PREFACE: I didn’t go and look at all the other uber hip blogs and try to cool up my best of list with ironic hip hop and “loud for the sake of it or because we listen to Kevin Sheilds, we can be him too” bands. I love the following records, in one way or another. Here are my favorite records of 2009.
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20. LATE NIGHT ALUMNI /
OF BIRDS, BEES AND BUTTERFLIES
19. PAULO NUTINI /
SUNNY SIDE UP
18. THE CRIBS /
IGNORE THE IGNORANT
17. BAT FOR LASHES /
TWO SUNS
16. THE HORRORS /
PRIMARY COLOURS
15. POLLY SCATTERGOOD /
SELF TITLED
14. EDITORS /
IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING
13. MORRISSEY /
YEARS OF REFUSAL
12. SILVERSUN PICKUPS /
SWOON
11. THE BOXER REBELLION /
UNION
10. THE BIG PINK /
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LOVE
09. LADY GAGA /
THE FAME MONSTER
08. TEGAN AND SARA /
SAINT HOOD
07. PHOENIX /
WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX
06. ALBERTA CROSS /
BROKEN SIDE OF TIME
05. YEAH YEAH YEAHS /
ITS BLITZ
04. MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA /
MEAN EVERYTHING TO NOTHING
03. PASSION PIT /
MANNERS
02. EMPIRE OF THE SUN /
WALKING ON A DREAM
1. BRAND NEW / DAISY
