Christmas is over and “Jingle Bells” is still ringing in your head. You need some new tunes to keep you sane before the new year begins and you head back to work. Here they are – tracks from my favorite 12 albums of 2009.
You can listen to the individual tracks below by clicking on the artist name and track title, or download the zip of them all by clicking the green arrow to the left.
Dan Deacon – “Slow with Horns/Run for your Life”From the album Bromst
http://www.myspace.com/dandeacon
Be sure to watch the mini-documentary Pitchfork made during the recording & mixing of this great album – it’ll make you love & appreciate it even more.
Dirty Projectors – “Useful Chamber”From the album Bitte Orca
http://www.myspace.com/dirtyprojectors
The Very Best – “Yalira”From the album Warm Heart of Africa
hhttp://www.myspace.com/theverybestmyspace
Grizzly Bear – “While You Wait for the Others”From the album Veckatimest
http://www.grizzly-bear.net/
Animal Collective – “Also Frightened”From the album Merriweather Post Pavilion
http://www.myspace.com/animalcollectivetheband
Passion Pit – “The Reeling”From the album Manners
http://www.myspace.com/passionpitjams
Be sure to check out their music video for this track.
A few other favorites from the year:
- Mew – No More Stories…
- The Low Anthem – Oh, My God Charlie Darwin
- Beirut/Realpeople – The March of the Zapotec/Holland
- Various Artists – Dark was the Night
- Fever Ray
- A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Ashes Grammar
- Iron & Wine – Around the Well
- Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
- El Perro del Mar – Love is not Pop
- Taken by Trees – East of Eden
- Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
- The xx
- Atlas Sound – Logos
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
- J. Tillman – Year in the Kingdom
- Alela Diane – To Be Still
- Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
If you are a copyright owner of one of these tracks and wish to have it removed, please contact me and it will be promptly removed. These tracks are not posted for profit, but to promote the artists and their labels.
