My top 10 albums of 2009

[dancelukedance]

1. Say Anything - Say Anything
2. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
3. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
4. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
5. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
6. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
7. Brand New - Daisy
8. Oceana - Birtheater
9. Jonny Craig - A Dream is a Question You Don't Know How To Answer
10. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion


Most anticipated for 2010

The Wonder Years - The Upsides
Story of the Year - The Constant
Circa Survive - TBA
Katy Perry - TBA
Emarosa - TBA
Four Year Strong - TBA
Does it Offend you, yeah? - TBA
Valencia -TBA

[sleepyseanzzz]

did you like, want others to post their favorites too? In that case

1. set your goals - this will be the death of us
2. rancid - let the dominoes fall
3. a day to remember - homesick
4. new found glory - not without a fight
5. nofx - coaster
6. green day - 21st century breakdown
7. say anything - self titled
8. third eye blind - ursa major
9. eminem - relapse
10. four year strong - explains it all

[yellowhouse]

As of now, in no particular order:

1. Brand New- Daisy
2. The Dead Weather- Horehound
3. St. Vincent- Actor
4. Jonsi & Alex- Riceboy Sleeps
5. Mos Def- The Ecstatic
6. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything To Nothing
7. Do Make Say Think- Other Truths
8. Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9. mewithoutYou- it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright!
10. Russian Circles- Geneva

This could change though, I still need to listen to these albums:
Pelican- What We All Come To Need
Lymbyc Systym- Shutter Release
Andrew Bird- Noble Beast
Mastodon- Crack The Skye
MUTEMATH- Armistice
As Tall As Lions- You Can't Take It With You
Dead Man's Bones- Dead Man's Bones
Why?- Eskimo Snow
Them Crooked Vultures- Them Crooked Vultures
Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport
Atlast Sound- Logos
The Flaming Lips- Embryonic
Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca

Yes, I have some serious catching up to.

[Yellowcard2006]

I don't have an order yet but
(and this will probably change)

TDS- Reach For The Sun
Sherwood- QU
Polar Bear Club- Chasing Hamburg
Emery- ...In Shallow Seas We Sail
The Almost- Monster Monster
This Time Next Year- Road Maps and Heart Attacks
Taking Back Sunday- New Again
Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything To Nothing
Thursday- Common Existence
Two Tongues- S/T

[TheRxBandit]

As of now, in no particular order:

This could change though, I still need to listen to these albums:
Pelican- What We All Come To Need
Lymbyc Systym- Shutter Release
Andrew Bird- Noble Beast
Mastodon- Crack The Skye
MUTEMATH- Armistice
As Tall As Lions- You Can't Take It With You
Dead Man's Bones- Dead Man's Bones
Why?- Eskimo Snow
Them Crooked Vultures- Them Crooked Vultures
Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport
Atlast Sound- Logos
The Flaming Lips- Embryonic
Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca

Yes, I have some serious catching up to.
I think you'll definitely add Armistice to the list if you give it a few good listens. Not as good as their self-titled but a really great song-writing album.

And I personally You Can't Take it with You. At first it's really different sounding, but the more you listen to it the easier it is to see the progression between the albums.

[blebbio]

You needed your own thread because you have such great taste?

[COREhorizon]

In no order:

Brand New - Daisy
Emery - ...In Shallow Seas We Sail
Say Anything - Say Anything
August Burns Red - Constellations
Therefore I Am - The Sound of Human Lives
The Chariot - Wars and Rumors of Wars
Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us
We Came as Romans - To Plant a Seed
A Day to Remember - Homesick
Burden of a Day - OneOneThousand

[Rodeo]

The Mars Volta - Octahedron
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us
Artaxx - The Bitterness
KINN - Uncomfortable Places
Black Dice - Repo
Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Tom Waits - Glitter & Doom
Langhorne Slim - Be Set Free
Dawes - Dawes
The Dead Weather - Horehound
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
Clutch - Strange Cousins from the West
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream It's Alright
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Wavves - Wavvves
The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy
Pink Mountaintops - Pink Mountaintops
Memory Tapes - Seek Magic

[TheRxBandit]

You needed your own thread because you have such great taste?
pretty sure the dude was trying to start a discussion, not assert his dominance.

[Ferzaer]

mine:

the dangerous summer - reach for the sun
breathe carolina - hello fascination
placebo - battle for the sun
mew - no more stories...
arctic monkeys - humbug
blessthefall - witness
we came as roman - to plant a seed
miss may i - apologies are for the weaks
classic in the making - the willing EP
say anything - say anything

[blebbio]

Well there's a thread every year for posting your top albums of the year so I don't see why he needs his own. I guess it's fine if other people post their own but he titled it My Top 10 Albums of 2009. Whatever.

[Rodeo]

Well there's a thread every year for posting your top albums of the year so I don't see why he needs his own. I guess it's fine if other people post their own but he titled it My Top 10 Albums of 2009. Whatever.


Yeah, "Whatever" is the optimal term here.

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[zbrmike79]

Brand New - Daisy
Space Ghost Cowboy - The Sad Album
Nick Corbo - Bird Watching in America EP
We Are Not Bears - Contrary to Popular Belief EP
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion/Fall Be Kind EP
Freelance Whales - Weathervane
fun. - Aim & Ignite
Kevin Devine - Brothers Blood
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Thrice - Beggars

[ThisIsNotDan]

this is probably gonna change after I catch up during winter break or when I really think about it, but so far...

1. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
2. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
3. Fireworks - All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
4. Shook Ones - The Unquotable AMH
5. Brand New - Daisy
6. Rx Bandits - Mandala
7. Broadway Calls - Good Views Bad News
8. This Time Next Year - Road Maps and Heart Attacks
9. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
10. New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight

if it was top 10 releases overall, the new Cave In and Bane EPs would be right near the top

[:-)]

mine:

the dangerous summer - reach for the sun
breathe carolina - hello fascination
placebo - battle for the sun
mew - no more stories...
arctic monkeys - humbug
blessthefall - witness
we came as roman - to plant a seed
miss may i - apologies are for the weaks
classic in the making - the willing EP
say anything - say anything

Ehh really? I thought BFTS was their most disappointing release to date

[Ferzaer]

Ehh really? I thought BFTS was their most disappointing release to date

i dont know. i like it. you maybe think its dissapointing but i guess it doesnt differ too much from any other albums. thats my catch for it. people probably dont like it.

[trappedintime]

This is what a blog is for.

[InMediasRes]

Say Anything/Say Anything
Brand New/Daisy
Thrice/Beggars
THEREFORE I AM/The Sounds of Human Lives
Manchester Orchestra/Mean Everything To Nothing
Sherwood/QU
thelastplaceyoulook/See the Light Inside You
This is My Suitcase/The Keys to Cat Heaven
The Mars Volta/Octahedron
Taking Back Sunday/New Again

[iheartmusic043]

After number one these are in no particular order:

1.Closure in Moscow - First Temple
2.You Me At Six - Take Off Your Colors
3.The Audition -Self-Titled Album
4.Phoenix - Wolgang Amadeus Phoenix
5.Fun. - Aim and Ignite
6.Two Tongues - Two Tongues
7.Paramore - Brand New Eyes
8.All Time Low - Nothing Personal
9.Every Time I Die- New Junk Aesthetic
10.Four Year Strong - ...Explains ot All
11.Say Anything - S/T
12.Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us

edit: I totally forgot about Metric - Fantasies. such a great cd

[heyguys123]

1. Say Anything - Say Anything
2. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
3. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
4. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
5. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
6. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
7. Brand New - Daisy
8. Oceana - Birtheater
9. Jonny Craig - A Dream is a Question You Don't Know How To Answer
10. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion


Most anticipated for 2010

The Wonder Years - The Upsides
Story of the Year - The Constant
Circa Survive - TBA
Katy Perry - TBA
Emarosa - TBA
Four Year Strong - TBA
Does it Offend you, yeah? - TBA
Valencia -TBA

i dont like your list. but i do love canberra.

[bard]

After number one these are in no particular order:

1.Closure in Moscow - First Temple
2.You Me At Six - Take Off Your Colors
3.The Audition -Self-Titled Album
4.Phoenix - Wolgang Amadeus Phoenix
5.Fun. - Aim and Ignite
6.Two Tongues - Two Tongues
7.Paramore - Brand New Eyes
8.All Time Low - Nothing Personal
9.Every Time I Die- Wanderlust
10.Four Year Strong - ...Explains ot All
11.Say Anything - S/T
12.Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
this is titled 'new junk aesthetic'....

[iheartmusic043]

this is titled 'new junk aesthetic'....
yeah i realized that. i was posting in two forums at the same time. my favorite albums and my favorite songs of the year lol

[HangsLikeHeaven]

J. Dilla, Rx Bandits, Caspian, Ghostface, Wale, and a few more have put out solid albums this year.

[xJesusFreakx]

Oh, why not...

1.) Thrice - Beggars
2.) Bradley Hathaway - A Mouth Full of Dust
3.) David Crowder*Band - Church Music
-> Project 86 - Picket Fence Cartel
-> Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
-> Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
-> Regina Spektor - Far
-> The Fauns - The Fauns
-> Coconut Records - Davy
-> Hands - Creator
-> Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
-> So Long Forgotten - Things We Can See and Things We Cannot
-> Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted

...and likely more. Blah. Some of these are recent listens for me, so it's too soon for them to be properly ranked. Also, their are other releases that are likely on par with some of these for me. I thoroughly enjoy the top half of the list, but it's nearly impossible to say "favorites" beyond that.

[Carpathia]

I still have to listen the new Dashboard and Say Anything with attention but records that are definitely on my top ten this year:

Taking Back Sunday - New Again
AFI - Crash Love
Thrice - Beggars
Lucero - 1372 Overton Park
Thursday - Common Existence
fun. - Aim and Ignite
Emery - ...In Shallow Seas We Sail

I'll make my definitive top ten list until the end of the year though.

[mulcahy67]

still have some albums to listen to, like P.O.S., Wolfmother, Thursday, and Isis, but as of right now, here's the list:

1. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
2. Brand New - Daisy
3. Muse - The Resistance
4. MC Lars - This Gigantic Robot Kills
5. dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
6. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
7. Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
8. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
9. Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Fort Mouth
10. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport

[mymusicismylife]

Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
The Number 12 Looks Like You - Worse Than Alone
As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
Thursday - Common Existence
Every Time I Die - New Junk Aestethic
The Mars Volta - Octahedron
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright.
The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life and Death
Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals
MUTEMATH - Armistice
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Next

[IWasaCamera]

9 shitty scene records
1 token Fork-approved record

Good thread.

[briewer]

Pending radical edits which are bound to happen:

01. Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
02. Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport
03. Atlas Sound- Logos
04. Wild Beasts- Two Dancers
05. The Antlers- Hospice
06. Taken By Trees- East of Eden
07. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion
08. Bill Callahan- Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
09. The Flaming Lips- Embryonic
10. Talk Normal- Sugarland

[briewer]

9 shitty scene records
1 token Fork-approved record

Good thread.
Hey Vinh, A) What's the deal with SOTS? I need my Vinh-approved music reviews, and B) Give me shit for my list.

[IWasaCamera]

Hey Vinh, A) What's the deal with SOTS? I need my Vinh-approved music reviews, and B) Give me shit for my list.
Oh hi.

A) Due to a hosting snafu, we've now moved to http://sunonthesand.com (http://sunonthesand.com/). Also testing out a new design. As for reviews from me, that will be put on hold for a while given the decade coverage and all the editing involved in addition to writing of my own, However, a handful of new recruits have published On The Flys if you're interested.

B) You'll have to wait until we publish our 09 lists.

[briewer]

Oh hi.

A) Due to a hosting snafu, we've now moved to http://sunonthesand.com (http://sunonthesand.com/). Also testing out a new design. As for reviews from me, that will be put on hold for a while given the decade coverage and all the editing involved in addition to writing of my own, However, a handful of new recruits have published On The Flys if you're interested.
Ah, I see. I've kept butting my head against the wall at ".net", I never thought to try .com. I like the new layout. Maybe a bit more color, but yeah, I think it's clean and a bit easier to navigate.

B) You'll have to wait until we publish our 09 lists.
Do you have any projected date for that yet?

[justlikehoney]

Thursday - Common Existence
Thrice - Beggars
Converge - Axe to Fall
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Architects - Hollow Crown
Coalesce - OX
Frank Turner - Poetry of the Deed
Maria Taylor - LadyLuck
Moving Mountains - Foreword
Sea Wolf - White Water, White Bloom

[TheReckoner]

As of now, in no particular order:

1. Brand New- Daisy
2. The Dead Weather- Horehound
3. St. Vincent- Actor
4. Jonsi & Alex- Riceboy Sleeps
5. Mos Def- The Ecstatic
6. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything To Nothing
7. Do Make Say Think- Other Truths
8. Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9. mewithoutYou- it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright!
10. Russian Circles- Geneva

This could change though, I still need to listen to these albums:
Pelican- What We All Come To Need
Lymbyc Systym- Shutter Release
Andrew Bird- Noble Beast
Mastodon- Crack The Skye
MUTEMATH- Armistice
As Tall As Lions- You Can't Take It With You
Dead Man's Bones- Dead Man's Bones
Why?- Eskimo Snow
Them Crooked Vultures- Them Crooked Vultures
Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport
Atlast Sound- Logos
The Flaming Lips- Embryonic
Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca

Yes, I have some serious catching up to.
Amazing, amazing, and amazing.

[IWasaCamera]

Ah, I see. I've kept butting my head against the wall at ".net", I never thought to try .com. I like the new layout. Maybe a bit more color, but yeah, I think it's clean and a bit easier to navigate.
My bad, I thought someone here would have announced it in some capacity. Glad you like the layout.
Do you have any projected date for that yet?
Well, our original schedule has been pushed back by 2-3 days so we still have top 10 retrospectives beginning Wednesday for every weekday until we reach #1, then honorable mentions (5 non-list records per staffer) on the 16th. Hopefully, we can have the 09 content ready by the end of that week. Don't get too excited though, it's only 25 albums. Not my call sadly. Perhaps we could throw in some individual mentions for this year too.

[eriatarka24]

mine's in random order....

ADTR - Homesick
Paramore - brand new eyes
Emery - ...In Shallow Seas We Sail
Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals
Enter Shikari - Common Dreads
Gallows - Grey Britain
Blackhole - Dead Hearts
This Time Next Year - Road Maps and Heart Attacks
Canterbury - Thank You
The Swellers - Ups and Downsizing
LIGHTS - The Listening




Don't get me wrong, I like This Will Be the Death of Us...But only to a certain extent, I seem to just listen to the first half of the album (up until The Few That Remain) and then I turn it off. And I enjoyed the albums I posted much more than TWBTDOU. That's just me....lol.

[A Jaggy Snake]

1. Frank Turner - Poetry of the Deed
2. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
3. Brand New - Daisy
4. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
5. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
6. Passion Pit - Manners
7. Florence and the Machine - Lungs
8. The Cribs - Ignore The Ignorant
9. The Horrors - Primary Colours
10. Marmaduke Duke - Duke Pandemonium

That was a struggle... although I probably won't actually find my favourite albums of 2009 untill 2012

[briewer]

My bad, I thought someone here would have announced it in some capacity. Glad you like the layout.

Well, our original schedule has been pushed back by 2-3 days so we still have top 10 retrospectives beginning Wednesday for every weekday until we reach #1, then honorable mentions (5 non-list records per staffer) on the 16th. Hopefully, we can have the 09 content ready by the end of that week. Don't get too excited though, it's only 25 albums. Not my call sadly. Perhaps we could throw in some individual mentions for this year too.
Cool, I'm looking forward to it.

[yellowhouse]

I think you'll definitely add Armistice to the list if you give it a few good listens. Not as good as their self-titled but a really great song-writing album.

And I personally You Can't Take it with You. At first it's really different sounding, but the more you listen to it the easier it is to see the progression between the albums.

Alright, I will keep that in mind. Maybe I will listen to their self titled first and then listen to that....

[yellowhouse]

Amazing, amazing, and amazing.

Yes! I have heard great things about all three, just need to listen...stupid iPod being broken means I listen to a lot less music right now...not good...

[zbrmike79]

Thursday - Common Existence
Thrice - Beggars
Converge - Axe to Fall
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Architects - Hollow Crown
Coalesce - OX
Frank Turner - Poetry of the Deed
Maria Taylor - LadyLuck
Moving Mountains - Foreword
Sea Wolf - White Water, White Bloom

moving mountains was 2008 - though it doesn't make it any less amazing

[LastDeclaration]

1. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
2. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
3. Brand New - Daisy
4. fun. - Aim & Ignite
5. Say Anything - s/t
6. Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us
7. Dan Deacon - Bromst
8. Nightmare of You - Infomaniac
9. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
10. Taking Back Sunday - New Again

Edit: The Swellers and Thrice should be in there somewhere as well.

[Paulb-182]

1) Brand New - Daisy
2) Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
3) Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
4) Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring
5) Thrice - Beggars
6) Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
7) Taking Back Sunday - New Again
8) Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
9) Mastodon - Crack The Skye
10) Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

There really aren't many albums from this year I've enjoyed all too much. Although the top 5 are all extremely awesome

[alexa_ATL]

in no particular order:

Say Anything - Say Anything
Brand New - Daisy
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Taking Back Sunday - New Again
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
The Dangerous Summer - Reach for the Sun
Regina Spektor - Far
Two Tongues - Two Tongues

i'm sure i'm forgetting some, this was a pretty good year for music.

[parawhore10]

not in any particular order..

ADTR- Homesick
Paramore-Brand New Eyes
All Time Low- Nothing Personal
Jay-Z- The Blueprint 3
Mayday Parade- Anywhere But Here
Taking Back Sunday- New Again
Flyleaf- Memento Mori
There For Tomorrow- A Little Faster
The Audition- Self-Titled Album
Kid Cudi- Man on the Moon: The End of Day

[lindZ629]

Something like this

David Gray – Draw the Line
Owen – New Leaves
Passion Pit – Manners
Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
John Mayer – Battle Studies
Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11
Umphrey’s McGee – Mantis
Phish – Joy
Other Lives – Other Lives
Swell Season – Strict Joy

[drudo182]

No rankings yet but the following will probably end up in my top ten.

Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
Thrice - Beggars
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To No One
Brand New - Daisy
Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major

[ExtremeAvalanch]

ETID-New Junk Aesthetic
AFI-Crash Love
Mew-No More Stories Are Told Today...
Poison the Well-The Tropic Rot
Alexisonfire-Old Crows/Young Cardinals
Mastodon-Crack the Skye
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster-III (more people seriously need to listen to this album)
Between the Buried and Me-The Great Misdirect
Bring me the Horizon-Suicide Season Cut Up
The Sounds-Crossing the Rubicon
...and not "Daisy".

[iSasquatchh]

[quote=dancelukedance;58119131]1. Say Anything - Say Anything
2. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
3. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
4. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
5. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
6. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
7. Brand New - Daisy
8. Oceana - Birtheater
9. Jonny Craig - A Dream is a Question You Don't Know How To Answer
10. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion

I'd have to agree with those. Glad to see #3 and #9 made the list.

[meroki22]

9 shitty scene records
1 token Fork-approved record

Good thread.


hahaha /thread

[zubinmoosa]

subscribin

[threepunchjim]

P.O.S. - Never Better
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
MUTEMATH - Armistice
The Swell Season - Strict Joy
Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
Muse - The Resistance
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright!
John Mayer - Battle Studies
fun. - Aim and Ignite

aaaaaaaaaaannnd that's 11. Most of them are strongly cemented in my top 10, but I can't choose between Muse and mwY just yet.

[evvandflow]

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[flask]

1. Converge- "Axe To Fall"
2. Thursday- "Common Existence"
3. Russian Circles- "Geneva"
4. Poison The Well- "The Tropic Rot"
5. Girl In A Coma- "Trio B.C."
6. Every Time I Die- "New Junk Aesthetic"
7. Touche Amore- "To The Beat Of A Dead Horse"
8. Gifts From Enola- "From Fathoms"
9. Portugal The Man- "Satanic Satanists"
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- "Its Blitz!"

[SmallFrailBoy]

How has no one mentioned Propagandhi's Supporting Caste yet?

You guys all slept on the best album of the year.

[SmallFrailBoy]

Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
The Number 12 Looks Like You - Worse Than Alone
As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
Thursday - Common Existence
Every Time I Die - New Junk Aestethic
The Mars Volta - Octahedron
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright.
The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life and Death
Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals
MUTEMATH - Armistice
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Next

Nevermind - you totally did. Thank you for being awesome.

