I've been compiling these mixes of my fave songs throughout the year. I'll post 'em all here, then figure out my Top 20 and post a true best-of comp.

Best of '09 A

1. V.V. Brown Quick Fix
2. The Takeover UK Running With The Wasters
3. The Smoke Defeat Retreat
4. 1990s Local Science
5. The Wooden Birds False Alarm
6. Vetiver Another Reason To Go
7. Loxsly Lamprey Eels
8. Generationals Nobody Could Change Your Mind
9. Jersey Budd Bright Soul
10. Sean Riley & the Slowriders This Woman
11. Tim Easton 7th Wheel
12. My Brightest Diamond Feeling Good
13. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings Inspiration Information
14. Ian Hunter Arms and Legs
15. Roman Candle I Was a Fool
16. The Backsliders Twisted
17. Those Darlins Snaggle Tooth Mama
18. The Krayolas A Frame
19. The Damwell Betters Just Another Girl
20. The Tomorrows Goodbye



Best of '09 B

1. The XX VCR
2. Cornershop Who Fingered Rock 'n' Roll?
3. Lucero The Devil and Maggie Chascarillo
4. Cheap Trick Sick Man Of Europe
5. The Films Holiday
6. Rancid Last One To Die
7. The Aggrolites It's Time To Go
8. Robyn Hitchcock Saturday Groovers
9. The Dead Trees Shelter
10. The Fate Lions Ride The Artifact
11. The Weight Had It Made
12. Deadstring Brothers The River Song
13. Reigning Sound Call Me
14. The Greatest Hits Electric Blanket Boogie
15. The Shazam Hey Mom, I Got The Bomb
16. Radio Faces Coffee Cup
17. Bazooka Jones You Suck
18. The Beat Strings My Medicine
19. Rich Hope Let's Jump Around Some
20. Cracker Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey
21. Brendan Benson Don't Wanna Talk
22. Bad Veins Gold And Warm



Best of '09 C

1. Dan Mangan Tina's Glorious Comeback
2. Gin Wigmore Oh My
3. Sour Jazz Masquerader
4. Like A Martyr And By Coffee I Mean Drugs
5. Chuck Prophet American Man
6. This Modern Station Evangelina
7. Reno Bo You Don't Know
8. Cheap Star Willing Reason
9. The Raveonettes Bang!
10. Norfolk & Western So That's How It Is
11. Philadelphia Grand Jury Going To The Casino (Tomorrow Night)
12. The Sun Watch Out
13. Heavy Trash Good Man
14. Paul Westerberg Drop Them Gloves
15. The Dirty Strangers Don't Come Easy
16. Rat Silo Oh, Fuck Off Tony
17. Band of Skulls Fires
18. Ike Reilly The Reformed Church of the Assault Rifle Band
19. Gidgets Ga Ga Hit By A Train
20. The DomNicks Party's Over (pt. 2)
21. The Almighty Defenders Bow Down And Die
22. The Kill Devil Hills I Don't Think This Shit Can Last Much Longer

Hurry it up will ya.

Yes sir.

One of the greatest artists of our time.

btw - good f'n comps you have going there.

Yer alright in my book.

Thanks Rads!

Wait, Sharon Jones released an album in '09? DAMMIT.

No, that song's off the Dark Was The Night comp from early in the year.

Okay, I never heard that.

Sharon Jones had a new album in '09? YSIPLZKTHX!

Never mind...THREAD READING FAIL!

You should probably check your own unlockiphone website! Merry X-mas!

WTF is an iPhone mini??

I think it comes in a can of spam.

Here's my top 20 of '09. Tentative top 20. I'm still compiling the mix to go with it, so there's a possibility it may change slightly.

1. The XX XX
2. V.V. Brown Traveling Like The Light
3. Philadelphia Grand Jury Hope Is For Hopers
4. The 1990s Kicks
5. Ike Reilly Hard Luck Stories
6. Grant Lee Phillips Little Moon
7. Rodney Decroo Mockingbird Bible
8. The Smoke Orange Blood
9. Gidgets Ga Ga Big Bong Fiasco
10. AM Future Sons and Daughters
11. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs It's Blitz
12. Lucero 1372 Overton Park
13. Reno Bo Happenings And Other Things
14. Vetiver Tight Knit
15. The BAcksliders Thank You
16. Sour Jazz American Seizure
17. Takeover UK Running With The Wasters
18. Reigning Sound Love and Curses
19. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle Let's Just Stay Here
20. Cornershop Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast

Definitely some good stuff to be had there, Rads. Several overlap with my list.

Thanks for all the toons, but tracks 5 & 9 of C wouldn't work for me.

Glad to see so many Reigning Sound hits on lists. I liked that VV Brown, but not nearly as much as some folks I burned it for. Thanks for that Vetiver, I forgot it on my list added later, but damn did I listen to it tons this year.

Hmm. Ok, much is forgiven.

Surprised to see The xx at the top of your list, but I like it.

While 'False Alarm' is a good tune...the best track off the Wooden Birds disc is 'Sugar' or 'Hailey'.

Why don't you, bloor, Dumpjack, rparis, and GAR just merge your lists and post it as one?

Because they're not at all the same, you blind, tubby queen.

Wha......huh ?
Hmmm

Finalized the list. Way too late for anyone to care. Also upped the mix. AND just found out that AM Future Sons & Daughters isn't officially released until this Feb. so it's actually a 2010 album... but I'm way too lazy to change the mix, so it stays.

1. The XX Intro
2. V.V. Brown Crying Blood
3. Philadelphia Grand Jury The New Neil Young
4. Roger Klug When Dreams Dry Up
5. The 1990s Sparks
6. Ike Reilly Morning Glory
7. The Smoke Bloody Orange
8. Gidgets Ga Ga Baby You're A Star
9. The Takeover UK Ah La La
10. Lucero What Are You Willing To Lose?
11. AM The Other Side
12. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Soft Shock
13. Reno Bo There's A Light
14. Grant Lee Phillips Buried Treasure
15. Vetiver Another Reason To Go
16. The Backsliders Last Call
17. Used Kids Midwest Midsummer
18. Reigning Sound Debris
19. Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles Me And Your Ghost
20 Bad Lieutenant This Is Home
21. Sour Jazz Little Hands

I'm still planning on doing my list if only for posterity's sake.

This makes me feel better about not getting it done.