Best Albums of 2009

[hammersavage]

New year, new music. Post your favorite new albums in here.

For me so far is Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

The Age of Nero by Satyricon. :devil2:

[ChrisBrown]

New year, new music. Post your favorite new albums in here.

For me so far is Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion
I think this will end up on best of lists in December. It sounds more like the best of Panda Bear's solo stuff. Fucking brilliant.

[hammersavage]

I think this will end up on best of lists in December. It sounds more like the best of Panda Bear's solo stuff. Fucking brilliant.

I agree. It's definitely got a unique sound. Gets in my brain.

[cougarjake13]

lamb of god - wrath

[HBox]

I gotta mention Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion. It's some indescribably addictive shit.

[hammersavage]

2 albums:

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (Self Titled)-Feels like a new age Smiths to me. Can't stop listening to it

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Century of Self- Comes out Tuesday. I've listened to it 5 times thru already and I think it is their best work which says a lot..

Get these albums.

[mikeyboy]

New year, new music. Post your favorite new albums in here.

For me so far is Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion

I haven't heard it yet, but I have to love a band that names an album after the venue where I spent my summers watching concerts in my youth.

[hammersavage]

I'm waiting for an album called PNC Bank Arts Center.

[TheGameHHH]

I'm waiting for an album called PNC Bank Arts Center.

if you spent summers there as a kid it was called the Garden State Arts Center

[hammersavage]

if you spent summers there as a kid it was called the Garden State Arts Center

I'm young. And by kid I mean 16 and on.

[Freakshow]

I haven't heard it yet, but I have to love a band that names an album after the venue where I spent my summers watching concerts in my youth.

I doubt their follow-up "Cap Centre" is going to be as good. And their final album "Nissan Pavillion" is a just a blantent attempt for corporate sponsorship.

[realmenhatelife]

The new Yeah Yeah Yeahs record It's Blitz is really good. I might normally bitch about a strong dance element in a record, but I dont mind this at all. The heavier YYYs songs are what made me do a 180 on this band, but I dont miss them here.

[El Mudo]

I doubt their follow-up "Cap Centre" is going to be as good. And their final album "Nissan Pavillion" is a just a blantent attempt for corporate sponsorship.

I'm more geeked up about the "Wolftrap" and "930 Club" albums

[JerseyRich]

My fave so far, just got it on Friday.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.

[FunkyDrummer]

My favorite so far...

http://sneakattackmedia.com/sneakdownloads/Dan_Auerbach/Keep_It_Hid/Dan_Auerbach_Keep_it_Hid.jpg

[Arienette]

conor oberst and the mystic valley band's "outer south." it' not out until may 5th, but i'm pretty confident.

[Bob Impact]

lamb of god - wrath

QF Mother fuckin truth.

I've never seen a band get better with every single album. Wrath is the best metal album of 09 and im betting it stays that way.

[DonInNC]

My fave so far, just got it on Friday.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.

I've given it a couple listens this week and holy shit this is one of my favorite albums in a long time. Cigarette and Wine kills me, no pun intended.

[bradleyjerome]

The new Grizzly Bear album "Veckatimest" leaked online today, and I'm feeling better about this than I did about the fantastic Animal Collective album. "Veckatimest" is ridiculously good, at points.

[mikeyboy]

My fave so far, just got it on Friday.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.

I'm definitely interested in this. BTW, The song "Seven-Mile Island" is available free from Amazon. (http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Mile-Island/dp/B001RJMYFM/ref=sr_f2_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1236046995&sr=102-1)

[paulisded]

I'm definitely interested in this. BTW, The song "Seven-Mile Island" is available free from Amazon. (http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Mile-Island/dp/B001RJMYFM/ref=sr_f2_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1236046995&sr=102-1)

It's a great album.

You might want to sign up to amazon's twitter account. They offer daily deals on downloads...I believe the Isbell album was only $3.99 the other day.

[Knowledged_one]

I haven't heard it yet, but I have to love a band that names an album after the venue where I spent my summers watching concerts in my youth.

no doubt jimmy buffet parking lot is the best

and outkast later this year will be the best

[FunkyDrummer]

N.A.S.A. - The Spirit of Apollo
http://thehurstreview.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/spirit-of-apollo.jpg

They brought back Ol' Dirty Bastard!

[JerseyRich]

I'm definitely interested in this. BTW, The song "Seven-Mile Island" is available free from Amazon. (http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Mile-Island/dp/B001RJMYFM/ref=sr_f2_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1236046995&sr=102-1)


I think there really aren't enough albums out there with clapping on them.

This is by far my favorite album with clapping so far this year. :clap:

Check it...The clappy hands emoticon claps along with Seven Mile Island.

[hammersavage]

I saw this band, Midnight Masses, open up for Trail of Dead on Friday. Really like this song, can't find a video though.

http://www.onesevensevensix.com/grab/MidnightMasses-Heaven.mp3

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

http://www.phillm.com/temp/cannibalcorpse/eplagues.jpg

[HBox]

Middle Cyclone by Neko Case is a great album. I'm instantly hooked.