[gurlanachronism]

1. The Xx- xx
2. Brand New- Daisy
3.Regina Spektor- Far
4.The Swell Season- Strict Joy
5. Florence + the Machine- Lungs
6. Lily Allen- It's Not Me, It's You
7. The Dead Weather- Horehound
8. Mumford & Sons- Sigh No More
9. Dead Man's Bones- Dead Man's Bones
10. La Roux- La Roux

[TotalCollapse]

1. Thursday - Common Existence
2. Thrice - Beggars
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Mute Math - Armistice
5. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
6. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
7. The Swellers - Ups and Downsizing
8. As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
9. Rx Bandits - Mandala
10. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing

[Ari Christos]

Oh, why not...

1.) Thrice - Beggars
2.) Bradley Hathaway - A Mouth Full of Dust
3.) David Crowder*Band - Church Music
-> Project 86 - Picket Fence Cartel
-> Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
-> Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
-> Regina Spektor - Far
-> The Fauns - The Fauns
-> Coconut Records - Davy
-> Hands - Creator
-> Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
-> So Long Forgotten - Things We Can See and Things We Cannot
-> Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted

...and likely more. Blah. Some of these are recent listens for me, so it's too soon for them to be properly ranked. Also, their are other releases that are likely on par with some of these for me. I thoroughly enjoy the top half of the list, but it's nearly impossible to say "favorites" beyond that.

Biggest disappointment of the year for me.

[xJesusFreakx]

Biggest disappointment of the year for me.

Wrong: Daisy came out this year. ;-)

Really, though, I bought it at the same time as The Ugly Organ and was completely underwhelmed at first as a result, but another user convinced me to check it out again, and I absolutely love it now.

[Ari Christos]

Wrong: Daisy came out this year. ;-)

Really, though, I bought it at the same time as The Ugly Organ and was completely underwhelmed at first as a result, but another user convinced me to check it out again, and I absolutely love it now.

How long did it take you to appreciate it? I gave that record so many chances and couldn't get into it. I thought From The Hips was a great single though.

[xJesusFreakx]

How long did it take you to appreciate it? I gave that record so many chances and couldn't get into it. I thought From The Hips was a great single though.

I was very bored with it the first time with no desire to return, checked it out again on the user's request, liked it by the second or third listen, and loved it by maybe the tenth. My favorite songs are probably "Mama, I'm Satan," "Caveman," and "What Have I Done?" so, if you want to give it another shot, maybe start with those. It's not as immediate as, say, "Some Red Handed Slight of Hand," but I really enjoy the lyrics.

[Ari Christos]

I was very bored with it the first time with no desire to return, checked it out again on the user's request, liked it by the second or third listen, and loved it by maybe the tenth. My favorite songs are probably "Mama, I'm Satan," "Caveman," and "What Have I Done?" so, if you want to give it another shot, maybe start with those. It's not as immediate as, say, "Some Red Handed Slight of Hand," but I really enjoy the lyrics.

I'll give it another shot again soon. I guess it's hard to follow up The Ugly Organ and Happy Hallow

[dancelukedance]

You needed your own thread because you have such great taste?

Douche...

pretty sure the dude was trying to start a discussion, not assert his dominance.

Thankyou

[dancelukedance]

Other worth mentioning:

Closure In Moscow - First Temple
Broadway - Kingdoms
Lights - The Listening
Dashboard Confessional - Alter the ending

[CobraLucha]

Nobody has brought up the most surprising record for me. Gallow's- Grey Britain... I was surprised I liked it as much as I did, heavy as fuck...

[the cinema]

eh that's too hard. i was kinda disappointed with some new releases this year that i expected to be really good/better than they were (resistance, new again, etc.)

[raukura]

There for Tomorrow - A little Faster
Cartel - Cycles
As Tall As Lions - You can't take it with you
paramore - brand new eyes

I've probably spent most of this year discovering past releases than listening to ones released this year

[Metal Now]

It's All Crazy! It's All False! it's All A Dream! It's Alright - mewithoutYou
Say Anything - Say Anything
Aim And Ignite - fun.
This Will Be The Death Of Us - Set You Goals
Daisy - Brand New
Not Without A Fight - New Found Glory
P.O.S - Never Better

Not quite ten...

[zubinmoosa]

1. Thursday - Common Existence
2. Thrice - Beggars
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Mute Math - Armistice
5. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
6. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
7. The Swellers - Ups and Downsizing
8. As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
9. Rx Bandits - Mandala
10. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
great list

[krockradio24]

Top 10 of the year(in order)

Brand New-Daisy
Wolfmother- Cosmic Egg
Harvard- The Inevitable and I
Cage the elephant- Self Titled
as tall as lions- You cant take it with you
Polar bear club- Chasing Hamburg
Emimem- The Relapse
The used- artwork
Portugal the man- The Satanic Satanist
Paramore- Brand New Eyes



Notable Mention: P.O.S- Never better
Best Upcoming Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
Best Unsigned release: Tie between Stay: Games with Girls Ep
& You, Me and Everyone we know- So young, so insane Ep
Summer Song of the Year: 311- Daisy cutter
Best Ep: Brother Ali- The Truth is here Ep
Most Anticipated albums of 2010: Dr Dre- Detox,Minus the bear: TBD & Circa Survive: TBD
Best Debut of the Year: Three way Tie Between Harvard: The Inevitable and I, Them Crooked Vultures: Self titled and Fun- Aim and Ignite

[mulcahy67]

Cage the Elephant was 2008 wasnt it?

[zubinmoosa]

Top 10 of the year(in order)

Brand New-Daisy
Wolfmother- Cosmic Egg
Harvard- The Inevitable and I
Cage the elephant- Self Titled
as tall as lions- You cant take it with you
Polar bear club- Chasing Hamburg
Emimem- The Relapse
The used- artwork
Portugal the man- The Satanic Satanist
Paramore- Brand New Eyes



Notable Mention: P.O.S- Never better
Best Upcoming Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
Best Unsigned release: Tie between Stay: Games with Girls Ep
& You, Me and Everyone we know- So young, so insane Ep
Summer Song of the Year: 311- Daisy cutter
Best Ep: Brother Ali- The Truth is here Ep
Most Anticipated albums of 2010: Dr Dre- Detox,Minus the bear: TBD & Circa Survive: TBD
Best Debut of the Year: Three way Tie Between Harvard: The Inevitable and I, Them Crooked Vultures: Self titled and Fun- Aim and Ignite
is the Harvard release that good? Stoked

Also, hate to be that guy, but YMAEWK's EP came out last year

[eriatarka24]

Nobody has brought up the most surprising record for me. Gallow's- Grey Britain... I was surprised I liked it as much as I did, heavy as fuck...
Wow, haven't been reading through the thread have you? lol

[Five-Star]

No order.

Enter Shikari - Common Dreads
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
Passion Pit - Manners
Fun. - Aim and Ignite
Emery - In Shallow Seas We Sail
Broadway - Kingdoms
30 Seconds To Mars - This Is War
The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above And Branches Below
Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry, They Washed Away
Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
These Green Eyes - Relapse To Recovery
Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
Madina Lake - Attics To Eden
Vanna - A New Hope
Asking Alexandria - Stand Up and Scream
Hopes Die Last - Six Years Home
iwrestledabearonce - It's All Happening
Matt & Kim - Grand
Owl City - Ocean Eyes
Thursday - Common Existence
We Came As Romans - To Plant a Seed

[eriatarka24]

No order.

Enter Shikari - Common Dreads
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
Passion Pit - Manners
Fun. - Aim and Ignite
Emery - In Shallow Seas We Sail
Broadway - Kingdoms
30 Seconds To Mars - This Is War
The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above And Branches Below
Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry, They Washed Away
Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
These Green Eyes - Relapse To Recovery

yay, second person to mention ES! :-)

[SophGod]

no real order

Thursday - Common Existence
Thrice - Beggars
RX Bandits - Mandala
Emery - In Shallow Seas We Sail
Strung Out - Agents Of The Underground
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Brand New - Daisy
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness

predictable.

[mymusicismylife]

Nevermind - you totally did. Thank you for being awesome.

I still spin it almost every day. It's absolutely awesome.

[krockradio24]

is the Harvard release that good? Stoked

Also, hate to be that guy, but YMAEWK's EP came out last year

The harvard release is that good, it leaked on a few sites and will be streaming on music.aol.com starting tomorrow, listen for yourself and decide

[letsrockthewall]

1. Say Anything - S/T
2. Everytime I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
3. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
4. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
5. fun. - Aim And Ignite
6. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
7. Broadway - Kingdoms
8. As Cities Burn - Hell Or High Water
9. Fireworks - All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
10. Between The Trees - Spain

Honorable Mentions
Brand New - Daisy
Deas Vail - Birds And Cages
The Fray - S/T

[fake empire]

I haven't seen any good lists in this thread

[sargentlgfuad]

10. fun. - Aim & Ignite
9. Noah and the Whale - The First Days of Spring
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
7. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
6. Rx Bandits - Mandala
5. Tegan & Sara - Sainthood
4. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
3. P.O.S. - Never Better
2. The Dangerous Summer - Reach for the Sun
1. Silversun Pickups - Swoon

haha, i put way too much time into these lists, because for some reason i feel that people will give a shit about it, but, anywho, my full one is here (http://absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=239562)

[ruffian]

silversun pickups: lol

edit: not directed at guy above me. just thought it was funny that many included them.

[TotalCollapse]

great list
Thanks!

[TotalCollapse]

silversun pickups: lol

edit: not directed at guy above me. just thought it was funny that many included them.
You didn't like their latest album?

[Shatter_Glass]

The Mars Volta - Octahedron
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us
Artaxx - The Bitterness
KINN - Uncomfortable Places
Black Dice - Repo
Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Tom Waits - Glitter & Doom
Langhorne Slim - Be Set Free
Dawes - Dawes
The Dead Weather - Horehound
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
Clutch - Strange Cousins from the West
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream It's Alright
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Wavves - Wavvves
The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy
Pink Mountaintops - Pink Mountaintops
Memory Tapes - Seek Magic

Very very cool list mate, I'm loving the Tom Waits like you said I would.

ps. Check out the record Humbug by Arctic Monkeys, with all the stuff you listed you will love it I'm sure. Josh Homme from Them Crooked Vultures/QOTSA produced!

[anthonydarko]

Too lazy to type it out so I'll just post a link to my list:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/anthonydarko/best_of_2009

[swirlofhues]

i haven't made one yet but as i was browsing through my itunes to compile one, i am 80% sure my #1 spot will be Jon Hopkins' "Insides". so beautiful.

[ThisIsNotDan]

I haven't seen any good lists in this thread

hey everybody, this dude is so cool that he shits on everybody AND doesn't even post a list. the edginess is too much to handle!

