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As another year approaches it’s finale, I find it harder to reflect on such a length of time, or actually remember the time during the year that an event actually took place.  A week, or two may work for me, but months are getting tougher to remember without some type of visual aid.  Every year, even though I do enjoy lists, I tell myself that I will not do a year end list, especially this year when I barely could find 10 albums worth listing, but in the last few weeks I’ve found a few more candidates that have found itself burned onto CD’s and in my car.  This list is what I discovered in 2009, so the bulk of it was released this year, but some were released in 2008, or even earlier.

The shows that I attended this year, according to my computer’s calendar: Lykke Li, Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine, Doves, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Wighonomy Bros, Micachu, Tune-Yards (4times), Bon Iver, Flight of the Conchords, The Jesus Lizard, McCoy Tyner.

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2009 Best Albums (in no particular order)

Bibio-Ambivalence Avenue (Warp) Lover’s Carving

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Fever Ray – Fever Ray (Mute) If I Had A Heart

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The XX – XX (Young Turks) Basic Space

__________________________________________________________________________ Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Glassnote/Loyaute) Girlfriend

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Matias Aguayo - Ay Ay Ay (Kompakt) Rollerskate

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St. Vincent – Actor (4AD) Save Me From What I Want

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Beach House – Devotion (Carpark) Heart Of Chambers

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Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca (Domino) No Intention

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Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

Summertime Clothes

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Micahu & The Shapes – Jewellery (Rough Trade) Vulture

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Tune-Yards – Bird Brains (4AD/Marriage) Lions

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Mix of the Year:
Richie Hawtin – Tsugi 100th Podcast (Big Outside Festival 2009 Live Mix)

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Reissue of the Year:
Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Sony) Cop Shoot Cop (Demo)

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Compilation of the Year:
5: 5 Years of Hyperdub (Hyperdub) Burial – Fostercare

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Live Recording of the Year:
Jeff Buckley – Live @ King Theater, Seattle May 7th 1995 (Sony) What Will You Say

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Box Set, Old but New Release of the Year:
Ella Fitzgerald – Twelve Nights in Hollywood (Hip-O Select) Angel Eyes

SF Walking Architecture Tour, Crown Zellerbach Building with Shell Building Reflection

Micachu – Golden Phone – When I was younger, and my mom fed me food that looked unusual to me, I would always refuse to eat it, or even try it. I knew I would hate it. Of course, later on in life, I’ve come to love that particular food, and regret not trying it before. This Micachu person is that food and it’s some of the strangest and most unique cuisines that I have tried in a long time. It will help with your digestion and make everything else you try seem bland. A true artist that takes acoustic guitars, electronics and blends it up for a never ending food fight.

Micachu – Calculator – (see above)
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Wildbirds & Peacedrums – Pony – This husband and wife team from Sweden opened up for the Lykke Li show recently at the Fillmore. What seemed like a Patti Smith reincarnation had me captivated with a voice that stayed in pitch with minimal strums and spare, but tribal percussive strikes.

Wildbirds & Peacedrums – Lost Love (see above)
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Ella Fitzgerald – Cheek To Cheek – Standards, Jazz, Pop, the smoothest voice of perfection.

Ella Fitzgerald – Summertime featuring Louis Armstrong