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KEXP Adds music charts for 2009
Week: 12/04/2009 - 12/10/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
 Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Self-released | |
| Thee Satisfaction | Snow Motion | Self-released | |
| Library Science | Dolphin | Happi Tyme | |
| Twin Tigers | Gray Waves | Old Flame | |
| Basement Jaxx | Scars | XL | |
| (Various) | Strange Breaks & Mr. Thing II | BBE | |
| Ernest Gonzales | Self Awakening EP | Friends of Friends | |
| Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole | L'Esprit Creole | Valcour | |
| (Various) | Total 10 | Kompakt | |
| Dear City | Glass Volcano | Self-released | |
| Molina and Johnson | Molina and Johnson | Secretly Canadian | |
| Neil Young | Dreamin' Man Live '92 | Reprise | |
| Four Tet | Love Cry/Our Bells | Domino |
Week: 11/27/2009 - 12/03/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nirvana | Live at Reading | Geffen | |
| Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | Arts & Crafts | |
| Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live | Anti- | |
| Mary Anne Hobbs | Wild Angels | Planet Mu | |
| Sunset | Gold Dissolves to Gray | Autobus | |
| Kasey Anderson | Nowhere Nights | Red River | |
| Trans Am | What Day Is It Tonight? | Thrill Jockey | |
| Motopony | Motopony | Self-released | |
| Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Domino | |
| Barton Carroll | Together You and I | Skybucket | |
| Mayer Hawthorne | A Strange Arrangement | Stones Throw | |
| Clipse | Til the Casket Drops | Columbia | |
| (Various) | Dr. Boogie presents Heavy Jelly: Essential Instrumentals | Sub Rosa | |
| Kam Moye | Splitting Image | MYX | |
| Spain | I'm Still Free/Hang Your Head Down Low | Diamond Soul | |
| (Various) | Nightmares on Wax presents Wax On Records Vol. 2 | Wax On | |
| Negghead | Scrambled Negg | Wax On | |
| Gary Heffern | Consolation | dadastic! | |
| The Natural Yogurt Band | Away With Melancholy | Now-Again | |
| The Feelies | Crazy Rhythms | Bar/None | |
| The Feelies | The Good Earth | Bar/None |
Week: 11/20/2009 - 11/26/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlakRoc | BlakRoc | BlakRoc | |
| Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind | Domino | |
| Feral Children | Brand New Blood | Sarathan | |
| Dark Time Sunshine | Believeyoume | Fake Four | |
| Rooftops | A Forest of Polarity | Clickpop | |
| (Various) | Panama! 3 | Soundway | |
| Q-Tip | Kamaal the Abstract | Jive | |
| Music Go Music | Expressions | Secretly Canadian | |
| Chief | Mighty Proud | Domino | |
| (Various) | Shadow Music of Thailand | Sublime Frequencies | |
| (Various) | Siamese Soul: Thai Pop Spectacular Vol. 2 1960s-1980s | Sublime Frequencies | |
| Lonesome Rhodes & the Good Company | Adrift | Self-released |
Week: 11/13/2009 - 11/19/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Various) | GIVE | Caffe Vita | |
| (Various) | 5 Years of Hyperdub | Hyperdub | |
| CFCF | Continental | Paper Bag | |
| Them Crooked Vultures | Them Crooked Vultures | DGC/Interscope | |
| (Various) | Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films | Soul Jazz | |
| The Animals at Night | Cut To Chase Chorus and Fade | Self-released | |
| Willowz | Everyone | Dim Mak/Downtown | |
| Hallelujah the Hills | Colonial Drones | Misra | |
| (Various) | Got No Chains: The Songs of the Walkabouts | Glitterhouse | |
| The Slew | 100% (One Hundred Percent) | Puget Sound | |
| Kids and Animals | Kids and Animals | Self-released | |
| Noddy | A Seed | Self-released | |
| Cold Cave | Love Comes Close | Matador | |
| Stripmall Architecture | We Were Flying Kites | Self-released | |
| Hawnay Troof | Daggers at the Moon | Retard Disco/Vice | |
| Little Girls | Concepts | Paper Bag | |
| Garage a Trois | Power Patriot | The Royal Potato Family | |
| DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek | Solar Life Raft | The Agriculture | |
| Jimi Tenor / Tony Allen | Inspiration Information | Strut | |
| Lymbyc System | Shutter Release | Mush | |
| Matias Aguayo | Ay Ay Ay | Kompakt |
Week: 11/06/2009 - 11/12/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | Raven Marching Band | |
| Heavy Trash | Midnight Soul Serenade | Yep Roc | |
| (Various) | Daptone Gold | Daptone | |
| Capgun Coup | Maudlin | Team Love | |
| Dave Rawlings Machine | A Friend of a Friend | Acony | |
