The almighty
Pitchfork has spent all week posting their
Top Tracks Of 2009 and
Top Albums Of 2009. Check out the albums below. A few good ones, some I have yet to hear, and definitely a bunch of good ones missing.
50.
Woods – Songs of Shame [Shrimper/Woodsist]
49.
Cass McCombs – Catacombs [Domino]
48.
DOOM – Born Like This [Lex]
47.
Zomby – Where Were U in '92? [Werk Discs]
46.
Dan Deacon – Bromst [Carpark]
45.
The Mountain Goats – The Life of the World to Come [4AD]
44.
tUnE-yArDs – BiRd-BrAiNs [Marriage/4AD]
43.
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains [self-released]
42.
A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Ashes Grammar [Mis Ojos Discos]
41.
Baroness – Blue Record [Relapse]
40.
Mos Def – The Ecstatic [Downtown]
39.
Jim O'Rourke – The Visitor [Drag City]
38.
Major Lazer – Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do [Downtown]
37.
The Antlers – Hospice [Frenchkiss]
36.
Dinosaur Jr. – Farm [Jagjaguwar]
35.
jj – jj n° 2 [Sincerely Yours]
34.
Passion Pit – Manners [Columbia/Frenchkiss]
33.
Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue [Warp]
32.
Bear in Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth [Hometapes]
31.
Sunn O))) – Monoliths & Dimensions [Southern Lord]
30.
Röyksopp – Junior [Astralwerks]
29.
Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs [Matador]
28.
Micachu and the Shapes – Jewellery [Rough Trade]
27.
Various Artists – 5: Five Years of Hyperdub [Hyperdub]
26.
Bon Iver – Blood Bank [EP] [Jagjaguwar]
25.
DJ Quik and Kurupt – BlaQKout [Mad Science]
24.
Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle [Drag City]
23.
Memory Tapes – Seek Magic [Sincerely Yours/Acéphale/Something in Construction]
22.
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers [Domino]
21.
Neko Case – Middle Cyclone [Anti-]
20.
Real Estate – Real Estate [Woodsist]
19.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart [Slumberland]
18.
Atlas Sound – Logos [Kranky]
17.
The Very Best – Warm Heart of Africa [Green Owl]
16.
Antony and the Johnsons – The Crying Light [Secretly Canadian]
15.
Japandroids – Post-Nothing [Unfamiliar/Polyvinyl]
14.
Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms [Lefse]
13.
St. Vincent – Actor [4AD]
12.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! [Interscope]
11.
Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport [ATP]
10.
Girls – Album [True Panther/Matador]
09.
Fever Ray – Fever Ray [Mute/Rabid]
08.
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix [Loyauté/Glassnote]
07.
Bat For Lashes – Two Suns [Astralwerks/Parlophone]
06.
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest [Warp]
05.
Raekwon – Only Built for Cuban Linx… Pt. II [H2O/EMI]
04.
The Flaming Lips – Embryonic [Warner Bros.]
03.
The xx – XX [Young Turks]
02.
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca [Domino]
01.
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino]
Honorable Mention
The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love [4AD]
The Clientele – Bonfires on the Heath [Merge]
Converge – Axe to Fall [Epitaph]
Delorean – Aryton Senna [EP] [Fool House]
The-Dream – Love vs. Money [Def Jam]
Emeralds – What Happened [No Fun]
The Field – Yesterday & Today [Kompakt/Anti-]
Fool's Gold – Fool's Gold [IAMSOUND]
Freddie Gibbs – The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs/Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik [self-released]
Future of the Left – Travels With Myself and Another [4AD]
Here We Go Magic – Here We Go Magic [Western Vinyl]
Javelin – Jamz n Jemz [self-released]
Julianna Barwick – Florine [EP] [Florid]
Junior Boys – Begone Dull Care [Domino]
Kurt Vile – God Is Saying This to You [Mexican Summer]
Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas – II [Eskimo]
Maxwell – BLACKsummers'night [Columbia]
Megafaun – Gather, Form & Fly [Hometapes]
Morrissey – Years of Refusal [Lost Highway]
Omar-S – Fabric 45 [Fabric]
Oneida – Rated O [Jagjaguwar]
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns [Saddle Creek]
The Smith Westerns – The Smith Westerns [Hozac]
Various Artists – Dark Was the Night [4AD]
Washed Out - Life of Leisure [EP] [Mexican Summer]
* I realize that reading these lists may get old, but I thoroughly enjoy seeing and feel like sharing what my fellow blogger's dig.
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