[fake empire]

hey everybody, this dude is so cool that he shits on everybody AND doesn't even post a list. the edginess is too much to handle!
I didn't make one yet

[Colorblind!]

If I ever make a list, it's going to be the biggest clustercuss.

[CobraLucha]

Wow, haven't been reading through the thread have you? lol

Maybe im an idiot, probably am an idiot, don't see it before I posted...

[coreysetfail]

i have been obsessing over my list recently, and i actually have a top 50 as of right now, haha.


1) Say Anything - Say Anything
2) Cassino - Kingprince
3) P.O.S - Never Better
4) Greene Reveal - (re)shape
5) Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
6) Brand New - Daisy
7) Thrice - Beggars
8) Anchor & Braille - Felt
9) fun. - Aim & Ignite
10) Mute Math - Armistice
11) John Mayer - Battle Studies
12) The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
13) Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
14) The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life & Death
15) As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
16) All The Day Holiday - The Things We've Grown To Love
17) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimist
18) Moneen - The World I Want To Leave Behind
19) Person L - The Positives
20) Audrye Sessions - Audrye Sessions
21) Silversun Pickups - Swoon
22) Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
23) Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone
24) New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
25) Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
26) As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
27) Mansions - New Best Friends
28) Passion Pit - Manners
29) Relient K - Forget And Not Slow Down
30) Emery - In Shallow Seas We Sail
31) 1997 - Notes From Underground
32) The Temper Trap - Conditions
33) The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
34) Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
35) Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
36) Sherwood - Qu
37) 30 Seconds To Mars - This Is War
38) The Swellers - Ups And Downsizing
39) Thursday - Common Existence
40) Closure in Moscow - First Temple
41) RX Bandits - Mandala
42) Kid Cudi - The Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
43) Ace Enders & A Million Different People - When I Hit The Ground
44) Cage - Depart From Me
45) Volcano Choir - Unmap
46) John Nolan - Heights
47) The Mars Volta - Octahedron
48) mewithoutyou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright!
49) Fireworks - All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
50) Muse - The Resistance

[Colorblind!]

I don't think I've seen Weatherbox in the whole thread, but that will definitely be in my top three.

[coreysetfail]

i must have completely missed weatherbox. i didn't think that was ever released outside of those damn cassette tapes?

[kolby182]

1. manchester orchestra - mean everything to nothing (shake it out)*
2. say anything - say anything (ahhhh men)
3. brand new - daisy (sink)
4. green day - 21st century breakdown ( 21st century breakdown)
5. kevin devine - brother's blood (it's only your life)

Favorite Concert: Blink 182 in cincinnati,ohio

Guilty Pleasure of The Year: Jemina Pearl "I Hate People"

Movie: Inglorious Basterds

Tv: Dexter Season 4

DvD: A Very Sunny Christmas

(fav song on the album)
*favorite song of the year.

[Justin_stacy]

can't believe how many people have This Will Be the Death of Us on their list, easily the most disappointing record of the year.

[SandManTEND13]

As of now and may get changed
(based off albums, I loved listening to)
1. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Girls- Album
3. The Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
4. Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. Grizzly Bear- Veckatismest
6. Passion Pit- Manners
7. Muse- The Resistance
8. fun.- Aim and Ignite
9. Jay-Z- Blueprint 3
10. Brand New- Daisy

I made a top 25 list that will be in my blog

[SandManTEND13]

can't believe how many people have This Will Be the Death of Us on their list, easily the most disappointing record of the year.
That is why I made it in my disappointment of the year column!!!!

EDIT: Same with Say Anything, disappoitnment

[Zachariaahh]

Well there's a thread every year for posting your top albums of the year so I don't see why he needs his own. I guess it's fine if other people post their own but he titled it My Top 10 Albums of 2009. Whatever.

your 14 and a douchbag stfu why post if your gonna complain

[Antics]

Japandroids - Post Nothing

[shibbee]

1. Here Holy Spain- Manic
2. 30 Seconds To Mars- This Is War
3. Bo Burnham- Bo Burnham
4. ETID- New Junk Aesthetic
5. Stephen Lynch- 3 Balloons
6. Say Anything- Say Anything
7. NOFX- Coaster
8. Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown
9. Jon Lajoie- You Want Some Of This?
10. Anchor & Braille- Felt

[myplanforescape]

I posted this in another thread, ordered, but I don't really feel too comfortable with the order so its just a list of the albums I've enjoyed.

Cold Cave - Love Comes Close
The Catalyst - Swallow Your Teeth
Pygmy Lush - Split with Turboslut
Nadja - When I See the Sun Always Shines on T.V.
Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
Islands - Vapours
7 Worlds Collide - The Sun Came Out
Theophilus London - This Charming Mixtape
The Church - Untitled 23
Cage - Depart From Me
Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Snowing - Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit

I need to listen to/spend more time with
Junius
A Place to Bury Strangers
Hour of the Wolf
Malajube
Natural Snow Buildings (Two disc albums are just so daunting, and generally disappointing which is why I haven't got to it)

[zubinmoosa]

1. Here Holy Spain- Manic
2. 30 Seconds To Mars- This Is War
3. Bo Burnham- Bo Burnham
4. ETID- New Junk Aesthetic
5. Stephen Lynch- 3 Balloons
6. Say Anything- Say Anything
7. NOFX- Coaster
8. Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown
9. Jon Lajoie- You Want Some Of This?
10. Anchor & Braille- Felt

yes

[oddwithoutend]

i have been obsessing over my list recently, and i actually have a top 50 as of right now, haha.


1) Say Anything - Say Anything
2) Cassino - Kingprince
3) P.O.S - Never Better
4) Greene Reveal - (re)shape
5) Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
There's still people listening to Mean Everything To Nothing?

[IWasaCamera]

About as surprising as how people enjoyed that heap of dung in the first place.

[xJesusFreakx]

There's still people listening to Mean Everything To Nothing?

I've actually started liking it a lot since seeing them open for Brand New. When I first checked them out expecting a good "indie" band, I was bored to tears, but once I accepted that Andy's lyrics are highly overrated, I found METN to be a fun alternative rock album. There are some good jams on there. Also, he alludes to "Come Thou Fount," one of my favorite hymns, in "The River." Instant Tim points there, lol.

[oddwithoutend]

My favourites were "MO is better than Nirvana!" and "It's better than TDAG!". haha

[oddwithoutend]

I've actually started liking it a lot since seeing them open for Brand New. When I first checked them out expecting a good "indie" band, I was bored to tears, but once I accepted that Andy's lyrics are highly overrated, I found METN to be a fun alternative rock album. There are some good jams on there. Also, he alludes to "Come Thou Fount," one of my favorite hymns, in "The River." Instant Tim points there, lol.

haha Interesting. Personally, I found the album to be a load of tarradiddle, which happens to be my favourite word.

[xJesusFreakx]

My favourites were "MO is better than Nirvana!" and "It's better than TDAG!". haha

Evan? lol...

haha Interesting. Personally, I found the album to be a load of tarradiddle, which happens to be my favourite word.

Ha, well, it's a loud rock album, and I'm a loud rock kind of guy at heart. It's not particularly good, but it's tight, and I like it. Andy might have some lame lines, but at least he doesn't rhyme "duck" with "luck" and "stuck," and "down" with "clown" and "round."

[oddwithoutend]

Evan? lol...
I'm afraid he can only be credited with one of the two remarks.
Ha, well, it's a loud rock album, and I'm a loud rock kind of guy at heart. It's not particularly good, but it's tight, and I like it. Andy might have some lame lines, but at least he doesn't rhyme "duck" with "luck" and "stuck," and "down" with "clown" and "round."
Oh...well...as far as tightness goes, I suppose it's pretty tight, I guess.

[xJesusFreakx]

I'm afraid he can only be credited with one of the two remarks.

Oh, goodness. Someone else is bestowing ridiculous praise to Manchester Orchestra? ... Eh, to each his own, I guess. I'm curious now, though.

Oh...well...as far as tightness goes, I suppose it's pretty tight, I guess.

It doesn't have any songs called "In a Jar" or "You Stole." That helps.

[dancelukedance]

And "ahh..men" song of the year! it is copacetic!

[aradiantsunrise]

My top 10 in no specific order:

Thursday - Common Existence
As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
Thrice - Beggars
Architects - Hollow Crown
August Burns Red - Constellations
Say Anything - Say Anything
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
Broadway - Kingdoms (Not gonna lie, I listened to this album A LOT)
The Dangerous Summer - Reach for the Sun

And some others close behind. I know I don't have a bunch of indie bands listed but I'm not afraid to say what I honestly enjoy. Also, this could change since there are still albums that I have yet to listen to from this year.

[dancelukedance]

My top 10 in no specific order:

Thursday - Common Existence
As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
Thrice - Beggars
Architects - Hollow Crown
August Burns Red - Constellations
Say Anything - Say Anything
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
Broadway - Kingdoms (Not gonna lie, I listened to this album A LOT)
The Dangerous Summer - Reach for the Sun

And some others close behind. I know I don't have a bunch of indie bands listed but I'm not afraid to say what I honestly enjoy. Also, this could change since there are still albums that I have yet to listen to from this year.

as did i!

[Christrings]

Ehh really? I thought BFTS was their most disappointing release to date

Me too, they were pretty bad at Reading which was an equal disappointment and move away from form.

[Deadbolt23]

My favourites were "MO is better than Nirvana!" and "It's better than TDAG!". haha

I prefer Manchester Orchestra to Nirvana, and I think METN is marginally better than TDAG. So what of it?

Ha, well, it's a loud rock album, and I'm a loud rock kind of guy at heart. It's not particularly good, but it's tight, and I like it. Andy might have some lame lines, but at least he doesn't rhyme "duck" with "luck" and "stuck," and "down" with "clown" and "round."

I think he writes damn good lyrics.

[EchoPark]

Conditions=You Are Forgotten
The Dangerous Summer=Reach For The Sun
Chuck Regan=Gold Country
Propagandhi=Supporting Caste
The Appleseed Cast=Sagarmatha
Killswitch Engage=Killswitch Engage
Morrisey=Years Of Refusal
Panda=Poetics
We Shot The Moon=A Silver Lining
Strung Out=Agents Of The Underground
Skylines Calling=Living Like This

[blebbio]

I've only been able to make an orderless top 3 so far and by the end of the year it will probably change.

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post-Pavillion
Atlas Sound - Logos
Dan Deacon - Bromst

[Kyle Huntington]

9 shitty scene records
1 token Fork-approved record

Good thread.
Literal.

[SmallFrailBoy]

Conditions=You Are Forgotten
The Dangerous Summer=Reach For The Sun
Chuck Regan=Gold Country
Propagandhi=Supporting Caste
The Appleseed Cast=Sagarmatha
Killswitch Engage=Killswitch Engage
Morrisey=Years Of Refusal
Panda=Poetics
We Shot The Moon=A Silver Lining
Strung Out=Agents Of The Underground
Skylines Calling=Living Like This

I agree with you. All of these records smoked 90% of the albums that people have posted. It's probably because we're a little older. Although that Dangerous Summer album was somewhat of a guilty pleasure. "Weathered" is just such a good song.

I almost forgot that the Appleseed Cast album came out this year. It really is just a beautiful record.

[coreysetfail]

There's still people listening to Mean Everything To Nothing?

of course. sure it came out quite a long time ago, but it was still an incredible release for 2009.

[IWasaCamera]

Literal.
9 shitty posts
1 severedlegface post

Good thread.

[Kyle Huntington]

9 shitty posts
1 severedlegface post

Good thread.
Haha, been listening to Ege Bamyasi a fair bit recently. Still grateful for that rec. Been listening to anything new recently worth noting?

[IWasaCamera]

Haha, been listening to Ege Bamyasi a fair bit recently. Still grateful for that rec. Been listening to anything new recently worth noting?
New as in released this year? Hmm, well I've been digging the latest by CFCF (groovy electronica), Pink Mountaintops (airy rock 'n' roll from the dude in Black Mountain), jj (that Swedish girl from general has probably told you all about these indie-poppers), Destroyer (ambient disco EP!), Simon Joyner (Leonard Cohen meets Will Oldham), Os Mutantes (Tropicalia pioneers) and Doveman (because I'm a mopey bastard).

What about on your end?

[Rodeo]

Very very cool list mate, I'm loving the Tom Waits like you said I would.

ps. Check out the record Humbug by Arctic Monkeys, with all the stuff you listed you will love it I'm sure. Josh Homme from Them Crooked Vultures/QOTSA produced!


Hey, thank you so much! I'm SO happy you like Tom Waits! Victory for good music!



Yes, Arctic Monkeys RULE.

[stupidtyonparad]

it bothers me how many people dont know big d and fluent in stroll

1. big d and the kids table -- fluent in stroll
2. manchester orchestra -- mean everything to nothing
3. brand new -- daisy
4. weezer -- raditude
5. akron/family -- set 'em wild set 'em free
6. green day -- 21st century breakdown
7. kevin devine -- brothers blood
8. rancid -- let the dominoes fall
9. trail of dead -- century of self
10. against me! -- the original cowboy

-----------------------
honorable mention
foo -- greatest hits. yeah, i really love the song 'wheels'

---------
let down of the year:
nofx -- coaster

[TheReckoner]

Yes! I have heard great things about all three, just need to listen...stupid iPod being broken means I listen to a lot less music right now...not good...
Haha, not having an ipod also contributes to a lack of music.

[oddwithoutend]

I prefer Manchester Orchestra to Nirvana, and I think METN is marginally better than TDAG. So what of it?
Well, I think your opinions are laughable.

[PardonMyFreedom]

Happiness by Dance Gavin Dance. Rabid Jonny Craig fans will disagree, but oh well.

[oddwithoutend]

of course. sure it came out quite a long time ago, but it was still an incredible release for 2009.
Incredibly bad.

[Deadbolt23]

Well, I think your opinions are laughable.

All of my opinions or just those two?

[QuietThings430]

1. Fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For the Sun
3. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
4. Say Anything - Say Anything
5. Brand New - Daisy
6. A Day to Remember - Homesick
7. Fake Problems - It's Great to Be Alive
8. Chuck Ragan - Gold Country
9. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
10. WHY? - Eskimo Snow

[bluecrunchy]

With all the good albums this year, I don't think I can narrow it down to just 10.

[live.]

it bothers me how many people dont know big d and fluent in stroll

1. big d and the kids table -- fluent in stroll
2. manchester orchestra -- mean everything to nothing
3. brand new -- daisy
4. weezer -- raditude
5. akron/family -- set 'em wild set 'em free
6. green day -- 21st century breakdown
7. kevin devine -- brothers blood
8. rancid -- let the dominoes fall
9. trail of dead -- century of self
10. against me! -- the original cowboy

-----------------------
honorable mention
foo -- greatest hits. yeah, i really love the song 'wheels'

---------
let down of the year:
nofx -- coaster


I hope you're not being sarcastic about 'Wheels'. I have a thing for it...

[stupidtyonparad]

i'm not

[aradiantsunrise]

as did i!

It's such a good album and even though there are a lot of bands like them, they still bring a little originality to the table. Misha's vocals are also crazy good, haha.

[oddwithoutend]

All of my opinions or just those two?
Those two.

[briewer]

Those two.
Plus, all the rest of them.

[Deadbolt23]

Plus, all the rest of them.

oh, you...:stickout:

[LastDeclaration]

1. Converge- "Axe To Fall"
2. Thursday- "Common Existence"
3. Russian Circles- "Geneva"
4. Poison The Well- "The Tropic Rot"
5. Girl In A Coma- "Trio B.C."
6. Every Time I Die- "New Junk Aesthetic"
7. Touche Amore- "To The Beat Of A Dead Horse"
8. Gifts From Enola- "From Fathoms"
9. Portugal The Man- "Satanic Satanists"
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- "Its Blitz!"

I had no idea they realeased anything new this year. Loyal Eyes was so damn good/underrated.

[jhog3411]

1. Moving Mountains - Foreword
2. Thursday - Common Existence
3. Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
4. Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
5. Thrice - Beggars
6. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
7. Transit - Stay Home
8. Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
9. Fireworks - All I Have to Offer is My Own Confusion
10. Oceansize - Frames (not released in US until this year)
11. Kevin Devine - Brothers Blood
12. Title Fight - The Last Thing You Forget

I liked the last couple of albums too much to leave off a list.

[heyguys123]

no idea on a complete list yet, but some stuff that'll be near the top:

fake problems
lucero
dear landlord
banner pilot
bouncing souls
green day
wale
frank turner
detournement
american steel

[eriatarka24]

should have put in As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water on my list as well but that would have made it 11...I loved a lot of stuff this year.

[MattDennis]

things may move up or down slightly but this is a pretty solid blueprint right here

Thrice - Beggars
David Bazan - Curse Your Branches
Brand New - Daisy
Baroness - Blue Record
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
Converge - Axe to Fall
The Chariot - Wars and Rumors of Wars
Kylesa - Static Tensions

still need to give more spins to...
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Ramona Falls - Intuit

[im_FINK]

1.) Passion Pit -- Manners
2.) Brand New -- Daisy
3.) Lil' Wayne -- No Ceilings
4.) Say Anything -- Say Anything
5.) John Mayer -- Battle Studies
6.) Manchester Orchestra -- Mean Everything to Nothing
7.) New Found Glory -- Not Without A Fight
8.) Kevin Devine -- Brother's Blood
9.) Person L -- The Positives
10.) Jay-Z -- The Blueprint 3

Most Anticipated...

blink-182
30 Seconds to Mars
Coheed
MCR
Jimmy Eat World

[antimatter]

No order

Weatherbox - The Cosmic Drama
Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Trophy Scars - Bad Luck
Thrice - Beggars
Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground - Introducing
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Mew - No More Stories(etc...)
Ramona Falls - Intuit
Brand New - Daisy

+
portugal. the man
person l
he is legend

[Junction183]

My top 10 of 2009 ( in no order )

Thrice - Beggars
Metric - Fantasies
Moneen - The World I Want To Leave Behind
Owen - New Leaves
Person L - The Positives
Jeremy Enigk - Ok Bear
Relient K - Forget And Not Slow Down
Brand New - Daisy
Matt Pryor - Confidence Man
Weezer - Raditude

[muchoawesomeo]

top8?
passion pit
the mars volta
animal collective
mewithoutyou
rx bandits
the appleseed cast
morrissey
black moth super rainbow

[Thesleepingwell]

Here goes (in no order):

Kylesa - Static Tensions
Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike
Seventh Void - Heaven Is Gone
The Swellers - Ups and Downsizing
Lamb Of God - Wrath
Wino - Punctuated Equilbrium
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk
Imogen Heap - Ellipse
Pixie Lott - Turn It Up

[Kyle Huntington]

Pixie Lott - Turn It Up
...what on earth, man?

[dancelukedance]

It's such a good album and even though there are a lot of bands like them, they still bring a little originality to the table. Misha's vocals are also crazy good, haha.

I couldn't agree with you more. I'm really into 'Meg Ryan would play you in the movie' at the moment. The end is so good, original too

[MorningStar10]

Daisy-Brand New
Reach for the Sun- Dangerous Summer
Common Dreads- Enter Shikari
Grey Britain-Gallows
Only Revolutions- Biffy Clyro
Crack the Skye- Mastodon
Beggars- Thrice
New Junk Astethic- Every time i die.

[And Hours Pass]

I think you'll definitely add Armistice to the list if you give it a few good listens. Not as good as their self-titled but a really great song-writing album.

And I personally You Can't Take it with You. At first it's really different sounding, but the more you listen to it the easier it is to see the progression between the albums.
Really? I thought it was better than their s/t. I actually would rank Armistice in my top 3 albums of the year, if not #1.

[MorningStar10]

Here goes (in no order):

Kylesa - Static Tensions
Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike
Seventh Void - Heaven Is Gone
The Swellers - Ups and Downsizing
Lamb Of God - Wrath
Wino - Punctuated Equilbrium
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk
Imogen Heap - Ellipse
Pixie Lott - Turn It Up

Lamb of God and Pixie Lott in the same AOTY list...
Well i never!

[And Hours Pass]

is the Harvard release that good? Stoked

Also, hate to be that guy, but YMAEWK's EP came out last year

Now that I think about it, it has been way too long since I've gotten some new YMAEWK. Love them.

[aradiantsunrise]

I couldn't agree with you more. I'm really into 'Meg Ryan would play you in the movie' at the moment. The end is so good, original too

Yeah man, one of the best songs on that album for sure.

[Colorblind!]

i must have completely missed weatherbox. i didn't think that was ever released outside of those damn cassette tapes?

Yeah, it's out on Vinyl now but I'm not sure about CD. Regardless, it is on the web now if you want to listen to it. Awesome, awesome record.

Also, not going to ride the Manchester hate wagon. I hate most of the lists it's shown up in, but it's a fantastic record in my opinion and I still listen to it regularly.

[jessieee123]

how come I haven't seen Regina Spektor's Far on here?
seriously.

