2009 in review: album roundup
i will admit to an obscene amount of music piracy. apparently i’ve downloaded over 104gb of music since february. on one hand, this has instilled a sort of guilt in me, such that i’ll never be comfortable selling my own recordings in the future. but it’s also allowed me to check out tons of stuff i might not have even considered otherwise. what follows is a list of 70 new releases i’ve pirated, and my vague rankings of them.
top ten of 2009:
black moth super rainbow - eating us
adrian belew - e
fever ray - fever ray
mayer hawthorne - a strange arrangement
the mars volta - octahedron
devin townsend - ki
soulsavers - broken
them crooked vultures - them crooked vultures
silversun pickups - swoon
zombi - spirit animal
very good:
mastodon - crack the skye
katatonia - night is the new day
chris cornell - “i promise its not goodbye” single
gmpd - dreamscape
the beatles 2009 mono remasters
metallica - the live audio from the new dvds
king crimson 2009 remaster of “red”
octopus project - golden beds
el michels affair - enter the 37th chamber
superchunk - leaves in the gutter
bob dylan - together through life
parallels - ultralight ep
alice in chains - black gives way to blue
honorable mention:
clint mansell - moon ost
chris cornell - scream
slayer - world painted blood
kreator - hordes of chaos
ktu - quiver
megadeth - endgame
marty friedman - tokyo jukebox
nasa - spirit of apollo
moby - wait for me
the dead weather - horehound
josh freese - since 1972
pearl jam - backspacer
dinosaur jr - farm
depeche mode - sounds of the universe
puscifer - c is for…
juliette lewis - terra incognita
prince - lotusflow3r
giant squid - the ichthyologist
disappointments:
devin townsend - addicted
bike for three - more heart than brains
blindoldfreak - 1
elvis costello - secret profane and sugarcane
weezer - raditude
prince - mplsound
heaven and hell - the devil you know
metallica - death magnetic
julian casablancas - phrazes for the young
dredg - pariah, parrot, delusion
street sweeper social club - self titled
dream theater - black clouds and silver linings
squarepusher - numbers lucent
john frusciante - the empyrian
antony and the johnsons - crying light
andrew bird - noble beast
anamanaguchi - dawn metropolis
cursive - mama i’m swollen
team teamwork - ocarina of rhyme
muse - the resistance
totally forgot to check out:
3 - revisions
dirty projectors - bitte orca
isis - wavering radiant
telefon tel aviv - immolate yourself
grizzly bear - veckatimest
lady gaga - the fame
adam lambert - for your entertainment
charlotte gainsbourg - irm
rodrigo y gabriela - 11:11