| King Coya | Cumbias De Villa Donde | Nacional | |
| (Various) | Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Ghanian Blues 1968-81 | Soundway | |
| Daniel Johnston | Is And Always Was | Eternal Yip Eye | |
| Pants Yell! | Received Pronunciation | Slumberland | |
| DOOM | Unexpected Guests | Gold Dust |
Week: 10/30/2009 - 11/05/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Kanine | |
| Gospel Gossip | Dreamland | Guilt Ridden Pop | |
| Spider Bags | Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World | Birdman | |
| Virgin Islands | The Age of Anxiety EP | Mt. Fuji | |
| Fungi Girls | Seafaring Pyramids | Play Pinball | |
| Dopkwe | Dopkwe | Self-released | |
| Systems Officer | Underslept | Temporary Residence Limited | |
| Friday Mile | Good Luck Studio | Self-released | |
| Diamond District | In the Ruff | Mello Music Group/Oddisee Music | |
| Real Estate | Real Estate | Woodsist | |
| Boston Spaceships | Zero to 99 | Guided By Voices Inc. | |
| The Ghost Is Dancing | Battles On | Sonic Unyon | |
| Los Lobos | Goes Disney | Disney Sound | |
| The Gift of Gab | Escape 2 Mars | Cornerstone RAS | |
| Who Knew | Bits and Pieces of a Major Spectacle | Self-released | |
| Espers | III | Drag City | |
| The Jacka | Tear Gas | SMC | |
| Rita J | Artist Workshop | All Natural | |
| Etienne Jaumet | Night Music | Domino | |
| Caspa | Everybody's Talking, Nobody's Listening | Fabric/Sub Soldiers | |
| Noah and the Whale | The First Days of Spring | Cherrytree/Interscope | |
| (Various) | Things About Comin' My Way: A Tribute to the Music of the Mississippi Sheiks | Black Hen | |
| Maps | Turning the Mind | Mute | |
| Alice Russell | Pot of Gold Remixes | Six Degrees | |
| Mulatu Astatke | The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 | Strut |
Week: 10/23/2009 - 10/29/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Casablanacs | Phrazes For the Young | RCA | |
| The King Khan & BBQ Show | Invisible Girl | In the Red | |
| Alec Ounsworth | Mo Beauty | Anti- | |
| The Mary Onettes | Islands | Labrador | |
| Tegan and Sara | Sainthood | Vapor/Sire | |
| The Crayon Fields | All the Pleasures of the World | Chapter Music | |
| Fuck Buttons | Tarot Sport | ATP / R | |
| Javelin | Javelin | Thrill Jockey | |
| The Almighty Defenders | The Almighty Defenders | Vice | |
| Keith Canisius | Waves | Quince | |
| Thomas Function | In the Valley of Sickness | Fat Possum | |
| Annie | Don't Stop | Smalltown Supersound | |
| Kings of Convenience | Declaration of Dependence | Astralwerks | |
| Wolfmother | Cosmic Egg | DGC/Interscope/Modular | |
| 2562 (Two-Five-Six-Two) | Unbalance | Tectonic | |
| Castanets | Texas Rose, The Thaw & The Beasts | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| People Eating People | People Eating People | The Control Group | |
| Florene and the Machine | Lungs | Island | |
| Think About Life | Family | Alien8 | |
| Shabazz Palaces | Live at KEXP | KEXP |
Week: 10/16/2009 - 10/22/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms | Lefse | |
| Pufferfish | Swell | Self-released | |
| Brilliant Colors | Introducing Brilliant Colors | Slumberland | |
| Nirvana | Bleach (Deluxe Edition) | Sub Pop | |
| Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard | One Fast Move Or I'm Gone | f-Stop/Atlantic | |
| (Soundtrack) | New Moon | Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic | |
| Devendra Banhart | What Will We Be | Warner Bros | |
| El Perro del Mar | Love Is Not Pop | The Control Group | |
| Dam-Funk | Toeachizown | Stones Throw | |
| Minus the Bear | Into the Mirror | Self-released | |
| Bassnectar | Cozza Frenzy | Amorphous Music/Child's Play | |
| ZAZA | Cameo | Kanine | |
| Get Back Guinozzi! | Carpet Madness | Fatcat | |
| Jogger | This Great Pressure | Magical Properties | |
| Slaraffenland | We're On Your Side | Hometapes | |
| The Clonious | Between the Dots | Ubiquity | |
| Levi Fuller | Colossal | Self-released | |
| The Black Heart Procession | Six | Temporary Residence Ltd. |
Week: 10/09/2009 - 10/15/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Place to Bury Strangers | Exploding Head | Mute | |
| Slender Means | Adrift in the Cosmos | Self-released | |
| The Tripwires | House to House | Spark & Shine | |
| Russian Circles | Geneva | Suicide Squeeze | |
| People Under the Stairs | Carried Away | Om | |
