Blog: Heartache with Hard Work

Top 30 albums of 2009

Top 30 albums of 2009 As always, this is a subjective project. I do think that everything on here is legitimately great, but I'm not going to pretend that my tastes correlate perfectly with some objective standard for the best. This is a list of the records I liked this year. Nothing more. The emphasis is on indie rock, but there's a bit of punk, quite a few instrumental records, a decent amount of rootsy stuff, and a bit more straight-up pop music than in previous years. In some ways, it's been a weak year for music. I'm [...]
Artist:A Fine Frenzy
Title:What I Wouldn't Do
Link Text:What I Wouldnt Do
File Name:whatdo.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Lucero
Title:Smoke
Link Text:Smoke
File Name:smoke.mp3
Bitrate:220 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Saxon Shore
Title:Tokyo 412am
Link Text:Tokyo 412am
File Name:tokyo412.mp3
Bitrate:235 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The Mary Onettes
Title:Puzzles
Link Text:Puzzles
File Name:puzzles.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:The Thermals
Title:I Let It Go
Link Text:I Let It Go
File Name:iletitgo.mp3
Bitrate:246 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Vanessa Peters & Ice Cream On Mondays
Title:The War
Link Text:The War
File Name:thewar.mp3
Year:2009
Location: Santa Cruz, CA