The Swellers

[Julia Conny]

Album we love that came out in 2008...
Ninja Gun - Restless Rubes

JONATHAN
Top Albums of 2009
Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
Strike Anywhere - Iron Front
Drag The RIver - Bad At Breaking Up
Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
Frank Turner - Poetry Of The Deed
Living WIth Lions - Make Your Mark
Strung Out - Agents Of The Underground
fun. - Aim and Ignite
Paramore - Brand New Eyes

EPs
A Wilhelm Scream - Self Titled EP
Defeater - Lost Ground

TV SHOW
Dexter

MOVIE
Inglorious Basterds

RYAN
Top Albums of 2009
Strung Out- Agents of the Underground
A Wilhelm Scream- self titled EP
Hellmouth- Destroy Everything, Worship Nothing
Paramore- Brand New Eyes
Strike Anywhere- Iron Front
Defeater- Lost Ground
Broadway Calls- Good Views, Bad News
Black Dahlia Murder- Deflorate
Polar Bear Club- Chasing Hamburg
Heartsounds- Until We Surrender

NICK
Top Albums of 2009
Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Baroness - Blue Record
The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
Cage - Depart From Me...
The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
Cheap Girls - My Roaring 20's
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
Living With Lions - Mark Your Mark

ANTO
Top Albums of 2009
10. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
9. Moneen - The World I Want To Leave Behind
8. Metric - Fantasies
7. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
6. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
5. Thrice - Beggars
4. Living With Lions - Make Your Mark
3. Defeater - Lost Ground
2. Brand New - Daisy
1. Paramore - Brand New Eyes

[Jonodeath]

Last minute add of Heartsounds, Banner Pilot and Baroness to my list too :) So many albums I need to get after reading everyone's lists. Damn.

[Big_Guy]

yeah dudes, Defeater's ep was amazing.

good lists

[TSTLSOOM]

great lists. i forgot to put down defeater. shit

[zack-182]

awesome lists

[robat19]

Frank Turner.

[Yellowcard2006]

Taking Back Sunday yes!

[eriatarka24]

very, very good list there guys.

I would add in your own ;) haha. Stokkeeed that you're on Warped.

[kellybanana]

you forgot the new Rihanna record duh

[bevisraddd]

Great lists!

[vegasbabyvegas]

Your band is sweet!

[redeyes]

you guys were #1 on my list this year. keep up the good work dudes - continue to fucking rule.

p.s. good look on the living with lions shoutout. good record.

[Burn That Shit]

i lolled at a lot of this. anyone who thought the new strike anywhere or polar bear club were top 10 albums is a fool, and way to tack on paramore because they hauled your band around and made 13 year old girls care about you for roughly 30 minutes.

[mariaggonzalez]

you guys know your shizzz!

[Jonodeath]

i lolled at a lot of this. anyone who thought the new strike anywhere or polar bear club were top 10 albums is a fool, and way to tack on paramore because they hauled your band around and made 13 year old girls care about you for roughly 30 minutes.

The new Strike Anywhere record is great and I listened to that and the Polar Bear Club record more than almost any record this year. So in my opinion, they were my favorite of the year.

And we've been listening to Paramore since their first album came out, and this one is their best yet so we enjoy it very much and listen to it a lot. It is a great record. The fact they asked us to tour with them was great and we took it because most bands don't get oppurtunities like that a long with the fact that we really love their band.

So with that said, MY opinion isn't wrong. I enjoy those 3 records. Thank you.

[mariaggonzalez]

oh and jono, ditto on aim and ignite...such an amazing album, tis hard to explain!!!

[MSIndulgence]

The new Strike Anywhere record is great and I listened to that and the Polar Bear Club record more than almost any record this year. So in my opinion, they were my favorite of the year.

And we've been listening to Paramore since their first album came out, and this one is their best yet so we enjoy it very much and listen to it a lot. It is a great record. The fact they asked us to tour with them was great and we took it because most bands don't get oppurtunities like that a long with the fact that we really love their band.

So with that said, MY opinion isn't wrong. I enjoy those 3 records. Thank you.
People are ignorant. Enjoy what you want to enjoy, man. Paramore's new record was great although I haven't listened to Strike Anywhere or Polar Bear Club. Should I?

