Thanks to Panic Manual for the special guest invite to post my best of 2009.
12 months and 12 singles – my favourite releases of each month in 2009.
Click on You Tube links to see/hear videos.
January
Kid Cudi – Day or Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVb_t_ao9gw
The Data Records anthem that had the clubs slammin during the holiday season
February
CFCF – You Hear Colors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkcmvELP_tU
Fantastic downtempo track from this Canadian outfit. I hear everything from Art of Noise Moments of Love to Running Up That Hill By Kate Bush borrowed for this chill out track. CFCF went onto release the brilliant full length Continent on Paper Bag Records in November
March
Big Pink – Velvet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA3twi3iSNQ
Grinding sonic noise on 4AD. Went on to follow up the track with further singles Stop The World and Dominoes to support the release of the full length album A Brief History Of Love
April
Jack Penate – Tonight’s Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SfrVnYsu1c
Excellent first single from Jack Penate from the album Everything is new. Jack is definitely channeling some Vampire Weekend with a very worldly sound going on in this song. Nice indie rock off the XL Recordings Label
May
Dub Pistols – Back To Daylight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwitrOosutQ
Funky head nodder track from the Dub Pistols. Taken from the summer anthem and my favorite album of 2009 Rum and Coke. An Album full of funked up, skaful, reggae tinged grooves. Full of all sorts of guest vocalists. Lindy Layton (of Beats International fame) lights up the second single I’m In Love.
June
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Young Adult Friction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4itzHRpltQ
Great twee buzz indiepop track from this great band called The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. Its taken from their full-length self-titled first album off Slumberland Records, The album is full of 80s reminiscent dreamy low-fi buzzpop singles. Nice
July
Reverend and The Makers – Silence is Talking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDRS3uNN_Zg
A little bit of tequila from Reverend and The Makers off the Wall of Sound label. Funky electro Britpop.
August
Pitbull – I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2tMV96xULk
Massive beats and catchy lyrics made this the club track of the summer. All I have to say is one word. Rumba!
September
Get Back Guinozzi – Low Files Tropical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZkacNjfQXE
Cut and paste pop ala Avalanches almost. Also, quite the weirdest video. There was to be a full length coming out soon in October called Carpet Madness. They hail from London or France or both.
October
The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OsTUnkqSi4
Using the PBJ whistle strategy the band kicks out this indie pop anthem.
November
Alphabeat – The Spell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwH0BxtbeEA
Although the list so far would speak differently, I’m definitely a sucker for the nice pop hook sugar coated single with female vocals. Clever Infectious pop music once again from this Danish outfit. Taken from their second album The Spell.
December
The XX – Islands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjcKXBFLOeo
Nice eerie duet from the XX out of the UK. Simple but explosive; the formula for the whole self-titled album.
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[...] don’t mean to copy our good friend from Indie Kid vs Dance Kid (his list is here), but my list includes twelve albums… my idea is more related to the cliche “12 days of [...]
Josh, you rock.
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