favorite albums (2009)

I have been bogged down with a bunch of stuff of late, including work-related commitments of some sort, to really sit down and write short commentaries to go with each of the following albums. That said, I’ve written about a few posts about these albums here before – albeit in a rather offhand fashion – so you can follow the link if you want:

01. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino]
02. Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest [Warp]
03. Flaming Lips: Embryonic [Warner]
04. Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca [Domino]
05. A Sunny Day In Glasgow: Ashes Grammar [Mis Ojos Discos]
06. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Pains of Being Pure at Heart
07. Atlas Sound: Logos [Kranky/4AD]
08. Califone: All My Friends Are Funeral Singers [Dead Oceans]
09. Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt II [EMI]
10. Sonic Youth: The Eternal [Matador]
11. Real Estate: Real Estate [Woodsist]
12. Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix [V2]
13. Black Dice: Repo [Paw Tracks]
14. M. Ward: Hold Time [Merge]
15. Camera Obscura: My Maudlin Career [Merge]
16. Cymbals Eat Guitars: Why There Are Mountains [self-released]
17. Andrew Bird: Noble Beast [Fat Possum]
18. Mos Def: The Ecstatic [Downtown]

19. Bonnie Prince Billy: Beware [Drag City]
20. The Clientele: Bonfires On The Heath [Merge]