I almost can’t believe that 2010 is almost here – this year went by so quickly! Especially the fall, once we opened for business it seemed like Kate & I were constantly in motion. Probably because we were! A few of my musical highlights for 2009 included:
Song of the Year
"Summertime Clothes" – Animal Collective, from Merriweather Post Pavillion
Favorite albums of 2009
- Hometowns – The Rural Alberta Advantage
- Fantasies – Metric
- These Four Walls – We Were Promised Jetpacks
- Creaturesque – Throw Me the Statue
- It’s Blitz! – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Message to Garcia – Visqueen
- Glistening Pleasure – Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head (actually a 2008 release)
- Of June – Owl City (actually a 2008 release)
Hometowns was by far and away my favorite (I love RAA! Everyone should own Hometowns. - k8), and seeing the RAA play a tiny show at the Tractor Tavern was one of my live music highlights. They also win my Lyrics of the Year with “Late at night / Sink your heart into mine … Hey tonight / Sync your heartbeat to mine”.
I almost feel sorry for everyone else who released an album this year :-)
What topped your list?
Neko Case, Middle Cyclone. Followed by Metric, Fantasies; Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix; and The Thermals, Now We Can See. Now I'm off to track down that Rural Alberta Advantage album; I've heard three good tracks off it but not the rest. Good list!
ReplyDeleteNeil, oh yeah I liked Neko Case and The Thermals too, but haven't yet heard Phoenix. I will check that one out!
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