deacon “Bromst”
16 Iron And Wine “Around The Well”
17 Clark “Totems Flair”
18 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone “Vs Children”
19 Bloc Party “Intimacy Remixed”
20 Black Moth Super Rainbow“Eating Us”

21 Arctic Monkeys”Humbug”
22 Clues “Clues”
23 BLK JKS “Mystery EP”
24 Taking Back Sunday “New Again”
25 Die On Planes “Altitude Sickness”
26 Portugal. The Man “The Satanic Satanist”
27 The Dear Hunter “Act III: Life and Death”
28 The Mars Volta “Octahedron”
29 Dinosaur Jr “Farm”
30 Dethklok “The Dethalbum II”

31 The Dodos “Time To Die”
32 NOFX “Coaster”
33 Isis “Wavering Radiant”
34 Mono “Hymn To The Immortal Wind”
35 The Flaming Lips“Embryonic”
36 Wilco “Wilco”
37 Grizzly Bear “Veckatimest”
38 Au Revoir Simone“Still Night Still Light”
39 Animal Collective “Merriweather Post Pavilion”
40 Telekinesis! “Telekinesis!”

41 Regina Spektor “Far”
42 Sunset Rubdown “Dragonslayer”
43 Tyondai Braxton “Central Market”
44 Tortoise “Beacons Of Ancestorship”
45 White Rabbits “It's Frightening”
46 Vetiver “Tight Knit”
47 Yeah Yeah Yeah's “It's Blitz!”
48 Bat for Lashes “Two Suns”
49 Bell Orchestre”As Seen Through Windows”
50 Thom Yorke“Live at Latitude 2009”

Yes, my list fell out of order as soon as I left the top ten, but I put numbers next to everything for the sake of neatness. I actually rate Tyondai Braxton a lot higher and Taking Back Sunday a bit lower, but I'm not changing it for now. It was enough effort just typing the damn list up!

10 +10

20.Loney, Dear - Dear John
19. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
18. A Storm of Light - Forgive Us Our Trespasses
17. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
16. The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead
15. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
14. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
13. Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, The Commuter
12. Lightning Dust - Infinite Light
11. We Fell to Earth - We Fell to Earth LP


10. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport



9. Future of the Left - Travels With Myself And Another



8. Caspian - Tertia



7. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions



6. Kellermensch - Kellermensch



5. Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind



4. 36 - Hypersona



3. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul



2. Silversun Pickups - Swoon



1. A Mountain Of One - Institute of Joy

Band of the Year

1. Mastodon
The first place goes to Atlanta, to an awesome band which released an awesome album and do have an awesome Homepage servise and a great relation to their fans. My band of the year !
2. Rise Against
Rise Against is my discovery of the year. And also my first concert ever :D
3. Pink Floyd
This pretty classic band gets the third place, because it's the band I loved the most to hear it in 2009. So much awesome albums ... this band is one of the most genius bands ever !


Album of the Year

1. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
3. Amorphis - Skyforger
4. John Frusciante - The Empyrean
5. Insomnium - Across the Dark

Other good albums 2009: Blue Record, Endgame, World Painted Blood, Chickenfoot, No Line On The Horizon, From Afar and many more

Most disappointing Album of the Year

Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings


Song of the Year

1. Chickenfoot - Oh Yeah
2. Volbeat - Call of the Warrior
3. Mastodon - Divinations
4. Ensiferum - Stone Cold Metal
5. John Frusciante - God


Clip of the Year

1. Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning
2. U2 - Get On Your Boots
3. Scar Symmetry - Noumenon And Phenomenon
4. Mastodon - Oblivion
4. Portugal. The Man - Do You
5. Rise Against - Saviour

Cover of the Year
1. Static Tensions


2. Blue Record


3.Dark Matter Dimensions


4.The Empyrean


5.Wavering Radiant

These albums are NOT ordered, I consider these to be the best 25 albums of the year in general, and their order is completely arbitrary and annoyingly difficult to assess. Enjoy.

Little Dragon - Machine Dreams
The xx - xx
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories The World Is Grey I'm Sorry Let's Wash Away
Girls - Album
Espers - III
Passion Pit - Manners
PHANTOGRAM - Eyelid Movies
Miike Snow - Miike Snow
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Lake - Oh The Places We'll Go
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
The Love Language - The Love Language
Venice is Sinking - AZAR
Real Estate - Real Estate
Headlights - Wildlife
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Atlas Sound - Logos
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Pheonix
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Vetiver - Tight Knit
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport