2009

What I listened to most in 2009.
Not a best of 2009 as many are not even from this decade.

An insane amount:
01- *Traveling Wilburys - Vol. 1
02- Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns [2008, re-released 2009] $
03- *The Beatles - Yellow Submarine

Still an insane amount, but does not even compare to the above:
04- Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
05- *Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank [*]
06- *Jeremy Fisher - Back Porch Spirituals [2001, but released in the US 2009] $
07- Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On the Run

After #7, the race is really tight...
08- Against Me! - New Wave
09- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell [*] $
10- Matt Costa - Unfamiliar Faces
11- K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher [*] $
12- White Stripes - De Stijl
13- Elliot BROOD - Mountain Meadows [2009] $
14- Woodhands - Heart Attack [2009] $$
15- Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike
16- Luke Doucet & the White Falcon - Blood's Too Rich $
17- Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique [1989, remastered 2009]
18- Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers
19- The Stills - Oceans Will Rise $$
20- Japandroids - Post-Nothing [2009] $
21- Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
22- Janis Joplin - Pearl
23- Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
24- Sam Roberts - We Were Born in a Flame $
25- The Avalanches - Since I Left You
26- Patti Smith - Horses
27- Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs $
28- Pheonix - Wolfgang Amadeus Pheonix [2009]
And because I wrote an essay on this album and it got me through another:
2009- Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols



2009 was a good year for concerts, but 2008 had a ridiculous amount of great releases.



Legend of the Symbols:
*- Traveling Wilburys-Vol. 3, The Beatles-Help!, Modest Mouse-Good News For People Who Love Bad News, Jeremy Fisher-Goodbye Blue Monday would all rank almost equally high, but were left off the list to avoid repetition. Many of the lower ranks are the same.
[*]- Released an album in 2009 that I listened to almost as much
$- Saw them live in 2009

December 29 2009

Quick, last minute..

K'naan - Troubadour (2009)
"ABC's"
"Fatima"
"Wavin' Flag"
"Take a Minute"

Song for new years:
"Auld Lang Syne" is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, but I have yet to find a satisfying recorded version. I did however find a version that is apparently Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

Link of video I watched recently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZR12iqua-I

December 22 2009

I almost forgot!

Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue [2008]
2008 was a good year..
" Bye Bye Bye"
" Mercy"
" Feeback In the Field"

Broken Bells "The High Road"

Some xmas songs..
http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=title_355&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Don't know if you watched this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOS6Jf5q9PI

new!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEI8Xb2oA3Y

December 15 2009

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)
ONCE AGAIN, I have already told you my top track (Keep Yourself Warm)soooo...
3 songs:
Modern Leper
Old Old Fashioned
Poke

3 other songs:
Jim Noir - My Patch
PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke - This Mess We're In (loved this back in highschool!)
Jon McKiel - Fist Fight http://www.myspace.com/jonmckiel (from Halifax, opened for Hey Rosetta!)

3 videos
(speaking of) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYJiT_F2B4c I recommend checking out some of their other videos. "The Year You Were Born" has a robot!

Some old Luke Doucet www.youtube.com/watch?v=o00LmKKSFQo
and check this one out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbH6YAiwjXA

Home in just over 3 days and just over 3 hours of flying!

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Usually, I can get on board with good advertising or the genius behind an idea.. but something about American Apparel's blatant use of sex gets on my nerves. I found this one in a bus shack in front of a middle school. Smart I guess.. gotta catch them young, but come on. It didn't take long for that graffiti to show up.

December 8 2009

Q-Tip - The Renaissance 2008
#1 Won't Trade, but I already made you listen to that one
- Official
- Johnny is Dead
- Life is Better (ft Norah Jones)

Two songs because of the "Won't Trade" overlap
- Cannonball Adderley - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
- Dan Mangan - Robots

One music video:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=60110306

One old, Christmassy ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzyWVkOSQqg
Which brings me to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiCle1Vk4Sg
It seems so long ago...

December 1 2009

I'm finally seeing them this month!

Hey Rosetta! Into Your Lungs 2008
1 - Red Heart (obviously.. how could I choose another?)
Runners-up: "I've Been Asleep for a Long, Long Time" and "There's an Arc"

Kasabian - Where Did All the Love Go?

He's coming to Rumours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAKEZbrnO4w