[hammersavage]

The Decemberists have a new album The Hazards of Love and it comes out next Tuesday. I was able to get my paws on a leaked copy and I love it so far. One of my favorite bands ever.

[Kublakhan61]

Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand
I officially love a 2009 album. I'm completely unfamiliar with the earlier releases by the Black Lips but this record is phenomenal. It's lazy and ambitious at the same time. The song styles seem to shift every other song, you're not sure what's coming up next but you get the sense that these guys went into the studio had fun doing whatever they wanted. Very punk in approach, more garage in sound - it's encyclopedic in style.

[paulisded]

Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand
I officially love a 2009 album. I'm completely unfamiliar with the earlier releases by the Black Lips but this record is phenomenal. It's lazy and ambitious at the same time. The song styles seem to shift every other song, you're not sure what's coming up next but you get the sense that these guys went into the studio had fun doing whatever they wanted. Very punk in approach, more garage in sound - it's encyclopedic in style.

I agree with all of this.

[Kublakhan61]

I agree with all of this.

Have you heard any of their earlier albums?

[paulisded]

Have you heard any of their earlier albums?

I have the previous one...I need to pull it out and reacquaint myself with it.

[FunkyDrummer]

Technically 2008, but released in U.S. 2009.

http://img9.9sky.com/picture/cpfm/_V2/5/50522/50522_a.jpg

Can't stop listening to it.

[keithy_19]

It comes out on friday, but Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown is fucking fantastic. It has elements of American Idiot, but also encompasses a lot of their other albums. You can tell when it has a Nimrod influence, or when it has a Warning influence. You can also clearly tell that this is the album the Beatles would make if the Beatles were a punk band.

[Kublakhan61]

http://www.bompstore.com/catalog/woods.jpg

It is very unusual for me to enjoy such hippie folksy music but, Woods really crosses into the psychedelia realm quite seamlessly. Its meanders, no doubt, but it maintains my interest in a way only one or two other albums this year have been able to do. I suggest testing the album out by listening to (well, the whole album really to be fair) "To Clean" - the lead track, "Military Madness" - A great Graham Nash cover, and "September with Pete" - the nine minute freak-out. A quiet album despite the guitar display in the lead off track.

[yojimbo7248]

http://www.bompstore.com/catalog/woods.jpg

It is very unusual for me to enjoy such hippie folksy music but, Woods really crosses into the psychedelia realm quite seamlessly. Its meanders, no doubt, but it maintains my interest in a way only one or two other albums this year have been able to do. I suggest testing the album out by listening to (well, the whole album really to be fair) "To Clean" - the lead track, "Military Madness" - A great Graham Nash cover, and "September with Pete" - the nine minute freak-out. A quiet album despite the guitar display in the lead off track.

thanks for the recommendation. I'm going to get it. You haven't steered me wrong yet.

[Kublakhan61]

thanks for the recommendation. I'm going to get it. You haven't steered me wrong yet.

Hey Yojimbo! - I'd be interested to hear what you think because this isn't something I'd ever expect myself to recommend. I'm working with a someone on a project where we review as many non-commercial 2009 releases as possible. The idea is that there must be some great new bands out there but we're just getting old enough not to be involved intimately with any scene's and therefore are missing the next wave.

[yojimbo7248]

Hey Yojimbo! - I'd be interested to hear what you think because this isn't something I'd ever expect myself to recommend. I'm working with a someone on a project where we review as many non-commercial 2009 releases as possible. The idea is that there must be some great new bands out there but we're just getting old enough not to be involved intimately with any scene's and therefore are missing the next wave.

I'm downloading it as I type. I will also buy a copy if I like it. The way you describe it makes it sound like Fleet Foxes who I think put out the strongest lp last year. Fleet Foxes have that hippy, David Crosby solo stuff sound but also with English and American folk influences. I am also not a big fan of that neo-folk sound you here in Williamsburg a lot but FF are different. I think it is just their strong voices and excellent songwriting that makes them stand out.

Looking forward to Woods.

[SHWA25GUNNER]

saw Jason & The 400 Unit here in Tampa last week with Red Cortez (formerly the Weather Underground) opening. Great, great show.

His DBT chestnut "Never Gonna Change" added a break into Wilco's Spiders (Kidsmoke). :clap:

The new album is fantastic - "Coda" is his little tribute to Derek & The Dominoes, i think.

and his guitar player, Browan Lollar, did the album cover:

http://lightningrodrecords.com/downloads/isbellcover.jpg

[Reynolds]

I'm definitely interested in this. BTW, The song "Seven-Mile Island" is available free from Amazon. (http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Mile-Island/dp/B001RJMYFM/ref=sr_f2_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1236046995&sr=102-1)

Music... For Free? You're shitting me!?

[Donnie Iris]

Meeting of Important People.

