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All the music on this list is less than a year old. In spite of this, each of these albums sets my toes a-tapping in a way heretofore unknown. For that reason, they deserve special merit.

The following albums are fraternizing with one EP and one mixtape. If their placement on this list OF ALBUMS concerns you, eat a dick. Also, if you expect explanations for my choices, eat another dick. I'm not that verbose.

10. Dan Deacon - Bromst


9. HEALTH - Get Color


8. The Mars Volta - Octahedron


7. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect


6. Sage Francis - Sick Of Wasting...


5. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion


4. Basement Jaxx - Scars


3. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Xenophanes


2. Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Next


1. Les Claypool - Of Fungi and Foe

Honorary Mention
All of these albums are either too young for me to have spent a significant amount of time with, or simply are inferior to the ten above them. Regardless, they are worthwhile enough to warrant some identification.

BLK JKS - After Robots


MSTRKRFT - Fist Of God


Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca


Easy Star All-Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band


Portugal, The Man - Satanic Satanist

This year, particularly in music, was an odd year for me. The first half of the year was dominated by electronic music, whether it be electro-rock, airy dream-pop tunes, or retro lo-fi synth-pop. I finally attended the Ultra Music Festival after years of wishing that I could go. The festival was a great time and Miami is a fantastic city. The second half of the year involved a major shift to indie rock, freak folk, shoegaze, and post rock. While I still listened to electronic-influenced music, it was mostly combined with indie elements. This shift was likely a result of getting a radio playlist show on Indiespot on Metaphoric (check out my main page for information), which has me consistently looking for brand new alternative and indie tunes and artists. Fun times…but without further ado, here is my 2009 Year in Review.

To make the top albums list somewhat easier for myself, I’m going to split my list into an overall top list and a more electronic-focused list. It seems to be the only way I can manage to figure this out.

Top Twenty-One Amazing Albums of the Year





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21. Local Natives – Gorilla Manor (Best Tracks: Sun Hands, Airplanes)

20. Grammatics – Grammatics (Best Tracks: D.I.L.E.M.M.A., Murderer)

19. The Antlers – Hospice (Best Tracks: Kettering, Sylvia)

18. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Best Tracks: My Girls, Summertime Clothes)

17. Mute Math – Armistice (Best Tracks: Backfire, Burden)

16. Nurses – Apple’s Acre (Best Tracks: Technicolor, manatarms)

15. Bombay Bicycle Club – I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose (Best Tracks: What If, Always Like This)

14. Post War Years – The Greats and the Happenings (Best Tracks: White Lies, Soul Owl)

13. The xx – xx (Best Tracks: Shelter, Crystalised)

12. Tune-Yards – BiRd-BrAiNs (Best Tracks: Hatari, Sunlight)

11. dd/mm/yyyy – Black Square (Best Tracks: I'm Still In The Walls, Infinity Skull Cube)

10. The Whitest Boy Alive – Rules (Best Tracks: Island, 1517)

9. Ramona Falls – Intuit (Best Tracks: I Say Fever, Russia)

8. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Best Tracks: 1901, Love Like a Sunset)

7. Faunts – Feel.Love.Thinking.Of (Best Tracks: Out On A Limb, Alarmed/Lights)

6. The Appleseed Cast – Sagarmatha (Best Tracks: A Bright Light, The Road West)

5. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers (Best Tracks: Two Dancers (i), We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues)

4. The Maccabees – Wall Of Arms (Best Tracks: No Kinds Words, Love You Better)

3. Mew – No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories the World… (Best Tracks: Introducing Palace Players, Vaccine)

2. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (Best Tracks: Two Weeks, Fine for Now)

1. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic (Best Tracks: The Ego's Last Stand, Silver Trembling Hands)

