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  

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 

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