joshwaller.com » Music http://joshwaller.com Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:27:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Best albums of 2009 http://joshwaller.com/2009/12/17/best-albums-of-2009/ http://joshwaller.com/2009/12/17/best-albums-of-2009/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:19:15 +0000 admin http://joshwaller.com/2009/12/17/best-albums-of-2009/ This years list is a tough one, I took in more music than ever before, which means less time to really dive into albums with repeat listening. Regardless, here is what stuck in my mind as the best of the best from this year, in alphabetical order, not in preference order:

01) Art Brut: Art Brut Vs. Satan
02) The Avett Brother: I And Love And You
03) Blitzen Trapper: Black River Killer EP
04) Bon Iver: Blood Bank
05) The Cinematics: Love and Terror
06) Dawes: North Hills
07) Death Cab for Cutie: The Open Door EP
08) Electric Six: Kill
09) Great Lake Swimmers: Lost Channels
10) Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest
11) Harlem Shakes: Technicolor Health
12) Iron & Wine: Around the Well
13) Justin Townes Earle: Midnight at the Movies
14) J. Tillman: Vacilando Territory Blues
15) The Lonely Island: Incredibad (OK it made me laugh a lot)
16) Nirvana: Live at Reading (1992)
17) Pearl Jam: Backspacer
18) Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
19) Sea Wolf: White Water, White Bloom
20) Silversun Pickups: Swoon
21) Sonic Youth: The Eternal
22) The Soulsavers: Broken
23) The Swell Season: Strict Joy
24) Them Crooked Vultures: Self Titled
25) Wild Lights: Adult Nights
26) The Wooden Birds: Magnolia

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