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Brady's Top Ten Albums of 2009

Dec 7, 2009, 11:53pm I Hope Your Ears Bleed

When one of my buddies recently complained what a sorry year 2009 was for film, I pitied him, because for music, the year was a truly great one. Especially compared to the onset of this decade, when bubblegum pop ruled the charts, Napster was hitting its stride and Destiny's Child was still together. The lonely thump of late-90s techno that was formerly a major influence on popular music gave way to a movement of open-minded, more cerebral musical ideas. [...]

• Akron/Family - River
• Animal Collective - Also Frightened
• Animal Collective - Brothersport
• Atlas Sound - Criminals
• Bill Callahan - Eid Ma Clack Shaw
• Eric Copeland - Alien in a Garbage Dump
• Fuck Buttons - Rough Steez
• Jon Hassell - Time And Place
• Kurt Vile - Freak Train
• Nosaj Thing - 1685/Bach
• Phoenix - Lisztomania

Artist:	Akron/Family
Title:	River
Link Text:	Akron/Family - River
File Name:	02-River1.mp3
Year:	2009

Artist:	Animal Collective
Title:	Also Frightened
Link Text:	Animal Collective - Also Frightened
File Name:	03-Also-Frightened.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Animal Collective
Title:	Brothersport
Link Text:	Animal Collective - Brothersport
File Name:	11-Brothersport.mp3
Year:	2009

Artist:	Atlas Sound
Title:	Criminals
Link Text:	Atlas Sound - Criminals
File Name:	04-Criminals1.mp3
Bitrate:	253 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Bill Callahan
Title:	Eid Ma Clack Shaw
Link Text:	Bill Callahan - Eid Ma Clack Shaw
File Name:	02-Eid-Ma-Clack-Shaw.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Eric Copeland
Title:	Alien in a Garbage Dump
Link Text:	Eric Copeland - Alien In A Garbage Dump
File Name:	02-Alien-In-A-Garbage-Dump.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Fuck Buttons
Title:	Rough Steez
Link Text:	F**k Buttons - Rough Steez
File Name:	02-Rough-Steez.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Jon Hassell
Title:	Time And Place
Link Text:	Jon Fassell - Time And Place
File Name:	02-Time-And-Place.mp3
Bitrate:	210 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Kurt Vile
Title:	Freak Train
Link Text:	Kurt Vile - Freak Train
File Name:	04-Freak-Train.mp3
Bitrate:	299 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Nosaj Thing
Title:	1685/Bach
Link Text:	Nosaj Thing - 1685/Bach
File Name:	05-1685_Bach.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Phoenix
Title:	Lisztomania
Link Text:	Phoenix - Lisztomania
File Name:	01-Lisztomania.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2009

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