Sunday, January 3, 2010

B>E>S>T> FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2009

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






1 comment:

irene said...

Tyler! So glad you did this. Always looking for good music. I love the Cribs and Love LOVE LOVE the new Tegan and Sara.