Ben W. | December 21, 2009

In addition to being one of the funniest people I’ve ever met, Greg Asher also has finely honed music taste. Here’s his list of favored 2009 albums.

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Tags: Atlas Sound, Fever Ray, Japandroids, Metric, The Decemberists

Ben W. | December 18, 2009

Zac Bailey is here today to offer his list of the best 20 albums from 2009. I like Zac because he, like me, is deranged enough to keep this Best Of list year-round, changing and adjusting and posting and re-posting it. It truly is an illness, folks. Enjoy!

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Tags: Akron/Family, Animal Collective, Antony & The Johnsons, Atlas Sound, Bat For Lashes, Bill Callahan, Dan Deacon, Dirty Projectors, Fever Ray, Grizzly Bear, La Roux, Neko Case, St. Vincent, The Flaming Lips, The Horrors, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Volcano Choir, Wild Beasts, Woods, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Ben W. | December 11, 2009

Indiana’s own home-recording guru Mike Detmer made one of the best albums of the year (more on that later).
But we’re here to find out what his favorite 2009 albums were to listen to?
Let’s see.

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Tags: Atlas Sound, Deerhunter, Dinosaur Jr., Girls, Jay Reatard, Panda Bear, Phoenix, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Ben W. | December 8, 2009

Matt Dennewitz is said to have the finest music taste in all of Chicago.
Let’s see if the talk about town is veracious.
The best singles and albums of 2009 according to him…

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Tags: Animal Collective, Atlas Sound, Girls, The Strange Boys, The xx