Every year since around 2001, I’ve done this list of my top albums from the past year. Usually by April it’s obsolete. But here it is for ‘09, with a few videos thrown in.
1. Fever Ray, Self-titled http://www.vimeo.com/5215214
2. Papercuts, You Can Have What You Want
3. Tap Tap, On My Way
4. The XX, Self-titled http://www.vimeo.com/6550399
5. Holiday Shores, Columbus’d the Whim http://www.vimeo.com/5410978
6. Here We Go Magic, Self-titled http://www.vimeo.com/4946722
7. Wooden Birds, Magnolia
8. Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Self-titled
9. Noah and the Whale, The First Days of Spring
10. Bibio, Ambivalence Avenue
Honorable Mention:
Cheval Sombre, Self-Titled
Washed Out, Life of Leisure
Wilco, Wilco (The Album)
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse
Song of the Year:
Atlas Sound, Quick Canal (w/ Laetitia Sadier) 