Hello Rock n' Roll Fans, and welcome to my blog.
St. Patty's Day is near upon us, which means it's time once again to unveil my favorite albums of the last year, and my corresponding set of recommended mixes for sampling the best of 2009.
Over the next month I will be regularly updating this page and recommended mixes posts with additional thoughts and opinions, so keep checking back, but for now, as of St. Patrick's Day, here is how I would rank 2009's releases.
McQ's 2009 ALBUM RANKINGS
HIGHEST RECOMMENDS
1. Veckatimest – Grizzly Bear: Chamber pop's OK Computer. Despite the mellow flavor, as daring an album as released in 2009. Inconsistent, but moments of stunning brilliance.
5. Hospice – The Antlers
6. Two Dancers – Wild Beasts
7. Tarot Sport – Fuck Buttons
8. Welcome to Mali – Amadou and Mariam
9. Crystal Castles – s/t (2008)
10. Lungs – Florence and the Machine
11. Album - Girls
SOLID RECOMMENDS
12. It’s Blitzed – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
13. Manners – Passion Pit
14. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix
15. The Crying Light – Antony and the Johnsons
16. Dragon Slayer – Sunset Rubdown
17. Fits – White Denim
18. Broken - Soulsaver
19. Two Suns – Bat for Lashes
20. Actor – St. Vincent
21. Bitte Orca – The Dirty Projectors
22. Fever Ray – s/t
23. Fantasy Black Channel – Late Of The Pier (2008)
24. Skeletal Lamping – Of Montreal (2008)
25. Travels with Myself and Others – The Future of the Left
26. Journal for Plaque Lovers – Manic Street Preachers
27. No Way Down – Air France (2008)
28. Post Nothing – Japandroids
29. Primary Colors – The Horrors
30. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – s/t
31. Horehound – The Dead Weather
32. Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
33. Enter the Vaselines
34. Checkmate Savage – The Phantom Band
35. Ode To Sunshine – Delta Spirit (2008)
36. Blood Bank EP – Bon Iver
37. Astral Weeks:Live at the Hollywood Bowl – Van Morrison
38. Hold Time – M. Ward
39. Ladyhawke – s/t (2008)
40. Think It Over – The Spectacles
41. No Line On The Horizon – U2
42. You and Me – The Walkmen (2008)
43. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt 2 - Raekwon
44. Fantasies – Metric
45. My Maudlin Career – Camera Obscura
46. Farm – Dinosaur Jr
47. Oh My God, Charlie Darwin – The Low Anthem
48. Seek Magic – The Memory Tapes
49. I and You and Love – The Avett Brothers
MILD RECOMMENDS
50. The Hazards of Love – The Decemberists
51. Noble Beast – Andrew Bird
52. Ashes Grammer – A Sunny Day In Glasgow
53. Where You Go, I Go To – Lindstrom (2008)
54. Strict Joy – The Swell Season
55. March of the Zapotec/Real Holland People – Beirut
56. Years of Refusal – Morrissey
57. Wilco (The Album) - Wilco
58. Gather, Form, Fly - Megafaun
59. Choral – Mountains
60. To Be Still – Alela Diane
61. It’s Not Me, It’s You – Lily Allen
62. Outside Love – Pink Montaintops
63. A Brief History of Love – The Big Pink
64. Popular Songs – Yo La Tengo
65. Logos – Atlas Sound
66. Take My Breathe Away – Gui Boratto
67. La Roux – s/t
68. The List – Rosanne Cash
69. Backspacer – Pearl Jam
70. Them Crooked Vultures – s/t
71. Ice Cream Spirtual – Ponytail (2008)
72. Snake – Wildbirds & Peacedrums
73. In Ear Park – Department of Eagles (2008)
74. Pyschic Chasm – Neon Indian
75. (A)spera - Mirah
76. Arms Way – Islands (2008)
77. Unmap – Volcano Choir
78. Devotion – Beach House (2008)
79. The Chemistry of Common Life – Fucked Up (2008)
80. Why We are Mountains – Cymbals Eat Guitars
St. Patty's Day is near upon us, which means it's time once again to unveil my favorite albums of the last year, and my corresponding set of recommended mixes for sampling the best of 2009.
Over the next month I will be regularly updating this page and recommended mixes posts with additional thoughts and opinions, so keep checking back, but for now, as of St. Patrick's Day, here is how I would rank 2009's releases.