| Chuck Prophet | Let Freedom Ring! | Yep Roc | |
| Spanish for 100 | Jezebel | Self-released | |
| Curtains For You | What A Lovely Surprise To Wake Up Here | Spark & Shine | |
| Big Spider's Back | Warped EP | Disco Earth/Circle Into Square | |
| Elvis Perkins in Dearland | The Doomsday EP | XL | |
| Karl Blau | Zebra | K | |
| LAKE | Let's Build A Roof | K | |
| Group Bombino | Guitars From Agadez Vol. 2 | Sublime Frequencies | |
| Circulatory System | Signal Morning | Cloud Recordings | |
| Memory Tapes | Seek Magic | Acephale/Sincerely Yours/Something In Construction | |
| Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou | Volume Two: Echos Hypnotiques | Analog Africa | |
| Dead Man's Bones | Dead Man's Bones | Anti- | |
| Boys Noize | Power | Last Gang | |
| Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins | Fascinating Fingers | Ubiquity | |
| (Various) | Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy | Shout! Factory | |
| Rosie Flores | Girl of the Century | Bloodshot | |
| (Various) | All Killer: Mixed by The Gaslamp Killer | B-Music |
Week: 10/02/2009 - 10/08/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Heavy | The House That Dirt Built | Counter | |
| BK-One with Benzilla | Radio Do Canibal | Rhymesayers | |
| The Flaming Lips | Embryonic | Warner Bros. | |
| BOAT | Setting the Paces | Magic Marker | |
| Betsy Olson | Lonely Woman Blues | Self-released | |
| Vitalic | Flashmob | Different/PIAS | |
| Betty Davis | Is It Love Or Desire | Light in the Attic | |
| Betty Davis | Nasty Gal | Light in the Attic | |
| The Jet Age | In Love | Sonic Boomerang | |
| Claude VonStroke | Bird Brain | Dirtybird | |
| White Denim | Fits | Downtown | |
| Soulico | Exotic on the Speaker | Jdub | |
| Air | Love 2 | Astralwerks | |
| Holopaw | Oh, Glory. Oh, Wilderness. | Bakery Outlet | |
| Free Energy | Free Energy | DFA | |
| Temper Trap | Conditions | Liberation/Glassnote | |
| Flight of the Conchords | I Told You I Was Freaky | Sub Pop |
Week: 09/25/2009 - 10/01/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built To Spill | There Is No Enemy | Warner Bros | |
| Spiral Stairs | The Real Feel | Matador | |
| The Revelations featuring Tre' Williams | The Bleeding Edge | Decision | |
| Kurt Vile | Childish Prodigy | Matador | |
| Atlas Sound | Logos | Kranky | |
| Califone | All My Friends Are Funeral Singers | Dead Oceans | |
| Bebel Gilberto | All in One | Verve | |
| jj | JJ N°2 | Sincerely Yours | |
| Pete Bernhard | Straight Line | Milan | |
| At Dusk | Small Light | Self-released | |
| PANTyRAiD | The Sauce | Marine Parade |
Week: 09/18/2009 - 09/24/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You | American | |
| The Dutchess & the Duke | Sunset/Sunrise | Hardly Art | |
| Brother Ali | Us | Rhymesayers | |
| Lucero | 1372 Overton Park | Universal Republic | |
| The Clientele | Bonfires On the Heath | Merge | |
| Massive Attack | Splitting the Atom EP | Virgin | |
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Higher Than the Stars | Slumberland | |
| Breakestra | Dusk Till Dawn | Strut | |
| The Mountain Goats | The Life of the World to Come | 4AD | |
| Danny Barnes | Pizza Box | ATO | |
| Shafiq Husayn | Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka | Plug Research | |
| Mission of Burma | The Sound The Speed The Light | Matador | |
| The Shaky Hands | Let It Die | Kill Rock Stars | |
| Frank Turner | Poetry of the Deed | Epitaph | |
| Crown City Rockers | The Day After Forever | Gold Dust Media | |
| Sleep Whale | Houseboat | Western Vinyl | |
| Ancient Astronauts | We Are To Answer | ESL | |
| Pearl Jam | Backspacer | Monkeywrench | |
| Six Organs of Admittance | Luminous Night | Drag City | |
| Times New Viking | Born Again Revisited | Matador | |
| Volcano Choir | Unmap | Jagjaguwar | |
| Thom Yorke | Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses/The Hollow Earth | W.A.S.T.E. | |
| The Fresh & Onlys | Grey-Eyed Girls | Woodsist | |
| Jern Eye | Vision | MYX | |
| Sea Wolf | White Water, White Bloom | Dangerbird | |
| Red Jacket Mine | Lovers Lookout | Showpony | |
| Strawberry Whiplash | Picture Perfect EP | Matinee |
Week: 09/11/2009 - 09/17/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love | 4AD | |
| Visqueen | Message To Garcia | Local 638 | |
| Thao with the Get Down Stay Down | Know Better Learn Faster | Kill Rock Stars | |