Top Ten Electronic/Dance Albums of the Year




10. DatA – Skywriter (Best Tracks: Aerius Light, Electric Fever)

9. Yuksek – Away From The Sea (Best Tracks: Extraball, Tonight)

8. Moderat – Moderat (Best Tracks: Seamonkey, Rusty Nails)

7. Amanda Blank – I Love You (Best Tracks: Shame On Me, Might Like You Better)

6. Felix da Housecat – He Was King (Best Tracks: Kickdrum, Machine)

5. Simian Mobile Disco – Temporary Pleasure (Best Track: Turn Up The Dial, 10000 Horses Can't Be Wrong)

4. The Juan Maclean – The Future Will Come (Best Tracks: Happy House, The Simple Life)

3. Peaches – I Feel Cream (Best Tracks: More, Take you On)

2. Vitalic – Flashmob (Best Tracks: Poison Lips, Still)

1. Röyksopp – Junior (Best Tracks: Vision One, True To Life)

Top Ten EPs of the Year




10. Memory Cassette – Call & Response
9. Ted & Francis – Ted & Francis
8. Tesla Boy – Demo EP
7. Maserati – Passages
6. The Golden Filter – The Golden Filter
5. Delphic – Counterpoint / This Momentary
4. Animal Collective – Be Fall Kind
3. Weird Tapes – Get Religion
2. Washed out – Life Of Leisure
1. We Plants Are Happy Plants – 548 EP

Artists with a Release Worth Mentioning
Air
A Place to Bury Strangers
As Tall as Lions
Bat for Lashes
Black Moth Super Rainbow
brazos
brothersister
Bruce Peninsula
Dan Deacon
Fever Ray
Florence + The Machine
Fuck Buttons
The Horrors
Matt & Kim
Memory Tapes
The Mercury Program
Rubik
Silversun Pickups
Teengirl Fantasy
We Were Promised Jetpacks

Best Albums I Discovered in 2009 Not Released in 2009


3. Kelley Polar – I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling
2. Télépopmusik – Angel Milk
1. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Live Shows and Events in 2009
Concerts Attended – 30 (Will likely be 31)
Festivals Attended – 4

Venues Most Frequented
Ottobar – Website – Baltimore,MD – 7 times
Sonar – Website – Baltimore, MD – 7 times
9:30 Club – Website – Washington, DC – 3 times

Best Live Shows/Concerts*

10. Junior Boys/Woodhands/Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt – Sonar – Oct 30th
9. Depeche Mode – Lollapalooza – Aug 9th
8. MSTRKRFT/Spank Rock/Amanda Blank – Sonar – April 4th
7. Sébastien Tellier/Lemonade – 9:30 Club – April 3rd
6. The Juan Maclean/The Field – Pure – May 22nd
5. Friendly Fires – Black Cat – March 24th
4. Mute Math/As Tall as Lions – Sonar – Sept 24th
3. Peaches – 9:30 Club – June 17th
2. Simian Mobile Disco/Feadz/Triobelisk – Sonar – April 25th
1. Rabbit in the Moon/Pendulum – Ultra Music Festival – March 27th

*I expect to add Lake Trout to this list before the end of the year.

To see the rest of my 2009 shows, refer to the Shows of 2009 journal entry.

Best Music Blogs or Websites

5. DecoyMusic
4. Pasta Primavera
3. Consequence of Sound
2. Stereogum
1. RCRD LBL

Most Anticipated for 2010
Band of Horses – Night Rainbows
Beach House – Teen Dream
Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
Hot Chip – One Life Stand
Klaxons – TBA
Lake Trout – TBA
Menomena – TBA
Minus the Bear – TBA
Radiohead – TBA(?)
Röyksopp – Senior
Spoon – Transference
The Strokes – TBA(?)
Télépopmusik – In the Air
These New Puritans – Hidden
Yeasayer – Odd Blood

My Favourite 11 Artists of 2009 :)

11.Jack Penate
10.Calvin Harris
9.The White Tie Affair
8.MSTRKRFT
7.Kids In Glass Houses
6.The Virgins
5.All Time Low
4.Cobra Starship
3.Paramore
2.You Me At Six
1.The Killers

Don't know why I chose 11 :)

Another quick post to cover two things; a month ago (11/08/2009), Jerry Fuchs from Maserati, !!!, and MSTRKRFT died in a horrible accident. Damn good drummer! RIP.

