The 75 Best Albums & Tracks of 2009by Dan | posted December 15, 2009
We at saynoradio felt it would only be fitting to close out 2009 with our picks for the year’s best in indie music.
A few notes: Empire of the Sun’s Walking on a Dream — released Stateside in April ‘09 on Capitol — would have placed high on my list, but the Aussie-released version of the record came out in Oct ‘08 and, thus, belongs in my 2008 edition. Also, I omitted genre’s outside of indie rock/folk and electronica from this “best of” list, albeit there were an array of great hip-hop albums released this year.
Anyway, I hope that everyone enjoys the holiday season! Looking forward to 2010 and what already appears to be a very promising year for music. Let’s go get it.
TOP 75 ALBUMS
Friendly Fires
Friendly Fires
Passion Pit
Manners
The xx
xx
Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Delorean
Ayrton Senna
Camera Obscura
My Maudlin Career
Memory Tapes
Seek Magic
La Roux
La Roux
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
It’s Blitz!
Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest
Miike Snow
Miike Snow
Discovery
LP
VEGA
Well Known Pleasures
Julian Casablancas
Phrazes For The Young
Neon Indian
Psychic Chasms
Dirty Projectors
Bitte Orca
Jack Peñate
Everything Is New
YACHT
See Mystery Lights
The Whitest Boy Alive
Rules
Girls
Album
The Juan MacLean
The Future Will Come
The Horrors
Primary Colours
Andrew Bird
Noble Beast
Various Artists
Dark Was the Night
The Big Pink
A Brief History Of Love
26: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
27: Fever Ray - Fever Ray
28: The Temper Trap - Conditions
29: Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
30: Little Dragon - Machine Dreams
31: Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
32: The Invisible - The Invisible
33: The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love
34: Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
35: Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing
36: White Lies - To Lose My Life
37: Au Revoir Simone - Still Night, Still Light
38: Iron and Wine - Around The Well
39: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
40: Washed Out - Life of Leisure
41: Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
42: jj - jj n° 2
43: The Swell Season - Strict Joy
44: Toro Y Moi - Causers Of This
45: Metric - Fantasies
46: White Rabbits - It’s Frightening
47: Matt & Kim - Grand
48: Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
49: Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
50: The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
51: Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
52: Florence + The Machine - Lungs
53: Fol Chen - Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune’s Made
54: The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
55: Princeton - Cocoon Of Love
56: Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
57: The Drums - Summertime!
58: Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
59: Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
60: Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind
61: Japandroids - Post-Nothing
62: Amazing Baby - Rewild
63: Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
64: Mason Jennings - Blood Of Man
65: Volcano Choir - Unmap
66: Vetiver - Tight Knit
67: School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
68: Thieves Like Us - Really Like To See You Again
69: St. Vincent - Actor
70: Wave Machines - Wave If You’re Really There
71: Papercuts - You Can Have What You Want
72: Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
73: Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself
74: Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
75: The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms
TOP 75 TRACKS
1: Friendly Fires - “Skeleton Boy”
2: Passion Pit - “Little Secrets”
3: Grizzly Bear - “Two Weeks”
4: Camera Obscura - “French Navy”
5: The xx - “Islands”
6: Delorean - “Seasun”
7: Phoenix - “1901”
8: Wolf Gang - “The King And All Of His Men”
9: Hey Champ - “Gold Dust Girl”
10: Friendly Fires - “Lovesick”
11: Miike Snow - “Cult Logic”
12: VEGA - “No Reasons”
13: Phoenix - “Lisztomania”
14: Miami Horror - “Sometimes”
15: The Dirty Projectors - “Stillness Is The Move”
16: Julian Casablancas - “11th Dimension”
17: Bag Raiders - “Shooting Stars”
18: Memory Tapes - “Bicycle”
19: Passion Pit - “The Reeling”
20: Delorean - “Deli”
21: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - “Dragon Queen”
22: Sébastien Tellier - “Kilometer (A-Trak Remix)”
23: Girls - “Lust For Life”
24: Washed Out - “Feel It All Around”
25: Jack Peñate - “Pull My Heart Away”
26: The xx - “Crystalised”
27: La Roux - “I’m Not Your Toy”
28: Classixx - “I’ll Get You”
29: Matt & Kim - “Daylight”
30: Grizzly Bear - “While You Wait For The Others”
31: Animal Collective - “What Would I Want? Sky”
32: The Whitest Boy Alive - “Dead End”
33: Joy Orbison - “Hyph Mngo”
34: Holy Ghost! - “I Will Come Back”
35: Discovery - “Carby”
36: Peter Bjorn and John - “It Don’t Move Me”
37: The Juan MacLean - “Happy House”
38: Friendly Fires - “Jump In The Pool”
39: YACHT - “Psychic City (Classixx Remix)”
40: Local Natives - “Camera Talk”
41: Metric - “Help, I’m Alive”
42: Fever Ray - “When I Grow Up (Dan Lissvik Remix)”
43: The Horrors - “Sea Within A Sea”
44: The National - “So Far Around The Bend”
45: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - “Young Adult Friction”
46: The Temper Trap - “Fader”
47: The Very Best - “Warm Heart of Africa”
48: Two Door Cinema Club - “Something Good Can Work”
49: The Big Pink - “Dominos”
50: The Drums - “Let’s Go Surfing”
51: Bat For Lashes - “Daniel”
52: NightWaves - “Fascination (Bit Funk Remix)”
53: Duck Sauce - “aNYway”
54: Volcano Choir - “Island, IS”
55: Grum - “Heartbeats”
56: Fol Chen - “Cable TV”
57: Calvin Harris - “Ready For The Weekend”
58: Memory Tapes - “Graphics”
59: Noah and the Whale - “Blue Skies (The Twelves Remix)”
60: Animal Collective - “My Girls”
61: Wilco - “I’ll Fight”
62: White Rabbits - “Percussion Gun”
63: Florence + The Machine - “You’ve Got The Love (The xx Remix)”
64: Julian Casablancas - “Left & Right In The Dark”
65: Au Revoir Simone - “Shadows”
66: Japandroids - “Young Hearts Spark Fire”
67: Antony and the Johnsons - “Kiss My Name”
68: Little Dragon - “Feather”
69: Papercuts - “Future Primative”
70: Thieves Like Us - “American Skies”
71: Mason Jennings - “The Field”
72: Kings Of Convenience - “Boat Behind”
73: Tesla Boy - “Electric Lady”
74: St. Vincent - “Save Me From What I Want”
75: Jamie T - “Sticks N’ Stones”