| The Blakes | Souvenir | We Are OK | |
| Grayskul | GrayMaker | Taxidermy | |
| Turbo Fruits | Echo Kid | Fat Possum | |
| Islands | Vapours | Anti- | |
| The Raveonettes | In and Out of Control | Vice | |
| Helladope | Return to Planet Rock | Self-released | |
| Rain Machine | Rain Machine | Anti- | |
| Sissy Wish | Beauties Never Die | Afternoon | |
| Wild Beasts | Two Dancers | Domino | |
| A Sunny Day in Glasgow | Ashes Grammar | Mis Ojos Discos | |
| Wax Tailor | In the Mood for Life | Le Plan | |
| No Age | Losing Feeling | Sub Pop | |
| Forro in the Dark | Light a Candle | Nublu/National Geographic | |
| Mum | Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know | Euphono | |
| Richard Hawley | Truelove's Gutter | Mute | |
| Antipop Consortium | Fluorescent Black | Big Dada | |
| Lou Barlow | Goodnight Unknown | Merge | |
| Little Pieces | Vampires Fill Their Waterbeds With Blood | Self-released | |
| Joakim | Milky Ways | !K7 | |
| Blank Dogs | Under and Under | In the Red | |
| Joy Orbison | Hyph Mngo/Wet Look | Hotflush | |
| Floating Points | J & W Beat / Love Me Like This | Planet Mu / R2 | |
| 14KT | The Golden Hour | A-Side Worldwide | |
| Sam Russell & the Harborrats | The Blue Moon Bible Vol. 3: The Salted Caramel Sinner | KMV London | |
| Zony Mash | Let's Get Mashed: The Best of Zony Mash | Self-released |
Week: 09/04/2009 - 09/10/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girls | Album | Fantasy Trashcan/True Panther | |
| The Twilight Sad | Forget the Night Ahead | Fatcat | |
| Vivian Girls | Everything Goes Wrong | In the Red | |
| Port O'Brien | Threadbare | tbd | |
| Black Whales | Origins | Mt. Fuji | |
| The Drums | Summertime! | TwentySeven | |
| Le Loup | Family | Hardly Art | |
| Why? | Eskimo Snow | Anticon | |
| Downpilot | They Kind of Shine | Tapete | |
| The Ettes | Do You Want Power | Take Root | |
| Codes in the Clouds | Paper Canyon | Erased Tapes | |
| Lord Newborn & the Mgic Skulls | Lord Newborn & the Magic Skulls | Ubiquity | |
| Final Spins | City Of… | Self-released | |
| Cougar | Patriot | Counter | |
| Blk Jks | After Robots | Secretly Canadian | |
| Larytta & Bauchamp | Friends of Friends Volume 2 | FoF |
Week: 08/28/2009 - 09/03/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir | and the horse you rode in on | Bloodshot | |
| The xx | xx | Young Turks | |
| Simian Mobile Disco | Temporary Pleasure | Wichita | |
| U.S.E. | Loveworld | Self-released | |
| Mason Jennings | Blood of Man | Brushfire | |
| Lusine | A Certain Distance | Ghostly International | |
| Monsters of Folk | Monsters of Folk | Shangri-La | |
| Brownout | Aguilas and Cobras | Six Degrees | |
| A Place to Bury Strangers | In Your Heart | Mute | |
| Radiohead | Harry Patch (In Memory Of) | Self-released | |
| Fitz & the Tantrums | Songs for a Breakup Vol. 1 | Self-released | |
| YACHT | See Mystery Lights | DFA | |
| (Various) | Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae | Moll-Selekta | |
| Inf | The Go Round | Beats Broke | |
| The Oregon Donor | A Pageant's End | Burning Building | |
| (Various) | Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill | American Dust | |
| The Heavy | How You Like Me Now? | Counter/+1 | |
| Sub Swara | Coup d'Yah | Low Motion | |
| Rainbow Arabia | Kabukimono | Manimal Vinyl | |
| Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions | Through the Devil Softly | Nettwerk | |
| Puetro Plata | Casita de Campo | iASO | |
| tUnE-yArDs | BiRd-BrAiNs | 4AD | |
| Emeralds | Serpent Bodiess | GGNZLA | |
| M. Bison | M. Bison | Self-released | |
| The Sea Navy | Memory Matches | Self-released |
Week: 08/14/2009 - 08/20/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Bazan | Curse Your Branches | Barsuk | |
| Polvo | In Prism | Merge | |
| Soulsavers | Broken | Columbia | |
| Jemina Pearl | Break It Up | Universal Motown | |
| Choir of Young Believers | This Is For the White In Your Eyes | Ghostly International | |
| Drive-By Truckers | The Fine Print | New West | |
| Gossip | Music For Men | Columbia | |
| Speech Debelle | Speech Therapy | Big Dada | |
| Dodos | Time To Die | Frenchkiss | |
| To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie | Marlone | Kranky | |
| Desolation Wilderness | New Universe | K | |
| The Antlers | Hospice | Frenchkiss | |
| Choklate | To Whom It May Concern | Self-released | |
| Arctic Monkeys | Crying Lightning | Domino | |
