Favourite albums of 2009 #1:
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (74) (spme to be shouted from the rooftops)
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (106) (powerful)
Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues, But I Shook Them Loose (73) (epic)
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen (100) (mindfuck)
Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul (87)
Florence + The Machine - Lungs (415) (got somewhat bored, but it was v. good)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (72) (some to be shouted from the rooftops)
Iamx - Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction (75) (powerful)
Kings Of Convenience - Declaration Of Dependence (161) (epic)
Metric - Fantasies (150) (powerful)
Miike Snow - Miike Snow (58) (swedish, fun..and did i mention swedish?)
Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts (190) (to be in my shoes)
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (108) (catchy)
Regina Spektor - Far (144) (epic)
The Bird And The Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future (98) (delicate)
The Dead Weather - Horehound (129) (powerful)
The Temper Trap - Conditions (44) (catchy)
The XX - XX (125) (dark - not sinister, pleasant - not sweet)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (67) (powerful)
Other favourite albums of 2009:
Air - Love 2 (54)
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (55)
Au Revoir Simone - Still Night, Still Light (46) (delicate)
Flight Of The Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky (46) (funny)
Fol Chen - Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made (26) (catchy & funny)
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 (60) (some to be shouted from the rooftops)
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms (63) (thinking about summer)
Passion Pit - Manners (41) (thinking about summer)
Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio (62) (delicate)
The Heavy - The House That Built Dirt (29) (somewhat sexy)
The Horrors - Primary Colours (51)
Washed Out - High Times (26) & Life Of Leisure EP (35) (thinking about summer)
Others worth mentioning:
Bondage Fairies - Cheap Italian Wine
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Cinnamon Chasers - A Million Miles From Home
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
Dan Black - Un
Discovery - LP
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Little Boots - Hands
Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor
Simian Mobile Disco - Temporary Pleasure
The Crystal Method - Divided By Night
The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms
The Qemists - Join The Q
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Some I've anticipated, some I've more recently discovered. #s are not that accurate, the name tags in my music library are messy =)
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (74) (spme to be shouted from the rooftops)
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (106) (powerful)
Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues, But I Shook Them Loose (73) (epic)
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen (100) (mindfuck)
Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul (87)
Florence + The Machine - Lungs (415) (got somewhat bored, but it was v. good)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (72) (some to be shouted from the rooftops)
Iamx - Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction (75) (powerful)
Kings Of Convenience - Declaration Of Dependence (161) (epic)
Metric - Fantasies (150) (powerful)
Miike Snow - Miike Snow (58) (swedish, fun..and did i mention swedish?)
Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts (190) (to be in my shoes)
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (108) (catchy)
Regina Spektor - Far (144) (epic)
The Bird And The Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future (98) (delicate)
The Dead Weather - Horehound (129) (powerful)
The Temper Trap - Conditions (44) (catchy)
The XX - XX (125) (dark - not sinister, pleasant - not sweet)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (67) (powerful)
Other favourite albums of 2009:
Air - Love 2 (54)
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (55)
Au Revoir Simone - Still Night, Still Light (46) (delicate)
Flight Of The Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky (46) (funny)
Fol Chen - Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made (26) (catchy & funny)
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 (60) (some to be shouted from the rooftops)
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms (63) (thinking about summer)
Passion Pit - Manners (41) (thinking about summer)
Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio (62) (delicate)
The Heavy - The House That Built Dirt (29) (somewhat sexy)
The Horrors - Primary Colours (51)
Washed Out - High Times (26) & Life Of Leisure EP (35) (thinking about summer)
Others worth mentioning:
Bondage Fairies - Cheap Italian Wine
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Cinnamon Chasers - A Million Miles From Home
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
Dan Black - Un
Discovery - LP
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Little Boots - Hands
Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor
Simian Mobile Disco - Temporary Pleasure
The Crystal Method - Divided By Night
The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms
The Qemists - Join The Q
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Some I've anticipated, some I've more recently discovered. #s are not that accurate, the name tags in my music library are messy =)
