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Dazed April 2013 Playlist | Dazed Digital

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John Kelman

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one of the best modern jazz critics profiled, John Kelman

DOA - March Releases

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Glimmers of pure pop potential from Sky Ferreira at Madame JoJo's | The Line Of Best Fit

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"Sometimes it feels like I'm still having to justify my existence": DiS meets Robin Guthrie / In Depth // Drowned In Sound

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Terrorizer Top 40 Albums of 2009

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:17 GMT

Terrorizer Top 40 Albums of 2009

so another Terrorizer album of the year award goes to Converge

1: Converge - Axe To Fall
2: Cobalt - Gin
3: Kylesa - Static Tensions
4: Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars
5: Napalm Death - Time Waits No Slave
6: Mastodon - Crack The Skye
7: Megadeth – Endgame
8: Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
9: Funeral Mist - Maranatha
10: Immortal - All Shall Fall
11: Drudkh - Microcosmos
12: Beherit - Engram
13: Portal - Swarth
14: Sunn o))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
15: Marduk - Wormwood
16: Absu - Absu
17: Tombs - Winter Hours
18: Burnt By The Sun - Heart Of Darkness
19: Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
20: Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow
21: Arckanum - ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ
22: Baroness - Blue Record
23: Madder Mortem - Eight Ways
24: The Devil's Blood - The Time of No Time Evermore
25: Archgoat - the Light Devouring Darkness
26: Shining - VI - Klagopsalmer
27: Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
28: Hacride - Lazarus
29: Fuckpig - Spewings from A Selfish Nation
30: Amorphis - Skyforger
31: Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
32: Grey Machine - Disconnected
33: Behemoth - Evangelion
34: Unanimated - In the Light of Darkness
35: Obscura - Cosmogenesis
36: Gnaw Their Tongues - All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity
37: Shrinebuilder - S/T
38: Teitanblood - Seven Chalices
39: Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt
40: Evile - Infected Nations

Updated: Drowned in Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2009

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:21 GMT

Updated: Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2009

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:10 GMT

Completed: Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2009

[Summary via ILM: The 2009 Magazine Albums Of The Year Thread For Posting Lists and Discussion.]

here's the Pitchfork list, with the original scores in parentheses:

50. Woods - Songs of Shame (8.3)
49. Cass McCombs - Catacombs (8.2)
48. DOOM - Born Like This (8.0)
47. Zomby - Where Were U in '92? (8.3)
46. Dan Deacon - Bromst (8.5)
45. The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come (8.4)
44. tUnE-yArDs - BiRd-BrAiNs (6.8)
43. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains (8.3)
42. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar (8.3)
41. Baroness - Blue Record (8.5)
40. Mos Def - The Ecstatic (8.0)
39. Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor (8.3)
38. Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People--Lazers Do (8.1)
37. The Antlers - Hospice (8.5)
36. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (8.5)
35. jj - jj no 2 (8.6)
34. Passion Pit - Manners (8.1)
33. Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue (8.3)
32. Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth (8.4)
31. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions (8.5)
30. Royksopp - Junior (7.9)
29. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs (7.9)
28. Micachu and the Shapes - Jewellery (7.9)
27. Various Artists - Five Years of Hyperdub (8.2)
26. Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP (7.9)
25. DJ Quik and Kurupt - BlaQKout (8.2)
24. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle (8.1)
23. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic (8.3)
22. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers (8.4)
21. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (7.9)
20. Real Estate - Real Estate (8.5)
19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - S/T (8.4)
18. Atlas Sound - Logos (8.2)
17. The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa (8.6)
16. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light (8.6)
15. Japandroids - Post-Nothing (8.3)
14. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms (8.6)
13. St. Vincent - Actor (8.5)
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (8.1)
11. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport (9.0)
10. Girls - Album (9.1)
9. Fever Ray - Fever Ray (8.1)
8. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (8.5)
7. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (8.5)
6. Grizzly Bear Veckatimest (9.0)
5. Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx...Pt. II (8.8)
4. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (9.0)
3. The xx - The xx (8.7)
2. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (9.2)
1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (9.6)

