The 50 Best Songs of 2009
Before I throw myself fully into 2010, a last look back at 2009 is warranted. Here then, is a highly arbitrary list of the fifty best songs released in 2009, arranged roughly from soft and slow to fast and loud. No refunds.
1.My Girls
Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE
2. Makin Plans
Miranda Lambert
Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AJigtLkwWQ
3. Hysteric
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
It's Blitz!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqKjIquR5Bc
4. Heartbroken, In Disrepair
Dan Auerbach
Keep it Hid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o4l10CtN7g
5. Tightrope
Yeasayer
Dark Was the Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QhykGh4VPw
6. The Mountain
Heartless Bastards
The Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfUQE-yejBQ
7. Well-Alright
Spoon
Dark Was the Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNZN-N7qwCE
8. Shark in the Water (Acoustic)
V V Brown
The Attic - EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPQlxHWsemI&feature=fvst
9. Lost
The Mary Onettes
Swedes do it Better
http://tinyurl.com/y97evtf
10. All Yr Songs
Diamond Rings
P.S. I Love You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6IUKa25e80
11. No Intention
Dirty Projectors
Bitte Orca
http://tinyurl.com/ya2kzl2
12. Fables
The Dodos
Time to Die
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OXokMRls1U
13. Sunlight
Harlem Shakes
Technicolor Health
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a_0-LExvK4
14. Brother Sport
Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lhZS9rVpGI
15. Percussion Gun
White Rabbits
It's Frightening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IClBpch9vmM
16. Nothing to Worry About
Peter Bjorn and John
Living Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwcaQ3qJ88U
17. Young Hearts Spark Fire
Japandroids
Post-Nothing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOoHAbnhxNI
18. Baptized By Fire
Spinnerette
Spinnerette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKcS1_f9M5w
19. The New Wu
Raekwon (feat. Methodman and Ghostface Killah)
The New Wu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jP1PliAiuc
20. Skeletons
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
It's Blitz!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SdTFjSE2kw
21. Stillness is the Move
Dirty Projectors
Bitte Orca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMPF6lpM0XM
22. Feel it All Around
Washed Out
Life of Leisure - EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PuCkZ1ALkI
23. Ladies
Lee Fields & The Expressions
My World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epu97rNb9F8
24. Orange Shirt
Discovery
LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPcpc1ee-p0
25. Deadbeat Summer
Neon Indian
Psychic Chasms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlJ27Dcv4fc
26. One Day
Matisyahu
Light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z50Yf7hFnhA
27. Animal
Mike Snow
Mike Snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niKT-kJfUz4
28. Daylight
Matt & Kim
Grand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPt-iG8Ozuo
29. Lisztomania
Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BJDNw7o6so
30. Moth's Wings
Passion Pit
Manners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9o8SlyPB84
31. Runabout
Little Dragon
Machine Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZCq2-zGok8
32. Too Fake
Hockey
Minds Chaos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJjZfBj6yb4
33. Run This Town
Jay-Z (feat. Rihanna and Kanye West)
Run This Town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVA-xTBeHyM
34. Dominos
The Big Pink
A Brief History of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGnNlQ-KNv4
35. Help I'm Alive
Metric
Fantasies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoK63Bk7pgw
36. M.A.G.I.C.
The Sound of Arrows
Swedes Do it Better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v65mLiAYE_k
37. Little Secrets
Passion Pit
Manners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBt9sxTailQ
38. Happy Up Here (Breakbot Remix)
Royksopp
Happy Up here - EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGDJSesqvbg
39. Heads Will Roll (Tommie Sunshine Remix)
Heads Will Roll (Remixes) - EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ia9XLnmNI
40. Velvet
The Big Pink
A Brief History of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA3twi3iSNQ
41. Gifted
N.A.S.A. (feat. Kanye West, Santigold and Lykke Li)
Gifted - EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prnfad7CxrQ
42. She (Vocal: AutoKratz)
80Kidz
This Is My S**T
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdGArKYlmQg
43. Feel It in My Bones (feat. Tegan and Sara)
Tiesto
Kaleidoscope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNyvZv_r60I
44. Bulletproof
La Roux
La Roux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUsbpmQ9-mc
45. Poker Face
Lady GaGa
The Fame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_de3C3Pkb8Q
46. Audacity of Huge
Simian Mobile Disco (feat. Chris Keating)
Temporary Pleasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylu0ybj7DIg
47. Keep It Goin' Louder
Major Lazer
Guns Don't Kill People ... Lazers Do (feat. Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWCdG0RacIk
48. Shiny Toy Guns
Major Tom
Major Tom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFe5m2MU9Q
49. Kid Cudi
Day 'n' Nite
Day 'n' Nite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrDfSZ_6f4U
50. Basement Jaxx
Scars (feat. Kelis, Melexka & Chipmunk)
Scars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m396idrB13I
Saturday, January 02, 2010
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