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So, I have been toiling away at my ‘Decade in Music’ entry hoping to get it done before 2010. I’ve also heard that technically the decade is not over until 2011 (this has neither been confirmed nor denied), so I won’t feel too bad if it is not done till next weekend.

In the meantime, I whipped up this little music recap of 2009 to keep you satisfied.

Ladies and gentlemen, the ‘Top…

Album Released in 2009′
Bitte Orca – Dirty Projectors – Say what you want, there is a reason these guys are David Byrne’s favorite band. They are the modern day equivalent of the Talking Heads with respect to fusing African polyrythms- R’nB/funk- and ‘modern’ music. I heard they have 13 hour a day practice sessions. Check out this video Questlove took of them backstage at Jimmy Fallon (after playfully taking a jab at them before hearing them on Twitter).

Albums Released in 2009 I Legitimately Enjoyed, Listened To On Multiple Occasions, And Will Listen To Again In The Future’
There is No Enemy – Built To Spill
Manners – Passion Pit

Albums I Could Convince Myself Of Putting On A ‘Top of 2009 ‘ List If I Had Listened To Them More Then Twice (although only listening to it twice is not an indication of how good it was).’
Dragonslayer -Sunset Rubdown

Fits – White Denim

Album That Is Super Catchy But Can Not Put On My Top Albums of 2009 List And Will Only Be Able To Listen To It And Like It In A Few Years.’
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix

EP Releases Of 2009.’
No One’s First and You’re Next – Modest Mouse
The Blood Bank -Bon Iver
Fall Be Kind – Animal Collective
Behave Yourself -Cold War Kids

12″ Release.’
Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses/The Hollow Earth – Thom Yorke

Most Disappointing EP And The Subsequent Album Release In 2010 That I Am Looking Forward To.’
Got Nuffin’ – Spoon – Transference (2010)

EPs Released In 2008 But Were So DL I Didn’t Discover Them Until 2009 And Taught Craig Smith About Them.’
cities vs. submarines – Railcars
s/t – Demon Beat – Saw these kids perform as high schoolers at the Ottobar in 2007. Millennial blues rock. The Shakes is an amazing track. I am going to steal it.

Music So DL Craig Smith Taught Me About.’
TORO Y MOI

Albums That Came Out In 2009 That I Have In My Collection And Tried To Listen To But Couldn’t Get In To.’
LP -Discovery
Vapours – Islands – I will probably try to listen to this again in 2010.

Album Released By My Old Guitar Teacher’s Band.’
A Sucker’s Dream – The Alternate Routes

Soundtrack.’
The Twilight Saga: New Moon – Various Artists

Album That Makes Me Concerned I am a 14 Year Old Girl.’
The Twilight Saga: New Moon – Various Artists

Live Bootlegs.’
2009/10/31 Set II, Festival 8, Coachella, CA – Phish.
Live at Reading – Nirvana

Album I Wish I Had But Never Got A Hold Of.’
Magnolia – Wooden Birds

New Project I Am Most Excited About For 2010.’
Broken Bells

Albums That Were Released in 2008 And Became Part of My Self Fulfilling Prophecy From Last Year And I Listened To Non-Stop For The First 2 Weeks Of January Off The Hype Machine Zeitgeist.”
Re-Arrange Us- Mates of State
The Rhumb Line – Ra Ra Riot
The ’59 Sound – The Gaslight Anthem
Narrow Stairs – Death Cab for Cutie
You&Me – The Walkmen

New Discovery.’ – Phil Marchisotta – Ninja Tune is the best, don’t know why he took it down.

Albums I Discovered In 2009 But Were Released Earlier And I Listened To, Thus Preventing Me From Listening to “New” Releases And Only Having 3 Legitimate Top Albums of 2009.’
Chess Blues Classics: 1957 to 1967 – Various Artists
Emergency and I – Dismemberment Plan – See this. Snarky East Coast precursor to ‘We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes.’
Okkervil River – You win Santosh, Meadball and Lucas. I would be a hypocrit if I did not admit that a solid 4-6 weeks of my life was consumed listening to – Don’t Fall In Love With Everyone You See, Down the River of Golden Dreams, Stars Too Small To Use.
Easy Beat- Dr. Dog -Yeah, I went there.
When the Pawn… - Fiona Apple
His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection -Howlin’ Wolf
In Session - Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughn- I think I had downloaded ‘Blues At Sunrise’ off Limewire back n the day.
Live At The Electric Ballroom 1974 – Freddie King
Live in Cook County Jail -B.B. King – If anyone cares, the sample/hook from this song, came from this song.
Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 – Various Artists
Small Talk At 125th and Lenox – Gil Scott-Heron – I’m not trying to be ‘ironic,’ and I agree with the Editorial Reviews from Amazon. I just found this piece to be a fascinating artifact of the times.
You’d Prefer an Astronaut -Hum

Bonus
Top Stand-up Comedy DVD Of 2009 I Gave To My Mom As A Christmas Present
Seriously, Who Farted? – Nick Swardson