Shawn Jamison Hatfield music production, cycling, programming.

Top 10 Releases For 2009

2009 was a really great year for music, and there was something kind of special about it. Maybe it's the economic crisis forcing people to look to the artists to console them in their financial despair. Maybe it's all the free time unemployed people have to sit around and synthesize their struggle. I'm not sure. But I'm thankful for what feels like another Golden Era in music, and not just a specific genre, but all genres. Like many of you, I'm savvy with emergent technologies and the combination of resources like Last.fm, IRC, Vanilla Forums, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, Pandora, private torrent sites, and a plethora of digital distributors helped me amass an impressive collection of new and exciting music. It's also worth mentioning that I'm eternally grateful to my various dear friends for exposing me to many of the releases that made it into this years top 10. I keep good company! So, without further ado, here's my top 10 list for 2009 (in no particular order). Enjoy!

1. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
2. Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
3. VA - Dark Was The Night
4. Jacaszek - Pentral
5. Kreng - L'Autopsie Phénoménale De Dieu
6. Volcano Choir - Unmap
7. Fink - Sort of Revolution
8. Jasper TX - Singing Stones
9. Proswell - Konami (2009 Remaster)
10. Eskmo - Hypercolor

Bonus Album! - Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest