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I’m surprised no such thread has yet emerged. So, what are your favourite albums of this year? For me, it’s those:
1. Manic Street Preachers – Journal for Plague Lovers
2. Pet Shop Boys – Yes
3. Terry de Castro – A Casa Verde
4. The Dø – A Mouthful
5. Nancy Elizabeth – Wrought Iron
6. NOFX – Coaster
7. Bad Lieutenant – Never Cry Another Tear
8. Wardruna – Runaljod: Gap var Ginnunga
9. Shining – VI / Klagopsalmer
10. Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
Genre info: MSP is alternative rock, PSB is pop, TdC is americana & folk, Dø is pop, rock, folk & triphop, Nancy is folk, NOFX is punk, BL is pop & rock, Wardruna is nordic folk & ambient, Shining is black metal & YLT is alternative & psychedelic rock.
random order:
grizzly bear – veckatemist
pearl jam – backspacer
moderat – moderat
polvo – in prism
wilco – the album
manic street preachers – journal for plague lovers
future of the left – travels with myself and others
brendan canning – something for all of us
01. Hildur Guðnadóttir – Without Sinking
02. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
03. Patrick Watson & The Wooden Arms – Wooden Arms
04. Tamar Eisenman – Gymnasium
05. Asaf Avidan & The Mojos – Poor Boy/Lucky Man
06. Mono- Hymn To The Immortal Wind
07. Do Make Say Think – Other Truth
08. Wilco – The Album
09. Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
10. Sonic Youth – The Eternal
Motorpsycho – Child of the Future
Them Crooked Vultures – s/t
Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications
Polvo – In Prisms
The Dead Weather – Horehound
Future of the Left – Travels with myself and Another
editeditediting, how could I forget Future of the left! I saw them live this year. Usually I’m bored by now by 80ies/90ies omygodtheworldsuckswhatamItodo? hardcore but they delivered with lots of funny inbetween songs banter. Goofy brits on Tour for too long. Which is mostly a good thing.
01. White Wizzard – “High speed GTO”
02. The Gates Of Slumber – “Hymns of blood and thunder”
03. Astra – “The weirding”
04. Polvo – “In prism”
05. The Devil’s Blood – “The time of no time evermore”
06. Vomitory – “Carnage euphoria”
07. Switch Opens – s/t
08. The Skull Defekts – “The temple”
09. The Black Heart Procession – “Six”
10. Mastodon – “Crack the Skye”
Weird that Motorpsycho has a new release and it’s not in my top ten list.
1. Thåstøm: Kærlek e for dom
2. Sonic Youth: The eternal
3. Them crooked voltures
4. Pearl Jam: Backspacer
5. Grizzly bear: Veckatemist
6. The flaming lips: Embryonic
7. The horrors: Primary Colours
8. Motorpsycho: Child of the future
Animal Collective – Merriweather post Pavilion
Akron/Family – Set’Em Wild Set’Em Free
The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
motorpsycho – Child Of The Future
Do make Say Think – Other Truths
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
The Hidden Cameras – Origin:Orphan
Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
The Soundtrack of our Lives – Communion
Sonic Youth – The Eternal
1. Them Crooked Vultures
2. Mastodon – Crack the Skye
3. Sonic Youth – The Eternal
4. Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue
5. MP – Child Of The Future
My top 5 ->
1) Sonic Youth – The Eternal
2) Motorpsycho – Child Of The Future
3) Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
4) Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
5) Do Make Say Think – Other Truths
top 5.
1. Low Frequency in stereo – futuro
2. Yo la Tengo – Popular songs
3. Animal collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
4. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orc
5. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
– Mastodon “Crack the Skye”
– Mars Volta “Octahedron”
– Sunn-o))) “Monolith & Dimensions”
– Motorpsycho “Child of the Future”
– Them Crooked Vultures
– Sonic Youth “The Eternal”
– Il Teatro degli Orrori “A Sangue Freddo”
– Trail of dead “The Century of Self”
– Church of Misery “Houses of the Unholy”
– 13th Floor Elevators “Sign of the Three Eyed Men- box set”
In random order, the ones I’ve listened to the most last year :
Sunn o))) – Monoliths & Dimensions
Wolves in the Throne Room – Black Cascade
David Sylvian – Manafon
Mulate Astatke – Story of Ethio Jazz 1965 -1975
Oren Ambarchi – Intermission 2000 – 2008
Motorpsycho “Child Of The Future”
Them Crooked Vultures “Them Crooked Vultures”
PJ Harvey & John Parish “A Woman A Man Walked By”
Slayer “World Painted Blood”
“Captain Beefheart’s Jukebox” (compilation exploring the early roots of Captain Beefheart)
Greetings,
Thomas
More of a live guy here, that’s why I’ll post my top ten shows of 2009:
01) COCO ROSIE @ Astra, Berlin 10.06.2009
02) NEIL YOUNG @ O2 World, Berlin 16.06.2009
03) PEARL JAM @ Wuhlheide, Berlin 15.08.2009
04) CALEXICO @ Conne Island, Leipzig 28.01.2009
05) SANDY BIRD @ Knust, Hamburg 24.11.2009
06) MOTORPSYCHO @ Patronaat, Haarlem 05.11.2009
07) BOWERBIRDS @ Zapata, Berlin 13.10.2009
08) FUZZ MANTA @ Duncker, Berlin 20.08.2009
09) PONTIAK @ Lokal, Berlin 07.08.2009
10) THE VIRGIN TONGUES @ Schokoladen, Berlin 08.01.2009
Motorpsycho only at number 6? Strange, but looking at my list of shows in 2009 it feels like that…
Would love to see yours…!
Alex
Lots of good records this year me thinks. Top of my head, these comes highly recommended;
Dinosaur JR – Farm
SUNN 0))) – Monolith & Dimensions
Kylesa – Static Tensions
Sonic Youth – The Eternal
Built To Spill – There is no Enemy
Pink Mountaintops – Outside Love
Do make say think – Other truths
Mountains – Choral
Bill Callahan – Somethimes I wish we were an eagle
Mount Eerie – winds poem
Ramasess III – I could not love you more
James Blackshaw – the Glass Bead Game
Fever Ray – s/t
And lots more I forgot about right now
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