1. TOP 3 ALBUMS OF 2009
Prefab Sprout - "Let's change the world with music"
Paul Steel - "Moon rock"
David Mead - "Almost and always"
2. TOP 3 SONGS OF 2009
Prefab Sprout - "Earth: the story so far"
The Leisure Society - "A matter of time"
Lamar Holley - "Pretend that she's ugly"
3. WORST ALBUM OF 2009
Not the "worst of 2009", just the "worst of the 2009 records I've purchased" : Circulatory System - "Signal morning"
4. BEST CONCERT OF 2009
Camera Obscura (twice !)
5. WORST CONCERT OF 2009
I never go to concerts of artists I don't like
6. BIGGEST SURPRISE OF 2009
I'd never believed that there would be a Prefab Sprout release this year and that this record would be my #1.
7. BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2009
Phoenix
United > Alphabetical > It's never been like that > Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
I just don't understand all the hype around their last album while nobody didn't give them attention at the time of their first album "United" (a masterpiece, a perfect pop record) in 2000.
8. COMEBACK OF 2009
Cheap Trick !!!
9. I WANNA GROW UP & BE JUST LIKE...
Paul McCartney
I've been to his concert yesterday in Paris. This 67 year old guy just kills me.
10. THREE TO WATCH IN 2010
I've got great expectations for these :
Midlake
Hot Chip
The Red Button / Seth Swirsky
1. TOP 3 ALBUMS OF 2009
Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion
Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
Fever Ray- Fever Ray
Honorable Mention: Antlers- Hospice
2. TOP 3 SONGS OF 2009
Fever Ray- If I Had a Heart
Dirty Projectors-Stillness is the Move
The Antlers- Bear
3. WORST ALBUM OF 2009
Bruce Springsteen- Working on a Dream
4. BEST CONCERT OF 2009
The Antlers. It was beautiful.
5. WORST CONCERT OF 2009
Atlas Sound, not so bad as much as it was my least favorite
6. BIGGEST SURPRISE OF 2009
Tune-Yards: The BEST opening act i've ever seen. Opened for the Dirty Projectors, go see them if you can.
7. BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2009
Green Day: they released an album.
8. COMEBACK OF 2009
Flaming Lips
9. I WANNA GROW UP & BE JUST LIKE...
Avey Tare
10. THREE TO WATCH IN 2010
Panda Bear
Sufjan Stevens?
TV on the Radio?
1. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics | Inspiration Information
2. Tinariwen | Imidiwan: Companions
3. Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of The Radio Age
TOP 3 SONGS OF 2009
Long songs:
1. Sunn 0))) | Alice
2. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics | Anglo Ethio Suite
3. James Blackshaw | Cross
Short songs:
1. The Roots | How I Got Over
2. Phoenix | Lisztomania
3. Big Boi feat. Gucci Mane | Shine Blockas
WORST ALBUM OF 2009
(Most disappointing) Grizzly Bear | Veckatimest
BEST CONCERT OF 2009
(Only one I saw, but great) Bruce Springsteen, United Center (played Born to Run in its entirety)
WORST CONCERT OF 2009
n/a - I have kids and don't get out much
BIGGEST SURPRISE OF 2009
Near-universal acclaim for Animal Collective; I always thought they would stay somewhat fringe
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2009
IMO, no classic albums released in pop/rock genre (and I listened to a lot of 'em)
COMEBACK OF 2009
Mulatu Astatke
I WANNA GROW UP & BE JUST LIKE...
My kids
THREE TO WATCH IN 2010
1. Stock market
2. Unemployment reports
3. Final season of "Lost"