A Few More of Our Favorite Things: 10 Bitchin’ Seattle Releases & Other Assorted Flotsam
2009 Year in Review
Local Releases & Assorted Flotsam
Hey Kids. Now that you’ve fully internalized our Obligatory List of Favorite 2009 albums, here’s a list of our favorite Seattle releases and some other random thoughts. Enjoy!
Our 10 Favorite Seattle Releases of 2009
- The Raggedy Anns – The Raggedy Anns (Self released)
- Throw Me the Statue – Creaturesque (Secrectly Canadian)
- The Final Spins – This is Then/That Was Now (Self released)
- The Ironclads – The Space Between the Maps (Self released)
- The Yes Pleases – From Whence It Came (Self released)
- David Bazan – Curse Your Branches (Barsuk)
- Visqueen – A Letter to Garcia (Local 638)
- Maldives – Listen to the Thunder (Mt. Fuji)
- Black Whales – Origins (Mt. Fuji)
- They Live! – They La Soul (Self released)
Oh and this one too: The Lonely Forest – We Sing the Body Electric (Burning Buildings)
Six Live Recordings Released in 2009 That We Really Enjoyed
- Leonard Cohen – Live in London
- Iron & Wine – Norfolk
- Tom Waits – Glitter and Doom
- Thin Lizzy – Still Dangerous
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – The Live Anthology
- Nirvana – Live at Reading
Biggest Disappointments of 2009
- Mark Olson & Gary Louris – Ready for the Flood
- The Dead Weather – Horehound
Two Albums We Wish We Could Include On This List Except They Came Out In 2008
- The Soundtrack of our Lives – Communion
- The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
Albums We Don’t Really Understand Because We Are Old And/Or Out Of Touch
- Animal Collective – Merriweather Park Pavilion
- Grizzly Bear – Vecktamist
Album We Thought Sounded Just Like the Jesus & Mary Chain Only Not as Good
- The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Albums by Australian Bands That Our Aussie Correspondent Introduced Us To
- The Drones – Havilah
- Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
- Skipping Girl Vingerar – Sift the Noise