| Hello Seahorse! | Bestia | Nacional | |
| Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks | Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks | T&M | |
| Nudge | As Good As Gone | Kranky | |
| Local Natives | EP | Self-released | |
| (Various) | 7 x 7 Beat Series | All City | |
| (Various) | Twisted Nerve: 10th Anniversary | B-Music |
Week: 08/07/2009 - 08/13/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Five | KEXP | |
| The Fucking Eagles | Midnight Sour | Gaptooth Jukebox | |
| Wheedle's Groove | Kearney Barton | Light in the Attic | |
| Jay Reatard | Watch Me Fall | Matador | |
| Reigning Sound | Love and Curses | In the Red | |
| Sondre Lerche | Heartbeat Radio | Rounder | |
| Lightning Dust | Infinite Light | Jagjaguwar | |
| Sleepy Eyes of Death | Dark Signals (Remixed) | massmvmnt | |
| Robert Pollard | Elephant Jokes | Guided By Voices, Inc. | |
| HEALTH | Get Color | Lovepump United | |
| Bowerbirds | Upper Air | Dead Oceans | |
| (Various) | Loving Takes This Course: A Tribute to the Songs of Kath Bloom | Chapter | |
| Slow Skate | Past the Whole Parade | Self-released |
Week: 07/31/2009 - 08/06/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Maldives | Listen to the Thunder | Mt. Fuji | |
| Amanda Blank | I Love You | Downtown | |
| The Purrs | Amused, Confused & More Bad News | Self-released | |
| Julian Plenti | Julian Plenti Is… Skyscraper | Matador | |
| These United States | Everything Touches Everything | United Interests | |
| Megafaun | Gather, Form & Fly | Hometapes | |
| Jack Penate | Everything Is New | XL | |
| Still Life Still | Girls Come Too | Arts & Crafts | |
| Patrick Wolf | The Bachelor | Nylon | |
| Harvey Danger | Dead Sea Scrolls | Phonographic | |
| Shir Khan | Exploited | Exploited | |
| Blitzen Trapper | Black River Killer | Sub Pop | |
| Elba | Don't Be Discouraged, Little Sparrow | Tindrum | |
| Yim Yames | Tribute To | ATO | |
| Blue Scholars | HI-808 | Duck Down | |
| (Various) | Om 15: Celebrating 15 Years of Om Records | Om | |
| Lushlife | Cassette City | Rapster | |
| Pixie Carnation | Fresh Poems EP | Self-released | |
| Timber Timbre | Timber Timbre | Arts & Crafts | |
| The Gaslamp Killer | My Troubled Mind | Brainfeeder/Alpha Pup | |
| Friday Mile | Lives of Strangers | Self-released | |
| Antony & the Johnsons | Aeon/Crazy in Love | Secretly Canadian |
Week: 07/24/2009 - 07/30/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cave Singers | Welcome Joy | Matador | |
| Langhorne Slim | Be Set Free | Kemado | |
| The Plastiscines | About Love | Nylon | |
| Grand Hallway | Promenade | Self-released | |
| Modest Mouse | No One's First, And You're Next | Epic | |
| Gregory Alan Isakov | This Empty Northern Hemisphere | Self-released | |
| The Redwood Plan | Movers Shakers Makers EP | Self-released | |
| A Hawk and a Hacksaw | Delivrance | Leaf | |
| The Entrance Band | The Entrance Band | Ecstatic Peace!/Universal Motown | |
| (Various) | Panama! 2 | Soundway | |
| Bobby Bare Jr. | American Bread | Self-released | |
| Gabriel Teodros | Me & You | Self-released | |
| Joe Pernice | It Feels So Good When I Stop | Ashmont |
Week: 07/17/2009 - 07/23/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Throw Me the Statue | Creaturesque | Secretly Canadian | |
| Yppah | They Know What Ghost Know | Ninja Tune | |
| The Bottle Rockets | Lean Forward | Bloodshot | |
| Ramona Falls | Intuit | Barsuk | |
| Fruit Bats | The Ruminant Band | Sub Pop | |
| Summer Cats | Songs for Tuesdays | Slumberland | |
| Wye Oak | The Knot | Merge | |
| Pissed Jeans | King of Jeans | Sub Pop | |
| Joe Henry | Blood From Stars | Anti- | |
| Zeus | Sounds Like Zeus | Arts & Crafts | |
| J. Tillman | Year in the Kingdom | Western Vinyl | |
| (Various) | The Sound of Wonder! | B-Music | |
| Modest Mouse | Perpetual Motion Machine | Epic | |
| Kimi Djabate | Karam | Cumbancha | |
| Wildbirds & Peacedrums | The Snake | The Control Group | |
| Patrick Wolf | The Bachelor | Bloody Chamber/Nylon | |
| Eyedea & Abilities | By the Throat | Rhymesayers | |
| (Various) | Manoeuvres 3: A Collection of BC Electronica | So Called Recordings |
Week: 07/10/2009 - 07/16/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kleerup | Kleerup | Astralwerks | |
| Malcolm Middleton | Waxing Gibbous | Full Time Hobby | |
| IAME | I Am My Enemy | Heaven Noise | |
