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vaalw's top albums (12 months) 1. Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost (1136) 2. Vetiver - To Find Me Gone (990) 3. Cat Power - Jukebox (711) 4. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (461) 5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (422) 6. Júpiter Maçã - Uma Tarde Na Fruteira (306) 7. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - So Far (256) 8. Neil Young - Greatest Hits (254) 9. Yes - The Yes Album (233) 10. Nei Lisboa - Hi-Fi (225)

Another year, another shitload of great albums. As soon as you start thinking it is feeling like a quiet year they come tumbling out of the woodwork and the end of year culling process is as tricky as ever.

Honorable mentions must go to two outstanding EPs: Bon Iver’s Blood Bank and Witch Hats’ Solarium Down The Causeway as well as the following reissues:

* Neil Young Archives – a stellar collection that sets a new standard in box sets and career overviews… and its just the beginning of the series!
* Kraftwerk Remaster series – the electronic pioneers were overdue for a reappraisal and these new versions of their classic albums prove they were the electronic originators and still the masters.
* The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses. A clean-up of an album that defined its time.
* Pearl Jam – Ten. A worthy replacement for the muddy and billowing sound of the original.
* The Beatles Remaster series – A chance to hear the songs in a totally new light.

Our favourite albums of 2009 are as follows… Let us know your thoughts!

25. Gallows | Grey Britain
24. Odawas | The Blue Depths
23. Felice Brothers | Yonder Is The Clock
22. J. Tillman | Vacilando Territory Blues
21. Wilco | Wilco (The Album)
20. Sonic Youth | The Eternal
19. The Maladies | With You Right By My Side, Baby The Deal Just Can’t Go Down
18. Vetiver | Tight Knit
17. Wooden Shjips | Dos
16. The Scare | Oozevoodoo
15. Black Lips | 200 Million Thousand
14. Dimmer | Degrees Of Existence
13. Jamie Hutchings | His Imaginary Choir
12. Grizzly Bear | Veckatimest
11. Fink | Sort of Revolution
10. Songs | Songs
9. The Flaming Lips | Embryonic
8. Leader Cheetah – The Sunspot Letters
7. The Fiery Furnaces | I’m Going Away
6. Dinosaur Jr | Farm
5. Justin Townes Earle | Midnight At The Movies
4. Jay Reatard | Watch Me Fall
3. Magnolia Electric Co | Josephine
2. Girls – Album
1. Wild Beasts | Two Dancers

Since my 2009 - Year In Music journal got deleted 16 days ago by Last.fm by accident, I decided to do another one. Ugh.



1. Mew – Introducing Palace Players

2. Dirty Projectors – Stilness is the Move

3. Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky

4. Animal Collective - Lion in a Coma

5. Dirty Projectors + David Byrne – Knotty Pine

6. Fever Ray – Keep The Streets Empty For Me

7. jj - from africa to málaga

8. Bill Callahan - Eid Ma Clack Shaw

9. Dirty Projectors – No Intention

10. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks

11. Fever Ray – When I Grow Up

12. The Depreciation Guild - Dream About Me

13. Timber Timbre – Lay Down In The Tall Grass

14. Phoenix – Lisztomania

15. Mew – Sometimes Life Isn't Easy

16. Beach House – Norway

17. Girls – Lust For Life

18. Radiohead – These Are My Twisted Words

19. Deradoorian – Weed Jam

20. Akron/Family – River

21. El Perro del Mar – Change Of Heart

22. Animal Collective - Taste

23. The xx – Islands

24. Diamonds for Eyes – Talking About It

25. Dirty Projectors – Useful Chamber

26. jj – Ecstasy

27. Mew – Beach

28. Letting Up Despite Great Faults – In Steps

29. Yo La Tengo – Periodically Double or Triple

30. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Killers

31. Jónsi & Alex – Boy 1904

32. The Antlers – Bear

33. Empire of the Sun – We Are The People

34. Washed Out – You'll See It

35. Vetiver – More Of This

36. The xx – Basic Space

37. Radiohead - Harry Patch (In Memory Of)

38. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait (feat. Beck)

