tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679542024-03-13T18:01:28.221+00:00DJ Martian's PageMusic blog covering a diverse range of music. Dance, Electronic, Jazz, Metal and Rock.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-14202791389248640932009-12-31T15:17:00.000+00:002009-12-31T15:18:13.975+00:00Terrorizer Top 40 Albums of 2009Terrorizer Top 40 Albums of 2009<br /><br />so another Terrorizer album of the year award goes to Converge<br /><br />1: Converge - Axe To Fall<br />2: Cobalt - Gin<br />3: Kylesa - Static Tensions<br />4: Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars<br />5: Napalm Death - Time Waits No Slave<br />6: Mastodon - Crack The Skye<br />7: Megadeth – Endgame<br />8: Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse<br />9: Funeral Mist - Maranatha<br />10: Immortal - All Shall Fall<br />11: Drudkh - Microcosmos<br />12: Beherit - Engram<br />13: Portal - Swarth<br />14: Sunn o))) - Monoliths & Dimensions<br />15: Marduk - Wormwood<br />16: Absu - Absu<br />17: Tombs - Winter Hours<br />18: Burnt By The Sun - Heart Of Darkness<br />19: Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know<br />20: Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow<br />21: Arckanum - ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ<br />22: Baroness - Blue Record<br />23: Madder Mortem - Eight Ways<br />24: The Devil's Blood - The Time of No Time Evermore<br />25: Archgoat - the Light Devouring Darkness<br />26: Shining - VI - Klagopsalmer<br />27: Candlemass - Death Magic Doom<br />28: Hacride - Lazarus<br />29: Fuckpig - Spewings from A Selfish Nation<br />30: Amorphis - Skyforger<br />31: Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution<br />32: Grey Machine - Disconnected<br />33: Behemoth - Evangelion<br />34: Unanimated - In the Light of Darkness<br />35: Obscura - Cosmogenesis<br />36: Gnaw Their Tongues - All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity<br />37: Shrinebuilder - S/T<br />38: Teitanblood - Seven Chalices<br />39: Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt<br />40: Evile - Infected NationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-59350583585441450822009-12-18T16:21:00.000+00:002009-12-18T16:21:28.606+00:00Updated: Drowned in Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2009 <a href="http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4138638-drowned-in-sounds-top-50-albums-of-2009-50-5">Drowned in Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2009 - 50-5 / In Depth // Drowned In Sound</a><br /><br />1) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix<br />2) St Vincent - Actor<br />3) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!<br />4) Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers<br /><br />5) Fxxk Buttons Tarot Sport<br />6) Grizzly Bear Veckatimest | Review | Grizzly Bear Week<br />7) Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavillion | Review | Interview<br />8) Wild Beasts Two Dancers | Review | Interview<br />9) Fever Ray Fever Ray | Review | Interview 1 / 2<br />10) Paramore brand new eyes | Review<br />11) Bat for Lashes Two Suns | Review | Interview<br />12) Arctic Monkeys Humbug | Review<br />13) The Horrors Primary Colours | Review | Interview<br />14) PJ Harvey & John Parish A Woman a Man Walked By | Review<br />15) Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca | Review<br />16) Memory Tapes Seek Magic | Review<br />17) Metric Fantasies | Emily's Track-By-Track<br />18) The Veils Sun Gangs | Review<br />19) The Phantom Band Checkmate Savage | Review<br /><br />20) Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II | Review coming v.soon<br />21) Future of the Left Travels With Myself and Another | Review | Falkous' Track-by-Track<br />22) Marissa Nadler Little Hells | Review<br />23) Sunset Rubdown Dragonslayer | Review | Interview<br />24) Idlewild Post-Electric Blues | Review<br />25) Pissed Jeans King of Jeans | Review<br />26) HEALTH Get Color | Review<br />27) Mos Def The Ecstatic | Review<br />28) Lady Gaga The Fame Monster | Review coming soon<br />29) Atlas Sound Logos | Review<br /><br />30) Girls Album | Review<br />31) Muse The Resistance | Review | Interview<br />32) The Maccabees Wall of Arms | Review<br />33) The Flaming Lips Embryonic | Review<br />34) Sunn0))) Monoliths & Dimensions | Review<br />35) Moderat Moderat | Review coming soon<br />36) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Review | Interview<br />37) Vitalic Flashmob | Review<br />38) Emmy the Great First Love | Review | Emmy's Track-by-Track<br />39) Gallows Grey Britain | Review<br /><br />40) Annie Don't Stop | Review<br />41) Neon Indian Psychic Chasms | Review<br />42) Dananananakroyd Hey Everyone | Review | Track-by-Track Commentary<br />43) Jamie T Kings & Queens | Review<br />44) Grammatics Grammatics | Review<br />45) Micachu Jewellery | Review<br />46) Mew No More Stories... | Review<br />47) My Latest Novel Death and Entrances | Review<br />48) Sufjan Stevens the BQE | Review<br />49) Sky Larkin The Golden Spike | Katie's Commentary<br />50) the xx the xx | ReviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-4226830946094615192009-12-18T10:10:00.000+00:002009-12-18T10:13:18.600+00:00Updated: Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2009Completed: <a href="http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7744-the-top-50-albums-of-2009/">Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2009</a><br /><br />[Summary via <b>ILM</b>: <a href="http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=77087">The 2009 Magazine Albums Of The Year Thread For Posting Lists and Discussion.</a>]<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">here's the Pitchfork list, with the original scores in parentheses</span>:<br /><br />50. Woods - Songs of Shame (8.3)<br />49. Cass McCombs - Catacombs (8.2)<br />48. DOOM - Born Like This (8.0)<br />47. Zomby - Where Were U in '92? (8.3)<br />46. Dan Deacon - Bromst (8.5)<br />45. The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come (8.4)<br />44. tUnE-yArDs - BiRd-BrAiNs (6.8)<br />43. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains (8.3)<br />42. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar (8.3)<br />41. Baroness - Blue Record (8.5)<br />40. Mos Def - The Ecstatic (8.0)<br />39. Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor (8.3)<br />38. Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People--Lazers Do (8.1)<br />37. The Antlers - Hospice (8.5)<br />36. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (8.5)<br />35. jj - jj no 2 (8.6)<br />34. Passion Pit - Manners (8.1)<br />33. Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue (8.3)<br />32. Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth (8.4)<br />31. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions (8.5)<br />30. Royksopp - Junior (7.9)<br />29. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs (7.9)<br />28. Micachu and the Shapes - Jewellery (7.9)<br />27. Various Artists - Five Years of Hyperdub (8.2)<br />26. Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP (7.9)<br />25. DJ Quik and Kurupt - BlaQKout (8.2)<br />24. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle (8.1)<br />23. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic (8.3)<br />22. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers (8.4)<br />21. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (7.9)<br />20. Real Estate - Real Estate (8.5)<br />19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - S/T (8.4)<br />18. Atlas Sound - Logos (8.2)<br />17. The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa (8.6)<br />16. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light (8.6)<br />15. Japandroids - Post-Nothing (8.3)<br />14. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms (8.6)<br />13. St. Vincent - Actor (8.5)<br />12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (8.1)<br />11. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport (9.0)<br />10. Girls - Album (9.1)<br />9. Fever Ray - Fever Ray (8.1)<br />8. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (8.5)<br />7. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (8.5)<br />6. Grizzly Bear Veckatimest (9.0)<br />5. Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx...Pt. II (8.8)<br />4. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (9.0)<br />3. The xx - The xx (8.7)<br />2. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (9.2)<br />1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (9.6)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-85071819046996541912009-12-17T13:52:00.000+00:002009-12-17T13:52:57.851+00:00RA Poll: Top 20 albums of 2009<a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1121">RA Poll: Top 20 albums of 2009</a><br /><br />Resident Advisor Poll: Top 20 albums of 2009<br /><br />20. Moderat - Moderat<br />19. Peverelist - Jarvik Mindstate<br />18. Black Jazz Consortium - Structure<br />17. Brock Van Wey - White Clouds Drift On And On<br />16. Ben Frost - By the Throat<br />15. Dinky - Anemik<br />14. Lawrence - Until Then, Goodbye<br />13. Black Meteoric Star - Black Meteoric Star<br />12. The Field - Yesterday And Today<br />11. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport<br />10. 2562 - Unbalance<br />09. Redshape - The Dance Paradox<br />08. Ben Klock - One<br />07. Matias Aguayo - Ay Ay Ay<br />06. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion<br />05. Shackleton - Three EPs<br />04. Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent<br />03. Martyn - Great Lengths<br />02. Fever Ray - Fever Ray<br />01. DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 BluesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-11204474773875872732009-12-17T11:31:00.000+00:002009-12-17T11:31:52.854+00:00The Wire - #311 | Rewind 2009 | January 2010New issue of <a href="http://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/311/">The Wire</a> is a <b>2009 Rewind</b> special<br /><br /><img src="http://www.thewire.co.uk/images/issues/issue311/covers/311cover.jpg"><br /><br />On The Cover: <span style="font-style:italic;">The Wire's essential review of the year's best music, including Top 50 Records of the Year, writers' and musicians' reflections, and discussions of the state of the art in sound. Plus: Monolake, Janek Schaefer, Josephine Foster's Invisible Jukebox, Position Normal, The Village Orchestra, Yan Jun, Paul Rooney in Cross Platform, Jad Fair, Kodwo Eshun on sonic warfare, Cathi Unsworth on Gallon Drunk and more...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-61853358376481365812009-12-15T20:08:00.000+00:002009-12-15T20:09:09.230+00:00Updated: Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2009part 1: <a href="http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/">Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2009</a><br /><br />Pitchfork 2009 Schedule this week:<br /><br />Today: Top 100 Tracks, #100-#51<br />Tuesday: Top 100 Tracks, #50-#1<br />Wednesday: Albums, Honorable Mention - 25 excellent records that didn't make our Top 50<br />Thursday: Top 50 Albums of 2009, #50-#26<br />Friday: Top 50 Albums of 2009, #25-#1<br /><br />Summary: via <a href="http://stereogum.com/archives/list/pitchforks_top_100_songs_of_2009_105801.html">Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs Of 2009 - List - Stereogum</a><br /><br /><br /><br />100 Darkstar - "Aidy's Girl's a Computer"<br />99 Julianna Barwick - "Bode"<br />98 Future of the Left - "Arming Eritrea"<br />97 The Smith Westerns - "Be My Girl"<br />96 Gucci Mane [Feat. Plies] - "Wasted"<br />95 The Thermals - "Now We Can See"<br />94 Best Coast - "Sun Was High (So Was I)"<br />93 Morrissey - "Something is Squeezing My Skull"<br />92 Cam'ron - "I Hate My Job"<br />91 HEALTH - "Die Slow"<br />90 The-Dream - "Rockin' That Shit"<br />89 No Age - "You're a Target"<br />88 Passion Pit - "Moth's Wings"<br />87 Here We Go Magic - "Fangela"<br />86 Drake - "Best I Ever Had"<br />85 Wavves - "No Hope Kids"<br />84 Junior Boys - "Parallel Lines"<br />83 Lady Gaga - "Paparazzi"<br />82 DJ Kaos - "Love the Nite Away (Tiedye remix)"<br />81 Bowerbirds - "Northern Lights"<br />80 YACHT - "Psychic City (Voodoo City)"<br />79 Pictureplane - "Goth Star"<br />78 Charlotte Gainsbourg - "IRM"<br />77 Frida Hyvönen - "Jesus Was a Cross Maker"<br />76 The Rural Alberta Advantage - "Don't Haunt This Place"<br />75 Gold Panda - "Quitter's Raga"<br />74 Neon Indian - "Should Have Taken Acid With You"<br />73 Woods - "Rain On"<br />72 Matt & Kim - "Daylight"<br />71 A Sunny Day in Glasgow - "Close Chorus"<br />70 Discovery - "Orange Shirt"<br />69 Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"<br />68 Röyksopp [Feat. Robyn] - "The Girl and the Robot"<br />67 Arctic Monkeys - "Cornerstone"<br />66 Julian Casablancas - "11th Dimension"<br />65 The Tough Alliance - "A New Chance (The Juan MacLean Remix)"<br />64 Annie - "Songs Remind Me of You"<br />63 Real Estate - "Fake Blues"<br />62 Volcano Choir - "Island, IS"<br />61 Atlas Sound [Feat. Lætitia Sadier] - "Quick Canal"<br />60 Kurt Vile - "Freeway"<br />59 tUnE-yArDs - "Sunlight"<br />58 Fever Ray - "If I Had a Heart"<br />57 Sleigh Bells - "Crown on the Ground"<br />56 John Talabot - "Sunshine"<br />55 Bat For Lashes - "Glass"<br />54 Joker & Ginz - "Purple City"<br />53 The xx - "Islands"<br />52 St. Vincent - "Actor Out of Work"<br />51 Antony and the Johnsons - "Aeon"<br />50 Matias Aguayo - "Rollerskate"<br />49 Yo La Tengo - "Here to Fall"<br />48 Destroyer - "Bay of Pigs"<br />47 Yeah Yeah Yeahs -"Heads Will Roll"<br />46 Memory Tapes - "Bicycle"<br />45 The Flaming Lips [Feat. Karen O] - "Watching the Planets"<br />44 Jay-Z [Feat. Alicia Keys] - "Empire State of Mind"<br />43 Camera Obscura - "French Navy"<br />42 The Big Pink - "Velvet"<br />41 Major Lazer [Feat. Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze] - "Keep It Goin' Louder"<br />40 Bear in Heaven - "Lovesick Teenagers"<br />39 Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"<br />38 Dirty Projectors and David Byrne -"Knotty Pine"<br />37 Surfer Blood - "Swim"<br />36 Fever Ray - "When I Grow Up"<br />35 Micachu and the Shapes - "Golden Phone"<br />34 Atlas Sound [Feat. Noah Lennox] - "Walkabout"<br />33 DJ Quik and Kurupt - "9x's Outta 10"<br />32 The Very Best [Feat. Ezra Koenig] - "Warm Heart of Africa"<br />31 Lily Allen - "The Fear"<br />30 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Young Adult Friction"<br />29 jj - "Ecstasy"<br />28 Neko Case - "This Tornado Loves You"<br />27 Four Tet - "Love Cry"<br />26 Bon Iver - "Blood Bank"<br />25 Cass McCombs - "You Saved My Life"<br />24 Basement Jaxx - "Raindrops"<br />23 Animal Collective - "Brother Sport"<br />22 Delorean - "Seasun"<br />21 Raekwon [Feat. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, & Method Man] - "House of Flying Daggers"<br />20 Japandroids - "Young Hearts Spark Fire"<br />19 Joker - "Digidesgin"<br />18 The Big Pink - "Dominos"<br />17 Fuck Buttons - "Surf Solar"<br />16 The xx - "Crystalised"<br />15 Girls - "Hellhole Ratrace"<br />14 Joy Orbison - "Hyph Mngo"<br />13 Neon Indian - "Deadbeat Summer"<br />12 Grizzly Bear - "While You Wait for the Others"<br />11 Animal Collective - "What Would I Want? Sky"<br />10 Washed Out - "Feel It All Around"<br />09 Girls - "Lust for Life"<br />08 Phoenix - "Lisztomania"<br />07 Big Boi [Feat. Gucci Mane] - "Shine Blockas"<br />06 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Zero"<br />05 Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"<br />04 Bat For Lashes - "Daniel"<br />03 Phoenix - "1901"<br />02 Dirty Projectors - "Stillness Is the Move"<br />01 Animal Collective - "My Girls"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-41632412324899432452009-12-14T23:52:00.000+00:002009-12-14T23:52:41.917+00:00The Top 50 Albums of 2009 | The Rock Blogger - Highly Recommended Readone of the best rock / metal end of year lists i have seen this year, a highly recommended read: <a href="http://www.therockblogger.com/top-50-albums-2009/">The Top 50 Albums of 2009 | The Rock Blogger</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-48193111978162271202009-12-14T23:48:00.001+00:002009-12-14T23:53:15.300+00:00A Darker Shade of Pagan: Top Ten of 2009 - Highly Recommended ReadHighly Recommended Read: <a href="http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/12/a-darker-shade-of-pagan-top-ten-of-2009.html">The Wild Hunt - A Darker Shade of Pagan: Top Ten of 2009</a> including album of the year: Fever Ray – “Fever Ray”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-41278894728918623222009-12-14T23:45:00.000+00:002009-12-14T23:45:21.869+00:00THE 2009 REVIEW | themilkfactory<a href="http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/st/2009/12/the-2009-review/">THE 2009 REVIEW | themilkfactory</a> including album of the year: - VLADISLAV DELAY - TummaaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-68910439628454784402009-12-14T23:41:00.001+00:002009-12-14T23:43:37.285+00:00Gagliarchives Top 100 Discs of 2009Gagliarchives Top 100 Discs of 2009<br /><br />co-ordinated by <a href="http://www.gagliarchives.com/">Gagliarchives Radio Show</a> -a Progressive Rock & Related poll.<br /><br />[results via <a href="http://www.progressiveears.com/default.asp?bhcp=1">progressive Ears message board</a>]<br /><br />100 Ed Palermo Big Band - Eddy Loves Frank<br />99 Peter Hammill - Thin Air<br />98 Nosound - A Sense of Loss<br />97 Hourglass - Oblivious to the Obvious<br />96 Karda Estra - Weird Tales<br />95 Frost - Experiments in Mass Appeal<br />94 Eureka - Shackletons Voyage<br />93 Runaway Totem - Manu Menes<br />92 Forgotten Suns - Innergy<br />91 Maudlin Of The Well - Part The Second<br />90 Subsignal - Beautiful & Monstrous<br />89 Mike Keneally - Scambot 1<br />88 Trank Zappa Grappa In Varese? - Live In Waremme<br />87 Pain Of Salvation - Ending Themes<br />86 Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia<br />85 Sylvan - Force Of Gravity<br />84 The Season Standard - Squeeze Me Ahead Of Line<br />83 Nathan Mahl - Exodus<br />82 Makajodama - Makajodama<br />81 Ars Nova - Seventh Hell<br />80 Simak Dialog - Demi Masa<br />79 IZZ - The Darkened Room<br />78 Upsilon Acrux - Radian Futura<br />77 Transatlantic - The Whirlwind<br />76 Steve Hillage Band - Live At The Uncon<br />75 The Tangent - Down And Out In Paris And London<br />74 Filoritmia - Passaggi<br />73 Magma - Emehntehtt-Re<br />72 Agah Bahiri - The Second Sight Of A Mind<br />71 The Aurora Project - Shadow Border<br />70 Sebkha Chott - De La Persistance De La Mythologie Chottienne En ??? V�los<br />69 Jeff Beck - Live At Ronnie Scotts<br />68 Zevious - After The Air Raid<br />67 Steven Wilson - Insurgentes<br />66 Steve Vai - Where The Other Wild Things Are<br />65 Ageness - Songs From The Liar's Lair<br />64 Satellite - Nostalgia<br />63 Slivovitz - Hubris<br />62 Native Window - Native Window<br />61 Persona Non Grata - Shade In The Light<br />60 Octafish - Doctor Fleish<br />59 RPWL - The RPWL Live Experience<br />58 Moraine - Manifest Density<br />57 The Gathering - The West Pole<br />56 Fractal - Sequitur<br />55 Jono El Grande - Neo Dada<br />54 Gungfly - Please Be Quiet<br />53 Blackfield - NYC<br />52 Counter-World Experience - Metronomicon<br />51 5 Peace Band - Live<br />50 Alamaailman Vasarat - Hurro Kolkko<br />49 KTU - Quiver<br />48 OSI - Blood<br />47 The Mars Volta - Octahedron<br />46 Circa - HQ<br />45 Wobbler - Afterglow<br />44 Minimum Vital - Capitaines<br />43 Patrick Moraz - Change Of Space<br />42 Crimson Jazz Trio - Volume II<br />41 Redemption - Snowfall On Judgement Day<br />40 Black Bonzo - Guillotine Drama<br />39 Phideaux - Number 7<br />38 Abigails Ghost - D_letion<br />37 Simon Steensland - Fat Again<br />36 Ozric Tentacles - The Yum Yum Tree<br />35 Delain - April Rain<br />34 Quantum Fantay - Kaleidothrope<br />33 Cynic - Traced In Air<br />32 Derek Sherinian - Molecular Heinosity<br />31 Zombi - Spirit Animal<br />30 Enochian Theory - Evolution: Creatio Ex Nihilio<br />29 Kotebel - Ouroboros<br />28 Litmus - Aurora<br />27 Airbag - Identity<br />26 Mirthkon - Vehicle<br />25 Knight Area - Realm Of Shadows<br />24 Tuppu Orrenmaa - Make My Day<br />23 Morglbl - Jazz For The Deaf<br />22 Exivious - Exivious<br />21 Deluge Grander - The Form Of The Good<br />20 Led Bib - Sensible Shoes<br />19 Holdsworth/Pasqua/Haslip/Wackerman - Blues For Tony<br />18 Indukti - Idmen<br />17 Miriodor - Avanti!