2009.5
Our favorite albums of the first half of '09:
01. grizzly bear | veckatimest
01. white denim | fits
03. smith westerns | smith westerns
mp3: be my girl
04. phoenix | wolfgang amadeus phoenix
05. animal collective | merriweather post pavilion
06. fever ray | fever ray
07. night control | death control
08. jj | n° 2
09. pisces | a lovely sight
mp3: dear one
10. st. vincent | actor
11. cass mccombs | catacombs
12. various | underwater peoples records showcase
A selection of our favorite 7"/12", EPs, and otherwise unrepresented songs of the first half of 2009 after the jump...
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7"/12"/EPs:
01. dum dum girls | yours alone EP
02. the bitters | wooden glove EP
03. the mayfair set | already warm/desert fun 7"
04. VEGA | well known pleasures EP
05. girls | hellhole ratrace 10"
06. SALEM | ohK/sweat 7"
07. burial & four tet | moth/wolf cub 12"
08. memory cassette | call & response 7"
09. bullion | young heartache EP
Other songs we love that are not represented by the above releases, in no particular order:
basement jaxx :: raindrops
here we go magic :: tunnelvision
trailer trash tracys :: candy girl
major lazer :: keep it goin louder
neon indian :: deadbeat summer
dirty projectors :: useful chamber
pearl harbour :: lost @ sea
DOOM :: that's that
dum dum girls :: jail la la
ancient crux :: in teen dreams
fergus & geronimo :: harder than it's ever been
the golden filter :: solid gold
woods :: rain on
j dilla :: coming back
grouper :: rising height
best coast :: sun was high (so was i)
pariah :: detroit falls
mos def :: supermagic
highlife :: f kenya rip
kurt vile :: beach on the moon (recycled lyrics)
wavves :: friends were gone
raekwon :: wu ooh
the big pink :: velvet (gang gang dance remix)
sharon van etten :: for you
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