My Best Songs of 2009 are Better Than Their Best Songs of 2009
By Jeff on Dec 29, 2009 in Lists, Music | View Comments
Okay, not better, but hopefully a bit different than most lists out there. 2009 was not my favorite year for music or for Jennifer Garner/Matthew McConaughey romcoms, but we'll save that hot-button topic for another day. For the most part, the belles of the blog ball left this cranky old fella yawning, not fawning — either too twee or too quirky or just too lifeless, take your pick — but I won't harp on that. I'm here to offer you only sparkling gems and I promise not to mention any of the listless turds of '09 like Monsters of Folk, Wilco and Kings of Leon, I swear, not a peep about them. Here's the goodness in no particular order.
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Malcolm Middleton - "Subset Of The World"
CD: Waxing Gibbous
Tegan and Sara - "Hell"
CD: Sainthood
The Lawrence Arms - "The Slowest Drink At the Saddest Bar on the Snowiest Day in the Greatest City"
CD: Buttsweat and Tears
Propagandhi - "Night Letters"
CD: Supporting Caste
Sky Larkin - "Molten"
CD: The Golden Spike
Kevin McAdams - "A Different Kind of Love Song"
CD: "It's My Time to Lose My Mind"
Obits - "Pine On"
CD: "Good Friends, Bad Habits"
Owen - "Good Friends, Bad Habits"
CD: New Leaves
Mumford & Sons - "Little Lion Man"
CD: Sigh No More
Chris Wollard And The Ship Thieves - "All the Things You Know"
CD: Chris Wollard & the Ship Thieves
Tortoise - "Prepare Your Coffin"
CD: Beacons Of Ancestorship
No Age - "You're a Target"
CD: Losing Feeling
Ted Leo - "Even Heroes Have To Die"
CD: The Brutalist Bricks (March, 2010)
The Bomb - "The Kids"
CD: Speed Is Everything
Paint It Black - "Bliss"
CD: Amnesia
O Pioneers!!! - "The Architect of Disney World"
CD: Neon Creeps
Frank Turner - "The Road"
CD: Poetry of the Deed
Maserati - "Monoliths"
CD: Passages
We Were Promised Jetpacks - "Quiet Little Voices"
CD: These Four Walls
Mystery of Two - "Repeat It"
CD: Mystery of Two
Mission of Burma - "1, 2, 3, Partyy!"
CD: The Sound the Speed the Light
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - "Bells of Creation"
CD: The Century of Self
Bonus Videos!
Hell from Tegan and Sara
Tortoise - Prepare Your Coffin from Thrill Jockey Records
Owen - good friends, bad habits from Hobbledehoy Record Co