| Paul Burch | Still Your Man | Ramseur | |
| Or, The Whale | Or, The Whale | Seany | |
| The Jayhawks | Music From the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology | American |
Week: 07/03/2009 - 07/09/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery | LP | XL | |
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | These Four Walls | Fatcat | |
| The Dead Weather | Horehound | Third Man/Warner Bros | |
| Dyme Def | EP-1: Panic | Self-released | |
| The Physics | High Society | Self-released | |
| Grynch | Chemistry EP | Self-released | |
| Soft Black | The Earth is Black | Plays With Dolls | |
| The Rural Alberta Advantage | Hometowns | Saddle Creek | |
| Cats on Fire | Our Temperance Movement | Matinee | |
| Delorean | Ayton Senna EP | Fool House | |
| Talbot Tagora | Lessons in the Woods or a City | Hardly Art | |
| Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers | Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers | Self-released | |
| Clark | Totems Flare | Warp | |
| Generationals | Con Law | Park the Van | |
| Shad | The Old Prince | Black Box Recordings | |
| The Heavy | Sixteen/No Time | Counter | |
| (Various) | PDX Pop Now! 2009 | PDX Pop Now! | |
| (Various) | Six Degrees Of: The Middle East | Six Degrees | |
| Cass McCombs | Catacombs | Domino | |
| Mew | No More Stories EP | Columbia |
Week: 06/26/2009 - 07/02/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Future of the Left | Travels With Myself and Another | 4AD | |
| Rubik | Dada Bandits | Paper Tiger AV/Fullsteam | |
| The Fiery Furnaces | I'm Going Away | Thrill Jockey | |
| The SA-RA Creative Partners | Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love | Ubiquity | |
| The Maldives | Tequila/Someday EP | Mt. Fuji | |
| Ceu | Vagarosa | Six Degrees | |
| Magnolia Electric Co. | Josephine | Secretly Canadian | |
| Rock Plaza Central | At the Moment Of Our Most Needing | Paper Bag | |
| The Young Republic | Balletesque | Self-released | |
| (Various) | Well Hung: 20 Funk-Rock Eruptions From Beneath Communist Hungary Vol. 1 | B-Music | |
| Chali 2na | Fish Outta Water | Decon | |
| Modest Mouse | Autumn Beds | Epic | |
| Spoon | Got Nuffin | Merge | |
| Scribes | Summertime Sampler 2009 | Self-released |
Week: 06/19/2009 - 06/25/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilco | (the album) | Nonesuch | |
| Capsula | Rising Mountains | Bcore | |
| Moby | Wait For Me | Mute/Little Idiot | |
| Bomba Estereo | Blow Up | Nacional | |
| Nurses | Apple's Acre | Dead Oceans | |
| Phantogram | EP | CD | |
| The Minus 5 | Killingsworth | Yep Roc | |
| Young Fresh Fellows | I Think This Is | Yep Roc | |
| Maktub | Five | Kufala | |
| The Pine Hill Haints | To Win or To Lose | K |
Week: 06/12/2009 - 06/18/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara | Tell No Lies | Real World | |
| Regina Spektor | Far | Sire | |
| Willie Isz | Georgiavania | Lex | |
| Throw Me the Statue | Creatueresque | Secretly Canadian | |
| Major Lazer | Guns Don't Kill People… Lazers Do | Downtown | |
| Bibio | Ambivalence Avenue | Warp | |
| Madraso | Van Horne | Pseudo | |
| The Raggedy Anns | The Raggedy Anns | Self-released | |
| Magic Magic | Magic Magic | Self-released | |
| God Help the Girl | God Help the Girl | Matador | |
| Shugo Tokumaru | Rum Hee EP | Blues Interactions, Inc. | |
| Tiny Vipers | Life on Earth | Sub Pop | |
| Charles Leo Gebhardt IV | Unfaithful | ggnzla | |
| Todd Snider | The Excitement Plan | Yep Roc | |
| Clues | Clues | Constellation | |
| Black Nite Crash/The Tambourines | The Story of Me & You/Sonic Butterflies | Custom Made | |
| Open Choir Fire | Dirt Bathed and Quilted | Self-released | |
| Rockwell Powers & Ill Pill | Kids in the Back | Home Skillet | |
| Universal Studios Florida | Ocean Sunbirds | Little Fury Things | |
| Still Life Still | Pastel EP | Arts & Crafts | |
| Big World Breaks | Beep Beep | Self-released |
Week: 06/05/2009 - 06/11/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinosaur Jr. | Farm | Jagjaguwar | |
| Sunset Rubdown | Dragonslayer | Jagjaguwar | |
| Those Darlins | Those Darlins | Oh Wow Dang | |
| Foreign Born | Person to Person | Secretly Canadian | |
| Oumou Sangare | Seya | World Circuit/Nonesuch | |
| The Phenomenal Handclap Band | The Phenomenal Handclap Band | Friendly Fire | |
| Levon Helm | Electric Dirt | Dirt Farmer/Vanguard | |
