I just realized how good 2009 has been for music so far this year
- A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
- Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
- Beirut - March of the Zapotec/Holland EP
- Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Beware
- Clues - s/t
- Condo Fucks - Fuckbook
- Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why Are There Mountains
- Japandroids - Post-Nothing
- Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
- The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - s/t
- Passion Pit - Manners
- Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
- The Thermals - Now We Can See
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
OK, not that many albums, but half of them are really, really stellar.
And still to come:
- Architecture in Helsinki
- The Avalanches (probably)
- Basement Jaxx
- The Concretes
- The Divine Comedy
- Dogs Die in Hot Cars
- Frankmusik
- Jay-Z
- Kid Kudi
- Jens Lekman (I think)
- Malcolm Middleton
- Plush
- Stuart Murdoch (of Belle & Sebastian)
- Raekwon
- Jay Reatard
- Robyn (maybe)
- Tortoise
- Wilco