RA Poll: Top 20 albums of 2009

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:52 GMT

RA Poll: Top 20 albums of 2009

Resident Advisor Poll: Top 20 albums of 2009

20. Moderat - Moderat
19. Peverelist - Jarvik Mindstate
18. Black Jazz Consortium - Structure
17. Brock Van Wey - White Clouds Drift On And On
16. Ben Frost - By the Throat
15. Dinky - Anemik
14. Lawrence - Until Then, Goodbye
13. Black Meteoric Star - Black Meteoric Star
12. The Field - Yesterday And Today
11. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
10. 2562 - Unbalance
09. Redshape - The Dance Paradox
08. Ben Klock - One
07. Matias Aguayo - Ay Ay Ay
06. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
05. Shackleton - Three EPs
04. Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent
03. Martyn - Great Lengths
02. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
01. DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues

The Wire - #311 | Rewind 2009 | January 2010

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:31 GMT

New issue of The Wire is a 2009 Rewind special

On The Cover: The Wire's essential review of the year's best music, including Top 50 Records of the Year, writers' and musicians' reflections, and discussions of the state of the art in sound. Plus: Monolake, Janek Schaefer, Josephine Foster's Invisible Jukebox, Position Normal, The Village Orchestra, Yan Jun, Paul Rooney in Cross Platform, Jad Fair, Kodwo Eshun on sonic warfare, Cathi Unsworth on Gallon Drunk and more...

Updated: Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2009

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:08 GMT

part 1: Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2009

Pitchfork 2009 Schedule this week:

Today: Top 100 Tracks, #100-#51
Tuesday: Top 100 Tracks, #50-#1
Wednesday: Albums, Honorable Mention - 25 excellent records that didn't make our Top 50
Thursday: Top 50 Albums of 2009, #50-#26
Friday: Top 50 Albums of 2009, #25-#1

Summary: via Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs Of 2009 - List - Stereogum

