Album of the year?

[kilgore.]

what's your pick?

[sergioflorez]

hmmm. in general... i wouldn't know, but for me it's the black meteoric star album

[tiger woods]

easy. Exile's Radio. dude's fucked for making an entire instumental record off the damn LA radiowaves with his mp.

[sergioflorez]

and this

[Camel Lights]

I don't know about the AOTY but I really liked Actor by St. Vincent.

[cigarettedeer]

Jay Stay Paid was pretty fucking cool as far as Hip-Hop goes. Cass Mccombs "Catacombs" and Girls "Album"

[jrock]

i'm sure not everyone's cup of tea, but these were my favorites:

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[Inanimate Object]

[BallDontLie]

sunn O)))-monoliths and dimensions

[kilgore.]

[CigaretteBeer]

I haven't heard anything new I thought was great for a long time. I bought this album this year and it's mind blowing

[Edward Sebastian]

album of the year


the xx - xx

i honestly can't recommend this album, and this band, more highly. the album is amazing and knocks me on my ass every time i listen to it. i was lucky enough to see them live last month and for the entirety of the show i had shivers running down my spine. "pop" isn't a dirty word

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honorable mentions


bat for lashes - two suns.

beautiful. just beautiful. there's really nothing else to say about it


social circkle - city shock

super fast 80's hardcore/garage rock record that is perfect from start to finish


animal collective - merriweather post pavilion

beach boys pet sounds for a new generation. drop acid.


crystal antlers - tentacles

prog/psych/garage/noise? probably the only way to explain it. listen, it's great.


cult ritual - self titled

experimental hardcore is probably the most apt title for it. not your average hardcore record, and is really a "complete album" rather than just being a bunch of songs playing one after the other.


deer tick - born on flag day

if kurt cobain made country music, this would be it. one of my favorite bands. saw them play earlier in the year and was blown away. awesome show, nice dudes, great music. they also just put out a new 4 song ep called 'more fuel for the fire' a couple days ago, make sure to grab that too.


dinosaur jr - farm

i shouldn't have to explain this to anybody. terrible cover art, great album


major lazer - guns don't kill people, lazers do

if you haven't seen the video for 'pon de floor' i suggest you go youtube that shit, stat.


doom - born like this

you are either a die hard fan, or absolutely hate the guy. i'm the former. he can do no wrong as far as i'm concerned.


nirvana - live at reading

shouldn't have to explain this either. does just what it says on the tin.


pissed jeans - king of jeans.

i'm not really sure how to describe this. it's kinda hardcore, but not. it's loud and sexy. saw them play this summer and my ears were bleeding. sooo loud


the horrors - primary colours

i'm not really sure how to describe this. post-post punk?


the maccabees - wall of arms.

britpop. more mature than their first record, but still really good. if you like british indie music then you'll like this


vivian girls - everything goes wrong

surf punk/60's pop. these chicks rule. my friend sam is dating the bass player. if you're a hipster you already love them.

[sergioflorez]

edseb, major lazor was wack as fuck

other notables.

discovery, gucci mane, the-dream, dirty projectors - bitte orca

[kilgore.]

honorable mention: atlas sound's LOGOS, washed out - High Times, Smith Westerns -S/T, and merriweather post pavilion from AC

[heckler]

[loophole]

merriweather just for how much hype/shitstorm it caused. veckatimest also deserves the place, just too good, overlistened but it really does deserve it

my favourite album this month, maybe even of the year, is Eyelid Movements by Phantogram , so ill. or Ambivelence Avenue by Bibio.

[Beer Keg Peg Leg]

RAWBERTSON GRIMOIRES BUKKA BUKKA BUKKA

[alrightythen]

[The Drew]

'incredibad' should win best comedy album of the year
but I haven't really listened to that much new music this year... i'd probably just go with animal collective

[pee]

There's a lot of good ones but I'll have to go with Merriweather Post Pavilion. I have seriously listened it through at least hundred times and I'm not bored with it yet either. The new Camera Obscura album and St. Vincent's Actor were something worth mentioning too.

