Category Archives: Best of 2009

2009: A Great Year for Music

Another year has come and gone. Soon enough we will be underway with the second decade of the 21st century. I still find it hard to believe and often wonder where the past has gone. The last year of my twenty’s will be coming up this year, but that’s another story for other people in another place [...]

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Top 20 Albums and EP’s of 2009

1. Andrew Bird, Noble Beast Why It’s My Number One: Plain and simply, you’ve got to look at how well crafted the songs are, as well as how well they flow together through the album from beginning to end. I’ve been listening to this album all year long (and have not listened to any other 2009 release [...]

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The Rest of My List of the Year’s Best Albums

The Felice Brothers Yonder Is the Clock The Fiery Furnaces I’m Going Away Take Me Round Again The Flaming Lips Embryonic Florence and the Machine Lungs Franz Ferdinand Tonight: Franz Ferdinand Fruit Bats The Ruminant Band Girls Album Gomez A New Tide Grizzly Bear Veckatimest Handsome Furs Face Control Harlem Shakes Technicolor Health Heartless Bastards [...]

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30 Greatest Bands I Saw This Decade

Before you check out my list, I’ll have you know that I still have not yet seen bands like The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Morrissey, U2, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, The Flaming Lips, Daft Punk or Kraftwerk, just to name a few…well actually, several…but I’ll throw those into my New Year’s [...]

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50 Best Bands I Saw in 2009

A.A. Bondy, Bonnaroo Al Green, Bonnaroo Andrew Bird, Bonnaroo Animal Collective, Bonnaroo Backyard Tire Fire, Sawyer Point/Southgate House/WNKU Studios Band of Horses, Bonnaroo Bela Fleck & Toumani Diabate, Bonnaroo Ben Harper & Relentless7, Bonnaroo The Black Angels, Southgate House Bon Iver, Bonnaroo Booker T & the Drive-By Truckers, Bonnaroo Brett Dennen, Bonnaroo Bruce Springsteen & [...]

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