Summer Is Boring Me -- 1/2 Way Mark.
2009, bitch. |
1 | | Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca
So, this is srsly the coolest album ever, this year. |
2 | | Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion
OMGOMGOMGOMG HHHYYYPPPEE!! Fuck you, it rules. |
3 | | Grizzly Bear Veckatimest
Meticulous craftsmanship and the sheer amount of talent pays off in full. How does one follow a break-out record? By trouncing it in every way possible. Cleaner, sweeter melodies, more powerful songwriting -- every note has it's place, they don't meander as they did so much on 'Yellow House' & 'Horn Of Plenty'. Just concise, gorgeous chamber pop. |
4 | | St. Vincent Actor
Laughing with a mouth of blood from a little spill I took... |
5 | | Yeah Yeah Yeahs It's Blitz!
This shit is awesome. |
6 | | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
I dunno, iz so good. |
7 | | Camera Obscura My Maudlin Career
Finally, they create full lush music, as opposed to just blatantly (amazingly) ripping Belle & Sebastian's early twee pop. |
8 | | Bat For Lashes Two Suns
And with two suns spinning, At two different speeds. |
9 | | The Juan Maclean The Future Will Come
boss electro from(most of) the folks who brought you LCD Soundsystem. |
10 | | Asobi Seksu Hush
Love so much that I can't survive. |
11 | | Various Artists Dark Was The Night
Yeah, still in heavy rotation. I usually hate comps. |
12 | | Wilco Wilco (The Album)
Camels are cool, right? |
13 | | Japandroids Post-Nothing
I like fuzz! :D |
14 | | Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Our daily compromising is written in your signed armistice. |
15 | | Eels Hombre Lobo
Mmm a fresh pile of E. |
16 | | Metric Fantasies
may be their best actually. |
17 | | Micachu Jewellery
Curly Teeth |
18 | | Handsome Furs Face Control
The better Wolf Parade side project release a sophomore effort that stomps their debut. That's legal tender. |
19 | | Passion Pit Manners
this is killer. |
20 | | White Rabbits It's Frightening
They're on auto pilot, with Britt Daniels behind the boards. It's still pretty good, but they've lost their sense of urgency. |
21 | | A Camp Colonia
Nina ditches the Cardigans and her and Hubby try to create some grass roots, baroque pop(wtf?) and do a pretty good job. |
22 | | De La Soul Are You In?
Yes, yes I am. |
23 | | Isis Wavering Radiant
I just got this, but it's so good. |
24 | | Method Man and Redman Blackout! 2
So you've totally heard this all before, but these dudes haven't lost a step really. This album is boss. Get it. |
25 | | UGK UGK 4 Life
RIP |
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