Your Favourite Albums of 2009

Originally posted by hopscotch
Thanks man, I'm downloading Tarot Sport now, unfortunately some lame seeders so it's very slow.

Is there anything on your list that you'd recommend that's nice and guitarry and drummy, but not too noisy and shouty?

You mean like folky strummy or rocky strummy?

Wait - you said drummy.

Try out Polvo!

Also, I would suggest the new Flaming Lips and "New More Stories Are Told Today..." by Mew

Originally posted by darvlay
You mean like folky strummy or rocky strummy?

Rocky and drummy with tempo changes that make you sit up and take notice.

(delete whichever element is just asking too much)

Originally posted by darvlay
Wait - you said drummy.

Try out Polvo!

Also, I would suggest the new Flaming Lips and "New More Stories Are Told Today..." by Mew

OKAY! Disregard post above this one, unless you post at the same time as I do again.

Originally posted by hopscotch
Rocky and drummy with tempo changes that make you sit up and take notice.

(delete whichever element is just asking too much)

Try the suggestions above... You will probably find something to likey.

Ah crap.

This is why we can't have nice things.

Originally posted by darvlay
I like to see what you all have liked in 2009. Gonna do some mass d/ling tonight and I'm always looking for suggestions.

Mine, in order:

1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
2. Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
3. Polvo - In Prism
4. Grizzly bear - Veckatimest
5. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
6. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
7. Cold Cave ...[text shortened]... sms - Neon Indian, Reviver - Abe Vigoda, The Future Will Come - The Juan Maclean, Girls - Album

Agree on...

1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
4. Grizzly bear - Veckatimest
8. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
10. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix

..and The Antlers - Hospice

I'm sort of struggling with Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca, though. Not sure how I feel about it.

Loving Tarot Sport, but just started listening to it.

Also...Woods - Songs of Shame, Dead Man's Bones.

Originally posted by rbmorris
I'm sort of struggling with Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca, though. Not sure how I feel about it.

I like the song arrangements and vocals a lot. It helped that I was a big fan of their last LP as well.

I haven't listened too all that much new music from this year but these are a few that stand out for me.

Moderat - Moderat
Fink - Sort of Revolution
Bill Callaghan - Sometimes I wish I were an eagle
Yacht - See mystery lights
Omar-S - Fabric 45
Massive Attack - Splitting the atom
Clark - Totems Flare
Booka Shade - The sun and the neon light
Ratatat - LP3
Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP

Not sure if 10 years down the line I'll be listening to any of these albums the whole way through, probably more likely to be picking out some favourite songs.

Originally posted by dk3nny
Booka Shade - The sun and the neon light

Completely missed this, have to check it out.

You alt-indie lovers need to eat some fiber.

1. Rome - Flowers From Exile
2. Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11
3. Medeski, Martin and Wood - Radiolarians 2
4. Secret Chiefs 3 - Traditionalists: Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini
5. Converge - Axe to Fall

I still have to check the new Transatlantic and Katatonia, which might be good as well.

Originally posted by hopscotch
Rocky and drummy with tempo changes that make you sit up and take notice.

(delete whichever element is just asking too much)

You need to listen to some Planet X.

I'd like to amend my list to include Tarot Sport and also Atlas Sound's Logos album.