Wednesday, December 23, 2009

My personal year end picks (in case you care...lol)

My Top Albums & Singles For 2009!
These are my personal picks, not to be confused with the shows Festive 50.
Feel free to leave me yours, I'd love to see them.

ALBUMS

40. Jarvis Cocker - "Further Complications" (Rough Trade)
39. Lord Cut Glass - "Lord Cut Glass" (Chemikal Underground)
38. Girls - "Album" (True Panther)
37. The View - "Which Bitch" (1965)
36. The Nightjars - "Album" (NJR)
35. The Phantom Band - "Checkmate Savage" (Chemikal Underground)
34. Lady Sovereign - "Jigsaw" (Midget)
33. Rumble Strips - "Welcome To The Walk Alone" (Island)
32. New Rhodes - "Everybody Loves A Scene" (Salty Cat)
31. Engineers - "Three Fact Fader" (K Scope)
30. Idlewild - "Post Electric Blues" (Cooking Vinyl)
29. Metric - "Fantasies" (Last Gang/Art & Crafts)
28. Editors - "In This Light And On This Evening" (Kitchenware)
27. Boxer Rebellion - "Union" (Inertia)
26. Screaming Lights - "Like Angels" (Anti-)
25. Madness - "The Liberty Of Norton Folgate" (Lucky Seven/Yep Roc)
24. Maccabees - "Wall Of Arms" (Fiction)
23. La Roux - "La Roux" (Polydor)
22. White Lies - "To Lose My Life" (Fiction)
21. Grammatics - "Grammatics" (Dance To The Radio)
20. Little Boots - "Hands" (679)
19. The XX - "XX" (Young Turks)
18. Doves - "Kingdom Of Rust" (Heavenly)
17. Florence & The Machine - "Lungs" (Island)
16. Bat For Lashes - "Two Suns" (Parlophone)
15. Manic Street Preachers - "Journal For Plague Lovers" (Columbia)
14. Polly Scattergood - "Polly Scattergood" (Mute)
13. Kasabian - "West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum" (RCA/Columbia)
12. Lily Allen - "It's Not Me, It's You" (Regal/EMI)
11. The Cribs - "Ignore The Ignorant" (Wichita/Warner)
10. Kyte - "Science For The Living" (Rallye)
09. Amazing Baby - "Rewild" (Shangri-la/Cooperative)
08. Maximo Park - "Quicken The Heart" (Warp)
07. Arctic Monkeys - "Humbug" (Domino)
06. The Big Pink - "A Brief History Of Love" (4AD)
05. The Horrors - "Primary Colours" (XL)
04. The Joy Formidable - "A Balloon Called Moaning" (Pure Groove)
03. Jamie T - "Kings & Queens" (Virgin)
02. Camera Obscura - "My Maudlin Career" (4AD)
01. Hatcham Social - "You Dig The Tunnel, I'll Hide The Soil" (TBD/Fierce Panda)

SINGLES

30. "Renee Loves Losers" - LR Rockets (Ctl-Alt-Del)
29. "Swim Until You Can’t See Land" - Frightened Rabbit (Fat Cat)
28. "Running Away" - Goldhawks (Mercury)
27. "Cliffer" - The Answering Machine (Heist Or Hit)
26. "Your Body Is A Machine" - The Good Natured (TGN)
25. "Locarno" - Flashguns (Blue Flowers)
24. "Start/Stop/Synchro" - Rose Elinor Dougall (Elefant)
23. "Hunger/Fragile" - Frankie & The Heartstrings (Rough Trade)
22. "Obsessions" - Marina & The Diamonds (679 Recordings)
21. "Sorry" - Life In Film (Clip Club)
20. "Surf Solar" - Fuck Buttons (ATP)
19. "Into The Dark EP" - Cherbourg (Rough Trade)
18. "Quiet Little Voices" - We Were Promised Jetpacks (Fat Cat)
17. "Alcoholics Unanimous" - Art Brut (Cooking Vinyl)
16. "Cornerstone EP" - Arctic Monkeys (Domino)
15. "Hollywood/I Am The Resurrection" - Codeine Velvet Club (UNI/Island)
14. "Whole New Way" - The Horrors (XL)
13. "If I Was" - Young Rebel Set (Ignition)
12. "Sweet Disposition" - Temper Trap (Infectious)
11. "Bonkers" - Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden (Dirtee Stank)
10. "Counterpoint" - Delphic (R&S)
09. "Pearl's Dream" - Bat For Lashes (Parlophone)
08. "That Golden Rule" - Biffy Clyro (14th Floor Records)
07. "Rivals" - Theoretical Girl (Memphis Industries)
06. "Other Too Endless" - Polly Scattergood (Mute)
05. "So Human" - Lady Sovereign (Midget/EMI)
04. "Glow/GMN" - Screaming Lights (Anti-)
03. "Cradle" - The Joy Formidable (Try Harder)
02. "Dominos" - The Big Pink (4AD)
01. "No Kind Words & Empty Vessels w/Roots Manuva" - Maccabees (Fiction)

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