Top 10 Albums of 2009
1. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimist
2. Kid Koala’s The Slew - 100%
3. The xx - xx
4. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
5. Matt & Kim - Grand
6. Wilco - Wilco [The Album]
7. Doom - Born Like This
8. HEALTH - Get Color
9. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
10. Mew - No More Stories...
Honorable Mentions
Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Album that’s so far passed sounding awful that you convince yourself it’s awesome until you ultimately realize that it’s just plain awful
Weezer - Raditude
Favorite Album in 2009 that was released in 2008
dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angels
Band to Look out for in 2010
The Tony Castles
Top 3 Most Listened to Songs from 2009 [via last.fm/user/kskill]
1. The Slew - It’s All Over
2. Grizzly Bear - Southern Point
3. HEALTH - Die Slow
Would be the most scrobbled song if you included the amount of times you’ve watched the video (ie, best video of 2009 award)
Major Lazer - Pon De Floor
Top Live Band 2009
Nine Inch Nails (Best show: 8/23 Webster Hall “The Downward Spiral Live”)