And, it was the 'anniversary' of John Lennon's death. Nobody was more in tune with people and issues. More peace!

In no order:

Native-Wrestling Moves

Cave In-Planets of Old

Young Widows 7-inch split series

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead-The Century of Self

Baroness-Blue Album

Battle Of Wolf 359-The Death Of Affect

Jesu-Opiate Sun

Fall of Efrafa-Inlé

Wolves in the Throne Room-Black Cascade & Malevolent Grain

MSTRKRFT-Fist Of God

GREG'S SINGLES CHART
View the whole chart in PDF with additional information :)



6 December 2009 (Week 49)
TW LW ARTIST - TITLE WC PP
1 1 Jamie Cullum - I'm All Over It 3 1
2 24 Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk 2 2
3 2 Daughtry - What About Now 3 2
4 3 Ellie Goulding - Under the Sheets 7 1
5 5 Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man 5 4
6 7 Florence + The Machine - You've Got The Love 4 6
7 11 Mr Hudson - White Lies 3 7
8 4 Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes 12 1
9 6 Alicia Keys - Doesn't Mean Anything 9 6
10 9 Röyksopp - This Must Be It 7 5

11 13 Biffy Clyro - The Captain 6 11
12 16 30 Seconds To Mars - Kings And Queens 4 8
13 20 David Guetta feat. Estelle - One Love 3 13
14 34 The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling 3 14
15 NEW People In Planes - Last Man Standing 1 15
16 39 Shakira - She Wolf 3 16
17 NEW Beat!Beat!Beat! - Stars EP 1 17
18 32 Agnieszka Chylińska - Nie mogę Cię zapomnieć 8 2
19 73 The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die (Liam H Re-amped Version) 2 19
20 NEW Puddle of Mudd - Spaceship 1 20

21 21 Chipmunk - Oopsy Daisy 3 21
22 18 Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love 3 18
23 19 Róisín Murphy - Orally Fixated 3 19
24 NEW Crystal Fighters - I Love London 1 24
25 NEW Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension 1 25
26 NEW Vampire Weekend - Cousins 1 26
27 27 Foo Fighters - Wheels 8 7
28 31 The Hot Melts - Red Lips 11 11
29 NEW Silversun Pickups - Substitution 1 29
30 NEW Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang 1 30

31 8 The Amplifetes - It´s My Life 8 4
32 10 The Hot Melts - Edith 6 2
33 12 Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full of Lead 8 2
34 14 Alphabeat - The Spell 8 3
35 15 Asher Roth feat. Keri Hilson - She Don't Wanna Man 8 6
36 22 Editors - Papillon 10 15
37 23 Them Crooked Vultures - Mind Eraser, No Chaser 4 18
38 28 Ian Brown - Just Like You 4 28
39 61 Flashguns - Matching Hearts, Similar Parts EP 2 39
40 NEW Regina Spektor - Eet 1 40

41 83 The Antlers - Two 3 41
42 17 Jamie T - The Man's Machine EP 7 9
43 35 X Factor Finalists - You Are Not Alone 3 30
44 37 The Drums - Let's Go Surfing 9 1
45 55 Paramore - Brick By Boring Brick 3 45
46 60 Passion Pit - Little Secrets 2 46
47 NEW Pearl Jam - Got Some / Just Breathe 1 47
48 65 Tough Love - Stress 9 17
49 69 Newton Faulkner - If This Is It 10 7
50 54 Mika - Rain 2 50

51 75 P!nk - I Don't Believe You 6 30
52 79 Hockey - Song Away 12 6
53 91 Animal Collective - Brother Sport 2 53
54 46 Gossip - Love Long Distance 12 6
55 NEW LCD Soundsystem - Bye Bye Bayou 1 55
56 25 Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown 2 25
57 26 David Guetta feat. Will.I.Am - I Wanna Go Crazy 7 4
58 29 MSTRKRFT feat. John Legend - Heartbreaker 19 6
59 30 Noah and the Whale - Love of an Orchestra 4 30
60 33 Wave Machines - Punk Spirit 12 8