[cold budweisers]

gucci mane

'the state vs. radric davis', aside from gucci's rapping, is pretty disappointing

[robasheep]

Neko Case-Middle Cyclone is a contender. 

Clues-s/t

Robert Pollard-Elephant Jokes

Boston Spaceships-Zero to 99

Grizzly Bear

Dinosaur Jr.

[Bobby Peru]

This is probably my favorite thing I've bought this year. Super catchy, noisy powerpop. They remind me of The Exploding Hearts, The Smiths, and My Bloody Valentine, all at the same time

Magrudergrind is one the better hardcore bands of this decade

Merriweather Post Pavilion is the only Animal Collective album I have, and I like it a lot.

I hear the new Converge and Baroness albums are great but I've just been too lazy/busy to look into them.

[sven thorkel]

i don't really remember what was released it 2009, but Atlas Sound's Logos was a standout for me

[Edward Sebastian]

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gucci mane

[close]

'the state vs. radric davis', aside from gucci's rapping, is pretty disappointing

the burrprint mixtape was dope though

[rawbertson.]

easy. Exile's Radio. dude's fucked for making an entire instumental record off the damn LA radiowaves with his mp.

hmm im gonna have to check that out sounds cool!

a lot of the shit you guys posted looks really cool and looks liek shit i have never heard...

my favorite CDs this year are "Sisters" compilation, the new raekwon, but my favorite is definitely DIRT - Da Incredible Rap Team (heltah skeltah aka sean price + big rock)

[Huckleberry Hart]

Good collection there amigo.

album of the year


the xx - xx

i honestly can't recommend this album, and this band, more highly. the album is amazing and knocks me on my ass every time i listen to it. i was lucky enough to see them live last month and for the entirety of the show i had shivers running down my spine. "pop" isn't a dirty word

========================================

honorable mentions


bat for lashes - two suns.

beautiful. just beautiful. there's really nothing else to say about it


social circkle - city shock

super fast 80's hardcore/garage rock record that is perfect from start to finish


animal collective - merriweather post pavilion

beach boys pet sounds for a new generation. drop acid.


crystal antlers - tentacles

prog/psych/garage/noise? probably the only way to explain it. listen, it's great.


cult ritual - self titled

experimental hardcore is probably the most apt title for it. not your average hardcore record, and is really a "complete album" rather than just being a bunch of songs playing one after the other.


deer tick - born on flag day

if kurt cobain made country music, this would be it. one of my favorite bands. saw them play earlier in the year and was blown away. awesome show, nice dudes, great music. they also just put out a new 4 song ep called 'more fuel for the fire' a couple days ago, make sure to grab that too.


dinosaur jr - farm

i shouldn't have to explain this to anybody. terrible cover art, great album


major lazer - guns don't kill people, lazers do

if you haven't seen the video for 'pon de floor' i suggest you go youtube that shit, stat.


doom - born like this

you are either a die hard fan, or absolutely hate the guy. i'm the former. he can do no wrong as far as i'm concerned.


nirvana - live at reading

shouldn't have to explain this either. does just what it says on the tin.


pissed jeans - king of jeans.

i'm not really sure how to describe this. it's kinda hardcore, but not. it's loud and sexy. saw them play this summer and my ears were bleeding. sooo loud


the horrors - primary colours

i'm not really sure how to describe this. post-post punk?


the maccabees - wall of arms.

britpop. more mature than their first record, but still really good. if you like british indie music then you'll like this


vivian girls - everything goes wrong

surf punk/60's pop. these chicks rule. my friend sam is dating the bass player. if you're a hipster you already love them.

[cold budweisers]

[Dude Dudestofferson]

Cave - Psychic Psummer




Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country


Silvester Anfang - Sylvester Anfang II

reissue of the year is

and is probably the record released this year that I've listened to the most.
that Sylvester Anfang is a close second, though, what a great psychedelic record.

oh, and this too-


yo HATE, I really need to hear that Gaza record. link?

[Dude Dudestofferson]

two more reissue things- the Woody Guthrie box set that came out this year is great,and this, too-