Buried In A Good Mix Tape #4: Best Of 2009...


So, here’s what happened:

I compiled my favorites for 2009 and sent the list out to No Ripcord before 2010. I was going to use the list for my own “Best Of” feature, but I fucked myself. Basically, for my birthday, (December 21st when I usually wish Happy Birthday to Frank Zappa’s ghost), I went out record shopping and bought nothing but 2009 albums and they’ve subsequently twisted my perception. So, now I’ve expanded my “Stragglers” feature by about five albums, (Volume 2 is STILL in the works), and have to rework the list. In the meantime, I’ve been so wrapped up in January’s new releases I haven’t really been able to devote the amount of time required to finish up 2009.

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So, though it’s a bit premature, I really wanted to get a mix together for my favorite songs of 2009. Below is the playlist, and I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Sonic Youth – Sacred Trickster (The Eternal)
Faux Hoax – Your Friends Will Carry You Home (Your Friends Will Carry You Home 7”)
The xx – Islands (The xx)
Califone – 1928 (All My Friends Are Funeral Singers)
Pissed Jeans – Lip Ring (King Of Jeans)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Shame And Fortune (It’s Blitz!)
Crystal Antlers – Tentacles (Tentacles)
Animal Collective – Daily Routine (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
PJ Harvey & John Parish – The Chair (A Woman A Man Walked By)
OM – Cremation Ghat I (God Is Good)
Them Crooked Vultures – Elephants (Them Crooked Vultures)
The Horrors – I Can’t Control Myself (Primary Colours)
Throw Me The Statue – That’s How You Win (Purpleface EP)
The Thermals – I Called Out Your Name (Now We Can See)
XDS – Now I Can Do Whatever I Want (Forest Field)
Sax Ruins – Gravestone (Yawiquo)
Mastodon – Quintessence (Crack The Skye)
BLK JKS – Mystery (Mystery EP)
Hush Arbors – Sun Shall (Yankee Reality)
Volcano Choir – Island, IS (Unmap)
Dirty Projectors – The Bride (Bitte Orca)
Mission Of Burma – So Fuck It (The Sound The Speed The Light)

Inside cover for the compilation

Sincerely,
Letters From A Tapehead

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