39. Wavves – To the Dregs

40. Iran – I Can See The Future

41. Discovery - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (feat. Angel Deradoorian)

42. hurts – Wonderful Life

43. Voxtrot - Trepanation Party

44. The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa (feat. Ezra Koenig)

45. Camera Obscura - French Navy

46. Morrissey – Something Is Squeezing My Skull

47. Jónsi – Boy Lilikoi

48. The Gossip - Heavy Cross (Fred Falke Remix)

49. Neon Indian – Terminally Chill

50. Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective


1. Brokencyde - Booty Call (Feat. E-40)

2. The Black Eyed Peas - Bom Bom Pow

3. 3OH!3 - Don't Trust Me

4. Miley Cirus - Party In The U.S.A.

5. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

6. Lady Sovereign – So Human

7. Asher Roth – I Love College

8. Eminem - We Made You

9. Millionaires - Just Got Paid, Lets Get Laid

10. Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad (feat. Leighton Meester)


1. Solange – Stilness Is The Move (Dirty Projectors Cover)

3. Placebo - Wouldn't It Be Good? (Nik Kershaw Cover)

4. Xiu Xiu – I'm Hated for Loving (Morrissey Cover)

5. jj - troublemaker (Akon Cover)

6. Death Cab for Cutie - Love Song (The Cure Cover)

7. Parenthetical Girls – Handsome Devil (The Smiths Cover)

8. Pomplamoose - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (Beyoncé Cover)

9. The xx - Hot Like Fire (Aaliyah Cover)

10. Toro y Moi – Human Nature (Michael Jackson Cover)

11. Fever Ray – Stranger Than Kindness (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Cover)

12. Pomplamoose – Beat It (Michael Jackson Cover)

14. His Clancyness – So Bored (Wavves Cover)

15. Florence + The Machine – Addicted To Love (Robert Palmer Cover)

16. Ruby Weapon - Two Weeks (Grizzly Bear Cover)

17. Nouvelle Vague - Road To Nowhere (Talking Heads Cover)

18. Joan as Police Woman – Overprotected (Britney Spears Cover)

19. Jessica Lea Mayfield - Words Of Love (Buddy Holly Cover)

20. Department of Eagles – Love Me (Elvis Presley Cover)


1. She & Him - I Put A Spell On You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins Cover)

2. Broken Social Scene – Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover)

3. The Veronicas – Uprising (Muse Cover)

4. She & Him - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths cover)

5. Imogen Heap - Thriller (Michael Jackson Cover)

6. Bat for Lashes - Use Somebody (Kings of Leon Cover)

7. Franz Ferdinand - Womanizer (Britney Spears Cover)
(to be honest, the last three covers aren't that bad, but I expected them to be far better, and was vastly disappointed)



5. El Perro del Mar – Change Of Heart


4. Mew - Repeaterbeater


3. Birdy Nam Nam - The Parachute Ending


2. Flairs – Truckers Delight


1. Fever Ray – When I Grow Up



20. Wavves – Wavvves


19. Akron/Family – Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free


18. The xx – xx


17. Omar Souleyman - Dabke 2020


16. A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Deliverance


15. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms


14. Jónsi & Alex – Riceboy Sleeps


13. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix


12. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle


11. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest


10. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light


9. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Vs. Children


8. Timber Timbre – Timber Timbre


7. Cotton Jones - PARANOID COCOON


6. Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Letting Up Despite Great Faults


5. Fever Ray - Fever Ray


4. jj - jj n° 2


3. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion


2. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca


1. Mew - No More Stories/Are Told Today/I'm Sorry/They Washed Away//No More Stories/The World Is Grey/I'm Tired/Let's Wash Away



12. Burial & Four Tet - Moth/Wolf Cub


11. The Drums – Summertime!


10. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than The Stars EP


9. Grass Widow - Grass Widow


8. Mew – No More Stories EP


7. Cotton Jones – Rio Ranger EP


6. Fever Ray - Stranger than Kindness/Here Before


5. Washed Out - Life of Leisure EP


4. Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange


3. The Depreciation Guild - Dream About Me


2. Deradoorian – Mind Raft


1. Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind




» Dirty Projectors + David Byrne - Knotty Pine
» The Books + José González - Cello Song
» Feist and Ben Gibbard - Train Song
» Bon Iver - Brackett, WI
» Grizzly Bear - Deep Blue Sea
» The National - So Far Around the Bend
» Yeasayer - Tightrope
» My Brightest Diamond - Feeling good
» Kronos Quartet - Dark Was The Night
» Antony + Bryce Dessner - I Was Young When I Left Home
» Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner - Big Red Machine
» The Decemberists - Sleepless
» Iron & Wine - Die
» Grizzly Bear + Feist - Service Bell
» Sufjan Stevens - You Are The Blood
» Spoon - Well-Alright
» Arcade Fire - Lenin
» Beirut - Mimizan
» My Morning Jacket - El Caporal
» Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Inspiration Information
» Dave Sitek - With A Girl Like You
» Buck 65 remix featuring Sufjan Stevens & Serengeti - Blood Pt 2
» The New Pornographers - Hey,Snow White
» Yo La Tengo - Gentle Hour
» Stuart Murdoch - Another Saturday
» Riceboy Sleeps - Happiness
» Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues - Amazing Grace
» Andrew Bird - The Giant of Illinois
» Conor Oberst + Gillian Welch - Lua
» Blonde Redhead + Devastations - When The Road Runs Out
» Kevin Drew - Love Vs. Porn



Just Like Heaven, a tribute to The Cure, including: Joy Zipper, Tanya Donelly & Dylan in the Movies, The Brunettes, Kitty Karlyle, Dean & Britta, Luff, The Submarines, Elk City, The Rosebuds, Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee, Cassettes Won’t Listen, Devics, Julie Peel, , The Poems, Grand Duchy (Violet Clark & Black Francis), The Wedding Present and Dala.



Nouvelle Vague - 3




A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Ashes Grammar

Air – Love 2

As Tall as Lions – You Can't Take It With You

Atlas Sounds – Logos

Bat for Lashes – Two Suns

Best Coast – Where The Boys Are

Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue

brothersister – The Wunder Tales

Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

CocoRosie - Coconuts, Plenty of Junk Food

Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul

Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious

Discovery - LP

Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe

Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be

Dodos - Time To Die

Ducktails - Landscapes

Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream

fun. – Aim and Ignite

Ganglians - Monster Head Room

Girls - Album

HEALTH – Get Color

High Wolf – Incapulco

Iran - Dissolver

Islands – Vapours

Japandroids – Post Nothing

Joe Goddard – Harvest Festival

Karl Blau – Zebra

Kath Bloom - Loving Takes This Course

Kings of Convenience – Decleration of Dependence

Lacrosse - Bandages for the Heart

Lake - Let's Build A Roof

Little Girls - Tambourine

Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective

Lovers - I Am The West

M. Ward – Hold Time

Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do

Memory Tapes - Seek Magic

Mi Ami – Watersports

Mika - The Boy Who Knew Too Much

Morrissey – Years Of Refusal/Swords

Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem/White Stag

múm - Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know

Muse - The Resistance

Nero's Day at Disneyland - From Rotting Fantasylands

Nouvelle Vague - 3

Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor

Peter Bjorn and John – Living Thing

PJ Harvey and John Parish - A Woman a Man Walked by

Real Estate - Fake Blues/7"

Röyksopp – Junior

Simian Mobile Disco – Temporary Pleasure

Sleigh Bells - Sleigh Bells

Small Black - Small Black

Smith Westerns - Smith Westerns

Snow in Mexico - Snow in Mexico EP

Summer Cats - Songs For Tuesdays

Taken by Trees - East Of Eden

Telekinesis - Telekinesis!

