Dave 3000's Top 10 15! New Releases of 2009

(Just my opinion!)

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1

Sun Araw "Heavy Deeds"

 Sun Araw
"Heavy Deeds" (Not Not Fun)

2

MV & EE "Barn Nova"

 MV & EE
"Barn Nova" (Ecstatic Peace!)

3

Meat Puppets "Sewn Together"

 Meat Puppets
"Sewn Together" (Megaforce)

4

Black Moth Super Rainbow "Eating Us"

 Black Moth Super Rainbow
"Eating Us" (Graveface)

5

Mission Of Burma "The Sound The Speed The Light"

 Mission Of Burma
"The Sound The Speed The Light" (Matador)

6

Os Mutantes "Haih Or Amortecedor"

 Os Mutantes
"Haih Or Amortecador" (ANTI-)

7

Wooden Shjips "Dos"

 Wooden Shjips
"Dos" (Holy Mountain)

8

Sylvester Anfang II "Sylvester Anfang II"

 Sylvester Anfang II
"Sylvester Anfang II" (Aurora Borealis)

9

Earthling Society "Sci-Fi Hi Fi"

 Earthling Society
"Sci-Fi Hi Fi" (4Zero)

10

Wand "Hard Knox"

 Wand
"Hard Knox" (Ecstatic Peace!)

11

The Fiery Furnaces "I'm Going Away"

 The Fiery Furnaces
"I'm Going Away" (Thrill Jockey)

12

Blues Control "Local Flavor"

 Blues Control
"Local Flavor" (Siltbreeze)

13

Fat Freddy's Drop "Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW"

 Fat Freddy's Drop
"Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW" (The Drop)

14

Dinosaur jr "Farm"

 Dinosaur jr
"Farm" (Jagjaguwar)

15

Sonic Youth "The Eternal"

 Sonic Youth
"The Eternal" (Matador)

   

Honorable Mentions:

(in alphabetical order)

Black Dice  "Repo" (Paw Tracks)
Black Lips  "200 Million Thousand" (Vice)
Califone  "All My Friends Are Funeral Singers" (Dead Oceans)
Cheer-Accident  "Fear Draws Misfortune" (Cuneiform)
Cornershop  "Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast" (Ample Play)
Crime In Choir  "Gift Givers" (Kill Shaman)
Fast 'N' Bulbous  "Waxed Oop (A Tribute to Captain Beefheart)" (Cuneiform)
The Flaming Lips  "Embyonic" (Warner Bros)
Joan Of Arc  "Flowers" (Polyvinyl)
The Mars Volta  "Octahedron" (Warner Bros)
Monotonix   "Where Were You When It Happened?" (Drag City)
Om  "God Is Good" (Drag City)
Psychedelic Horseshit  "Golden Oldies" (Wasted Vinyl)
Träd Gräs Och Stenar  "Homeless Cats" (Gashud/Subliminal Sounds)
The Warlocks  "The Mirror Explodes" (Tee Pee)
   

Best Local Albums (from Madison, WI):

(in alphabetical order)

Absinthe Minds  "Song Of Returning Light" cassette (Not Not Fun)
Burial Hex / Zola Jesus split LP (Aurora Borealis)
Earthling Invasion  "A Star Is Born" (self release)
His & Her Vanities  "The Mighty Lunge" (Science Of Sound)
Julian Lynch  "Orange You Glad" (Olde English Spelling Bee)
Kinit Her  "Glyms Or Beame Of Radicall Truthe" (Hinterzimmer)
National Beekeepers Society  "Pawn Shop Ettiquette" (self release)
Peaking Lights  "Imaginary Falcons" cassette (Not Not Fun)
Second Family Band  "East To West" (Earjerk) & "Vernal Mystery Hour" (Skulls Of Heaven) cassettes
The Takebacks  "Call Collect Ask For . . . " (self release)
Various Artists  "The Bright Side & The Night Side" (Bright As Night)
Varlet Tarsod  "Varlet Tarsod" cassette (Earjerk)

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