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Listing the Best Albums of 2009 by Artist from A to Z: Booker T

nate — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:55:16 +0000

Booker T Potato Hole Released April 21st on ANTI- Records Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Hammond B-3 mastermind, Booker T. Jones, returned this year with his first album in twenty years. The man whose career took off as a teenager after writing “Green Onions”, released Potato Hole, featuring Southern Rock band, the …

Listing the Best Albums of 2009 by Artist from A to Z: Bon Iver

nate — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:31:09 +0000

Bon Iver Blood Bank EP Released January 20th on Jagjaguwar Records I can’t press Justin Vernon and Bon Iver enough. They’re one of my favorite musical discoveries over the past couple years, and they’re simply brilliant on record, and even better live. While most of the songs on their debut, For Emma, Forever Ago, …

Listing the Best Albums of 2009 by Artist from A to Z: Bob Dylan

nate — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:36:26 +0000

Bob Dylan Together Through Life Released April 28th on Columbia Records A man who needs no introduction, Dylan has released his thirty-third studio album, which debuted at #1 both in the United States and the United Kingdom. It’s Dylan’s first number one album in Britain since 1970′s New Morning. Many of the songs on the …

Listing the Best Albums of the Year by Artist from A to Z: BLK JKS

nate — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:22:54 +0000

BLK JKS After Robots Released September 8th on Secretly Canadian Philadelphia DJ/producer and former boyfriend of M.I.A., Diplo, is often credited for having discovered the African band BLK JKS (pronounced Black Jacks) and dubbing them “the African TV on the Radio.” Although they’ve been together for nearly a decade, they’re still a fairly young band, …

Listing the Best Albums of 2009 by Artist from A to Z: Blitzen Trapper

nate — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:18:44 +0000

Blitzen Trapper Black River Killer EP Released August 24th on Sub Pop Records Portland, Oregon experimental, indie-folk sextet, Blitzen Trapper, broke through back in 2007, with their third independently-released album, Wild Mountain Nation. They would go onto bigger things by signing to the Sub Pop label and with the release of their follow-up album, Furr. Wild Mountain …