The Antlers - Hospice

The Flaming Lips – Embryonic

The Gossip – Music For Men

The Joy Formidable - A Balloon Called Moaning

The Lady Sails - The Lady Sails

the Little Hands of Asphalt - Leap Years

The Love Language – The Love Language

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

The Tumbled Sea - Melody/Summer

The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa

Universal Studios Florida - Ocean Sunbirds

Vetiver– Tight Knit

Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong

Volcano Choir – Unmap

YACHT - See Mystery Lights

Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs

Washed Out – High Times

Watercolor Paintings - Open Your Mouth

Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There

Wojtek Godzisz - Wojtek Godzisz

Woods - Songs of Shame

1/12
Grizzly Bear- Easier
Sufjan Stevens- The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
Kings of Convenience- Toxic Girl
Noah and the Whale- Our Window
Vetiver- Amerilie
Wilco- I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Elephant Micah- Exotic Criminals
Jason Lytle- Yours Truly, The Commuter
Neko Case- Hold On, Hold On
The Swell Season- The Rain
Fleet Foxes- Ragged Wood
Iron & Wine- Flightless Bird, American Mouth

1/14
M83- Kim & Jessie
Toro y Moi- Blessa
Annie- Songs Remind Me of You
Kaskade- Step One Two
Does It Offend You, Yeah?- We Are Rockstars
Discovery- Osaka Loop Line
Fever Ray- Seven
Matias Aguayo- Rollerskate
Prefuse 73- DEC. Machine Funk All ERA's
Burial- Archangel
Lindstrøm- Fast & Delirious
DJ Sprinkles- The Occassional Feel-Good

Best Albums of 2009

Before we get too far into 2010, I thought I'd review my favorite albums of 2009.

1. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Key Tracks: Vengeance Is Sleeping, Middle Cyclone

Neko's voice is an instrument unlike any other--a breath of fresh air in this auto-tuned, candy pop-saturated era. The melodies on this album are equal parts haunting and beautiful, accentuated in lullabye-like tunes such as Vengeance is Sleeping and Middle Cyclone. Throw in a couple catchy rockers with kooky lyrics, like I'm an Animal ("heaven will smell like the airport"), and you've got a complete, classic album that outshines everything that anyone else put out in 2009.

2. Vetiver - Tight Knit
Key Tracks: Pay No Mind, Everyday

This is the perfect album for long car rides, sitting out on the porch with a cold drink, or enjoying a quiet night in. It's guaranteed to put you in a better mood whenever it's playing. It's somehow a feel-good album without the songs being terribly upbeat or sung with much enthusiasm. It's the best album you probably didn't even know existed last year.

3. Dark Was The Night Compilation
Key Tracks: Feist and Ben Gibbard - Train Song, Iron & Wine - Die

Quite possibly the best compilation album I've ever heard. It's as if someone peeked into my music library, recruited my most listened-to artists of the past couple years and convinced them each to contribute an amazing new track for this disc, whose proceeds go to raising HIV & AIDS awareness. Notable contributors include The Decemberists, Neko Case & the New Pornographers, Jose Gonzalez, a duet between Feist & Death Cab's Ben Gibbard, Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, and Iron & Wine, whose tuneful "Die" may be the most beautiful one-minute song you'll ever hear.

4. Coconut Records - Davy
Key Tracks: Drummer, Any Fun

Actor Jason Schwartzman is a man of many talents. Not only does he have his own TV show and act in awesome movies, he writes all of the songs and plays all the instruments for Coconut Records. He's got a penchant for Shins-inspired melodies, Beatlesque chord progressions, and tasty combinations of hand claps, bells, pianos, and a heavy dose of na-na-na's and do-do-do's to keep your head bobbing.

5. The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
Key Tracks: Kick Drum Heart, I And Love And You

These NC bros took a big risk this year deep-frying their folky bluegrass roots in pop rock batter, courtesy of the legendary Rick Rubin, mastermind behind such classics as Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill and Jay-Z's Black Album. The results are a stunningly delicious treat. The track "I and Love and You," about packing everything up and moving to Brooklyn, reminds me of all my friends who've made big moves in the past few years.

6. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Key Tracks: 1901, Lisztomania

These guys from France brought their A game this year to give rock music a sorely-needed kick in the pants. While comparable bands like The Killers, Jet, and Franz Ferdinand took steps backward in 2009, Phoenix raced ahead of the pack to emerge with the best rock album of the year and the most promising future of all its peers.

7. Iron & Wine - Around the Well
Key Tracks: Kingdom of the Animals, Sinning Hands

Very few bands can put out an album of previously unreleased throwaways and B-sides and have it stack up to the quality of their best and most well-known material. With 23 tracks here, the hidden gems actually outnumber the yawners. If you're into indie covers, you'll love Sam Beam's quiet renditions of songs by Flaming Lips and The Postal Service. Also check out the acoustic guitar double-bends on Sinning Hands and the subtle wah pedal swells on Kingdom of the Animals.

8. Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
Key Tracks: White Feather, Far Away

I had low expectations for this album, but I was pleasantly surprised. I loved their first album in 2005, but since then, everyone except for singer/guitarist Andrew Stockdale up and quit, so some apprehension was to be expected. There's plenty of the Led Zep / Black Sabbath influence still here, but this sophomore effort reaches much further. Much like The White Stripes before them, Wolfmother has figured out how to pay homage to the past masters of the craft while pushing their own art ever further. Pianos, cowbell, violins--c'mon in and join the party, there's plenty of room for all.

9. Harper Simon - Harper Simon
Key Tracks: Berkeley Girl, Shooting Star

Harper has some darn good genes. The unsuspecting ear may confuse his voice and melodies as that of his legendary father Paul. Nothing too complicated here on his debut album, especially lyrically, but the tunes sure are easy on the ears. As he proclaims in Wishes & Stars, "I'm simple as a bee, as a melody in C, but it don't matter." Sean Lennon also contributed to the album.

10. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
Key Tracks: Wilco (the Song), Sonny Feeling

You've got to love a rock band borrowing the age-old rap technique of asserting something confidently in the 3rd person, and actually pulling it off. "Put on your headphones... Wilco will love you, baby." Tweedy doesn't lie.

Honorable Mention

Some other enjoyable albums from 2009 that didn't quite crack my top 10...

11. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
12. Wu-Tang Clan - Chamber Music
13. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
14. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
15. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
16. Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
17. The Black Crowes - Before the Frost... Until the Freeze
18. The Dead Weather - Horehound
19. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
20. A Fine Frenzy - Bomb In A Birdcage

1- Texas Rose, The Thaw & the Beasts - Castanets



2 - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan



3 - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective



4 - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart



5 - Live in London - Leonard Cohen



6 - Signal Morning - Circulatory System



7 - Romanian Names - John Vanderslice



8 - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day - Julie Doiron



9 - Délivrance - A Hawk and a Hacksaw



10 - Bromst - Dan Deacon



11 - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free - Akron/Family



12 - The Eternal - Sonic Youth



13 - Years Of Refusal - Morrissey



14 - White Flag - Madeline



15 - An Imaginary Country - Tim Hecker



16 - Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear



17 - To Willie - Phosphorescent



18 - Sweet Jardim - Tiê



19 - Is And Always Was - Daniel Johnston



20 - Together Through Life - Bob Dylan



21 - Zebra - Karl Blau



22 - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix



23 - Two Dancers - Wild Beasts



24 - the Life of the World to Come - The Mountain Goats



25 - Hospice - The Antlers



26 - The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists



27 - Memoirs At The End Of The World - The Postmarks



28 - Eskimo Snow - Why?