[IWasaCamera]

Just a shot in the dark, but maybe because it's nowhere near the top album released this year.

[oddwithoutend]

seriously.

[StrictlyBiznas]

Brand New - Daisy
Thrice - Beggars
TBS - New Again
As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Person L - The Positives
Say Anything - S/T
Thursday - Common Existence
Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us
Them Crooked Vultures - S/T

[evvandflow]

still no Cassino love makes me sad

[briewer]

Just a shot in the dark, but maybe because it's nowhere near the top album released this year.
In her defense, there are a LOT of albums listed that also fit that criteria. Maybe she thought it was odd that it wasn't on the worst of the best of 2009, considering how well it belongs?

[Ryan Gardner]

My Top 15 (at the moment)...

1. The Dangerous Summer – Reach for the Sun
2. Every Time I Die – New Junk Aesthetic
3. Thrice – Beggars
4. The Almost – Monster Monster
5. Relient K – Forget and Not Slow Down
6. Say Anything – Say Anything
7. Emery – …In Shallow Seas We Sail
8. Brand New – Daisy
9. Person L – The Positives
10. Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon: The End of Day
11. Therefore I Am – The Sound of Human Lives
12. Dashboard Confessional – Alter the Ending (Acoustic Disc)
13. A Day To Remember – Homesick
14. John Mayer – Battle Studies
15. P.O.S. – Never Better

[kearn1tm]

Pending radical edits which are bound to happen:

01. Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
02. Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport
03. Atlas Sound- Logos
04. Wild Beasts- Two Dancers
05. The Antlers- Hospice
06. Taken By Trees- East of Eden
07. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion
08. Bill Callahan- Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
09. The Flaming Lips- Embryonic
10. Talk Normal- Sugarland

That's surprising, considering a month or so ago, you took me to task for enjoying this record, as you mentioned you didn't "see anything special about it." What changed?

[IWasaCamera]

In her defense, there are a LOT of albums listed that also fit that criteria. Maybe she thought it was odd that it wasn't on the worst of the best of 2009, considering how well it belongs?
That's giving a whole lot of credit where it is in all likelihood undue.

[oddwithoutend]

Pending radical edits which are bound to happen:

01. Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
02. Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport
03. Atlas Sound- Logos
04. Wild Beasts- Two Dancers
05. The Antlers- Hospice
06. Taken By Trees- East of Eden
07. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion
08. Bill Callahan- Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
09. The Flaming Lips- Embryonic
10. Talk Normal- Sugarland

Some great releases on this list. I bolded my favourites.

[sargentlgfuad]

how come I haven't seen Regina Spektor's Far on here?
seriously.
she's in my top 40 (http://absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showcomments&j=13312&e=239562).

[yellowhouse]

Haha, not having an ipod also contributes to a lack of music.

Exactly! I really hate it haha

[briewer]

That's surprising, considering a month or so ago, you took me to task for enjoying this record, as you mentioned you didn't "see anything special about it." What changed?
I listened to it again. When I said that, I had listened to it once and wasn't really taken aback by it. I merely wanted to know what made you think so highly of it.

That's giving a whole lot of credit where it is in all likelihood undue.
Very much so. I was just being facetious.

Some great releases on this list. I bolded my favourites.
I would think as much.

[oddwithoutend]

I'm impressed with the overall lack of Woods' Songs of Shame. Overrated album, if you ask me.

[danieltgrear]

Favorites:
fun. - Aim & Ignite
Gavin Castleton - Home
Say Anything - S/T
The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun

Anticipating:
Analog Rebellion - Ancient Electrons

[briewer]

I'm impressed with the overall lack of Woods' Songs of Shame. Overrated album, if you ask me.
Yeah. Catchy, fun, but certainly not a worldbeater by any means. I do love listening to it when I have to do a lot of walking and it is raining outside, though.

[oddwithoutend]

Yeah. Catchy, fun, but certainly not a worldbeater by any means. I do love listening to it when I have to do a lot of walking and it is raining outside, though.

I actually really like 'Rain On', but aside from that, I find it to be a mostly directionless, pretentious outing.

[ruffian]

I enjoy Songs of Shame.

[kearn1tm]

I listened to it again. When I said that, I had listened to it once and wasn't really taken aback by it. I merely wanted to know what made you think so highly of it.

I'm glad you did. It's a wonderful album.

[oddwithoutend]

I enjoy Songs of Shame.
It's mildly enjoyable, but undeserving of a spot on an AOTY list, in my opinion.

[kearn1tm]

I actually really like 'Rain On', but aside from that, I find it to be a mostly directionless, pretentious outing.

Conversely, I find Songs of Shame better than most of the other highly praised "indie scene" albums this year, including the Merriweather Post Pavilion and Bitte Orca. Different strokes, I suppose.

[oddwithoutend]

Conversely, I find Songs of Shame better than most of the other highly praised "indie scene" albums this year, including the Merriweather Post Pavilion and Bitte Orca. Different strokes, I suppose.

ha I suppose it's been a bad year for you in terms of overrated albums.

[blebbio]

Woods is my favorite of all those lo-fi-ish psych kind of bands all year but I don't really even know what I'm comparing it to when I say that.

[oddwithoutend]

Woods is my favorite of all those lo-fi-ish psych kind of bands all year but I don't really even know what I'm comparing it to when I say that.

Well, there really aren't any good ones.

[briewer]

I actually really like 'Rain On', but aside from that, I find it to be a mostly directionless, pretentious outing.
I understand you not liking it, but I don't really get you calling it directionless or pointless. It seems fairly straightforward and sticks to its general theme, fairly engaging as I said, but just slightly vapid and underwhelming.

I'm glad you did. It's a wonderful album.
Word.

[oddwithoutend]

I understand you not liking it, but I don't really get you calling it directionless or pointless. It seems fairly straightforward and sticks to its general theme, fairly engaging as I said, but just slightly vapid and underwhelming.

It sticks to the rainy, woodsy aesthetic just fine, but no meaningful theme is I guess what I'm trying to say.

[xjustinz]

Top 5 (no order)
Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
Trophy Scars - Bad Luck
Converge - Axe To Fall
Oceana - Birtheater
Gallows - Grey Britain

the rest of my top 10 (no order)
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
The Ghost Sonata - The Hanged Men (local CT band, check them out)
Behemoth - Evangelion
The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate

honorable mentions:
Anthony Green + Colin Angicetto - Avalon Remix
Architects - Hollow Crown
Immortal - All Shall Fall
Poison The Well - The Tropic Rot
The Red Chord - Fed Through The Teeth Machine

[kearn1tm]

ha I suppose it's been a bad year for you in terms of overrated albums.

Not really. Because I don't care for an album as much as other music enthusiasts or the press doesn't mean I find it overrated (but that's a whole thing), nor do I care what others think of records I merely find decent-or-good, as opposed to the hype they receive. Hey, they dig something much more than I do (or at all, as I don't care for Merriweather Post Pavilion), that's great. It doesn't bother me and why would it?

I'm sure, by having Callahan's record as my number one and having praised the hell out of it since its release (I believe in April), they could argue that I'm massively over-hyping that record. It's all relative.

I understand you not liking it, but I don't really get you calling it directionless or pointless. It seems fairly straightforward and sticks to its general theme, fairly engaging as I said, but just slightly vapid and underwhelming.

I guess I don't understand how it's any more or less "vapid" than, say, the Girls record or Merriweather Post Pavilion.


Word.

All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast makes my heart break and soar simultaneously.

[oddwithoutend]

Not really. Because I don't care for an album as much as other music enthusiasts or the press doesn't mean I find it overrated (but that's a whole thing), nor do I care what others think of records I merely find decent-or-good, as opposed to the hype they receive. Hey, they dig something much more than I do (or at all, as I don't care for Merriweather Post Pavilion), that's great. It doesn't bother me and why would it?

I'm sure, by having Callahan's record as my number one and having praised the hell out of it since its release (I believe in April), they could argue that I'm massively over-hyping that record. It's all relative.
I knew this would happen haha. I understand it's relative, you know. Simply saying that you're not enjoying a lot of the albums that are recieving high praise.

[TheFaceOfZach]

I'm just going to name records. The whole idea of rating them gives me a headache

30 Seconds to Mars - This is War
Thrice - Beggars
Brand New - Daisy
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
Anchor & Braille - Felt
Slayer - World Painted Blood
Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
John Mayer - Battle Studies
Lamb of God - Wrath
The Love Language - S/T
Morrissey -Years of Refusal
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
MUTEMATH - Armistice
Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest
The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Worse Than Alone
Oh, Sleeper - Son of the Morning
P.O.S. - Never Better
Paramore - brand new eyes
Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Them Crooked Vultures - S/T
Thursday - Common Existence
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
The Dead Weather - Horehound
Darkest Hour - The Eternal Return
Cartel - Cycles
August Burns Red - Constellations
The Almost - Monster, Monster
AFI - Crash Love ( I actually liked the b-sides that came out with this record more than the whole record)
Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment (Adam Lambert looks like Bill Kaulitz on the cover)
Behemoth - Evangelion
Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
Broadway - Kingdoms
Chevelle - Sci-Fi Crimes
Dashboard Confessional - Alter the Ending
Converge - Axe to Fall
Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Kill Hannah - Wake Up the Sleepers
Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage (2009)
Muse - The Resistance

There is more but I need to go to bed.

[xJesusFreakx]

how come I haven't seen Regina Spektor's Far on here?
seriously.

I thought I mentioned it. Huh. Well, I'm too lazy to check, and my list was really vague anyways, so oh well. To answer your (possibly rhetorical) question, it's obviously because no one else has liked it enough to list it that high. I don't really blame them, either. I like Regina Spektor a lot and loved about three songs on that album, but I'd say she definitely shines best when given a rawer production and showing off more of her childlike imagination.

[Iwudstilldie4u]

I've only seen Deas Vail's Birds & Cages once here, and it was as a honorable mention. I'd put it in my top three.

[IWasaCamera]

Not a Woods man either.

[kearn1tm]

I knew this would happen haha. I understand it's relative, you know. Simply saying that you're not enjoying a lot of the albums that are recieving high praise.

I'm long-winded. Each year brings their share of hyped albums I don't care for. I think that's something we all experience.

[Blink2226]

thrice-beggars
dashboard confessional-alter he ending
NFG-not with out a fight
TBS - New Again
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
x2

[f00te]

i havent seen Fireworks All i have to offer is my own confusion on anyones at all
very good album, sleeper of the year

anyway my top three
The Dangerous Summer Where I want to be
Third Eye Blind Ursa Major
Eye Alaska Genesis Underground ...why not

[donwagenblast]

The Dangerous Summer has been such a sleeper all year, I'm hoping all the kind words helps them springboard to more popularity.

