Sonic Spectrum's Best of 2009

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Robert Moore, host of Sonic Spectrum on 96.5 The Buzz sent us his Best of 2009 list! The following are in no particular order.
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The Dø/A Mouthful/Ministry of Sound
The xx/XX/XL Recordings
Malcolm Middleton/Waxing Gibbous/Full Time Hobby
The Black Heart Procession/Six/Temporary Residence
Jay Reatard/Watch Me Fall/Matador
Bat For Lashes/Two Suns/Astralwerks
Blitzen Trapper/Black River Killer/Sub Pop
The Black Lips/200 Million Thousand/Vice
Pissed Jeans/King of Jeans/Sub Pop
The Horrors/Primary Colours/XL
Future Of The Left/Travels With Myself and Another/4AD

Just missed the cut...

Grizzly Bear/Veckatimest/Warp
Atlas Sound/Logos/Kranky
The Big Pink/A Brief History Of Love/4AD
eels/Hombre Lobo/Cooperative


Don't worry -- ours are on the way.

Comments (4)

Bewlay says:

KKFI's Mid-day Medley is covering the 100 best of the year Wednesday's at 10 a.m.
I think the Horrors just sound like the Jesus and Mary Chain (Psychocandy era) and don't get them and I wasn't that impressed with the latest eels'.
I think Girls, Yo La Tengo and Flaming Lips should be in the top 10. "Embryonic" is so much better than their last release and it would be great to see them get away from being the sideshow circus and getting back to the music. End of rant.

Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 10 2009 @ 10:39AM
Jason Harper says:

Ah, another bastard who hates Yoshimi and loves Embryonic! Just kidding. I liked Embryonic, but not that much.

I have not heard of "The Dø." Will check it øut.

Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 10 2009 @ 11:13AM
Bewlay says:

Jason, to clarify I did not hate "Yoshimi" I just didn't like "At War with the Mystics" that much.

Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 10 2009 @ 3:14PM
robert moore says:

Dig deeper on The Horrors. Psychocandy-era J&M Chain was much more a wall of sound. The Girls record had a few tracks I really liked but the overall recording became dull. YLT was strong as usual, but nothing different to warrant a nod, in my opinion. I like The Lips record a lot but haven't spent enough time with it.

Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 10 2009 @ 9:12PM

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