Best music of ‘09
Yeah, I’m late, but I might as well type up this list before we’re much further into 2010. It seemed like kind of a dull year for music. I did a lot of back-filling which should make for an even more compelling Best of the Oughts if I can ever get around to writing that. There was a lot of music that I liked in the last ten years.
So, here we have it:
- Atlas Sound, Logos
- Bat for Lashes, Two Suns
- Crocodiles, Summer of Hate
- Fever Ray
- Grizzly Bear, Veckatimist
- Handsome Furs, Face Control
- Metric, Fantasies
- The Raveonettes, In and Out of Control
- Silversun Pickups, Swoon
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz!
I actually had a hard time coming up with 10. If I were being honest, I’d probably drop Metric and Silversun Pickups out of this list. “Fantasies” didn’t have any stand-out killer tracks on it, though it was probably a more consistent album than any of their previous ones. “Swoon” was similar, lacking anything truly earth-shattering, though “The Royal We” and “Panic Switch” are solid tracks.
Notable albums that didn’t make the cut: The xx, xx. That album was pretty over-hyped and gets tired fast. Tegan & Sara’s “Sainthood” (despite a couple of excellent tracks), and the already boring Phoenix’ “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”. If you’re gonna sell your songs to car manufacturers, at least wait a few months for me to get tired of your music first. Still catchy though.
It occurs to me that I’m spending more time talking about the music I liked less than the albums I listed above. If I had to buy just three of them, I’d probably pick Atlas Sound, Bat for Lashes and Grizzly Bear. But I couldn’t buy just three because then I wouldn’t have Handsome Furs’ excellent minimal electro-rocker “Face Control”. And Fever Ray is truly strange and excellent.
Did I miss any? Leave me a note if you think I’m missing out on anything 2009 had to offer. Happy listening.
Currently listening to All We Want, Baby, Is Everything by Handsome Furs from the album Face Control
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