Anyway, I'm having a really tough time putting a number beside all my favorite records this year. A lot has stuck out in different ways, and I'm gonna really have to think about what my list will look like this year.

[kearn1tm]

Morrissey -Years of Refusal


This album disappointed me so much, and I tend to love most everything Morrissey does.

[StreetSpirit76]

This album disappointed me so much, and I tend to love most everything Morrissey does.
Glad to see I'm not the only one.

[heyguys123]

it bothers me how many people dont know big d and fluent in stroll



i like fluent in stroll a lot, but ive definitely heard 10-20 better records this year

[stupidtyonparad]

i like fluent in stroll a lot, but ive definitely heard 10-20 better records this year

i have a hard time believing this.

[JustAGirl01]

Portugal. the Man - Satanic Satanist
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
P.O.S - Never Better
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Mew - No More Stories / Are Told Today / I'm Sorry / They Washed Away / No More Stories / The World Is Grey / I'm Tired / Let's Wash Away
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
The Fall of Troy - In The Unlikely Event
Alexisonfire - Old Crows/ Young Cardinals
The Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Person L - The Positives

[alexplaysbass]

In no particular order.....

Brand New - Daisy
Kisschasy - Seizures
The Starting Line - Somebody's Gonna Miss Us
Person L - The Positives
Jack Johnson - En Concert
MAE - (m)orning and (a)fternoon eps
The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
Paramore - brand new eyes
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Jimmy Barnes - The Rhythm and The Blues

[RuckerPark]

1. manchester -metn
2. brand new - daisy
3. noah and the whale - first days of spring
4. miike snow - miike snow
5. danger mouse and sparkelhorse -dark night of the soul
6. metric - fantasies
7. mwy - iaciafiaa
8. appleseed cast - sagarmatha
9. the snake the cross the crown - on a carousel of sound, we go round
10. kevin devine - brother's blood

[SweetThye]

1. Thrice- Beggars
2. Emery- In Shallow Seas We Sail
3. Mute Math- Armistice
4. Relient K- Forget and Not Slow Down
5. The Dangerous Summer- Reach For the Sun
6. mewithoutYou- It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright.
7. Sherwood- QU
8. Brand New- Daisy
9. Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
10. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything To Nothing

Honorable Mentions:
As Cities Burn- Hell or High Water
Closure In Moscow- First Temple
Say Anything- S/T
Owl City- Ocean Eyes
Paramore- Brand New Eyes
Kid Cudi- Man On the Moon: The End of Day
Alexisonfire- Old Crows/Young Cardinals
Cartel- Cycles

[liek]

1 Rx Bandits - Mandala
2 Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
3 Thrice - Beggars
4 Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
5 Broadway - Kingdoms
6 Converge - Axe To Fall
7 Coalesce - OX
8 Baroness - Blue Record
9 iwrestledabearonce - It's All Happening
10 I See Stars - 3D

Several guilty pleasures made the list (5,9,10.)

Other stuff I liked: Burden Of A Day, Emery, Of Machines, Oceana, The Chariot, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, The Red Chord, Thursday.

[Bobby Tucker]

More than ten. In order from the top:

Alexander the Great- Faces Change
Surrogate- Popular Mechanics
fun.- Aim & Ignite
Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
This Town Needs Guns- Animals
The Damnwells- One Last Century
Miniature Tigers- Tell it to the Volcano
Tegan & Sara- Sainthood
The Decemberists- The Hazards of Love
Person L- The Positives
Weatherbox- The Cosmic Drama
Silversun Pickups- Swoon
Harlem Shakes- Technicolor Health
Cassino- Kingprince
Great Northern- Remind Me Where the Light Is
Thrice- Beggars
Sleeping At Last- Storyboards
As Tall as Lions- You Can't Take It With You
Kevin Devine- Brother's Blood
The Thermals- Now We Can See
Mos Def- The Ecstatic
Cast Spells- Bright Works and Batons (EP)

Still working on Russian Circles, An Horse, Caspian, Arctic Monkeys, and The Flaming Lips.

Paramore, Cartel, Manchester Orchestra, and The Dangerous Summer as Dishonorable Mentions. All were/are grossly overhyped and unfulfilling for me...

[Bobby Tucker]

I agree with you. All of these records smoked 90% of the albums that people have posted. It's probably because we're a little older. Although that Dangerous Summer album was somewhat of a guilty pleasure. "Weathered" is just such a good song.

I'm having a hard time justifying how "older" means "better taste in music," especially when you've just admitted to enjoying The Dangerous Summer, which is Jimmy Eat World-style powerpop with opaque, meaningless, overly individualized lyrics and terrible rhythm guitar and vocal production. Plus, and I'm sure you must have just missed this, the guy you're quoting has We Shot the Moon on his list as well, which is just a really shitty copycat of SoCo with even sappier lyrics (if that's even possible). Again, not seeing the correlation...

[EchoPark]

In no particular order.....

Brand New - Daisy
Kisschasy - Seizures
The Starting Line - Somebody's Gonna Miss Us
Person L - The Positives
Jack Johnson - En Concert
MAE - (m)orning and (a)fternoon eps
The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
Paramore - brand new eyes
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Jimmy Barnes - The Rhythm and The Blues


You've got to be fucking kidding me with this one der mate.

White men stealing and then proceding to butcher the music of black America has been done many times over but this guy takes it to a whole new level

[heyguys123]

i have a hard time believing this.

mmmmmm ok.

strike anywhere - iron front
lucero - 1372 overton park
fun. - aim and ignite
frank turner - poetry of the deed
elvis costello - secret, profane & sugarcane
detournement - screaming response
brand new - daisy
banner pilot - collapser
american steel - dear friends and gentle hearts
bouncing souls - 20 years
dear landlord - dream homes
fake problems - its great to be alive
rx bandits - mandala
green day - 21st century breakdown
nothington - roads, bridges & ruins
the thermals - now we can see

[SmallFrailBoy]

I'm having a hard time justifying how "older" means "better taste in music," especially when you've just admitted to enjoying The Dangerous Summer, which is Jimmy Eat World-style powerpop with opaque, meaningless, overly individualized lyrics and terrible rhythm guitar and vocal production. Plus, and I'm sure you must have just missed this, the guy you're quoting has We Shot the Moon on his list as well, which is just a really shitty copycat of SoCo with even sappier lyrics (if that's even possible). Again, not seeing the correlation...

You appear to the be an outlier. Take that as a compliment. I dug some of your list too, although I thought the Cosmic Drama was pretty terrible compared to the last Weatherbox album.

[SmallFrailBoy]

1. manchester -metn
2. brand new - daisy
3. noah and the whale - first days of spring
4. miike snow - miike snow
5. danger mouse and sparkelhorse -dark night of the soul
6. metric - fantasies
7. mwy - iaciafiaa
8. appleseed cast - sagarmatha
9. the snake the cross the crown - on a carousel of sound, we go round
10. kevin devine - brother's blood

Yeah Metric!

[briewer]

I'm having a hard time justifying how "older" means "better taste in music," especially when you've just admitted to enjoying The Dangerous Summer, which is Jimmy Eat World-style powerpop with opaque, meaningless, overly individualized lyrics and terrible rhythm guitar and vocal production. Plus, and I'm sure you must have just missed this, the guy you're quoting has We Shot the Moon on his list as well, which is just a really shitty copycat of SoCo with even sappier lyrics (if that's even possible). Again, not seeing the correlation...
Win.

[zonto]

Any AOTY list for 2009 is moot without The Hard Lessons Arms Forest on it.

Listen now, free download from their own site (search AP for my thread) and thank me later.

[c_rob2700]

Person L- The Positives
.

I'm having a hard time justifying how "older" means "better taste in music," especially when you've just admitted to enjoying The Dangerous Summer, which is Jimmy Eat World-style powerpop with opaque, meaningless, overly individualized lyrics and terrible rhythm guitar and vocal production. Plus, and I'm sure you must have just missed this, the guy you're quoting has We Shot the Moon on his list as well, which is just a really shitty copycat of SoCo with even sappier lyrics (if that's even possible). Again, not seeing the correlation...

:-|

[fake empire]

Well, there really aren't any good ones.
Ever listen to Ganglians?

[thehereaway]

1. Portugal. The Man (http://www.myspace.com/portugaltheman) - The Satanic Satanist
2. Sunset Rubdown (http://www.myspace.com/absolutelysunset) - Dragonslayer
3. RX Bandits (http://www.myspace.com/rxbandits) - Mandala
4. Grammatics (http://www.myspace.com/grammatics) - Grammatics
5. The Dear Hunter (http://www.myspace.com/thedearhunter) - Act III: Life & Death
6. Castledoor (http://www.myspace.com/castledoormusic) - Shouting At Mountains
7. So Many Dynamos (http://www.myspace.com/somanydynamos) - The Loud Wars
8. Pomegranates (http://www.myspace.com/pomegranatesart) - Everybody, Come Outside!
9. Local Natives (http://www.myspace.com/localnatives) - Gorilla Manor
10. Bomb the Music Industry! (http://www.myspace.com/bombthemusicindustry) - Scrambles
11. Cymbals Eat Guitars (http://www.myspace.com/cymbalseatguitars) - Why There Are Mountains

Myspace links added for your benefit.

[secretsociety92]

In no order and will probably change by the end of the year -

KISS - Sonic Boom
Muse - The Resistance
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
New Device - Takin' Over
The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
Little Boots - Hands
Placebo - Battle For The Sun
White Lies - To Lose My Life...
Bon Jovi - The Circle
Steel Panther - Feel The Steel

[briewer]

Ever listen to Ganglians?
You mean that Beach Boys cover band?

[fake empire]

You mean that Beach Boys cover band?
No.

[briewer]

No.
You sure? Because they sound a lot like a Beach Boys cover band.

[fake empire]

You sure? Because they sound a lot like a Beach Boys cover band.
lol. They certainly have a Beach Boys influence, but I don't see how that's bad. They definitely still do their own thing. Do you consider Panda Bear a "Beach Boys cover band" also?

[oddwithoutend]

Ever listen to Ganglians?

Found them fairly bland, to be honest. Decent, but altogether not very interesting.

