Best Songs of 2009
01.) Heartless Bastards – The Mountain
02.) Telekinesis! – Coast Of Carolina
03.) The Heavy – How You Like Me Now
04.) Warpaint – Billie Holiday
05.) The Low Anthem – To Ohio
06.) Dan Auerbach – Trouble Weighs A Ton
07.) Generationals – When They Fight, They Fight
08.) The Soft Pack – Answer to Yourself
09.) People Under The Stairs – Trippin’ at the Disco
10.) Mocky – Birds Of A Feather (Feat. GZA)
11.) Micachu – Floor
12.) The National – Sleep All Summer
13.) She Keeps Bees & Sharon Van Etten – Cuddle Alone
14.) Bon Iver – Blood Bank
15.) Lee Fields & The Expressions – Honey Dove
16.) Surfer Blood – Catholic Pagans
17.) Real Estate – Beach Comber
18.) The Middle East – Blood
19.) Fool’s Gold – Surprise Hotel (Micachu & The Shapes Remix)
20.) Navajo Bixby – Many Ways
21.) Sons Of An Illustrious Father – Born Too Late
22.) Tulsa – St. Paul
23.) Electric Wire Hustle – They Don’t Want
24.) Volcano Choir – Island, IS
25.) Cotton Jones – Blood Red Sentimental Blues
26.) Portland Cello Project Featuring Thao – Beat (Health, Life And Fire)
27.) Deer Tick – Easy
28.) Beach Fossils – Daydream
29.) Neon Indian – Should Have Taken Acid With You
30.) Spoon – Got Nuffin
31.) The Horrors – Sea With A Sea
32.) Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader
33.) swimming in speakers – Serve Them Well
34.) Ghetto Brothers – Ghetto Brothers Power
35.) The Sandwitches – Kiss Your Feet
36.) O+S – Permanent Scar
37.) El Michels Affair – C.R.E.A.M. (Wu-Tang Clan Cover)
38.) Florence and The Machine – You’ve Got the Love (The XX Remix)
39.) Sonic Youth – Sacred Trickster
40.) Flight of the Conchords – Too Many Dicks On The Dance Floor
41.) Rough Francis – Waiting
42.) Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Funk 49 (Daytrotter Sessions 3/30/2009)
43.) Thee Vicars – Feel So Good
44.) Black Lips – The Drop I Hold feat. GZA
45.) We Are Country Mice – A Good Old Fashioned Barn Raising
46.) The Very Best – Mfumu
47.) Ancient Astronauts – Everybody
48.) The King Khan & BBQ Show – Invisible Girl
49.) Ola Podrida – Your Father’s Basement
50.) Atlas Sound – Shelia
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December 14th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Nice.
I’d totally forgotten about the brilliance of that Electric Wire Hustle track – thank you SO much for reminding me!
No Black Joe Lewis? I’m surprised…
I think ‘Heartbroken, in Disrepair’ is D. Auerbach’s song of the year. I know you used said song in your album posting instead, but still…
Also surprised no Cass McCombs.
Did anyone else notice the ‘blood’ theme in the middle of this list?
December 14th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Hey Holly:
I didn’t post several songs for different reasons, but “Ten Thousand Words” was one of my favorite songs of the year. I love ‘Harmonia’ – just so many great songs to choose from in ‘09.
The ‘blood’ theme was completely random. I didn’t notice it until you pointed it out. However, I did watch “Dexter” last night.
December 14th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Hey no chance at a zip archive of all the songs. Some brilliance in there.
Thanks.
December 15th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Laundry Room from the Avett Bros?
December 16th, 2009 at 3:01 am
Holy crap, you have posted some GREAT songs I would never have known about without you taking the time to do this. Thanks!
December 17th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Thanks David.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I didn’t think about a zip archive. Next year Kerry – sorry.
December 25th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
this was handy, nice work!
February 1st, 2010 at 4:51 pm
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