Best Releases of 2009

2009 was an all-around good year for me and for music. Here are my picks:

++++The xx - The xx

+++Washed Out - High Times

++++Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence

+++Reverie Sound Revue - Reverie Sound Revue

++Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Letting Up Despite Great Faults

+++Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

++Royksopp - Junior

++Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care

++Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue

++++Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself

++Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

+++The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

+++Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

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And this is simply an awesome video - a little nauseating at times, but really has that 'magic'.

Phoenix - 1901 - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.