And they are…
20. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
19. Morrissey – Years Of Refusal
18. Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
17. The Twilight Sad – Forget The Night Ahead
16. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
15. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
14. Japandroids – Post Nothing
13. The Answering Machine – Another City, Another Sorry
12. Chris Garneau – El Radio
11. Mew – No More Stories…
10. The Gossip – Music For Men
9. Ida Maria – Fortress ‘Round My Heart
8. Patrick Wolf – The Bachelor
7. Florence & The Machine – Lungs
6. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
5. The Horrors – Primary Colours
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
3. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
1. The Antlers – Hospice
i completely agree with you :) nice selections!
Nice list Matt!
One of the better lists I’ve seen – nice to see Bat For Lashes in your top 5 – I really don’t think they’ve gotten the attention they deserved this year!
omg answering machine here… completely under-rated band/album
No Dirty P’s? I love it.
Antlers at #1? Very interesting choice.
I 100% agree with your #1. Great music ignites your emotions, and ‘hospice’ does just that by making the morbit sound beautiful.
“bear” might be my favorite song of the year.
based on our tastes i’m surprised you wont agree with me on the avett brothers 2009 release. oh well.
This was one of the more interesting 2009 lists I’ve seen. I made a little Spotify sampler playlist for everyone who’s got that (like us Swedes, yay!):
http://open.spotify.com/user/thelemurblog/playlist/3e5gK2ppjQSWyBPa22DsK5