Every year i burn a 20 Best Songs of the Year mix. i was waiting around to hear all of Dylan's Christmas album before before making the list official, but since initial returns indicate that it is about the same amount of creepy as Hannibal Lecter singing nursery rhymes, i'll just get it out there. Here it is folks, my top 20 for 2009, sequenced for optimum listening pleasure:
1.Waving Flag-K'Naan
2.This Tornado Loves You-Neko Case
3.Empire State of Mind-Jay-Z
4.The Rake's Song-The Decemberists
5.The Fear-Lily Allen
6.Blood Bank-Bon Iver
7.French Navy-Camera Obscura
8.Sunken Union Boat-John Vanderslice
9.The Walls are Coming Down-Fanfarlo
10-Actor Out of Work-St-Vincent
11.Help, I'm Alive-Metric
12.I'm Confused-Handsome Furs
13.Never Had Nobody Like You-M. Ward
14.Good Love-Bat For Lashes
15.Nicorette-Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
16.Lisztomania-Phoenix
17.Crush on You-BrakesBrakesBrakes
18.Fitz and the Dizzyspells-Andrew Bird
19.Please Read the Letter-Robert Plant & Allison Krause
20.Through&Through&Through-Joel Plaskett
And dere you go. Pretty good year i think. Big releases due in 2010 (Hello there Arcade Fire) so i'm an excited mannish boy. i've been compiling these lists since 1995, so i think i'll blog 'em for posterity in a little bit...Rocket Reducer out.