Reminds me of I Can't Explain era Who.

Check it out.

[JerseyRich]

Jason Isbell was my favorite up until today...

Now it's Wilco(the album)

http://wilcoworld.net/news/images/wilco_album_390.jpg

[mikeyboy]

Jason Isbell was my favorite up until today...

Now it's Wilco(the album)

http://wilcoworld.net/news/images/wilco_album_390.jpg

I'm on my 3rd listen right now.

[paulisded]

I'm on my 3rd listen right now.

What do you think so far? You didn't seem to excited by the news it leaked in the Wilco thread.

[burrben]

Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand
I officially love a 2009 album. I'm completely unfamiliar with the earlier releases by the Black Lips but this record is phenomenal. It's lazy and ambitious at the same time. The song styles seem to shift every other song, you're not sure what's coming up next but you get the sense that these guys went into the studio had fun doing whatever they wanted. Very punk in approach, more garage in sound - it's encyclopedic in style.

saw them open for the raconteurs last year and they were great. the new album is great and so is their old stuff. i swear to good the drummer is rollin' all the time

[dirtydishes]

1. pains of being pure at heart - pains of being pure at heart
2. polly scattergood - polly scattergood
3. casiotone for the painfully alone - vs. children
4. bonnie "prince" billy - beware
5. bill callahan (smog) - sometimes i wish we were an eagle
6. phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix

new deer tick album comes out next month should be great

[hammersavage]

1. pains of being pure at heart - pains of being pure at heart


Love it. Saw them in February and they were great.

[dirtydishes]

my friends saw them in cleveland and told me they put on a great show. i'll be seeing them in july at south street seaport in nyc for free

[DarkHippie]

Buddy and Julie Miller: "Written in Chalk"

my review of it for suite101 magazine
http://folkmusic.suite101.com/article.cfm/buddy_and_julie_miller_written_in_chalk

really good album, worth waiting for.

[hammersavage]

Cymbals Eat Guitars

http://www.subspacebiographies.com/images/posts/why-there-are-mountains-cymbals-eat-guitars-album-cover.jpg


My god this album is great. And the best band name in a while too

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

Mastodon - Crack the Skye

http://www.lintcoat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/600px-cracktheskye.jpg

[Donnie Iris]

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

[Slumbag]

Mastodon - Crack the Skye

http://www.lintcoat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/600px-cracktheskye.jpg

DUDE.
I had one drunken evening where I listened to nothing but this album.
Amazing.

[Kublakhan61]

http://nicesharpknife.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/thee-oh-sees-help-album-cover.jpg?w=450&h=399

Thee Oh Sees - Help

(thank god for R'n'R)

EDIT: I know I've mentioned this act a few times - but this is his latest 2009 release (the third of the year)

http://www.mbvmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/blankdogs.jpg

[HBox]

http://www.rockandreview.com/blog/assets/content/images/mew/mew_no_more_stories.jpg

Mew's new album is a little uneven but still very good. One of my favorites of the year so far.

[topless_mike]

La Coka Nostra's "A Brand You Can Trust"

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ptMDSb%2B-L._SS500_.jpg

[keithy_19]

I've started to cultivate my year end list. A bit premature, but that's alright. In no particular order:

The Mountain Goats-The Life Of The World To Come

Manchester Orchestra-Mean Everything To Nothing

Weezer-Raditude

Brand New-Daisy

Kevin Devine-Brother's Blood

Thrice-Beggars

[burrben]

band of skulls - baby darling doll face honey

i can't stop listening to it

[Kublakhan61]

In no order - my top 20 of 2009. There is no order, there is only did I feel compelled to track down a copy on vinyl in the year of our lord 2009 for the sake of posterity.

Blank Dogs - Under and Under
Thee Oh Sees - Help
Thee Oh Sees - Dog Poison
Amen Dunes - Dia
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds - Dracula Boots
Warpaint - Exquisite Corpse
Woven Bones - The Minus Touch + Hozac Hookup 7"
The Mantles - S/T
Raekwon - OB4CL2
Gun Outfit - Dim Light
Magik Markers - Balf Quarry
Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand
Woods - Songs of Shame
Ganglians - S/T Woodsist 12"
Real Estate - S/T
Zola Jesus - New Amsterdam
The Strange Boys - The Strange Boys and Girls Club
Psychedelic Horseshit - Shitgaze Anthems
Best Coast - Where the Boys Are
Fergus & Geronimo - Harder Then It's Ever Been

[hammersavage]

I think Real Estate's Self Titled is my favorite album of the year.

Runner up is Cymbals Eat Guitars 'Why There Are Mountains'

[Kublakhan61]

Make my list 21 of 2009.

I forgot to include Eternal Tapestry - Palace of the Night Skies
Great stoner jams on there. Loved that record.

[epo]

When looking at albums of the year, "Tell em what your name is" by Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears will definitely be on my list.

http://gilliangrey.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/black-joe-lewis.jpg