100 Darkstar - "Aidy's Girl's a Computer"
99 Julianna Barwick - "Bode"
98 Future of the Left - "Arming Eritrea"
97 The Smith Westerns - "Be My Girl"
96 Gucci Mane [Feat. Plies] - "Wasted"
95 The Thermals - "Now We Can See"
94 Best Coast - "Sun Was High (So Was I)"
93 Morrissey - "Something is Squeezing My Skull"
92 Cam'ron - "I Hate My Job"
91 HEALTH - "Die Slow"
90 The-Dream - "Rockin' That Shit"
89 No Age - "You're a Target"
88 Passion Pit - "Moth's Wings"
87 Here We Go Magic - "Fangela"
86 Drake - "Best I Ever Had"
85 Wavves - "No Hope Kids"
84 Junior Boys - "Parallel Lines"
83 Lady Gaga - "Paparazzi"
82 DJ Kaos - "Love the Nite Away (Tiedye remix)"
81 Bowerbirds - "Northern Lights"
80 YACHT - "Psychic City (Voodoo City)"
79 Pictureplane - "Goth Star"
78 Charlotte Gainsbourg - "IRM"
77 Frida Hyvönen - "Jesus Was a Cross Maker"
76 The Rural Alberta Advantage - "Don't Haunt This Place"
75 Gold Panda - "Quitter's Raga"
74 Neon Indian - "Should Have Taken Acid With You"
73 Woods - "Rain On"
72 Matt & Kim - "Daylight"
71 A Sunny Day in Glasgow - "Close Chorus"
70 Discovery - "Orange Shirt"
69 Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"
68 Röyksopp [Feat. Robyn] - "The Girl and the Robot"
67 Arctic Monkeys - "Cornerstone"
66 Julian Casablancas - "11th Dimension"
65 The Tough Alliance - "A New Chance (The Juan MacLean Remix)"
64 Annie - "Songs Remind Me of You"
63 Real Estate - "Fake Blues"
62 Volcano Choir - "Island, IS"
61 Atlas Sound [Feat. Lætitia Sadier] - "Quick Canal"
60 Kurt Vile - "Freeway"
59 tUnE-yArDs - "Sunlight"
58 Fever Ray - "If I Had a Heart"
57 Sleigh Bells - "Crown on the Ground"
56 John Talabot - "Sunshine"
55 Bat For Lashes - "Glass"
54 Joker & Ginz - "Purple City"
53 The xx - "Islands"
52 St. Vincent - "Actor Out of Work"
51 Antony and the Johnsons - "Aeon"
50 Matias Aguayo - "Rollerskate"
49 Yo La Tengo - "Here to Fall"
48 Destroyer - "Bay of Pigs"
47 Yeah Yeah Yeahs -"Heads Will Roll"
46 Memory Tapes - "Bicycle"
45 The Flaming Lips [Feat. Karen O] - "Watching the Planets"
44 Jay-Z [Feat. Alicia Keys] - "Empire State of Mind"
43 Camera Obscura - "French Navy"
42 The Big Pink - "Velvet"
41 Major Lazer [Feat. Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze] - "Keep It Goin' Louder"
40 Bear in Heaven - "Lovesick Teenagers"
39 Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"
38 Dirty Projectors and David Byrne -"Knotty Pine"
37 Surfer Blood - "Swim"
36 Fever Ray - "When I Grow Up"
35 Micachu and the Shapes - "Golden Phone"
34 Atlas Sound [Feat. Noah Lennox] - "Walkabout"
33 DJ Quik and Kurupt - "9x's Outta 10"
32 The Very Best [Feat. Ezra Koenig] - "Warm Heart of Africa"
31 Lily Allen - "The Fear"
30 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Young Adult Friction"
29 jj - "Ecstasy"
28 Neko Case - "This Tornado Loves You"
27 Four Tet - "Love Cry"
26 Bon Iver - "Blood Bank"
25 Cass McCombs - "You Saved My Life"
24 Basement Jaxx - "Raindrops"
23 Animal Collective - "Brother Sport"
22 Delorean - "Seasun"
21 Raekwon [Feat. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, & Method Man] - "House of Flying Daggers"
20 Japandroids - "Young Hearts Spark Fire"
19 Joker - "Digidesgin"
18 The Big Pink - "Dominos"
17 Fuck Buttons - "Surf Solar"
16 The xx - "Crystalised"
15 Girls - "Hellhole Ratrace"
14 Joy Orbison - "Hyph Mngo"
13 Neon Indian - "Deadbeat Summer"
12 Grizzly Bear - "While You Wait for the Others"
11 Animal Collective - "What Would I Want? Sky"
10 Washed Out - "Feel It All Around"
09 Girls - "Lust for Life"
08 Phoenix - "Lisztomania"
07 Big Boi [Feat. Gucci Mane] - "Shine Blockas"
06 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Zero"
05 Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"
04 Bat For Lashes - "Daniel"
03 Phoenix - "1901"
02 Dirty Projectors - "Stillness Is the Move"
01 Animal Collective - "My Girls"

The Top 50 Albums of 2009 | The Rock Blogger - Highly Recommended Read

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:52 GMT

one of the best rock / metal end of year lists i have seen this year, a highly recommended read: The Top 50 Albums of 2009 | The Rock Blogger

A Darker Shade of Pagan: Top Ten of 2009 - Highly Recommended Read

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:48 GMT

Highly Recommended Read: The Wild Hunt - A Darker Shade of Pagan: Top Ten of 2009 including album of the year: Fever Ray – “Fever Ray”

THE 2009 REVIEW | themilkfactory

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:45 GMT

THE 2009 REVIEW | themilkfactory including album of the year: - VLADISLAV DELAY - Tummaa

Gagliarchives Top 100 Discs of 2009

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:41 GMT

Gagliarchives Top 100 Discs of 2009

co-ordinated by Gagliarchives Radio Show -a Progressive Rock & Related poll.