| Hypnotic Brass Ensemble | Hypnotic Brass Ensemble | Honest Jon's | |
| The Lemonheads | Varshons | The End | |
| (Various) | ZZK Sound Vol. 2 | Nacional | |
| The Fiery Furnaces | The End Is Near | Thrill Jockey | |
| Zwicker | Songs of Lucid Dreams | Compost | |
| (Various) | Black Rio 2: Original Samba Soul 1971-1980 | Strut | |
| The Starlight Mints | Change Remains | Barsuk | |
| The Royal Pawns | Royally | Rolled Up | |
| Peter Project | Peter Project | Fuzzy Logic | |
| The Sweet Vandals | Love Lite | Unique | |
| (Various) | Summer 2009 Exclusives | Ubiquity | |
| Thunderbird Motel | Rockit Til the Wheels Fall Off | Self-released | |
| The Latin Project | Musica De La Noche | TLP Musicia |
Week: 05/29/2009 - 06/04/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic Youth | The Eternal | Matador | |
| Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca | Domino | |
| Mos Def | The Ecstatic | Downtown | |
| Rancid | Let the Dominoes Fall | Epitaph | |
| Deer Tick | Born On Flag Day | Partisan | |
| The Revelations featuring Tre Williams | Deep Soul | Decision | |
| Miike Snow | Miike Snow | Downtown | |
| Tortoise | Beacons of Ancestorship | Thrill Jockey | |
| Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada | Coconut Rock | ESL | |
| Ha Ha Tonka | Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South | Bloodshot | |
| Mochipet | Bunnies & Muffins | Daly City | |
| Lindstrom & Prins Thomas | II | Eskimo | |
| Wisp | The Shimmering Hour | Rephlex | |
| Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms EP | demo | |
| Vince Mira | Vince Mira | Lucky Rebel | |
| Abstract Rude | Rejuvenation | Rhymesayers | |
| Rubies | Explode from the Center | Telle | |
| City Center | City Center | Type | |
| Tom Brosseau | Posthumous Success | Fatcat | |
| Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens | What Have You Don, My Brother? | Daptone |
Week: 05/22/2009 - 05/28/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deastro | Moondagger | Ghostly International | |
| So Many Dynamos | The Loud Wars | Vagrant | |
| Eels | Hombre Lobo | Vagrant | |
| Son Volt | American Central Dust | Rounder | |
| Deerhunter | Rainwater Cassette Exchange | Kranky/4AD | |
| Bike For Three! | More Heart Than Brains | Anticon | |
| Madera Limpia | La Corona | Out Here | |
| Hallways | Ghosts | Self-released | |
| Magic Wands | Magic Love & Dreams EP | Bright Antenna |
Week: 05/15/2009 - 05/21/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grizzly Bear | Veckatimest | Warp | |
| Fresh Espresso | Glamour | Out For Stardom | |
| Patterson Hood | Murdering Oscar (and other love songs) | Ruth St. | |
| The Builders and the Butchers | Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well | Gigantic | |
| Nino Moschella | Boom Shadow | Ubiquity | |
| The Legends | Over and Over | Labrador | |
| Au Revoir Simone | Still Night, Still Light | Our Secret Record Company | |
| Nickodemus | Sun People | Eighteenth Street Lounge | |
| Star Lake Drownings | Star Lake Drownings | Self-released | |
| Elvis Costello | Secret, Profane & Sugarcane | Hear Music | |
| Shuta Hasunuma | Pop Ooga Plus | Western Vinyl | |
| The Church | Untitled #23 | Second Motion | |
| Dreamdate | Patience | Skywriting | |
| Los Amigos Invisibles | Commercial | Nacional | |
| Modest Mouse | Satellite Skin | Epic |
Week: 05/08/2009 - 05/14/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | Glassnote | |
| The Field | Yesterday and Today | Kompakt/Anti- | |
| Black Moth Super Rainbow | Eating Us | Graveface | |
| Liechtenstein | Survival Strategies In A Modern World | Slumberland | |
| Viva Voce | Rose City | Barsuk | |
| Final Spins | This Is Then/That Was Now | Self-released | |
| Vieux Farka Toure | Fondo | Six Degrees | |
| Bricolage | Bricolage | Slumberland | |
| The Lonely H | Concrete Class | The Control Group | |
| (Various) | Not Given Lightly | Morr | |
| Khingz | From Slaveships to Spaceships | Self-released | |
| (Various) | Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney | Yep Roc | |
| Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women | Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women | Yep Roc | |
| Ronnie Fauss | New Songs for the Old Frontier Volume 1 | Self-released | |
| Machine Gun | Want to 1 2? | Nomrex | |
| Ear Pwr | Super Animal Brothers III | Carpark | |
| Burial & Four Tet | Moth/Wolf Cub | Text | |
