Robins Best Of 2009

1. Wye Oak

2. Fever Ray

3. BEAK>

4. The XX

5. A Sunny Day In Glasgow-Ashes Grammar

6. Oasis-Dig Out Your Soul

7. The Flaming Lips-1/3 of Embryonic

8. The Legends-Over And Over

Honorable mention: Past Lives, Talbot Tagora, We Were Promised Jetpacks, D. Rider, Miracle Condition, Surf City, Sholi, Pterodactyl, PJ Harvey and John Parish, Passion Pit, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Low Frequency In Stereo

nikhil’s top music/shows/movies of 2009

Here’s my top 12 albums, top 3 shows and top 9 movies of 2009. I’m not dyslexic, that’s just all i could settle on.

Music:

  1. falty dl – love is a liability
  2. ahab – the divinity of oceans
  3. sunn 0))) – monoliths and dimensions
  4. fever ray – fever ray
  5. om – god is good
  6. storm of light/nadja – primitive north
  7. black heart procession – six
  8. katatonia – night is the new day
  9. nick cave and warren ellis – white lunar
  10. isis – wavering radiant
  11. majeure – timespan
  12. zombi – spirit animal

Shows:

  1. sunn 0))) earth eagle twin @ masonic temple
  2. mono @ society for ethical culture
  3. mastodon @ music hall of williamsburg

Movies:

  1. inglourious basterds
  2. moon
  3. the road
  4. in the loop
  5. bad lieutenant: port of call new orleans
  6. antichrist
  7. pandorum
  8. drag me to hell
  9. the hurt locker

marcus’ top albums/songs/shows of 2009

UPDATE : Doh, the Mogwai album came out in 2008, but to hell with it, I’m leaving it up anyway

Here’s a list of my top 10 albums, top 5 songs, and top 5 live shows from this year.

top 10 albums:
Engineers - Three Fact Fader 1. Engineers – Three Fact Fader
Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind 2. Mono – Hymn To The Immortal Wind
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 3. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
The xx - The xx 4. The xx – The xx
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport 5. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion 6. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
Fever Ray - Fever Ray 7. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
Califone - All My Friends are Funeral Singers 8. Califone – All My Friends are Funeral Singers
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling 9. Mogwai – The Hawk is Howling
Wye Oak - The Knot 10. Wye Oak – The Knot

top 5 songs:
1. Califone – Krill
2. The xx – Night Time
3. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
4. (tie) Atlas Sound – Quick Canal / Fuck Buttons – Surf Solar
5. Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes

top 5 live shows:
1. Mono @ Society for Ethical Culture
2. Alasdair MacLean (The Clientele) @ Joe’s Pub
3. Mogwai @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ WAMU Theater
5. Fever Ray @ Webster Hall

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