[results via progressive Ears message board]

100 Ed Palermo Big Band - Eddy Loves Frank
99 Peter Hammill - Thin Air
98 Nosound - A Sense of Loss
97 Hourglass - Oblivious to the Obvious
96 Karda Estra - Weird Tales
95 Frost - Experiments in Mass Appeal
94 Eureka - Shackletons Voyage
93 Runaway Totem - Manu Menes
92 Forgotten Suns - Innergy
91 Maudlin Of The Well - Part The Second
90 Subsignal - Beautiful & Monstrous
89 Mike Keneally - Scambot 1
88 Trank Zappa Grappa In Varese? - Live In Waremme
87 Pain Of Salvation - Ending Themes
86 Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia
85 Sylvan - Force Of Gravity
84 The Season Standard - Squeeze Me Ahead Of Line
83 Nathan Mahl - Exodus
82 Makajodama - Makajodama
81 Ars Nova - Seventh Hell
80 Simak Dialog - Demi Masa
79 IZZ - The Darkened Room
78 Upsilon Acrux - Radian Futura
77 Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
76 Steve Hillage Band - Live At The Uncon
75 The Tangent - Down And Out In Paris And London
74 Filoritmia - Passaggi
73 Magma - Emehntehtt-Re
72 Agah Bahiri - The Second Sight Of A Mind
71 The Aurora Project - Shadow Border
70 Sebkha Chott - De La Persistance De La Mythologie Chottienne En ??? V�los
69 Jeff Beck - Live At Ronnie Scotts
68 Zevious - After The Air Raid
67 Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
66 Steve Vai - Where The Other Wild Things Are
65 Ageness - Songs From The Liar's Lair
64 Satellite - Nostalgia
63 Slivovitz - Hubris
62 Native Window - Native Window
61 Persona Non Grata - Shade In The Light
60 Octafish - Doctor Fleish
59 RPWL - The RPWL Live Experience
58 Moraine - Manifest Density
57 The Gathering - The West Pole
56 Fractal - Sequitur
55 Jono El Grande - Neo Dada
54 Gungfly - Please Be Quiet
53 Blackfield - NYC
52 Counter-World Experience - Metronomicon
51 5 Peace Band - Live
50 Alamaailman Vasarat - Hurro Kolkko
49 KTU - Quiver
48 OSI - Blood
47 The Mars Volta - Octahedron
46 Circa - HQ
45 Wobbler - Afterglow
44 Minimum Vital - Capitaines
43 Patrick Moraz - Change Of Space
42 Crimson Jazz Trio - Volume II
41 Redemption - Snowfall On Judgement Day
40 Black Bonzo - Guillotine Drama
39 Phideaux - Number 7
38 Abigails Ghost - D_letion
37 Simon Steensland - Fat Again
36 Ozric Tentacles - The Yum Yum Tree
35 Delain - April Rain
34 Quantum Fantay - Kaleidothrope
33 Cynic - Traced In Air
32 Derek Sherinian - Molecular Heinosity
31 Zombi - Spirit Animal
30 Enochian Theory - Evolution: Creatio Ex Nihilio
29 Kotebel - Ouroboros
28 Litmus - Aurora
27 Airbag - Identity
26 Mirthkon - Vehicle
25 Knight Area - Realm Of Shadows
24 Tuppu Orrenmaa - Make My Day
23 Morglbl - Jazz For The Deaf
22 Exivious - Exivious
21 Deluge Grander - The Form Of The Good
20 Led Bib - Sensible Shoes
19 Holdsworth/Pasqua/Haslip/Wackerman - Blues For Tony
18 Indukti - Idmen
17 Miriodor - Avanti!
16 Agents of Mercy - The Fading Ghosts of Twilight
15 Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla - S/T
14 Forgas Band Phenomena - Axis Of Madness
13 Ohmphrey - Ohmphrey
12 Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
11 UKZ - Radiation
10 The Future Kings Of England - The Viewing Point
9 Beardfish - Destined Solitaire
8 Dream Theater - Black Clouds And Siver Linings
7 The Strawbs - Dancing To The Devil's Beat
6 IQ - Frequency
5 Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing Along Songs For The Damned And Delerious
4 Umphrey's McGee - Mantis
3 Astra - The Weirding
2 Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
1 Porcupine Tree - The Incident

TLOBF Albums of 2009 | The Line Of Best Fit

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:40 GMT

TLOBF Albums of 2009 | The Line Of Best Fit - Grizzly Bear paw off Animal Collective to claim number 1

PopMatters - The Best 60 Albums of 2009

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:39 GMT

The Best 60 Albums of 2009 - Features | PopMatters including:

40 Passion Pit - Manners
39 Warsaw Village Band - Infinity
38 Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
37 Baroness - Blue Record
36 Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
35 Japandroids - Post-Nothing
34 Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
33 Khaled - Liberté
32 Akron/Family - Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free
31 Pearl Jam - Backspacer
30 Real Estate - Real Estate
29 Dan Deacon - Bromst
28 Brother Ali - Us
27 Buddy and Julie Miller - Written in Chalk
26 St. Vincent - Actor
25 The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
24 Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
23 The Antlers - Hospice
22 Maxwell - BLACKsummers’night
21 Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
20 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
19 Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Roadhouse Sun
18 The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
17 Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
16 Fever Ray - Fever Ray
15 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
14 Goran Bregović - Alkohol
13 The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
12 The xx - xx
11 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
10 Miranda Lambert - Revolution
9 Girls - Album
8 Mastodon - Crack the Skye
7 Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Part II
6 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
5 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
3 The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
2 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
1 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Piccadilly Records - Albums Of The Year 2009

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:32 GMT

Manchester's Piccadilly Records - 100 Albums of the Year: Piccadilly Albums Of The Year 2009 from Piccadilly Records

The Wire Records of the Year

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:42 GMT

The Wire Records of the Year

1 Broadcast & The Focus Group - Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
2 Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts
3 Bill Orcutt - A New Way To Pay Old Debts
4 Alasdair Roberts - Spoils
5 Sunn 0))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
6 David Sylvian - Manafon
7 Group Doueh - Treeg Salaam
8 Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor
9 Ben Frost - By The Throat
10 King Midas Sound - Waiting For You
11 Harappian Night Recordings - Glorious Gongs of Hainuwele
12 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
13 Shackleton - 3EPs
14 Sa-Ra Creative Partners - Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love
15 AtomTM - Liedgut
16 Mordant Music - SyMpToMs
17 Masayuki Takayanagi - Archive 1
18 Matias Aguayo - Ay Ay Ay
19 Hecker - Acid In The Style Of David Tudor
20 William Basinski - 92982
21 The xx - xx
22 Flower-Corsano Duo - The Four Aims
23 Gary War - Horribles Parade
24 Courtis/Moore - Brokebox Juke
25 Leyland Kirby - Sadly The Future Is No Longer What It Was
26 Group Bombino - Guitars From Agadez Vol 2
27 Peter Evans - Nature/Culture
28 Kevin Drumm - Imperial Horizon
29 Dam Funk - Toeachizown
30 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
31 Pan SOnic & Keiji Haino - Shall I Download A Blackhole And Offer It To You?
32 Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent
33 MEV - MEV 40
34 Black Dice - Repo
35 Emeralds - What Happened
36 Position Normal - Position Normal
37 Belbury Poly - From An Ancient Star
38 Julie Tippetts & Martin Archer - Ghosts of Gold
39 Billy Bao - ay 08
40 Sun Araw - Heavy Deeds
41 Richard Youngs - Under Stellar Stream
42 Subway - Subway II
43 Lionel Marchetti & Oliver Capparos - Equus
44 The Stooges - You Don't Want My Name You Want My Action
45 Eliane Radigue - Triptych
46 Fuck Buffoons - Tarot Sport
47 Glenn Jones - Barbecue Bob In Fishtown
48 Black To Comm - Alphabet 1968
49 Cold Cave - Love Comes Close
50 Hildur Gudnadottir - Without Sinking

Also: Updated: Additional Lists

The Wire - Avant Rock

Billy Bao - May 08
Brainbombs - Fucking Mess
Evangelista - Prince of Truth
Jandek - Portland Thursday
The One Ensemble - Other Thunders
Julian Lynch - Orange You Glad
The Mantles - The Mantles
Bill Orcutt - A New Way To Pay Old Debts
Yasushi Ozawa - Some Fragments Of Bass Performance
Trembling Bells - Carbeth
Kurt Vile - Constant Hitmaker
Gary War - Horribles Parade
Wolf Eyes - Always Wrong
Richard Youngs - Beneath The Valley Of The Ultrahits
Zola Jesus - New Amsterdam

The Wire - Electronica

Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Utp
Cindytalk - The Crackle Of My Soul
Clark - 6 Tracks
Nathan Fake - Hard Islands
Fennesz & Sparklehorse - In The Fishtank
Lawrence English - It's Up To Us To Live
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
Hell - Teufelswerk
Klimek - Movies Is Magic
Stephan Mathieu & Taylor Dupree - Transcriptions
Mountains - Choral
Redshape - The Dance Paradox
Silkie - City Limits
Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself
Tu m' - Monochromes Volume One

The Wire - Outer Limits

Astral Social Club - Octuplex
Blood Stereo - Your Snakelike King
Lucio Capece & Mika Vainio - Trahnie
Raymond Dijkstra - L'Opus Ch
Emeralds - What Happened
Richard Garet & Brendan Murray - Of Distance
Grasslung/Pulse Emitter - Grasslung/Pulse Emitter
Russell Haswell - Wild Tracks
Kommissar Hjueler & Mama Baer - Asylum Lunaticum
Lee Patterson - Seven Vignettes
Keith Rowe - Untitled
Ghedalia Tazartes - Repas Froid
Aluk Tolodo - Finistirnis
Mika Vainio - Black Telephone
John Wiese - Circle Snare

via: ILM thanks to NickB for the info: The 2009 Magazine Albums Of The Year Thread For Posting Lists and Discussion

FACT magazine: 40 best: Albums of 2009

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:37 GMT

2009 list from London's FACT magazine: FACT magazine: 40 best: Albums of 2009

40.The Horrors – Primary Colours
39.Subway – Subway II
38.Black Meteoric Star – S/T
37.Girls – Album
36.Major Lazer – Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do
35.William Basinski - 92982
34.Paul White – The Strange Dreams of Paul White
33.Jason Fine – Future Thought
32.Hildur Gudnadottier – Withour Sinking
31.The Village Orchestra – I Can Hear The Sirens Singing Again
30.Hudson Mohawke – Butter
29.Legowelt – Amiga Railroad Adventures
28.Silk Flowers – S/T
27.2562 – Unbalance
26.City Center – S/T
25.SND – Atavism
24.Atlas Sound – Logos
23.RSD – Good Energy
22.Dam-Funk – Toeachizown
21.Moritz Von Oswald Trio – Vertical Ascent
20.Ducktails - S/T
19.10-20 - S/T
18.Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
17.DJ Sprinkles – Midtown 120 Blues
16.Shackleton – Three EPs
15.Black Dogs – Under and Under
14.Desire – II
13.Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
12.Martyn – Great Lenghts
11.Leyland Kirby – Sadly The Future Is No Longer What It Was
10.Michachu – Jewellery
09.Jim O’Rourke – The Visitor
08.Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
07.Zomby – One Foot Ahead Of The Other
06.Circlesquare – Songs About Dancing and Drugs
05.Discovery – LP
04.Cold Cave – Love Comes Close
03.Omar-S – Fabric 45
02.Telepathe – Dance Mother
01.The XX – XX