Archive for January, 2010

Top 100 Songs of 2009

Friday, January 8th, 2010
  1. Bat for Lashes: Daniel
  2. Dirty Projectors: Stillness Is the Move
  3. Animal Collective: My Girls
  4. The Gregory Brothers: Auto-Tune the News #5
  5. Bon Iver: Blood Bank
  6. Dirty Projectors: Two Doves
  7. Grizzly Bear: While You Wait for the Others
  8. Grizzly Bear: Two Weeks
  9. Fuck Buttons: Surf Solar
  10. Bear in Heaven: Lovesick Teenagers
  11. Grizzly Bear: Ready, Able
  12. Washed Out: Belong
  13. Phoenix: 1901
  14. Washed Out: Feel It All Around
  15. Mastodon: Oblivion
  16. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: The Tenure Itch
  17. Bat for Lashes: Sleep Alone
  18. Camera Obscura: French Navy
  19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Zero
  20. The Very Best (feat. Ezra Koenig): Warm Heart of Africa
  21. YACHT: Psychic City (Voodoo City)
  22. Wild Beasts: This Is Our Lot
  23. Fuck Buttons: The Lisbon Maru
  24. Bear in Heaven: Ultimate Satisfaction
  25. Grizzly Bear: Cheerleader
  26. The Mint Chicks: Hot on Your Heels
  27. Fever Ray: Triangle Walks
  28. Passion Pit: Little Secrets
  29. Memory Cassette: Asleep at a Party
  30. Big Boi (feat. Gucci Mane): Shine Blockas
  31. Neon Indian: Deadbeat Summer
  32. Phoenix: Lisztomania
  33. Memory Tapes: Stop Talking
  34. The xx: Crystalised
  35. Dirty Projectors and David Byrne: Knotty Pine
  36. Yo La Tengo: Avalon or Someone Very Similar
  37. Volcano Choir: Island, IS
  38. St. Vincent: Laughing With a Mouth of Blood
  39. Mastodon: Ghost of Karelia
  40. Discovery: So Insane
  41. Sonic Youth: Antenna
  42. The Drums: I Felt Stupid
  43. Bat for Lashes: Glass
  44. Destroyer: Bay of Pigs
  45. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Ramona
  46. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Young Adult Friction
  47. Polvo: Beggar’s Bowl
  48. Beach House: Norway
  49. Cymbals Eat Guitars: Tunguska
  50. Morrissey: Something Is Squeezing My Skull
  51. Dinosaur Jr: I Don’t Wanna Go There
  52. BenoƮt Pioulard: Idyll
  53. Passion Pit: Moth’s Wings
  54. Pictureplane: Goth Star
  55. No Age: You’re a Target
  56. Raekwon (feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, Method Man and GZA): House of Flying Daggers
  57. Isis: Hall of the Dead
  58. Best Coast: Something in the Way
  59. Cass McCombs: You Saved My Life
  60. St. Vincent: The Strangers
  61. Joy Orbison: Hyph Mngo
  62. Atlas Sound (feat. Noah Lennox): Walkabout
  63. Best Coast: When I’m With You
  64. Zombi: Spirit Warrior
  65. The Flaming Lips: Silver Trembling Hands
  66. Animal Collective: What Would I Want? Sky
  67. Atlas Sound (feat. Laetitia Sadler): Quick Canal
  68. Silversun Pickups: Growing Old Is Getting Old
  69. tUnE-yArDs: Sunlight
  70. Los Campesinos!: The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future
  71. Solange: Stillness Is the Move
  72. Future of the Left: Arming Eritrea
  73. Cam’ron: My Job
  74. The xx: Basic Space
  75. Slayer: Playing With Dolls
  76. Japandroids: Young Hearts Spark Fire
  77. Ganglians: Valiant Brave
  78. St. Vincent: Actor Out of Work
  79. Delorean: Seasun
  80. Annie: Songs Remind Me of You
  81. Magic Johnson: Las Malas
  82. A Place to Bury Strangers: Keep Slipping Away
  83. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Soft Shock
  84. Think About Life: Havin My Baby
  85. Megadeth: The Right to Go Insane
  86. Dinosaur Jr: Pieces
  87. U2: Breathe
  88. Slayer: Beauty Through Order
  89. John Talabot: Sunshine
  90. Yo La Tengo: Here to Fall
  91. Megadeth: How the Story Ends
  92. Small Black: Despicable Dogs
  93. Wilco: Bull Black Nova
  94. Julian Casablancas: Left & Right in the Dark
  95. Antony and the Johnsons: Her Eyes Are Underneath the Ground
  96. Lady Gaga: Bad Romance
  97. Four Tet: Love Cry
  98. The Flaming Lips (feat. Karen O): Watching the Planets
  99. Dykeritz: Chasing the Wheel Away
  100. Alice in Chains: A Looking in View

100?

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

I don’t think I can limit myself to fifty songs this year. I’ve narrowed the list down to 100 and can’t be arsed to narrow any further.

So look in the next few days for a Songs of ‘09 list, double my usually-preferred length, showcasing an unprecedented panoply of artists from Annie to Zombi.