Best of 2009
We did it! We’ve finally chosen our top 20 Albums of 2009…along with the top 7 inches of the year. And while we were at it, we included our favorite shows from ’09. If you have a “best of” list of your own, you should share it with us!
ALBUMS:
1. Box Elders – Alice & Friends (Goner Records)
2. King Tuff – Was Dead (Colonel Records)
3. Smith Westerns – Self Titled (Hozac Records)
4. Jail – There’s No Sky (Oh My My) (Self Released)
5. Fresh & Onlys – Debut (Castle Face)
6. Nobunny – Raw Romance – (Burger Records)
7. Goodnight Loving – Self Titled (Dusty Medical Records)
8. Girls – Album (True Panther Sounds)
9. Fresh & Onlys – Grey Eyed Girls (Woodsist)
10. Hunx & His Punx – Gay Singles (True Panther Sounds)
11. Thomas Function – In The Valley of Sickness (Fat Possum Records)
12. Thee Oh Sees – Dog Poison (Captured Tracks)
13. Jacuzzi Boys – No Season (Florida’s Dying)
14. The Strange Boys – And Girls Club (In The Red)
15. Pine Hill Haints – To Win Or To Lose (K Records)
16. The Dutchess & The Duke – Sunrise / Sunset (Hardly Art)
17. Harlem – Free Drugs (Female Fantasy Records)
18. So Cow – So Cow (Tic Tac Totally)
19. The Resonars – That Evil Drone (Burger Records)
20. Yussuf Jerusalem – A Heart Full of Sorrow (Florida’s Dying)
7 INCHES:
The Magic Kids – Hey Boy / Good To Be (Goner Records)
Girls – Lust for Life / Life in San Francisco (True Panther Sounds)
Smith Westerns / Magic Kids – Imagine Pt. 3 / Superball (Fat Possum)
Goodnight Loving – Nothing Conquers Us / Scary Bad (Dirtnap Records)
Diamond Rings – All Yr Songs (Hypelighter)
Dan Sartain – Hungry End / Perverted Justice (Big Legal Mess)
Ganglians – Blood On the Sand (Captured Tracks)
Fergus & Geronimo – Harder Than It’s Ever Been (Woodsist)
Fergus & Geronimo – Blind Muslim Girl (Tic Tac Totally)
The Oh Sees – Tidal Wave / Adult Acid (Woodsist)
SHOWS:
Nobunny & Rock N’ Roll Adventure Kids @ Vertical House Records
Magic Kids @ Gonerfest Memphis
Hunx & His Punx @ Gonerfest Memphis
Spellcaster Maritime Ball (Quintron & Ms. Pussycat, Thomas Function) @ Spellcaster Lounge New Orleans
Goodnight Loving @ Bamalama Huntsville
Box Elders @ Bamalama Huntsville
Thomas Function, Puppy Hearts, Geoff Geis @ Vertical House Records
Fresh & Onlys @ Gonerfest Memphis
Box Elders @ Gonerfest Memphis
Pine Hill Haints, Counterclock Wise, Revival Now @ Crossroads