<br />16 Agents of Mercy - The Fading Ghosts of Twilight<br />15 Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla - S/T<br />14 Forgas Band Phenomena - Axis Of Madness<br />13 Ohmphrey - Ohmphrey<br />12 Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome<br />11 UKZ - Radiation<br />10 The Future Kings Of England - The Viewing Point<br />9 Beardfish - Destined Solitaire<br />8 Dream Theater - Black Clouds And Siver Linings<br />7 The Strawbs - Dancing To The Devil's Beat<br />6 IQ - Frequency<br />5 Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing Along Songs For The Damned And Delerious<br />4 Umphrey's McGee - Mantis<br />3 Astra - The Weirding<br />2 Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition<br />1 Porcupine Tree - The IncidentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-45025613741729637252009-12-14T23:40:00.000+00:002009-12-14T23:40:59.881+00:00TLOBF Albums of 2009 | The Line Of Best Fit<a href="http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2009/12/tlobf-albums-of-2009/">TLOBF Albums of 2009 | The Line Of Best Fit</a> - Grizzly Bear paw off Animal Collective to claim number 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-44739266158188190962009-12-14T23:39:00.000+00:002009-12-14T23:39:31.252+00:00 PopMatters - The Best 60 Albums of 2009<a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117680-best-60-albums-of-2009">The Best 60 Albums of 2009 - Features | PopMatters</a> including:<br /><br />40 Passion Pit - Manners<br />39 Warsaw Village Band - Infinity<br />38 Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs<br />37 Baroness - Blue Record<br />36 Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications<br />35 Japandroids - Post-Nothing<br />34 Dinosaur Jr. - Farm<br />33 Khaled - Liberté<br />32 Akron/Family - Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free<br />31 Pearl Jam - Backspacer<br />30 Real Estate - Real Estate<br />29 Dan Deacon - Bromst<br />28 Brother Ali - Us<br />27 Buddy and Julie Miller - Written in Chalk<br />26 St. Vincent - Actor<br />25 The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love<br />24 Wilco - Wilco (The Album)<br />23 The Antlers - Hospice<br />22 Maxwell - BLACKsummers’night<br />21 Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport<br />20 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart<br />19 Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Roadhouse Sun<br />18 The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come<br />17 Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career<br />16 Fever Ray - Fever Ray<br />15 Mos Def - The Ecstatic<br />14 Goran Bregović - Alkohol<br />13 The Flaming Lips - Embryonic<br />12 The xx - xx<br />11 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!<br />10 Miranda Lambert - Revolution<br />9 Girls - Album<br />8 Mastodon - Crack the Skye<br />7 Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Part II<br />6 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone<br />5 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix<br />4 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca<br />3 The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You<br />2 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest<br />1 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post PavilionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-91301018133565805982009-12-14T23:32:00.000+00:002009-12-14T23:32:13.275+00:00Piccadilly Records - Albums Of The Year 2009Manchester's <b>Piccadilly Records</b> - 100 Albums of the Year: <a href="http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/shop/feature.php?feature=628">Piccadilly Albums Of The Year 2009 from Piccadilly Records</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-53668183830701199292009-12-14T20:42:00.002+00:002009-12-14T23:58:41.243+00:00The Wire Records of the YearThe Wire Records of the Year<br /><br />1 Broadcast & The Focus Group - Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age<br />2 Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts<br />3 Bill Orcutt - A New Way To Pay Old Debts<br />4 Alasdair Roberts - Spoils<br />5 Sunn 0))) - Monoliths & Dimensions<br />6 David Sylvian - Manafon<br />7 Group Doueh - Treeg Salaam<br />8 Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor<br />9 Ben Frost - By The Throat<br />10 King Midas Sound - Waiting For You<br />11 Harappian Night Recordings - Glorious Gongs of Hainuwele<br />12 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca<br />13 Shackleton - 3EPs<br />14 Sa-Ra Creative Partners - Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love<br />15 AtomTM - Liedgut<br />16 Mordant Music - SyMpToMs<br />17 Masayuki Takayanagi - Archive 1<br />18 Matias Aguayo - Ay Ay Ay<br />19 Hecker - Acid In The Style Of David Tudor<br />20 William Basinski - 92982<br />21 The xx - xx<br />22 Flower-Corsano Duo - The Four Aims<br />23 Gary War - Horribles Parade<br />24 Courtis/Moore - Brokebox Juke<br />25 Leyland Kirby - Sadly The Future Is No Longer What It Was<br />26 Group Bombino - Guitars From Agadez Vol 2<br />27 Peter Evans - Nature/Culture<br />28 Kevin Drumm - Imperial Horizon<br />29 Dam Funk - Toeachizown<br />30 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion<br />31 Pan SOnic & Keiji Haino - Shall I Download A Blackhole And Offer It To You?<br />32 Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent<br />33 MEV - MEV 40<br />34 Black Dice - Repo<br />35 Emeralds - What Happened<br />36 Position Normal - Position Normal<br />37 Belbury Poly - From An Ancient Star<br />38 Julie Tippetts & Martin Archer - Ghosts of Gold<br />39 Billy Bao - ay 08<br />40 Sun Araw - Heavy Deeds<br />41 Richard Youngs - Under Stellar Stream<br />42 Subway - Subway II<br />43 Lionel Marchetti & Oliver Capparos - Equus<br />44 The Stooges - You Don't Want My Name You Want My Action<br />45 Eliane Radigue - Triptych<br />46 Fuck Buffoons - Tarot Sport<br />47 Glenn Jones - Barbecue Bob In Fishtown<br />48 Black To Comm - Alphabet 1968<br />49 Cold Cave - Love Comes Close<br />50 Hildur Gudnadottir - Without Sinking<br /><br />Also: Updated: Additional Lists<br /><br />The Wire - Avant Rock<br /><br />Billy Bao - May 08<br />Brainbombs - Fucking Mess<br />Evangelista - Prince of Truth<br />Jandek - Portland Thursday<br />The One Ensemble - Other Thunders<br />Julian Lynch - Orange You Glad<br />The Mantles - The Mantles<br />Bill Orcutt - A New Way To Pay Old Debts<br />Yasushi Ozawa - Some Fragments Of Bass Performance<br />Trembling Bells - Carbeth<br />Kurt Vile - Constant Hitmaker<br />Gary War - Horribles Parade<br />Wolf Eyes - Always Wrong<br />Richard Youngs - Beneath The Valley Of The Ultrahits<br />Zola Jesus - New Amsterdam<br /><br /><br />The Wire - Electronica<br /><br />Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Utp<br />Cindytalk - The Crackle Of My Soul<br />Clark - 6 Tracks<br />Nathan Fake - Hard Islands<br />Fennesz & Sparklehorse - In The Fishtank<br />Lawrence English - It's Up To Us To Live<br />Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country<br />Hell - Teufelswerk<br />Klimek - Movies Is Magic<br />Stephan Mathieu & Taylor Dupree - Transcriptions<br />Mountains - Choral<br />Redshape - The Dance Paradox<br />Silkie - City Limits<br />Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself<br />Tu m' - Monochromes Volume One<br /><br />The Wire - Outer Limits<br /><br />Astral Social Club - Octuplex<br />Blood Stereo - Your Snakelike King<br />Lucio Capece & Mika Vainio - Trahnie<br />Raymond Dijkstra - L'Opus Ch<br />Emeralds - What Happened<br />Richard Garet & Brendan Murray - Of Distance<br />Grasslung/Pulse Emitter - Grasslung/Pulse Emitter<br />Russell Haswell - Wild Tracks<br />Kommissar Hjueler & Mama Baer - Asylum Lunaticum<br />Lee Patterson - Seven Vignettes<br />Keith Rowe - Untitled<br />Ghedalia Tazartes - Repas Froid<br />Aluk Tolodo - Finistirnis<br />Mika Vainio - Black Telephone<br />John Wiese - Circle Snare <br /><br /><br />via: <b>ILM</b> thanks to <b>NickB</b> for the info: <a href="http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=77087">The 2009 Magazine Albums Of The Year Thread For Posting Lists and Discussion</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-88378034827683165912009-12-12T10:37:00.001+00:002009-12-12T10:37:53.138+00:00FACT magazine: 40 best: Albums of 20092009 list from London's <b>FACT magazine</b>: <a href="http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4134&Itemid=103">FACT magazine: 40 best: Albums of 2009</a><br /><br />40.The Horrors – Primary Colours<br />39.Subway – Subway II<br />38.Black Meteoric Star – S/T<br />37.Girls – Album<br />36.Major Lazer – Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do<br />35.William Basinski - 92982<br />34.Paul White – The Strange Dreams of Paul White<br />33.Jason Fine – Future Thought<br />32.Hildur Gudnadottier – Withour Sinking<br />31.The Village Orchestra – I Can Hear The Sirens Singing Again<br />30.Hudson Mohawke – Butter<br />29.Legowelt – Amiga Railroad Adventures<br />28.Silk Flowers – S/T<br />27.2562 – Unbalance<br />26.City Center – S/T<br />25.SND – Atavism<br />24.Atlas Sound – Logos<br />23.RSD – Good Energy<br />22.Dam-Funk – Toeachizown<br />21.Moritz Von Oswald Trio – Vertical Ascent<br />20.Ducktails - S/T<br />19.10-20 - S/T<br />18.Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca<br />17.DJ Sprinkles – Midtown 120 Blues<br />16.Shackleton – Three EPs<br />15.Black Dogs – Under and Under<br />14.Desire – II<br />13.Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion<br />12.Martyn – Great Lenghts<br />11.Leyland Kirby – Sadly The Future Is No Longer What It Was<br />10.Michachu – Jewellery<br />09.Jim O’Rourke – The Visitor<br />08.Bat For Lashes – Two Suns<br />07.Zomby – One Foot Ahead Of The Other<br />06.Circlesquare – Songs About Dancing and Drugs<br />05.Discovery – LP<br />04.Cold Cave – Love Comes Close<br />03.Omar-S – Fabric 45<br />02.Telepathe – Dance Mother<br />01.The XX – XXUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-77929331653385504702009-12-10T10:40:00.001+00:002009-12-10T10:40:33.865+00:00Mixmag Top 50 Albums of 2009it's a jpeg image, so click to magnify: <a href="http://www.stholdings.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/mixmagtop50albums.jpg">Mixmag Top 50 Albums of 2009 themixmagtop50albums.jpg (JPEG Image, 745x986 pixels) - Scaled (50%)</a><br /><br />New issue of <a href="http://www.mixmag.net/content/subscribe-mixmag">Mixmag</a> on sale today in the UK<br /><br />Free CD<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Free with this month’s issue is Diplo's 2009 Rewind CD looking back at all the biggest tracks of the year including those by Major Lazer, La Roux vs Skream, Boys Noize, The Prodigy, Chase & Status, Fake Blood, Erol Alkan, Laidback Luke, Felix Da Housecat and many more</span>.<br /><br />Also<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />in our features section we give you the rundown of the year with all our charts, naming the top 100 tunes of 2009, the top 50 albums, our clubs of the year, our top 10 DJs, and more charts, graphs and stats than you can shake a glowstick at. We speak to the biggest artists of the year including Major Lazer, La Roux, Skream, Friendly Fires, Aeroplane, Armand Van Helden, Roska, Fake Blood and Showtek. We also investigate how drum 'n' bass thrived, how dubstep developed in '09. We also look back at 18 years of Basics and we round up a decade of dance by kissing goodbye to the naughties.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-83643597725503601102009-12-08T14:59:00.003+00:002009-12-08T16:10:28.058+00:00NME 50 Best Albums of 2009Announced <b>NME</b> 50 Best Albums of 2009 : <a href="http://www.nme.com/list/50-best-albums-of-2009/159978">50 Best Albums of 2009 | NME.COM</a><br /><br />including Album of the Year: <b>The Horrors</b> - <b>Primary Colours</b><br /><br />Summary via Mitchell Stirling, on ILM: <a href="http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=77087">The 2009 Magazine Albums Of The Year Thread For Posting Lists and Discussion</a><br /><br />NME top 50 albums<br /><br />50 Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose<br />49 Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Middle Cyclone<br />48 Atlas Sound - Logos<br />47 Telepathe - Dance Mother<br />46 Gallows - Grey Britain<br />45 Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter<br />44 Oneida - Rated O<br />43 Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand<br />42 Empire Of The Sun - Walking On a Dream<br />41 Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions<br />40 Crystal Stilts - Alight Of Night<br />39 Japandroids - Post Nothing<br />38 Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans<br />37 Passion Pit - Manners<br />36 The Drums - Summertime!<br />35 Sonic Youth - The Eternal<br />34 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix<br />33 Jay-Z - The Blueprint III<br />32 Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring<br />31 Micachu & The Shapes - Jewellry<br />30 The Cribs - Ignore The Ignorant<br />29 Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young<br />28 Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career<br />27 PJ Harvey And John Parish - A Woman A Man Walked By<br />26 Florence And The Machine - Lungs<br />25 Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You<br />24 Cold Cave - Love Comes Close<br />23 Doves - Kingdom Of Rust<br />22 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns<br />21 Health - Get Color<br />20 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca<br />19 The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms<br />18 Future Of The Left - Travels With Myself And Another<br />17 Girls - Album<br />16 Mumford And Sons - Sigh No More<br />15 The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart<br />14 Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers<br />13 La Roux - La Roux<br />12 Arctic Monkeys - Humbug<br />11 Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum<br />10 Jamie T – Kings and Queens<br />09 Fever Ray – Fever Ray<br />08 Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport<br />07 The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love<br />06 Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest<br />05 Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion<br />04 Wild Beasts – Two Dancers<br />03 – Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz<br />02 – The XX – The XX<br />01 – The Horrors – Primary ColoursUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-85204226219902460212009-12-05T00:39:00.001+00:002009-12-05T00:39:59.198+00:00musicOMH's Top 50 Best Albums Of 2009<a href="http://blog.musicomh.com/musicomh/2009/11/musicomhs-top-50-albums-of-2009.html">musicOMH blog: musicOMH's Top 50 Albums Of 2009</a> is now completed: <a href="http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/2009_best-albums-of-6_1209.htm">musicOMH's Top 50 Best Albums Of 2009: The Top Three | musicOMH</a><br /><br />summary via: <a href="http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=10&msgid=1019530&cmd=show">Acclaimed Music Forum</a><br /><br />50: Sonic Youth - The Eternal<br />49: Girls - Album<br />48: Shakira - She Wolf<br />47: Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum<br />46: Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years<br />45: Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young<br />44: Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle<br />43: Miike Snow - Miike Snow<br />42: Gus Gus - 24/7<br />41: Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts<br />40: Shirley Bassey - The Performance<br />39: Antony And The Johnsons - The Crying Light<br />38: Soap&Skin - Lovetune For Vacuum<br />37: Ólafur Arnalds - Found Songs<br />36: Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions<br />35: Pet Shop Boys - Yes<br />34: Micachu And The Shapes - Jewellery<br />33: La Roux - La Roux<br />32: Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do<br />31: Tinariwen - Imidiwan: Companions<br />30: The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin<br />29: Annie - Don't Stop<br />28: Andrew Bird - Noble Beast<br />27: St Vincent - Actor<br />26: The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die<br />25: Neko Case - Middle Cyclone<br />24: School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms<br />23: The Duckworth Lewis Method - The Duckworth Lewis Method<br />22: The Flaming Lips - Embryonic<br />21: Wilco - Wilco (The Album)<br />20: tUnE-yArDs - BiRd-BrAiNs<br />19: Bat For Lashes - Two Suns<br />18: The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love<br />17: Muse - The Resistance<br />16: Portico Quartet - Isla<br />15: Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca<br />14: Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix<br />13: The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love<br />12: Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster<br />11: Arctic Monkeys - Humbug<br />10: Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest<br />9: Florence And The Machine - Lungs<br />8: The Horrors - Primary Colours<br />7: The Hidden Cameras - Origin: Orphan<br />6: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!<br />5: Fever Ray - Fever Ray<br />4: Wild Beasts - Two Dancers<br />3: The xx - xx<br />2: Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport<br />1: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post PavilionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-8959805522123280992009-12-05T00:27:00.002+00:002009-12-06T19:43:17.698+00:00FACT magazine: 100 best: Albums of the DecadeNow completed: <a href="http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4095&Itemid=103">FACT magazine: - 100 best: Albums of the Decade</a><br /><br />summary via <a href="http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=10&msgid=1020203&cmd=show">Acclaimed Music Forum</a><br /><br />100: PARALLAX CORPORATION- COCADISCO<br />99: LATE OF THE PIER- FANTASY BLACK CHANNEL<br />98: SHED- SHEDDING THE PAST<br />97: ANNIE- ANNIEMAL<br />96: KARL LINDH- BORTOM E4'S HORRISONT<br />95: PREFUSE 73- ONE WORD EXTINGUISHER<br />94: SENKING- LIST<br />93: CAMERA OBSCURA- LET'S GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY<br />92: MISS KITTIN AND THE HACKER- FIRST ALBUM<br />91: WILCO- YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT<br />90: BJØRN TORSKE- FEIL KNAPP<br />89: ZOMBY- WHERE WERE U IN 92?<br />88: MICHAEL MAYER- IMMER<br />87: NO AGE- NOUNS<br />86: COCOROSIE- LA MAISON DE MON REVE<br />85: REKID- MADE IN MENORCA<br />84: ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS- I AM A BIRD NOW<br />83: GHOSTFACE KILLAH- SUPREME CLIENTELE<br />82: BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE- YOU FORGOT IT IN PEOPLE<br />81: NEIL LANDSTRUMM- SHE TOOK A BULLET MEANT FOR ME<br /><br />80: KODE9 & SPACEAPE- MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE<br />79: DJ HARVEY- SARCASTIC DISCO VOL. 2<br />78: THE BUG- LONDON ZOO<br />77: LIL WAYNE- THE CARTER II<br />76: THE KNIFE- SILENT SHOUT<br />75: QUIET VILLAGE- SILENT MOVIE<br />74: MANITOBA- START BREAKING MY HEART<br />73: TRUS’ME- WORKING NIGHT$<br />72: MONOLAKE- POLYGON CITIES<br />71: THE SOFT PINK TRUTH- DO YOU WANT NEW WAVE OR DO YOU WANT THE SOFT PINK TRUTH?<br />70: LUOMO- VOCALCITY<br />69: VARIOUS ARTISTS- RUN THE ROAD<br />68: SUNNO))) & BORIS- ALTAR<br />67: QUASIMOTO- THE UNSEEN<br />66: RICARDO VILLALOBOS- THE AU HAREM D'ARCHIMEDE<br />65: THE BOOKS- THE LEMON OF PINK<br />64: THEO PARRISH- SOUND SCULPTURES<br />63: FIERY FURNACES- BLUEBERRY BOAT<br />62: LAWRENCE- THE ABSENCE OF BLIGHT<br />61: ARCTIC MONKEYS- WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT’S WHAT I’M NOT<br /><br />60: MATIAS AGUAYO- ARE YOU REALLY LOST<br />59: WHITE STRIPES- WHITE BLOOD CELLS<br />58: HORSEPOWER PRODUCTIONS- IN FINE STYLE<br />57: STUDIO- WEST COAST<br />56: RHYTHM & SOUND- W/ THE ARTISTS<br />55: MATTHEW DEAR- ASA BREED<br />54: BOREDOMS- VISION CREATION NEWSUN<br />53: THE XX- THE XX<br />52: JAN JELINEK- LOOP-FINDING-JAZZ-RECORDS<br />51: J DILLA- DONUTS<br />50: DJ SLIMZEE- SIDEWINDER TAPE<br />49: DAFT PUNK- DISCOVERY<br />48: OUTKAST- STANKONIA<br />47: THE STREETS- ORIGINAL PIRATE MATERIAL<br />46: THE CARETAKER- A STAIRWAY TO THE STARS<br />45: ELLEN ALLIEN & APPARAT- ORCHESTRA OF BUBBLES<br />44: NEWWORLDAQUARIUM- THE DEAD BEARS<br />43: CLIPSE- WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP VOL. 2<br />42: GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR- LIFT YR. SKINNY FISTS LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN<br />41: BELBURY POLY- THE WILLOWS<br /><br />40: BEIRUT- THE FLYING CLUB CUP<br />39: HERBERT- BODILY FUNCTIONS<br />38: BLACK DICE- BEACHES AND CANYONS<br />37: CANNIBAL OX- THE COLD VEIN<br />36: M.I.A.- ARULAR<br />35: ISOLEE- WE ARE MONSTER<br />34: 2 MANY DJS- AS HEARD ON RADIO SOULWAX PT. 2<br />33: JOANNA NEWSOM- YS<br />32: GAS- POP<br />31: PINCH- UNDERWATER DANCEHALL<br />30: WILLIAM BASINSKI- THE DISINTEGRATION LOOPS<br />29: ACTRESS- HAZYVILLE<br />28: PORTISHEAD- THIRD<br />27: ARCADE FIRE- FUNERAL<br />26: CHROMATICS- NIGHT DRIVE<br />25: HOT CHIP- THE WARNING<br />24: KELLEY POLAR- LOVE SONGS OF THE HANGING GARDENS<br />23: FENNESZ- ENDLESS SUMMER<br />22: BURIAL- BURIAL<br />21: CONVEXTION- CONVEXTION<br /><br /><br />20: KANYE WEST- THE COLLEGE DROPOUT<br />19: METRO AREA- METRO AREA<br />18: VAMPIRE WEEKEND- VAMPIRE WEEKEND<br />17: ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI- THE DOLDRUMS<br />16: MAX RICHTER- THE BLUE NOTEBOOKS<br />15: ROBYN- ROBYN<br />14: MADVILLAIN- MADVILLAINY<br />13: BJORK- VESPERTINE<br />12: PANDA BEAR- PERSON PITCH<br />11: THE OTHER PEOPLE PLACE- LIFESTYLES OF THE LAPTOP CAFÉ<br />10: GANG GANG DANCE- SAINT DYMPHNA<br />09: LCD SOUNDSYSTEM- SOUND OF SILVER<br />08: PANTHA DU PRINCE- THIS BLISS<br />07: RADIOHEAD- KID A<br />06: M.I.A.- KALA<br />05: JAY-Z- THE BLUEPRINT<br />04: VILLALOBOS- ALCACHOFA<br />03: DIZZEE RASCAL- BOY IN DA CORNER<br />02: THE STROKES- IS THIS IT<br />01: BURIAL- UNTRUEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-36452654886548703832009-12-05T00:17:00.001+00:002009-12-05T00:29:59.317+00:00Decibel mag's Greatest 100 albums of the Decade<a href="http://www.terrorizer.com/main-forum/music/decibel-mags-greatest-100-albums-decade">Decibel mag's Greatest 100 albums of the Decade | Terrorizer.com</a><br /><br />1. Converge - Jane Doe<br />2. Cave In - Jupiter<br />3. Opeth - Blackwater Park<br />4. Isis - Oceanic<br />5. Mastodon - Remission<br />6. Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down<br />7. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf<br />8. Iron Maiden - Brave New World<br />9. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb<br />10. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone<br />11. Torche - Meanderthal<br />12. Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless<br />13. Baroness - Blue Record<br />14. Napalm Death - Enemy of the Music Business<br />15. Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw<br />16. The Red Chord - Clients<br />17. Converge - Axe to Fall<br />18. Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets<br />19. Melt-Banana - CellScape<br />20. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain<br />21. Enslaved - Isa<br />22. Tragedy - Tragedy<br />23. Fugazi - The Argument<br />24. Mare - Mare<br />25. Celtic Frost - Monotheist<br />26. Jesu - Silver<br />27. High on Fire - Surrounded By Thieves<br />28. Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon<br />29. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine<br />30. Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet<br />31. Mastodon - Leviathan<br />32. Craft - Fuck the Universe<br />33. Isis - Panopticon<br />34. Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro<br />35. Shellac - 1000 Hurts<br />36. Witchcraft - Witchcraft<br />37. Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing<br />38. Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard<br />39. Converge - You Fail Me<br />40. Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum<br />41. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness<br />42. Opeth - Ghost Reveries<br />43. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked<br />44. Watain - Sworn to the Dark<br />45. Between the Buried and Me - Alaska<br />46. Evoken - Quietus<br />47. Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today<br />48. Mastodon - Blood Mountain<br />49. Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt<br />50. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works<br />51. Ludicra - Fex Urbis, Lex Orbis<br />52. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command<br />53. Isis - Celestial<br />54. Jesu - Jesu<br />55. Enslaved - Below the Lights<br />56. Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway<br />57. High on Fire - Death Is This Communion<br />58. Disfear - Live the Storm<br />59. Dying Fetus - Destroy the Opposition<br />60. Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave<br />61. Deftones - White Pony<br />62. Botch - An Anthology of Dead Ends<br />63. Converge - No Heroes<br />64. Hatebreed - Perseverance<br />65. Withered - Memento Mori<br />66. Leviathan - Tentacles of Whorror<br />67. Meshuggah - Catch 33<br />68. Thorns - Thorns<br />69. Rotten Sound - Murderworks<br />70. Trap Them - Seizures in Barren Praise<br />71. Deathevokation - The Chalice of Ages<br />72. Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle, Part I<br />73. Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness<br />74. Nasum - Human 2.0<br />75. Fucked Up - Hidden World<br />76. Neurosis - Given to the Rising<br />77. Taint - The Ruin of Nova Roma<br />78. System of a Down - Toxicity<br />79. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone<br />80. Warhorse - As Heaven Turns to Ash<br />81. Mayhem - Chimera<br />82. Gojira - From Mars to Sirius<br />83. Drowningman - How They Light Cigarettes in Prison<br />84. Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer<br />85. Watain - Casus Luciferi<br />86. Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache<br />87. Psyopus - Ideas of Reference<br />88. The Haunted- The Haunted Made Me Do It<br />89. Cryptopsy - ...And Then You'll Beg<br />90. Asunder - Works Will Come Undone<br />91. Godflesh - Hymns<br />92. Cathedral - Endtyme<br />93. The Paper Chase - Now You Are One Of Us<br />94. Decapitated - Nihility<br />95. Coalesce - Ox<br />96. In Flames - Clayman<br />97. Battle of Mice - A Day of Nights<br />98. Cobalt - Gin<br />99. My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours<br />100. Slayer - World Painted Blood<br /><br /><br />As published in a special themed issue of Decibel magazine: <a href="http://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/holiday-specials/products/top-100-albums-of-the-decade-special-issue">The Decibel Store | Top 100 Albums of the Decade Special Issue</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-92222848512247792752009-12-01T00:20:00.000+00:002009-12-01T00:20:49.099+00:00Terrorizer Magazine - #191 December 2009New issue of <b>Terrorizer</b> magazine features <b>Skeletonwitch</b> on the front cover: <a href="http://www.terrorizer.com/issue/191">Terrorizer #191 December 2009 | Terrorizer.com</a> [on sale in the UK on Thursday December 3rd]<br /><br /><img src="http://www.terrorizer.com/sites/terrorizer.com/files/imagecache/frontpage/SKELETONWITCH%20COVER.jpg"><br /><br />Feature Highlights: <br />SKELETONWITCH CONVERGE DARK FUNERAL WEAPON GAMA BOMB URGEHAL OM DOOMRIDERS RUSSIAN CIRCLES MERRIMACK FU MANCHU SWALLOW THE SUN TOUR REPORT: Insect Warfare SCENE REPORT: Québécois black metal HENRY ROLLINS DARK RECOLLECTIONS: Overkill's 'Feel The Fire'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-185048945910701692009-11-26T22:59:00.000+00:002009-11-26T22:59:12.039+00:00Elizabeth Fraser Interview<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/26/cocteau-twins-elizabeth-fraser-interview">Elizabeth Fraser talks about why she finds it too difficult to even think about her old Cocteau Twins bandmates | Music | The Guardian</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">For 18 years, she was the 'voice of God' in the Cocteau Twins. Now Elizabeth Fraser finds it too difficult even to think about her old bandmates</span><br /><br />Moses is out on 7in and download on Rough Trade on 30 November.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-11395169503180207392009-11-26T13:19:00.000+00:002009-11-26T13:19:52.399+00:00Mojo Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2009via: <a href="http://swearimnotpaul.blogspot.com/2009/11/list-mojo-magazines-top-50-albums-of.html">Swear I'm not Paul: List: Mojo Magazine's Top 50 Albums of the Year</a><br /><br /><b>Mojo Magazine - Top 50 Albums of 2009</b><br /><br />50. Max Richter - Waltz With Bashir OST<br />49. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II<br />48. Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid<br />47. Bruce Springsteen - Working On a Dream<br />46. The Black Crowes - Before the Frost...<br /><br />45. Cate Le Bon - Me Oh My<br />44. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Informaton<br />43. Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones<br />42. Doug Paisley - Doug Paisley<br />41. Mos Def - The Ecstatic<br /><br />40. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light<br />39. Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head and the Sky<br />38. Sonic Youth - The Eternal<br />37. BLK JKS - After Robots<br />36. White Denim - Fits<br /><br />35. Portico Quartet - Isla<br />34. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)<br />33. Leonard Cohen - Live in London<br />32. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers<br />31. Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens - What Have You Done, My Brother?<br /><br />30. Staff Benda Bilili - Tres Tres Fort<br />29. Mastodon - Crack the Skye<br />28. Vetiver - Tight Knit<br />27. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - I Speak Fula<br />26. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone<br /><br />25. Alasdair Roberts - Spoils<br />24. Vieux Farka Toure - Fondo<br />23. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug<br />22. The XX - XX<br />21. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns<br /><br />20. Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers<br />19. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Diamonds<br />18. Fever Ray - Fever Ray<br />17. The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage<br />16. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca<br /><br />15. Kasabian - The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum<br />14. Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement<br />13. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest<br />12. The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin<br />11. The Cribs - Ignore the Ignorant<br /><br />10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz<br />09. Madness - The Liberty of Nolton Folgate<br />08. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport<br />07. Florence & the Machine - Lungs<br />06. Bob Dylan - Together Through Time<br /><br />05. Tinariwen - Imidiwan: Companions<br />04. The Horrors - Primary Colours<br />03. Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter<br />02. Bill Calahan - Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle<br />01. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post PavilionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-20529417730261647922009-11-25T20:57:00.000+00:002009-11-25T20:58:08.666+00:00Rock-A-Rolla New Issue and Rock-A-Rolla Magazine Top 30 Albums of 2009New issue of <b>Rock-A-Rolla</b> magazine features <b>Pelican</b> on the front cover: <a href="http://rock-a-rolla.com/main/?p=268">rock-a-rolla.com - Blog Archive - Issue 23 out now!</a><br /><br /><img src="http://rock-a-rolla.com/main/wp-content/issue%2023%20head.gif"><br /><br />Featuring:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Pelican – Instru-metal heroes return with their brand new album, What We All Come To Need, and – gasp! – vocals!<br />Krallice – Mick Barr talks black metal<br />Goatsnake – Greg Anderson resurrects another classic band!<br />Todd – Everyone’s favourite Anglo-American noiserockmongers unleash Big Ripper<br />Supersilent – Norwegian avant supergroup talk Hammond organs and supersilence<br />Top 30 Albums of 2009 – We select our favourite records of the year<br /><br />Plus: Part Chimp, Subarachnoid Space, Kodiak, Beak>, Junius, Majeure, Conspiracy Records, 2010 preview, over 100 album reviews, live action: Magma, Kayo Dot, Electric Wizard, Mudhoney, Isis and much, much more!</span><br /><br /><br />update: Rock-A-Rolla Magazine Top 30 Albums of 2009<br /><br />via ILM: <a href="http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=77087">The 2009 Magazine Albums Of The Year Thread For Posting Lists and Discussion.</a><br /><br />1 Zu - Carboniferous (Ipecac)<br />2 Sunn o))) - Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern Lord)<br />3 Richard Youngs - Under Stellar Stream (Jagjaguwar)<br />4 Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul (Hydra Head)<br />5 Celan - Halo (Exile On Mainstream)<br />6 Converge - Axe To Fall (Epitaph)<br />7 Cobalt - Gin (Profound Lore)<br />8 Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine (Alternative Tentacles)<br />9 El Grupo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Cryptomnesia (RLP)<br />10 Part Chimp - Thriller (Rok Action)<br />11 Sonic Youth - The Eternal (Matador)<br />12 Secret Chiefs 3 - Le Mani Destre Recise... (Web Of Mimicry)<br />13 Pissed Jeans - King Of Jeans (Sub Pop)<br />14 Kong - Snake Magnet (Brew)<br />15 Slayer - World Painted Blood (American)<br />16 Eagle Twin - The Unkindness Of Crows (Southern Lord)<br />17 Gnaw - This Face (Conspiracy)<br />18 Baroness - Blue Record (Relapse)<br />19 The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (Warner)<br />20 Dälek - Gutter Tactics (Ipecac)<br />21 The Mars Volta - Octahedron (Mercury)<br />22 Pelican - What We All Come To Need (Southern Lord)<br />23 MadLove - White With Foam (Ipecac)<br />24 Shrinebuilder - S/T (Neurot)<br />25 Portal - Swarth (Profound Lore)<br />26 Them Crooked Vultures - S/T (Sony)<br />27 Bushman's Revenge - You Lost Me At Hello (Rune Grammofon)<br />28 Mountains - Choral (Thrill Jockey)<br />29 Minsk - With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone (Relapse)<br />30 Keelhaul - Triumphant Return To Obscurity (Hydra Head)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767954.post-54650310768420638902009-11-25T12:49:00.001+00:002009-11-25T21:00:49.252+00:00Mojo Magazine - New IssueNew issue of <a href="http://cover.mojo4music.com/Item.aspx?pageNo=1807&year=2010">Mojo</a> magazine features another disappointing front cover <b>Foo Fighters</b> <br /><br />also featured:<br /><br />THE BEST OF 2009 / THE TOP 50 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR: <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">As another year slips by, we reflect on the best music of 2009, featuring Animal Collective, Dizzee Rascal, Richard Hawley, Johnny Marr, Florence & The Machine and many, many more. PLUS! The stars reveal the best thing they’ve heard all year!</span><br /><br /><br />[apparently on sale this Friday according to the Mojo blog: <a href="http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/11/dave_grohl_unveils_roots_of_vu.html">Dave Grohl Unveils Roots of...Vultures - News - Mojo</a>]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com