29 - Can't Maintain - Andrew Jackson Jihad



30 - Tight Knit - Vetiver



31 - Noble Beast - Andrew Bird



32 - No More Stories / Are Told Today / I'm Sorry / They Washed Away // No More Stories / The World Is Grey / I'm Tired / Let's Wash Away - Mew



33 - Popular Songs - Yo La Tengo



34- Album - Girls



35 - UHUUU! - Cidadão Instigado

A Place to Bury Strangers
Air
Akron/Family
Albert Hammond Jr.
Andrew Bird
Animal Collective
Anouk
Aphex Twin
Apse
Art Brut
Ash
Au Revoir Simone
Basement Jaxx
Beach House
Beak>
Beirut
Björk
Black Dice
Black Lips
Blue Roses
Blur
Broken Social Scene
Bryan Adams
Calexico
Cansei de Ser Sexy
caUSE co-MOTION!
CocoRosie
Coldcut
Coldplay
Crocodiles
Daan
Das Pop
Dead Confederate
Deerhoof
dEUS
Devendra Banhart
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Pile-up
Dream/Aktion Unit
El Tattoo del Tigre
Electrelane
Emiliana Torrini
Faithless
Feist
Final Fantasy
Flip Kowlier
Franz Ferdinand
Freeform Five
Fridge
Fujiya & Miyagi
Girls in Hawaii
Grandaddy
Grizzly Bear
Heather Nova
Here We Go Magic
Holy Fuck
Home Blitz
Iggy & the Stooges
Interpol
Jackson & His Computerband
Julian Casablancas
K's Choice
Lamb
LCD Soundsystem
Lenny Kravitz
Let's Wrestle
Liars
Libyans
Lights
Live
Loney, Dear
Love Is All
Low
Magnus
Manic Street Preachers
Massive Attack
Mercury Rev
Metallica
Metric
Millionaire
Modest Mouse
Moloko
Mono
Monotonix
Mouse on Mars
MUM
Muse
My Bloody Valentine
My Morning Jacket
Neon Indian
Noah and the Whale
Noordkaap
Novastar
Pants Yell!
Parenthetical Girls
Patrick Wolf
Pavement
Pixies
PJ Harvey
Placebo
Point Juncture, WA
Queens of the Stone Age
R.E.M.
Radiohead
Ratatat
Rilo Kiley
Robbie Williams
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Royal Bangs
royksopp
Secret Machines
Shortwave Set
Silversun Pickups
Sioen
Six Organs of Admittance
Skin
Skunk Anansie
Snow Patrol
Sonic Youth
Soulwax
South San Gabriel
Spectrum
St. Vincent
Starsailor
Stereophonics
Stupid Party
Sufjan Stevens
Sugababes
Supergrass
Susheela Raman
Syd Matters
Texas
The Antlers
The Arcade Fire
The Bees
The Chemical Brothers
The Cribs
The Cure
The Depreciation Guild
The Go! Team
The Kills
The Mars Volta
The Most Serene Republic
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pipettes
The Ponys
The Rapture
The Shaky Hands
The Shins
The Strokes
The Thermals
The Von Bondies
Thou
Triggerfinger
Underworld
Vashti Bunyan
Vetiver
Vivian Girls
Voicst
We Are Scientists
We Have Band
Wilco
Willy Mason
Yo La Tengo
Zita Swoon
Zoot Woman

BEST OF 2009






1. God Help The Girl - God help the girl
Ook al is het dan misschien een soundtrack, de voor mij beste cd van 2009 laat ik natuurlijk niet ontbreken!
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
Alhoewel Close to Paradise mij meer doet, vond ik dit zeker geen vervelend album. De twee concerten die ik heb mee mogen maken van deze man waren overigens echt geweldig!
Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be
Lily Allen - It's not me, It's you
The xx- xx
Beste nieuwkomer 2009 if you'd ask me
Au Revoir Simone - Still Night, Still Light
Mumford And Sons - Sigh No More
Arctic Monkeys- Humbug
Noah and the Whale - The First Days of Spring
Florence + The Machine - Lungs
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Vetiver - Tight Knit
Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Ben benieuwd wat 2010 ons gaat brengen!

kisses, laura.



Oja! vernieuwde top 2008 (hoort er ook een beetje bij):

Laura Marling Alas I Cannot Swim
Roosbeef Ze willen wel je hond aaien maar niet met je praten
The Kills Midnight Boom
Bon Iver For emma, forever ago
Sigur Ròs - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust