K’s Top Albums of 2009

December 31st, 2009

Here are my Top 10 albums of 2010. This year’s list seems decidedly “mainstream” compared to the other lists I’ve seen. Nothing particularly surprising if you’ve been reading Drawer B over the course of 2009. I clearly missed out on a lot of great records this year. Looks like I’ll be spending the beginning of […]

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Eric Greenwood’s Top Albums of 2009

December 29th, 2009

1. Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Glassnote) What I love most about Phoenix is its unabashed celebration of pop music. There’s no hidden agenda here. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is a pure pop record. Catchy hooks, big multi-tracked choruses, retro synths, and an almost primal sense of rhythm make this record an undeniably infectious listen. Perhaps, over-played […]

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Patrick Wall’s Top Albums of 2009

December 29th, 2009

When he’s not getting lap-dances, Patrick Wall writes about music with a passion second only to his obsession with making exceptions to his list of exceptions. He is also the Music Editor at Free Times, a contributor to Shuffle Magazine, and a blogger at Weekendsofsound. Knee Meets Jerk: In Which a Beleaguered Music Journalist Attempts […]

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Kevin Foster Langston’s Top Albums of 2009

December 29th, 2009

An infrequent contributor, Kevin Foster Langston has a love-hate relationship with listmaking and damn-near everything else. He longs for the time when vampires weren’t such sissies, Black Eyed Peas were merely a side dish and Auto-Tune was nothing but a function on your car radio. He also thinks Meryl Streep is fugly. 1. Dinosaur Jr., […]

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Tug Baker’s Top Albums of 2009

December 29th, 2009

Tug Baker is the proprietor of the mp3-blog About Today. Tug hearts Tyra from Friday Night Lights. Also, Tug is Team Jacob. 1. Bat for Lashes, Two Suns (Astralwerks) 2. jj,  jj n° 2 (Sincerely Yours) 3. Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Glass Note) 4. White Denim, Fits (Downtown) 5. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest (Warp) 6. Yeah […]

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Logan K. Young’s Top Albums of 2009

December 29th, 2009

Logan K. Young is a morally ambivalent freelance writer with a penchant for Disney tween superstars and Jews. 1. Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Loyauté/Glassnote) 2. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca (Domino) 3. Passion Pit, Manners (Columbia/French Kiss) 4. Nirvana, Live at Reading (Geffen) 5. Sonic Youth, The Eternal (Matador) 6. Washed Out, Life of Leisure (Mexican […]

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Kristin Hersh on Vic Chesnutt’s passing

December 25th, 2009

“I don’t think I like this planet without Vic“

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