Oh, and "Ups and Downsizing" was in my (personal) top 5 favorite records this year. Two bands from michigan were in it.. maybe it's because I live here haha. You guys & Every Avenue's new album I listened to a ton. Michigan pride.. even if the economy blows.

See you guys with Motion City Soundtrack January 29th at clutch cargo's... i'm so stoked!

[henriflame]

Glad to see frank turner is on someones list! guy is amazing live and poetry of the deed is a very good album as is the title song.

Sorry i lurk alot but that just made me un lurk lol

[cdoyle7]

The new Strike Anywhere record is great and I listened to that and the Polar Bear Club record more than almost any record this year. So in my opinion, they were my favorite of the year.

And we've been listening to Paramore since their first album came out, and this one is their best yet so we enjoy it very much and listen to it a lot. It is a great record. The fact they asked us to tour with them was great and we took it because most bands don't get oppurtunities like that a long with the fact that we really love their band.

So with that said, MY opinion isn't wrong. I enjoy those 3 records. Thank you.

you guys have a great variety of picks. awesome year for music & your album is on the top of my list

[NickDanger]

After making that list, I'd like to add Heartsounds - Until We Surrender as my number 1 record of the year because it's been stuck in my head and is new and exciting. Heartsounds/Swellers tour PLEASE.

[Burn That Shit]

The new Strike Anywhere record is great and I listened to that and the Polar Bear Club record more than almost any record this year. So in my opinion, they were my favorite of the year.

how can you honestly say that strike anywhere record was great, especially compared to their discography? shit was a fucking snooze fest.

And we've been listening to Paramore since their first album came out, and this one is their best yet so we enjoy it very much and listen to it a lot. It is a great record. The fact they asked us to tour with them was great and we took it because most bands don't get oppurtunities like that a long with the fact that we really love their band.

cool, do you write their songs now or something?

So with that said, MY opinion isn't wrong. I enjoy those 3 records. Thank you.

no one said your opinion was wrong, i was just commenting on how your list struck me as silly.

[Thursdaybysix]

Yeah dude, good call. They're totally sucking up to Paramore.

In exchange for Paramore taking the swellers on tour, the swellers had to put them on their top ten lists. Think of the publicity for Paramore!!

[henriflame]

Think of the publicity for Paramore!!

Lol, i think u need to rethink that statement.

Also theres nothing wrong with a little support from/to other bands, its a natural thing to happen in the lifecycles of bands.

Also it might be cool to mention that i doubt they were held at gunpoint(speaking figuratively) when putting paramore on the list lol

[igetmikey]

i lolled at a lot of this. anyone who thought the new strike anywhere or polar bear club were top 10 albums is a fool, and way to tack on paramore because they hauled your band around and made 13 year old girls care about you for roughly 30 minutes.


I thought Iron Front was a great combination of old Strike Anywhere with some new elements, I loved it and it made my top ten. Chasing Hamburg was a great release in my opinion too and really opened the door for PBC to do a lot, it made my top 3. And lastly, Brand New Eyes I thought was a very solid 3rd album from Paramore and made it clear they were all about the music. Clearly Paramore saw a great hardworking band with a great new release and wanted to do what they could to get it heard by whoever would listen. I don't blame them for it whatsoever, Ups & Downsizing was my number 1 and made my top 5 of all time releases to come out of Michigan. Hardworking bands tend to like other hardworking bands, which explains why The Swellers enjoyed Paramore's new album, along with Strike Anywhere, and Polar Bear Club.

[Burn That Shit]

I thought Iron Front was a great combination of old Strike Anywhere with some new elements, I loved it and it made my top ten. Chasing Hamburg was a great release in my opinion too and really opened the door for PBC to do a lot, it made my top 3. And lastly, Brand New Eyes I thought was a very solid 3rd album from Paramore and made it clear they were all about the music. Clearly Paramore saw a great hardworking band with a great new release and wanted to do what they could to get it heard by whoever would listen. I don't blame them for it whatsoever, Ups & Downsizing was my number 1 and made my top 5 of all time releases to come out of Michigan. Hardworking bands tend to like other hardworking bands, which explains why The Swellers enjoyed Paramore's new album, along with Strike Anywhere, and Polar Bear Club.
yeah, completely overlook that chasing hamburg was awful, the rest of strike anywhere's discography shits all over iron front, and paramore was a manufactured band.