Best of 2009
1. Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgTJtdn6VjM]
2. Grizzly Bear – Vekatimest
3. Passion Pit – Manners
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVstHPhaJ6M]
4. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BJDNw7o6so]
5. Gossip – Music for Men
6. Akron Family – Set ‘Em Wild Set ‘Em Free
7. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – It’s Blitz
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYJjHCZN46U]
8. Vetiver – Tight Knit
9. The Wooden Birds – Magnolia
10. Noisettes – Wild Young Hearts
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gnXo-ipXHI]
11. Langhorne Slim – Be Set Free
I also loved 2009 releases by Ida Marie, Monsters of Folk, Dirty Projectors, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Blk JKS, Lou Barlow, Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears, Florence and the Machine, Big Star, Wilco, Avett Brothers, Junior Boys, Maxwell, Hawke, Neko Case, Vetiver, St. Vincent, Blitzen Trapper, Mr. Scruff, Built to Spill, Metric, Jay Ferrar/Ben Gibbard, Bat For Lashes, Little Boots, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Iron and Wine, Andrew Bird, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart & M. Ward.
Shannnon
Producer, Branded Music
PlayNetwork, Inc.
