Best Music of 2009

Note: This is a bit of a repost but with more content thrown in, thanks for putting up with it

I know this is a little early, but I know there is a best of the 2000′s list to work on as well, and history has shown me that good albums do not come out in Novembers and Decembers. This year was a pretty fantastic for music, so the choices were much tougher than last year. So here is the quick and dirty list for 2009.

1. **Merriweather Post Pavillian – Animal Collective**
   

   A fantastic album through and through, they make repetition creative and My Girls is amazing

2. **Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix**
   

   I beg you to find a more fun, creative and solid album

3. **JJ N° 2 – JJ**
   

   This one came out of left field but I cannot stop listening to the smooth vocals and island beats

4. **Manners – Passion Pit**
   

   Just one step behind Phoenix in fun, creative and solidness

5. **Veckatimest – Grizzly Bear**
   

   Two Weeks is a great song and the rest is weird enough to keep you interested but not too weird to turn away

6. **xx – The XX**
   

   You want moody music, this is moody music. It also happens to be great and touching at the same time

7. **Immolate Yourself – Telefon Tel Aviv**
   

   Really good electronic work here, this year’s Cut Copy

8. **Reservoir – Fanfarlo**
   

   A really good indie album out of England that I can listen to the whole way through with no problem

9. **Song of Songs – Stile Antico**
   

   Early classical pick from Amazon has me amazed every time I listen to it

10. **Farm – Dinosaur Jr.**
    

    Fantastic grunge album 15 years after it’s time.

Honorable Mention (in Alphabetical Order)

• There is No Enemy- Built to Spill
• My Maudlin Career – Camera Obscura
• This is for the White… – Choir of Young Believers
• LP – Discovery
• Here We Go Magic – Here We Go Magic
• Fantasies – Metric
• 5: Five Years of Hyperdub – Various Artists

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