[troutman]

My own 2009 list in progress:

1. Sonic Youth - The Eternal (we take them for granted, but this is a great record)

2. Modest Mouse - No One's First, And Your Next (B-sides are better than most bands A-sides)

3. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (saw them open TVOTR - most folks were like "what?", and I was like "oh yeah")

4. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (catchy pop from France)

5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz (new wave-y - Karen O is the best front-woman)

6. Metric - Fantasies (will you marry me Emily?)

7. Grant Hart - Hot Wax (made a better record than Bob Mould in 2009)

8. Dead Weather - Horehound (Alison Mosshart is more interesting in this band than The Kills)

9. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (for headphones only)

10. Magneta Lane - Gambling With God (Canadian girls do best song of the year, Lady Bones)

Karen O & The Kids - Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack (succeeds as a children's and adult's record)

Dark Was The Night - Compilation (two sides of killer, no filler)