61 49 The Dykeenies - Sounds of the City 21 19
62 51 Dead by Sunrise - Crawl Back In 8 5
63 52 Leona Lewis - Happy 2 52
64 71 Empire of the Sun - Standing On The Shore 3 64
65 78 Boy Crisis - Dressed To Digress 25 1
66 100 The Maccabees feat. Roots Manuva - Empty Vessels 2 66
67 50 One eskimO - Hometime 11 15
68 58 La Roux - Quicksand 4 23
69 47 The Golden Filter - Solid Gold 9 5
70 59 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition 9 23

71 62 Naive New Beaters - Get Love 16 4
72 66 Drink Up Buttercup - Even Think 8 6
73 74 Muse - Undisclosed Desires 4 13
74 84 Spinnerette - All Babes Are Wolves 8 3
75 88 Pony Pony Run Run - Hey You 9 4
76 98 Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone 8 23
77 99 Deastro - Tone Adventure #3 9 11
78 36 Hold Fire - Connection EP 6 15
79 40 Calvin Harris - Flashback 8 2

80 43 Kings of Convenience - Boat Behind 8 13
81 57 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2 57
82 RE Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 3 82
83 64 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll 23 2
84 77 The Dead Weather - I Cut Like a Buffalo 6 47
85 82 Stereophonics - Innocent 3 69
86 85 The Hot Melts - (I Wish I Had) Never Been In Love 3 85
87 RE Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Cash 3 37
88 NEW Queen - Heaven for Everyone 1 88
89 44 Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This 8 44

90 63 Basement Jaxx feat. Sam Sparro - Feelings Gone 11 1
91 67 Death Cab For Cutie - Meet Me On The Equinox 7 51
92 97 Lily Allen - Who'd Have Known 4 38
93 RE Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks 5 43
94 93 3OH!3 feat. Katy Perry - Starstrukk 2 93
95 NEW The Cheek - Hung Up 1 95
96 38 Snow Patrol - Run 8 12
97 41 The Crystal Method feat. Emily Haines - Come Back Clean 8 10
98 45 VHS Or Beta - Feel It When You Know 5 27
99 87 Fischerspooner - Supply & Demand 2 87
100 RE Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care 14 4

The Singles Chart is based on weekly playcount.

DROP OUTS (17)
LW ARTIST - TITLE WC PP
42 Susan Boyle - Wild Horses 1 42
48 Camera Obscura - The Sweetest Thing 3 26
53 Miike Snow - Black & Blue 7 35
56 Animal Kingdom - Signs & Wonders 6 10
68 The Horrors - Whole New Way 1 68
70 Biffy Clyro - That Golden Rule 14 24
72 Little Boots - Earthquake 2 72
76 Nirvana - About A Girl 4 27
80 Grizzly Bear - While You Wait for the Others 12 2
81 The Authors - In Conscience 8 16
86 Snow Patrol - Ask Me How I Am 3 28
89 Lostprophets - It's Not The End Of The World But I Can See It From Here 7 52
90 Mr Hudson feat. Kanye West - Supernova 8 8
92 Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds 1 92
94 Reverend And The Makers - No Soap (In a Dirty War) 7 14
95 Nirvana - Come As You Are 4 20
96 The xx - Islands 5 10

EXTRAS

HOLIDAY SINGLES CHART - ISSUE #1 - 6 DECEMBER 2009
1 NEW The Water Babies – Under The Tree
2 NEW Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
3 NEW Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
4 NEW Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime
5 NEW Blink-182 – I Won't Be Home For Christmas
6 NEW Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It's Christmas?
7 NEW Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
8 NEW The Puppini Sisters – Jingle Bells
9 NEW The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)
10 NEW Wham! – Last Christmas
11 NEW Andy Williams – It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
12 NEW John and Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band With the Harlem Community Choir – Happy Xmas (War is Over)
13 NEW The Pogues – Fairytale of New York
14 NEW Elton John – Step Into Christmas
15 NEW Queen – Thank God It's Christmas
16 NEW Gary Glitter – Another Rock n' Roll Christmas
17 NEW Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
18 NEW Melanie Thornton – Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)
19 NEW Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas?
20 NEW The Wombats – Is This Christmas?
21 NEW Mud – Lonely This Christmas
22 NEW Gabriella Cilmi – Warm This Winter
23 NEW Mew – She Came Home for Christmas

