Song of the Year: Akron/Family's "River" So good, so sad, so enriched with a nostalgic sound. A perfect 2009 tune for me to try to cry to.
Top 20 Albums of 2009 (F off, Pitchfork)
1. Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion (No denying it. Simply the best)
2. St. Vincent Actor
3. Passion Pit Manners (Best dance/candy music of the year. Shut up.)
4. Akron/Family Set 'Em Wild Set 'Em Free
5. The xx The xx
6. The Very Best Warm Heart of Africa
7. Starkey Starkbass (Muthafuckin dubstep)
8. Raekwon Only Built for Cuban Linx..Pt. II
9. The Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca
10. Atlas Sound Logos
11. Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
12. Cymbals Eat Guitars Why There Are Mountains
13. Nurses Apple's Acre (Portland, baby!)
14. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
15. Micachu and the Shapes Jewellery
16. Bill Callahan Sometimes I Wish We Were an Angel
17. Girls Album
18. The Flaming Lips Embryonic
19. Grizzly Bear Veckatimist
20. YACHT See Mystery Lights
Notable Books of 2009, The Year of the Short Story
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower
Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
Don't Cry by Mary Gaitskill
COMING NEXT: THE YEAR IN SMALL PRESS & PUBLISHING
yeah, not bad, except passion pit. ida put the xx on my list as well, but don't own a copy and haven't heard the whole thing.
ReplyDeletesh