Favourite Ten Albums of 2009

Honorable mentions to 2008 albums by Elliott Brood (Mountain Meadows) and Lisa Hannigan (Sea Sew). Here are my favorite ten albums from 2009.

1. david gray - draw the line
   key tracks: kathleen, draw the line, nemesis
   one of best singer/songwriters today
2. casey baker & the buffalo sinners - linwell
   key tracks: magnets, tame, gravedigger
   earnest, unique sound
3. wolfmother - cosmic egg
   key tracks: caroline, california queen, far away
4. manchester orchestra - mean everything to nothing
   key tracks: shake it out, i've got friends
5. phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix
   key tracks:
6. conor oberst & the mystic valley band - outer south
   key tracks: ten women, big black nothing, slowly/oh so slowly
7. them crooked vultures - them crooked vultures
   key tracks: nobody likes me and neither do i, new fang, scumbag blues
8. devendra banhart - what will we be
   key tracks: angelika, 16th & valencia roxy music,
9. silversun pickups - swoon
   key tracks: panic switch,
10. pearl jam - backspacer
    key tracks: the fixer, the end, johnny guitar