top 60 of '09

here she is:


1. grizzly bear - veckatimest
2. the antlers - hospice
3. vetiver - tight knit
4. jonsi and alex - riceboy sleeps
5. the rural alberta advantage - hometowns
6. phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix
7. animal collective - mpp
8. mountains - choral
9. the avett brothers - i and love and you
10. atlas sound - logos
11. sonic youth - the eternal
12. holopaw - oh glory, oh wilderness
13. metric - fantasies
14. nurses - apples acre
15. third eye blind - ursa major
16. silversun pickups - swoon
17. our lady peace - burn burn burn
18. gomez - the rising tide
19. the dodos - time to die
20. conor oberst - outer south
21. ducktails - landscapes
22. langhorne slim - be set free
22. the cribs - ignore the ignorant
23. great lakes swimmers - lost channels
24. megafaun - gather form and fly
25. ben kweller - changing horses
26. bonnie prince billy - beware
27. real estate - s/t
28. mum - sing along to songs you don't know
29. andrew bird - noble beast
30. girls - album
31. maria taylor - ladyluck
32. david bazan - curse your branches
33. the veils - sungangs
34. here we go magic - s/t
35. woods - songs of shame
36. magnolia electric co - josephine
37. imogen heap - elipse
38. the maccabees - wall of arms
39. the warlocks - the mirror explodes
40. harlem shakes - technicolor health
41. sunset rubdown - dragonslayer
42. throw me the statue - creaturesque
43. mount eerie - the winds poem
44. jason lytle - yours truly, the commuter
45. sleeping at last - storyboards
46. the blackheart procession - six
47. sea wolf - white water - white bloom
48. devendra banhart - what will be will be
49. built to spill - there is no enemy
50. jay reatard - watch me fail
51. tortoise - beacons of ancestorship
52. dinosaur jr. - farm
53. the fresh and onlys - grey eyed girls
54. sondre lerche - heartbeat radio
55. thee oh sees - help
56. the acrtic monkeys - humbug
57. kevin devine - brothers blood
58. dan deacon - bromst
59. papercuts - you can have what you want
60. volcano choir - unmap