2009 half-lists

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:56 pm

I'm pretty meh on the thermals record, LOVE the first 3...I haven't heard that ...jetpacks record yet.

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:38 pm

Ben Wrote:

We Were Promised Jetpacks

this is your danananananackroyd.

k · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:59 pm

I haven't listened to a ton of stuff that has come out this year but a few that stand well above the others for me:

1. Jim O'Rourke and Loren Connors-Two Nice Catholic Boys
2. James Blackshaw- The Glass Bead Game
3. Sunburned Hand of the Man- A Grand Tour of Tunisia (seriously, best work they've done in years)
4. Six Organs of Admittance-RTZ
5. Rafael Anton Irisarri-Hopes and Past Desires
6. Tim Hecker-An Imaginary Country
7. Animal Collective-Merriweather Post Pavilion
8. Richard Youngs-Sleep Deprivation
9. Temple Music-Incompleteness
10. 6majik9-A Solid Space

tentoze · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:33 pm

Well, shit- turns out 2 of my favorites that I THOUGHT were 2009 relelases are listed as 2008- Ian Tyson's Yellowhead To Yellowstone, and Toni Childs' Keep the Faith. And 2 new-to-me ones getting the most play lately that I already knew wouldn't work for this year- Josh Ritter's superb debut from 2002, and Chuck Prophet's Soap & Water from 2007. Doesn't leave me much here. The order could jumble in any fashion as well:

Ben Nichols- Last Pale Light Of The West
Felice Brothers- Yonder Is The Clock
Willie Nile- House of a Thousand Guitars
Justin Townes Earle- Midnight At The Movies
Steve Earle- Townes

Need to listen to the Son Volt, still, and waiting on the postman for the new Levon Helm that I have high hopes for. Also anxious for the new Magnolia Electric Co.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:58 pm

nonoze Wrote:

Ian Tyson's Yellowhead To Yellowstone

THE Ian Tyson? It's good I guess?

tentoze · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:34 pm

DumpJack Wrote:

nonoze Wrote:

Ian Tyson's Yellowhead To Yellowstone

THE Ian Tyson? It's good I guess?

Most excellent.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:04 am

kochalka Wrote:

I haven't listened to a ton of stuff that has come out this year but a few that stand well above the others for me:

1. Jim O'Rourke and Loren Connors-Two Nice Catholic Boys
2. James Blackshaw- The Glass Bead Game
3. Sunburned Hand of the Man- A Grand Tour of Tunisia (seriously, best work they've done in years)
4. Six Organs of Admittance-RTZ
5. Rafael Anton Irisarri-Hopes and Past Desires
6. Tim Hecker-An Imaginary Country
7. Animal Collective-Merriweather Post Pavilion
8. Richard Youngs-Sleep Deprivation
9. Temple Music-Incompleteness
10. 6majik9-A Solid Space

I may have to get that O'Rourke/Connors from emusic. I've been wondering about it.

Nice to know you like the new Sunburned. I haven't thought about them in a while, and I think I'd be in the mood to hear something new of theirs.

I guess between you and jsh, I'm thinking maybe I should listen to that Six Organs. His last one just really left me cold.

Just got that Tim Hecker, and the first listen was really nice, as expected.

I gave Litany of Echoes several tries, but I ultimately decided that James Blackshaw wasn't really for me. It's nice music, but I don't really have a desire to go back.

jsh · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:39 am

Vitiligo Wrote:

I'm thinking maybe I should listen to that Six Organs. His last one just really left me cold.

It mines his old sound for some gems, released and unreleased. Ragas and dirges abound. Bells and jangles and multiple layers. Night Trembling in full, next to You Can Always See The Sun, and stuff like that, all arranged to form a really deep, psychedelic, seamless 3LP. You may think it's the best thing he's done in years.

mcaputo · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:55 pm

01. son volt - american central dust
02. el goodo - coyote
03. the broadfield marchers - the inevitable continuing
04. tim easton - porcupine
05. outrageous cherry - universal malcontents
06. vetiver - tight knit
07. neko case - middle cyclone
08. cheap star - speaking like an elephant
09. dexateens - singlewide
10. telekinesis - telekinesis

11. the heartless bastards - the mountain
12. justin townes earle - midnight at the movies
13. the deep vibration - veracruz
14. hayden - the place where we lived
15. roman candle - oh tall tree in the ear
16. the milk & honey band - dog eared moonlight
17. wilco - wilco (the album)
18. m. ward - hold time
19. eels - hombre lobo
20. dangermouse/sparklehorse - dark night of the soul

DumpJack · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:01 pm

People Are Leaving Wrote:

02. el goodo - coyote

This is good, I need to spin it more.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:35 pm

something like this:

1. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
4. The Field - Yesterday and Today
5. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
6. Wilco - (The Album)
7. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
8. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
9. LindstrÃ¸m & Prins Thomas - II
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:51 am

No particular order just yet....

The Weight - Are Men
Son Volt - American Central Dust
Wilco - The Album
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Vetiver - Tight Knit
M. Ward - Hold Time
Justin Townes Earle - Midnight At The Movies
John Doe And The Sadies - Country Club
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
Sonic Youth - The Eternal

I'd like to hear the Dan Auerbach and Ben Nichols records if anyone has them handy.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:54 am

petecockroach Wrote:

10 - The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free

What is this like?

paper · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:16 pm

1. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - It's Blitz
2. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
3. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
4. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
5. Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at The Movies
6. DOOM - Born Like This
7. Dark Was The Night - V/A
8. Dan Deacon - Bromst
9. Dan Auerbach - Keep it hid
10. Vetiver - Tight Knit
11. J. Dilla - Jay Stay Paid
12. The Heartless Bastards - The Mountain

mutty · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:10 pm

So the fact that only Bee and Spoon have the new Decemberists album listed means that I'm either going to love it, or hate it.

barker · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:48 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

I'd like to hear the Dan Auerbach and Ben Nichols records if anyone has them handy.

