

One of the most energetic crowds I've ever seen. Here's a video of them playing "Wish" w/ the boys from Dillinger Escape Plan:Ģ) Phoenix at Tipitina's Uptown, New Orleans. My first (and maybe last) chance to see NIN and Trent Reznor turned the fields of Bonnaroo into a graveyard, crushing skulls and ruining weak minds. **It should also be noted that a group called Neon Indian put out a song called "Terminally Chill".ġ) Nine Inch Nails at Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN. Morrisey- Years of Refusal, listen to " All You Need Is Me" Also, "Tightrope" from the Dark Was the Night Compilation Yeasayer- "Ambling Alp", just a single but good enough to mention again.

The Dodos- Time to Die, listen to " Time to Die" Michael Jackson- This Is It, not really an album per se Phish- Joy, listen to " Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan" In the salsify mains of what was thought but unsaidĪll the calcified arhythmitists were doing the mathġ6) Franz Ferninand- Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, listen to " Twilight Omens" Listen to " Swag Surfin'"ĩ) Air- Love 2, watch the video for " Sing Sang Sung"ġ0) Avett Brothers- I and Love and You, Listen to " I and Love and You"ġ1) Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion, watch a video of " Summertime Clothes" from Coachellaġ2) Derek Trucks Band- Already Free, listen to " Already Free"ġ5) Andrew Bird- Noble Beast, If I had a Ph.D in English I could probably appreciate "Oh No" even more than I already do and understand what exactly the opening verse is trying to say: Mixtape Wayne gets his rocks off before serving time.

Listen to Matt covering Neil Young's " Oh Lonesome Me" featuring Lucinda WilliamsĨ) Lil Wayne- No Ceilings. Listen to " Rise From The Shadows"Ĥ) Atlas Sound- Logos, listen to " Walkabout" w/ Noah Lennoxĥ) Dinosaur Jr.- Farm, guitar slashterpiece of the year, listen to " I Don't Wanna Go There"Ħ) Monsters of Folk- Monsters of Folk, The A-Team of independent music, the 21st Century's humbler version of the Traveling Wilburys. T-2) Alberta Cross- Broken Side of Time, the return of rock. T-2) Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Check out a live video of "Love Like A Sunset" below: Might be a fad, but I don't think it's ever felt so right in the moment. Manners will always be synonymous with summer time for me, and for that it wins the tiebreaker and the blue ribbon for '09.īest Albums of 2009 (From the 0.002% of albums put out in '09 that I was able to check out)ġ) Passion Pit- Manners, Really? Yes. The top three on the albums list are all interchangeable. A considerably better year for both recorded and live music than '08.