[Bobby Tucker]

:-|

I mean, the production isn't what got Person L on my list, nor is it the component keeping it at #10 on my list. It's simplistic melodically and rhythmically while still allowing the percussion instruments to shine, and I've always been a fan of Kenny's voice. I preferred the lyrics on Initial, though I'll readily admit that his lyrics aren't mindblowing to begin with, and the production on "Changed Man" is absolutely horrendous. Also, there are no real standout tracks, which is both a plus and and negative in terms of relistening to it. I can see where you're coming from, but I was mostly just getting after that guy's self-entitled response. I never claimed that my opinion was superior to someone else's, especially not on the grounds of "being older," and it just really irked me to see something like that.

[briewer]

lol. They certainly have a Beach Boys influence, but I don't see how that's bad. They definitely still do their own thing. Do you consider Panda Bear a "Beach Boys cover band" also?
You mean the guy that produced a ambient techno/indie folk hybrid containing of two 12+ minute long tracks that has a vocal range and tone somewhat similar to Brian Wilson? No. I mean, having the Beach Boys as an influence is one of the better bands to have, and I have no problem with borrowing their style heavily (Merriweather Post Pavilion is essentially a reworking of Pet Sounds with synth pads, sample loops, and drum machines, and I love it), but come on. You could have given the first four tracks of Monster Head Room and told me they were unreleased Beach Boys songs, and I wouldn't have questioned the honesty of that for a second.

[marsvoltamcr]

1. A Day To Remember- Homesick
2. Brand New- Daisy
3. Converge- Axe To Fall
4. Alexisonfire- Old Crows/Young Cardinals
5. The Mars Volta- Octahedron
6. CKY- Carver City
7. Farewell- Run It Up The Flagpole
8. Trapped Under Ice- Secrets of The World
9. New Found Glory- Not Without A Fight
10. Pearl Jam- Backspacer

Honorable mentions:
The Number 12 Looks Like You- Worse Than Alone
Every Time I Die- New Junk Aesthetic
The Fall of Troy- In The Unlikely Event
The Devil Wears Prada- With Roots Above and Branches Below

awesome year

[fake empire]

You mean the guy that produced a ambient techno/indie folk hybrid containing of two 12+ minute long tracks that has a vocal range and tone somewhat similar to Brian Wilson? No. I mean, having the Beach Boys as an influence is one of the better bands to have, and I have no problem with borrowing their style heavily (Merriweather Post Pavilion is essentially a reworking of Pet Sounds with synth pads, sample loops, and drum machines, and I love it), but come on. You could have given the first four tracks of Monster Head Room and told me they were unreleased Beach Boys songs, and I wouldn't have questioned the honesty of that for a second.
Well, I disagree. I don't think Ganglians has borrowed from Brian Wilson anymore than Panda Bear has. Plus, the Ganglians S/T and recent 7" sound a lot different than Monster Head Room.

[mulcahy67]

after giving it a couple listens today, im pretty sure fun.'s Aim and Ignite will be sneaking into my top 10. some really creative stuff there.

[Matthew Moore]

Switchfoot - Hello Hurricane
Relient K - Forget And Not Slow Down
Sherwood - QU
Mat Kearney - City of Black & White
The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
Matt Hires - Take Us To The Start
MUTEMATH - Armistice
This Providence - Who Are You Now?
Barcelona - Absolutes
Sufjan Stevens - The BQE

[TheRxBandit]

Switchfoot - Hello Hurricane
Relient K - Forget And Not Slow Down
Sherwood - QU
Mat Kearney - City of Black & White
The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
Matt Hires - Take Us To The Start
MUTEMATH - Armistice
This Providence - Who Are You Now?
Barcelona - Absolutes
Sufjan Stevens - The BQE

YES! Someone put Barcelona's Absolutes on there!

[Crowe41]

I don't have a top ten but standouts were Say Anything, The Dangerous Summer and Propagandhi. The new Cassino album is golden as well.

[cyrilic]

I've been watching this thread for a few years now, getting ideas on what bands to check out. I decided to register and post this year :)

01. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
02. Jonny Craig - A Dream Is A Question You Dont Know How To Answer
03. Darkest Hour - The Eternal Return
04. The Almost - Monster Monster
05. Say Anything - Say Anything
06. Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground
07. The Color Morale - We All Have Demons
08. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
09. There For Tomorrow - A Little Faster
10. Oceana - Birtheater

It's been a good 2009, looking forward to 2010

[Fycus]

In no particular order

Grammatics- Grammatics
It Hugs Back- Inside Your Guitar
Brand New - Daisy
Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
Closure in Moscow - First Temple
A Wilhelm Scream - A Wilhelm Scream EP
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
White Lies - To Lose My Mind
The Dear Hunter- Act III
Set Your Goals - This Will be the Death of Us
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Okay, so its 11, but I love all of them and I recommend you guy listen to them as well...

[Thesleepingwell]

...what on earth, man?

It's a gilty pleasure...
Someone would find it out eventully anyway.

[MyWorldEntire]

Not sure about my list yet, but It's Blitz! will be much higher than I expected.

[tottivillarossi]

1. A Backward Glance On A Travel Road - s/t
2. Thrice - Beggars
3. Eaststrikewest - Wolvves
4. As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
5. Gray Young - Firmament
6. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
7. Closure in Moscow - First Temple
8. Brand New - Daisy
9. Sunlight Ascending - All The Memories, All At Once
10. Demi Lovato - Here We Go Again


I actually put a lot of thought into that.

[donwagenblast]

1. A Backward Glance On A Travel Road - s/t
2. Thrice - Beggars
3. Eaststrikewest - Wolvves
4. As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
5. Gray Young - Firmament
6. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
7. Closure in Moscow - First Temple
8. Brand New - Daisy
9. Sunlight Ascending - All The Memories, All At Once
10. Demi Lovato - Here We Go Again


I actually put a lot of thought into that.

Can we get a reasoning for Demi Lovato? Not trying to cause problems, I just want to know what made it so good.

[tottivillarossi]

Can we get a reasoning for Demi Lovato? Not trying to cause problems, I just want to know what made it so good.
Well it's my guilty pleasure. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't played it to near death. I was going to go for Flood of Red's album instead, but Lovato's album has been played far more. (She's like my 5th most played on Last.Fm).

[donwagenblast]

Well it's my guilty pleasure. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't played it to near death. I was going to go for Flood of Red's album instead, but Lovato's album has been played far more. (She's like my 5th most played on Last.Fm).

Shit. No offence but I really didn't see that coming.

[tottivillarossi]

Shit. No offence but I really didn't see that coming.
Haha it's ok. I'm in the UK though, and she's relatively unknown over here so I don't get annoyed by her or those Jonas fellows. As soon as she becomes famous over here though, I'll probably hate her. Out of curiosity, is she one of those that's in the tabloids everyday over there?

[donwagenblast]

Haha it's ok. I'm in the UK though, and she's relatively unknown over here so I don't get annoyed by her or those Jonas fellows. As soon as she becomes famous over here though, I'll probably hate her. Out of curiosity, is she one of those that's in the tabloids everyday over there?

Nah, too young. The worst thing the press has on her is that she may or may not be dating a Jonas Brother. But other than that, she's a sweetheart.

[jessieee123]

she's in my top 40 (http://absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showcomments&j=13312&e=239562).

oh good. that's probably my 2nd favorite album this year.

[kearn1tm]

Seeing as how this has devovled into a list thread, I ay as well throw it out if for nothing else than someone will discuss their mutual enjoyment of some of the selections (it continues to change because of the massive stockpile of albums I've been giving attention to, but this looks to be the finalized list for the year, at this point):

1. Bill Callahan -- "Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle"
2. John Zorn -- "Alhambra Love Songs"
3. Fake Problems – “It's Great to Be Alive”
4. Thee Oh Sees – “Help”
5. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis -- "White Lunar"
6. Jim O'Rourke -- "The Visitor"
7. Kurt Vile – “God is Saying This to You…”
8. Ben Frost -- "By the Throat"
9. Black Lips – “200 Million Thousand”
10. Screaming Females -- "Power Move"

Honerable Mentions:
Dead Man's Bones -- "Dead Man's Bones" (a month ago, this was at number two, until some more spins of a lot of other albums and a lack of "staying power" hindered its standings, but it's still near the top ten at eleven)
Christopher Tignor -- "Core Memory Unwound"
Allen Toussaint -- "The Great Mississippi"
Theophilus London -- "This Charming Mixtape"
Rameses III -- "I Could Not Love You More"

[xJesusFreakx]

I'm not sure I understand the point of lists followed by "honorable mentions." If they're so worth mentioning, why not just turn your Top 10 into a Top 15, 20, 27, or whatever? Not that it particularly matters; I just don't get it.

[zubinmoosa]

I'm not sure I understand the point of lists followed by "honorable mentions." If they're so worth mentioning, why not just turn your Top 10 into a Top 15, 20, 27, or whatever? Not that it particularly matters; I just don't get it.
I agree. I only do Honorable Mentions when they're not in any order

[xJesusFreakx]

I agree. I only do Honorable Mentions when they're not in any order

Yeah, agreed. I can see "Honorable Mentions" when they're albums that don't rank very high for you but have, say, a single, production style, artwork, etc. that makes it worth mentioning them anyways.

[jbertclassic]

1. The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha
2. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
3. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
4. Passion Pit - Manners
5. Modest Mouse - No One's First & You're Next
6. The Antlers - Hospice
7. P.O.S. - Never Better
8. Do Make Say Think - Other Truths
9. Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
10. David Bazan - Curse Your Branches

Honorables:

Thrice - Beggars
Rx Bandits - Mandala
Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
The Dear Hunter - Act III
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm

[jbertclassic]

I'm not sure I understand the point of lists followed by "honorable mentions." If they're so worth mentioning, why not just turn your Top 10 into a Top 15, 20, 27, or whatever? Not that it particularly matters; I just don't get it.

I include them if they were hard for me to exclude from the actual list. I think.

[NeverForever]

Long time no see AP.net. I haven't logged in in a year. But here is my list.

10. Dangerous Summer - Reach for the Sun
9. Fantasies - Metric
8. Anthony Green and Colin Frangicetto - Avalon Remix
7. Fever Ray - S/T
6. Lungs - Florence and the Machine
5. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of the Day
4. Noah and the Whale - The First Days of Spring
3. Chuck Ragan - Gold Country
2. Manchester Orchestra - Means Everything to Nothing
1. Say Hi - Oohs and Aahs

[oddwithoutend]

I didn't know Fever Ray was the girl from The Knife until today. Cool shit.

[ruffian]

is the hype surrounding those 2 legit? i don't think I've taken the time to listen to either.

[oddwithoutend]

The Knife put out an incredible album called Silent Shout. Check it out.