Check yur pums

no guru · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:35 pm

mutty Wrote:

So the fact that only Bee and Spoon have the new Decemberists album listed means that I'm either going to love it, or hate it.

I think I'm wearying of Decemberists/Firey Furnaces/Death Cab/Sufjan/Bird kind of stuff and that sort of thing is moving further down my taste scale. Don't dislike, just getting "affected singer-songwriter" fatigue.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:43 pm

barker Wrote:

Yail Bloor Wrote:

I'd like to hear the Dan Auerbach and Ben Nichols records if anyone has them handy.

Check yur pums

Grassy ass.

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:30 pm

Iran - Dissolver
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
Future of the Left - Travels With Myself...
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Phosphorescent - To Willie (pretty sure this is '09)
Sparklehorse w/ Dangermouse - Dark Night of the Soul
1990's - Kicks

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

XIX Wrote:

I just want to point out that I have loved Phoenix for like 10 years (due to their Air connection) and everyone teased me and suddenly they put out a "meh" album and they're all over the placed.

that said, I have no top 10 list yet. I am too lazy.

for what it's worth, I'm still making fun of them.

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:18 am

1. Doves - Kingdom of Rust
2. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - The Century of Self
5. Brakes - Touchdown
6. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
7. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
8. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
9. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
10. A.C. Newman - Get Guilty

just missed:

Wilco
Appleseed Cast
The Flying Change
Sam Roberts
The Thermals

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:26 pm

iran dissolver
bat for lashes two suns
mi ami watersports
p.o.s. never better
future of the left travels with myself and another
dan deacon bromst
andrew bird noble beast
doom born like this
st. vincent actor
the skull defekts the temple
clues s/t
harlem free drugs
japandroids post-nothing
clark totems flare
deer tick born on flag day
we were promised jetpacks these four walls
jay reatard watch me fall
wild beasts two dancers
willie isz georgiavania

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

1 franz ferdinand TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND
2 1990s KICKS
3 p j harvey & john parish A WOMAN A MAN WALKED BY
4 jarvis cocker FURTHER COMPLICATIONS
5 sonic youth THE ETERNAL
6 von bondies LOVE, HATE AND THEN THEREâ€™S YOU
7 neko case MIDDLE CYCLONE
8 black lips 200 MILLION THOUSAND
9 cymbals eat guitars WHY THERE ARE MOUNTAINS
10 m. ward HOLD TIME
11 dan auerbach KEEP IT HID
12 alela diane TO BE STILL
13 andrew bird NOBLE BEAST
14 jeffrey lewis & the junkyard â€˜EM ARE I
15 the thermals NOW WE CAN SEE
16 broken family band PLEASE AND THANK YOU
17 bill callahan SOMETIMES I WISH I WAS AN EAGLE
18 women WOMEN
19 animal collective MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILLION
20 white lies TO LOSE MY LIFE...

Not so much a Top 20 as The 20 Albums I've Rated This Year with 5 or 6 more lying around on top of the stereo. Not heard anything that really blew me away yet, here's hoping a couple of things come along in the second half of the year.

mutty · **Posted:** Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:33 pm

konstantinl Wrote:

1 franz ferdinand TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND
2 1990s KICKS
3 p j harvey & john parish A WOMAN A MAN WALKED BY
4 jarvis cocker FURTHER COMPLICATIONS
5 sonic youth THE ETERNAL
6 von bondies LOVE, HATE AND THEN THEREâ€™S YOU
7 neko case MIDDLE CYCLONE
8 black lips 200 MILLION THOUSAND
9 cymbals eat guitars WHY THERE ARE MOUNTAINS
10 m. ward HOLD TIME
11 dan auerbach KEEP IT HID
12 alela diane TO BE STILL
13 andrew bird NOBLE BEAST
14 jeffrey lewis & the junkyard â€˜EM ARE I
15 the thermals NOW WE CAN SEE
16 broken family band PLEASE AND THANK YOU
17 bill callahan SOMETIMES I WISH I WAS AN EAGLE
18 women WOMEN
19 animal collective MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILLION
20 white lies TO LOSE MY LIFE...

Not so much a Top 20 as The 20 Albums I've Rated This Year with 5 or 6 more lying around on top of the stereo. Not heard anything that really blew me away yet, here's hoping a couple of things come along in the second half of the year.

FF at #1? Do you think this will hold up? I haven't heard it yet, but you've got my interests piqued

bort · **Posted:** Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:55 pm

01. Leftovers - Eager To Please
02. Brakes - Touchdown
03. Dodos - Time To Die
04. Dino Jr. - Farm
05. God Help The Girl - s/t
06. Sick Sick Birds - Heavy Manners
07. Screaming Females - Power Move
08. We Were Promised Jet Packs - These Four Walls
09. Bishop Allen - Grrr...
10. jj - jjn2
11. Radio Faces - Party At The Bushwick Hotel (if this indeed counts as a 2009 album)

plus there's tons of honorable mentions, that may or may not make the final top 20 at the end of the year - andrew bird, animal collective, bonnie prince billy, dear landlord, decemberists, eels, john doe & the sadies, noah and the whale, son volt, the thermals....

i still stand by my theory that 2009 has a ton of GOOD albums but very few GREAT albums, especially compared to '07-'08. however, there's still a bunch of time and stuff that can really shoot up my charts.

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