new 2009 albums

[moot]

the albums/eps i thought were at least good, asterisked are ones i really loved
(this is in no particular order, i'm reading backwards off my what.cd recent snatches)

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Pin Points and Gin Joints
Vitalic - Flashmob
Yeasayer - Odd Blood (technically this is 2010 but the promo cd was 2009, which is identical to the upcoming release)
30 Seconds To Mars - This Is War
Florence + The Machine - Lungs *
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster *
The Crystal Method - Divided By Night
Matt & Kim - Grand *
The Raveonettes - In And Out Of Control
Metric - Fantasies *
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
Deadmau5 - For Lack Of A Better Name *
Modest Mouse - No One's First, And You're Next
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug *
Air - Love 2
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
Built to Spill - There Is No Enemy
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic *
Lights - The Listening
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
Noah and the Whale - The First Days Of Spring
As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
Silversun Pickups - Swoon *
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion *
I Monster - A Dense Swarm of Ancient Stars *
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion *
The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
Passion Pit - Manners
Say Anything - Say Anything (mediocre to me but good in its own genre so i threw it up here)
Ptarmigan - Our Ancient Friends
Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band
Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings

Huge-ass disappointments, or wasted download credit (i.e. why did i get this in the first place)
Muse - The Resistance
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
The Mars Volta - Octahedron
Les Claypool - Of Fungi and Foes
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Owl City - Ocean Eyes

 

[ultimifier]

Vancouver by Matthew Good.

anyone who has never listened to matthew good should google it and listen to a couple songs on youtube.

 

[Playa]

Not sure if it was quite 2009, but Fantasy Black Channel by Late of the Pier is the best album I have ever heard.

 

[evan]

farm rocks

silly moot.

 

[Arch]

Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
It's a......great pop album.....WHAT??!?!?!!?!?!??!?!?!?
Haven't seen one of those in a long time.

The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Just amazing, that's all I can say.

Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk

 

[Roy]

both farm and the incident are great, silly moot

 

[gene]

the incident is pt's worst so far. another misstep into faux-emotional boredom. silly, silly roy.

 

[moot]

farm rocks

silly moot.

maybe it was starting with that album but i am totally turned off to dinosaur jr at this point, i didn't like it at all

both farm and the incident are great, silly moot

that was pt's worst album by far, out of all the directions they could've went with it they went down the 'suck' route

 

[Altmer]

what

just what

the incident is pretty amazing just what

 

[Stoo]

oh wow. i completely overlooked merriweather post pavillion when i first listened to it. decided to give it another try with my proper headphones and right now, sitting in the dark, i could just get completely lost in this album. the slow drones and wisps of sounds are suddenly a whole lot more profound, and i can't really believe i was so indifferent before.

just..wow.

edit: the further in i get the more amazed i am i didn't fall in love with this before. i feel like going skipping in a field.

 

[Roy]

the incident isn't bad by any means. it is no absentia, of course, but i think it's a solid album.

dumb g80

 

[Soap on a Rope]

I'm not a huge fan of hip-hop by any means, but Kid Cudi's album Man on the Moon: The End of Day was great. It really speaks to me. Not bad for a debut album. I'm looking forward to see him produce more.