Top of 2009... so far

No love for Mumford & Sons? I'm surprised!

finally found my album of 09

Maxwell - Blacksummers'night

gotta love soul

I'm just checking out a few that are supposed to be good, Girls, The xx, Phoenix, Animal Collective. nothing really stands out yet.

I thought The XX was pretty average too, but I went back to it and it does improve with a few more plays. Still can't quite get away with the male singer's voice but the album is definitely a grower.

No love for Mumford & Sons? I'm surprised!

Haven't really heard them yet, but they used to be Laura Marling's backing band so I guess I like them by association.

You haven't heard them yet? They use a distorted banjo. A DISTORTED BANJOOOOOOOO!!!!

Just catching up with all the 2009 music now...still haven't heard all of it but here's what I like for now in no particular order...

Albums

Metric - Fantasies

MSTRKRFT - Fist of God

Band of Skulls - Baby Darling Dollface Honey

Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms

Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue

Real Estate - Self Titled

Athlete - Black Swan

Telepathe - Dance Mother

The xx - xx

Passion Pit - Manners

Karen O and The Kids - Where the Wild Things Are OST

The Decembrists - Hazards of Love

Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement

Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

Local Natives - Gorilla Manor

Tracks

Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Little Girl (Ft. Julian Casablancas)

Julian Casablancas - River of Brakelights

MSTRKRFT - Bounce (Ft. N.O.R.E.)

The XX - Crystallized

Animal Collective - Brothersport

Miike Snow - Animal

Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks

Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone

Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk

Phoenix - Lasso

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll

Mayer Hawthorne - When I Said Goodbye

Passion Pit - Eyes As Candles

Metric - Gimme Sympathy (Acoustic)

Boy & Bear - Mexican Mavis

Art vs Science - Parlez Vous Francais

Alexandre Desplat - New Moon (The Meadow)

The Twelves - BBC Radio Essential Mix

I find it hard to make a top 10

Danger Mouse, Casablancas and Sparklehorse? Where have I been living? :|

Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse's album also feature The Flaming Lips and James Mercer as well, among others

Also, I don't know if you've heard or not, Danger Mouse has a project with James Mercer called Broken Bells - It's alright... nothing special from the one song that I've heard. However, Mercer has admitted that he has been busy writing for the new Shins album as well :dance: