Comments on: Best Albums of 2009 [Picks 1-25]

By: comet

comet — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:22:27 +0000

good choices

By: Ari

Ari — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:50:14 +0000

Wow – I can’t tell you how happy I am to see A.A. Bondy at the top of this list. This album is aching, even haunting, but it casts a spell that shows beauty can come out of the most wretched emotions. I found it funny that the Pitchfork review, though overall positive, made it seem like he was posing or trying to hard to invoke agrarian metaphors or feelings of pain. The review also called the lyrics a weak point of the album. There is no doubt in my mind that Bondy is singing from the soul, and in my opinion he is a stellar lyricist. Also really happy to see Justin Townes Earle, Elvis Perkins, The Low Anthem, and Megafaun here.

By: Petros

Petros — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:33:20 +0000

“Them Crooked Vultures” on No. 1. “Caligulove” is a masterpiece.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:19:41 +0000

Definitely, great picks!

By: liza

liza — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:28:03 +0000

such a perfect list. particularly Ed Sharpe and the Clay People. But tops is Bondy. something about that album just slays me.

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:59:51 +0000

Really like your number 2 choice! I’m a little surprised that something with such a country feel made it so high! I’m looking forward to going through the rest of these now.

By: Chris P

Chris P — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:44:26 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:30:24 +0000

A fine selection! It’s great to see Port O’Brien’s Threadbare in the top ten. I dig that album the more I hear it. If I had one on my list that you didn’t it would be the Eels’ Hombre Lobo.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:57:45 +0000

What a well rounded list. I think “When the Devil’s Loose” was just brilliant. My own number one for the year would have to have been Elvis Perkins in Dearland. Great list guys!

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:26:10 +0000

Yeah, I was going to say that. Your list is definitely Americana, while Pitchfork’s is really experimental. I can’t get into most of the suggested albums, and I can’t get into Pitchfork’s either. I’m somewhere in the middle of all that I guess, like, in more mainstream stuff (especially since I am from Europe, I was not exposed to some genres as a kid so I’m not used to them).

I hope you include Blitzen Trapper’s next album for 2010. It’s coming out in a few months. BT play a fusion of different genres, including experimental back in the day, but they’re probably best identified by “modern Americana”. They’re one of the very few alt-country/americana bands I like.