McQ's 2009 ALBUM RANKINGS
HIGHEST RECOMMENDS
1. Veckatimest – Grizzly Bear: Chamber pop's OK Computer. Despite the mellow flavor, as daring an album as released in 2009. Inconsistent, but moments of stunning brilliance.2. Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
3. The XX – s/t
STRONG RECOMMENDS
4. Embryonic – The Flaming Lips5. Hospice – The Antlers
6. Two Dancers – Wild Beasts
7. Tarot Sport – Fuck Buttons
8. Welcome to Mali – Amadou and Mariam
9. Crystal Castles – s/t (2008)
10. Lungs – Florence and the Machine
11. Album - Girls
SOLID RECOMMENDS
12. It’s Blitzed – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
13. Manners – Passion Pit
14. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix
15. The Crying Light – Antony and the Johnsons
16. Dragon Slayer – Sunset Rubdown
17. Fits – White Denim
18. Broken - Soulsaver
19. Two Suns – Bat for Lashes
20. Actor – St. Vincent
21. Bitte Orca – The Dirty Projectors
22. Fever Ray – s/t
23. Fantasy Black Channel – Late Of The Pier (2008)
24. Skeletal Lamping – Of Montreal (2008)
25. Travels with Myself and Others – The Future of the Left
26. Journal for Plaque Lovers – Manic Street Preachers
27. No Way Down – Air France (2008)
28. Post Nothing – Japandroids
29. Primary Colors – The Horrors
30. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – s/t
31. Horehound – The Dead Weather
32. Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
33. Enter the Vaselines
34. Checkmate Savage – The Phantom Band
35. Ode To Sunshine – Delta Spirit (2008)
36. Blood Bank EP – Bon Iver
37. Astral Weeks:Live at the Hollywood Bowl – Van Morrison
38. Hold Time – M. Ward
39. Ladyhawke – s/t (2008)
40. Think It Over – The Spectacles
41. No Line On The Horizon – U2
42. You and Me – The Walkmen (2008)
43. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt 2 - Raekwon
44. Fantasies – Metric
45. My Maudlin Career – Camera Obscura
46. Farm – Dinosaur Jr
47. Oh My God, Charlie Darwin – The Low Anthem
48. Seek Magic – The Memory Tapes
49. I and You and Love – The Avett Brothers
MILD RECOMMENDS
50. The Hazards of Love – The Decemberists
51. Noble Beast – Andrew Bird
52. Ashes Grammer – A Sunny Day In Glasgow
53. Where You Go, I Go To – Lindstrom (2008)
54. Strict Joy – The Swell Season
55. March of the Zapotec/Real Holland People – Beirut
56. Years of Refusal – Morrissey
57. Wilco (The Album) - Wilco
58. Gather, Form, Fly - Megafaun
59. Choral – Mountains
60. To Be Still – Alela Diane
61. It’s Not Me, It’s You – Lily Allen
62. Outside Love – Pink Montaintops
63. A Brief History of Love – The Big Pink
64. Popular Songs – Yo La Tengo
65. Logos – Atlas Sound
66. Take My Breathe Away – Gui Boratto
67. La Roux – s/t
68. The List – Rosanne Cash
69. Backspacer – Pearl Jam
70. Them Crooked Vultures – s/t
71. Ice Cream Spirtual – Ponytail (2008)
72. Snake – Wildbirds & Peacedrums
73. In Ear Park – Department of Eagles (2008)
74. Pyschic Chasm – Neon Indian
75. (A)spera - Mirah
76. Arms Way – Islands (2008)
77. Unmap – Volcano Choir
78. Devotion – Beach House (2008)
79. The Chemistry of Common Life – Fucked Up (2008)
80. Why We are Mountains – Cymbals Eat Guitars
81. King Of Jeans - Pissed Jeans
NOT RECOMMENDED
82. Heavy Ghost – DM Stith
83. Wind’s Poem – Mount Eerie
84. Real Estate – s/t
85. Middle Cyclone – Neko Case
86. Monoliths & Dimensions – Sunn O))
87. 4 – Dungen (2008)
88. 21st Century Breakdown – Green Day
89. To Lose My Life – White Lies
90. Provisions – Giant Sand (2008)
91. Mountain – Heartless Bastards
92. The Hawk Is Howling - Mogwai (2008)
93. No More Stories Will Be Told Today – Mew
94. This is it…- Marnie Stern (2008)
95. Vivian Girls – s/t (2008)
96. Life…The Best Game in Town – Harvey Milk (2008)
97. Skeleton – Abe Vigoda (2008)
NOT RECOMMENDED
82. Heavy Ghost – DM Stith
83. Wind’s Poem – Mount Eerie
84. Real Estate – s/t
85. Middle Cyclone – Neko Case
86. Monoliths & Dimensions – Sunn O))
87. 4 – Dungen (2008)
88. 21st Century Breakdown – Green Day
89. To Lose My Life – White Lies
90. Provisions – Giant Sand (2008)
91. Mountain – Heartless Bastards
92. The Hawk Is Howling - Mogwai (2008)
93. No More Stories Will Be Told Today – Mew
94. This is it…- Marnie Stern (2008)
95. Vivian Girls – s/t (2008)
96. Life…The Best Game in Town – Harvey Milk (2008)
97. Skeleton – Abe Vigoda (2008)
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