WEEKLY PLAYLIST
6 December 2009

110 playlisted tracks (including new entries)

PLAYLISTED TRACKS
Agnieszka Chylińska - Nie mogę Cię zapomnieć
Alicia Keys - Doesn't Mean Anything
Alphabeat - The Spell (Digital Dog Radio Edit)
The Amplifetes - It´s My Life (Original)
Animal Collective - Brother Sport
The Antlers - Two
Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone
Asher Roth feat. Keri Hilson - She Don't Wanna Man
Beat!Beat!Beat! - Fireworks
Biffy Clyro - The Captain
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This
Boy Crisis - Dressed To Digress
Calvin Harris - Flashback
Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love
Chipmunk - Oopsy Daisy
Crystal Fighters - I Love London (Goldierocks Remix)
The Crystal Method feat. Emily Haines - Come Back Clean (Kaskade Radio Edit)
Daughtry - What About Now
David Guetta feat. Will.I.Am - I Wanna Go Crazy
David Guetta feat. Estelle - One Love
Dead By Sunrise - Crawl Back In
The Dead Weather - I Cut Like a Buffalo
Deastro - Tone Adventure #3
Death Cab for Cutie - Meet Me On the Equinox
Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Cash
Drink Up Buttercup - Even Think
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
The Dykeenies - Sounds of the City
Editors - Papillon
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets
Empire of the Sun - Standing On The Shore
Fischerspooner - Supply & Demand (AutoErotique Remix)
Flashguns - I Don't Not Love You
Florence + The Machine - You've Got The Love
Foo Fighters - Wheels
Gossip - Love Long Distance
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Hockey - Song Away
Hold Fire - Connection
The Hot Melts - Edith
The Hot Melts - (I Wish I Had) Never Been In Love
The Hot Melts - Red Lips
Ian Brown - Just Like You
Jamie Cullum - I'm All Over It
Jamie T - The Man's Machine
Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
Kings Of Convenience - Boat Behind
La Roux - Quicksand
LCD Soundsystem - Bye Bye Bayou
Leona Lewis - Happy
Lily Allen - Who'd Have Known
Mika - Rain
Mr Hudson - White Lies
MSTRKRFT feat. John Legend - Heartbreaker
Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds
Muse - Undisclosed Desires
Naive New Beaters - Get Love
Newton Faulkner - If This Is It
Noah and the Whale - Love of an Orchestra
One eskimO - Hometime
P!nk - I Don't Believe You
Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full of Lead
Paramore - Brick By Boring Brick
Passion Pit - Little Secrets
Pearl Jam - Got Some
Pearl Jam - Just Breathe
People In Planes - Last Man Standing
Pony Pony Run Run - Hey You
The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die (Liam H Re-Amped Version)
Puddle of Mudd - Spaceship
Regina Spektor - Eet
Röyksopp - This Must Be It
Róisín Murphy - Orally Fixated
Shakira - She Wolf
Silversun Pickups - Substitution
Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes
Spinnerette - All Babes Are Wolves
Stereophonics - Innocent
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
The Maccabees feat. Roots Manuva - Empty Vessels
Them Crooked Vultures - Mind Eraser, No Chaser
Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang
Tough Love - Stress
Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
VHS Or Beta - Feel It When You Know (LA Riots Remix)
Wave Machines - Punk Spirit
X Factor Finalists - You Are Not Alone
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
30 Seconds To Mars - Kings And Queens
3OH!3 feat. Katy Perry - Starstrukk

