26.‚ ‚ ‚ The Devil Makes Three – Do Wrong Right
The Devil Makes Three – All Hail
27.‚ ‚ ‚ The Decemberists – Hazards of Love
28.‚ ‚ ‚ Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
Mumford and Sons – Little Lion Man
29.‚ ‚ ‚ The Builders and The Butchers – Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well
The Builders and The Butchers – Barcelona
30.‚ ‚ ‚ Phosphorescent – To Willie
Phosphorescent – Reasons To Quit
31.‚ ‚ ‚ The Felice Brothers – Yonder Is The Clock
The Felice Brothers – Run Chicken Run
32.‚ ‚ ‚ White Rabbits – It’s Frightening
White Rabbits – Percussion Gun
33.‚ ‚ ‚ Arctic Monkeys – Humbug
34.‚ ‚ ‚ Eels – Hombre Lobo
35.‚ ‚ ‚ Fanfarlo – Reservoir
36.‚ ‚ ‚ Ha Ha Tonka – Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South
Ha Ha Tonka – Close Every Valve To Your Bleeding Heart
37.‚ ‚ ‚ Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Wind Phoenix
38.‚ ‚ ‚ M. Ward – Hold Time
39.‚ ‚ ‚ These United States – Everything Touches Everything
These United States – I Want You To Keep Everything
40.‚ ‚ ‚ Girls – Album
41.‚ ‚ ‚ Real Estate – Real Estate
42.‚ ‚ ‚ White Denim – Fits
43.‚ ‚ ‚ Alberta Cross – Broken Side of Time
Alberta Cross – ATX (HearYa Live Session Version)
44.‚ ‚ ‚ The Black Crowes – Before The Frost
45.‚ ‚ ‚ Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
Neko Case – People Gotta Lotta Nerve
46.‚ ‚ ‚ John Vanderslice – Romanian Names
John Vanderslice – Too Much Time
47.‚ ‚ ‚ J. Tillman – Year In The Kingdom
J. Tillman – Though I Have Wronged You
48.‚ ‚ ‚ The Thermals – Now We Can See
49.‚ ‚ ‚ The Dexateens – Singlewide
50.‚ ‚ ‚ Trainwreck Riders – The Perch
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As always I’m looking forward to studying this list…and as always, I can’t figure out why you guys won’t post the list in descending order so that you read down the page from 50.
Moish…while it feels weird now, it will make sense in the end. I think the idea is that once the list is complete, the numero uno album of the year is at the top of the list. We’re very indie at hearya and do things against the grain whenever possible. Hello from rainy, overcast Mexico…still better than cold gray Chicago right now, I’m sure. Happy Holidays!
I still haven’t learned to count backwards. Maybe next year.
I’m with you on the A.A. Bondy selection, I’ve been following him since Souls For Sale and I’ve never not loved something he’s put out. You guys should do another session with him!
Adam, we’ll have another session w/ Bondy released very soon. He stopped in the studio a few weeks ago.
Ive been visiting your site for a year now and must say you all have given me access to some great music, thank you all. When your stuck in the UK with the rubbish that we have at the moment, its great to have all the albums on your top 50 as recommended, curious you haven’t mentioned Malcolm Holcombe, anyway thanks again
hello Oz,
great list of music, thanks for sharing this with us.
You can read our best of 2009 @ http://kokomo.fr (#1 is Bill Callahan)
Greetings from France
Jérôme
The only logical reason that Visqueen’s new album isn’t in your top 50 is that you guys haven’t heard it yet.
Fantastic List. Just finished listening through from front to back. I think I will start again. Top Notch!
I am soglad to see The Builders and The Butchers getting some of the recognition they deserve. Thanks for the great list!