The station’s most played albums of the year:
10. Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
9. Metric – Fantasies
8. Heartless Bastards – The Mountain
7. The XX – XX
6. Passion Pit – Manners
5. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
4. Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
3. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
2. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
1. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
View the full rundown here.
We’re giving away tix to catch an Animal Collective DJ set in NYC.
The publication chose:
Albums
5 The White Stripes – Elephant
4 Jay Z – The Blueprint
3 Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2 The Strokes – Is This It
1 Radiohead – Kid A
Singles
5 M.I.A. – “Paper Planes”
4 OutKast – “Hey Ya!”
3 Beyonce – “Crazy In Love”
2 Jay Z – “99 Problems”
1 Gnarls Barkley – “Crazy”
View the full rundown here.
The publication chose:
1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
3. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
4. Miike Snow – Miike Snow
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
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On Monday, I unveiled my favorite LPs of the year.
Last month, Animal Collective debuted a video for ‘In The Flowers’.
The publication chose:
1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
3. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
5. Girls – Album
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Animal Collective’s ‘My Girls’ is my fave track of the year.
The publication chose:
1. Brad Paisley – American Saturday Night
2. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
3. Mastadon – Crack The Skye
4. Miranda Lambert – Revolution
5. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
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Last month, Dirty Projectors dropped by Sirius Radio.
They chose:
1. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
2. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
3. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
5. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
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Last month, Grizzly Bear debuted a video for ‘Ready, Able’.
The publication chose:
5. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
4. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
2. The XX – The XX
1. The Horrors – Primary Colours
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TMS & The Top 13 want you to rank your favorite LPs of the year!
Yesterday, I presented my Top 20.
We’ve had our say, now have yours.
Vote for your favorite albums of the last twelve months here!
Results will be unveiled on 1/4/2010.
Earlier today, The Top 13 shared their personal list.
MP3: Peaches – Talk To Me
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