NEW ENTRIES
Ash A-Z Series:
Ash - return of white rabbit - free download
Ash - true love 1980 - A from A-Z Series
Ash - Joy Kicks Darkness - B from A-Z Series
Ash - Arcadia - C from A-Z Series
Ash - Tracers - D from A-Z Series
Ash - The Dead Disciples - E from A-Z Series

The Automatic - Interstate
Camera Obscura - The Blizzard
Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart
The Futureheads - Struck Dumb - free download
The Golden Filter - THUNDERBIRD
Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today
Lady GaGa - Bad Romance
Mat Riviere - FYH from F.Y.H EP
MSTRKRFT feat. Nore & Isis - Bounce
Tegan and Sara - Hell

UPFRONT LIST
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FEATURED ALBUMS
Fall Out Boy - Believers Never Die (Greatest Hits)
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
(new) Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
(new) Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster
Queen - Absolute Greatest
Snow Patrol - Up To Now
Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream

OFF THE PLAYLIST
Basement Jaxx feat. Sam Sparro - Feelings Gone
The Cheek - Hung Up (Everything Everything remix)
The Golden Filter - Solid Gold
Grizzly Bear - While You Wait for the Others
The Horrors - Whole New Way

187: U2 - No Line On The Horizon
182: Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
173: Blue October - Approaching Normal
140: Muse - The Resistance
50: Rascal Flatts - Unstoppable
49: Deadmau5 - For Lack Of A Better Name
36: Mr Hudson - Straight No Chaser [2009]
35: Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
24: Kenny Chesney - Greatest Hits II
24: MSTRKRFT - Fist Of God
23: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
22: The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
19: Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
19: Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
19: The xx - xx
17: Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

01 Brand New “Daisy”
02 Kevin Devine“Brother's Blood”
03 Manchester Orchestra“Mean Everything to Nothing”
04 ROBBERS“Flesh EP”
05 MSTRKRFT “Fist of God”
06 mewithoutYou “It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright”
07 Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band“Outer South”
08 Mew “No More Stories Are Told Today...”
09 Dan Auerbach “Keep It Hid”
10 Thrice “Beggars”

11 St Vincent “Actor”
12 PJ Harvey & John Parish“A Woman A Man Walked By”
13 Sonic Youth“The Eternal”
14 John Mayer“Battle Studies”
15 Dan Deacon “Bromst”
16 Iron And Wine “Around The Well”
17 Clark “Totems Flair”
18 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone “Vs Children”
19 Bloc Party “Intimacy Remixed”
20 Black Moth Super Rainbow“Eating Us”

21 Arctic Monkeys”Humbug”
22 Clues “Clues”
23 BLK JKS “Mystery EP”
24 Taking Back Sunday “New Again”
25 Die On Planes “Altitude Sickness”
26 Portugal. The Man “The Satanic Satanist”
27 The Dear Hunter “Act III: Life and Death”
28 The Mars Volta “Octahedron”
29 Dinosaur Jr “Farm”
30 Dethklok “The Dethalbum II”

31 The Dodos “Time To Die”
32 NOFX “Coaster”
33 Isis “Wavering Radiant”
34 Mono “Hymn To The Immortal Wind”
35 The Flaming Lips“Embryonic”
36 Wilco “Wilco”
37 Grizzly Bear “Veckatimest”
38 Au Revoir Simone“Still Night Still Light”
39 Animal Collective “Merriweather Post Pavilion”
40 Telekinesis! “Telekinesis!”

41 Regina Spektor “Far”
42 Sunset Rubdown “Dragonslayer”
43 Tyondai Braxton “Central Market”
44 Tortoise “Beacons Of Ancestorship”
45 White Rabbits “It's Frightening”
46 Vetiver “Tight Knit”
47 Yeah Yeah Yeah's “It's Blitz!”
48 Bat for Lashes “Two Suns”
49 Bell Orchestre”As Seen Through Windows”
50 Thom Yorke“Live at Latitude 2009”

Yes, my list fell out of order as soon as I left the top ten, but I put numbers next to everything for the sake of neatness. I actually rate Tyondai Braxton a lot higher and Taking Back Sunday a bit lower, but I'm not changing it for now. It was enough effort just typing the damn list up!