| DJ Vadim | U Can't Lurn Imaginashun | BBE | |
| Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve | Re-Animations Vol. 1 | New State Recordings |
Week: 05/01/2009 - 05/07/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Collar | Pilgrim | Self-released | |
| Shane Tutmarc | Shouting At A Silent Sky | Inverness | |
| Mr. Lif | I Heard It Today | Bloodbot Tactical Enterprises | |
| Scott H. Biram | Something's Wrong/Lost Forever | Bloodshot | |
| The Nightgowns | Sing Something | Self-released | |
| Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band | Outer South | Merge | |
| The Juan MacLean | The Future Will Come | DFA | |
| Steve Earle | Townes | New West | |
| Iron and Wine | Around the Well | Sub Pop | |
| Marcio Local | Says Don Day Don Dree Don Don | Luaka Bop | |
| (Various) | Causes 2 | Waxploitation | |
| Wake the President | You Can't Change That Boy | Magic Marker | |
| Casiotone for the Painfully Alone | Vs. Children | Tomlab | |
| Winter Gloves | About A Girl | Paper Bag | |
| Abigail Washburn and the Shanghai Restoration Project | Afterquake | Self-released | |
| Louderbach | Autumn | Minus | |
| Mighty Tiger | Western Theater | Self-released | |
| No-Fi Soul Rebellion | Oh Please Please Please | Self-released | |
| SweetLou | The Year of the Rock | Self-released | |
| Trackademicks | Enjoy What You Do/Topsidin' | Fool's Gold | |
| Major Lazer | Hold the Line | Downtown/Mad Decent | |
| Polly Scattergood | Please Don't Touch | Mute |
Week: 04/24/2009 - 04/30/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Blood | The Way We Live | Self-released | |
| Passion Pit | Manners | Columbia | |
| Suckers | Suckers | IAMSOUND | |
| Japandroids | Post-Nothing | Unfamiliar | |
| Peaches | I Feel Cream | XL | |
| Fanfarlo | Reservoir | Fanfarlo | |
| Staff Benda Bilili | Tres Tres Fort | Crammed | |
| Pink Mountaintops | Outside Love | Jagjaguwar | |
| Woods | Songs of Shame | Shrimper | |
| The Drones | Havilah | ATP | |
| Apostle of Hustle | Eats Darkness | Arts & Crafts | |
| Joakim | My Best Remixes | Tigersushi | |
| Federico Aubele | Amatoria | Eighteenth Street Lounge | |
| Ben Harper and Relentless 7 | White Lies for Dark Times | Virgin | |
| Jon Hopkins | Insides | Domino | |
| (Soundtrack) | Rudo y Cursi | Nacional | |
| The Green Pajamas | Poison in the Russian Room | A Hidden Agenda | |
| Comet Gain | Broken Records Prayers | What's Your Rupture? | |
| The Wooden Birds | Magnolia | Barsuk | |
| Bullion | Young Heartache EP | One-Handed Music | |
| Headless Heroes | The Silence of Love | World's Fair | |
| The Curious Mystery | Rotting Slowly | K | |
| Shout Out Out Out Out | Reintegration Time | Normals Welcome | |
| Hey Champ | Cold Dust Girl | FNF |
Week: 04/17/2009 - 04/23/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wussy | Wussy | Shake It | |
| Bill Callahan | Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle | Drag City | |
| The Horrors | Primary Colours | XL | |
| Bob Dylan | Together Through Life | Columbia | |
| St. Vincent | Actor | 4AD | |
| Art Brut | Art Brut vs. Satan | Downtown | |
| DOOM | Born Like This | Lex | |
| Akron/Family | Set 'em Wild, Set 'em Free | Dead Oceans | |
| Jeremy Enigk | OK Bear | Lewis Hollow | |
| Tim Easton | Porcupine | New West | |
| Starfucker | Jupiter | Badman | |
| Jason Lytle | Yours Truly, the Commuter | Anti- | |
| Wooden Shjips | Dos | Holy Mountain | |
| John Vanderslice | Romanian Names | Dead Oceans | |
| NOMO | Invisible Cities | Ubiquity | |
| Louis La Roche | Me & Her EP | Ever After | |
| (Various) | Dr. Boogie presents 26 Deranged and Smokin' Cool Cats | Sub Rosa | |
| Moderat | Moderat | Bpitch Control | |
| The Grouch & Eligh | Say G&E! | Legendary Music | |
| Rhett Miller | Rhett Miller | Shout! Factory | |
| Magic Arm | Outdoor Games EP | Switch Flicker/Peacefrog | |
| Magic Arm | Bootsy Bootsy EP | Switch Flicker/Peacefrog | |
| Chinese | The Conquest of Tomorrow Today | Whoa Boat | |
| Radiohead | OK Computer: Collector's Edition | Capitol | |
| The Vaselines | Enter the Vaselines: Deluxe Edition | Sub Pop | |
| Rodriguez | Coming From Reality | Light in the Attic | |
| The Moondoggies | The Moondoggies | Hardly Art |
Week: 04/10/2009 - 04/16/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silversun Pickups | Swoon | Dangerbird | |
| BrakesBrakesBrakes | Touchdown | Fatcat | |
| White Rabbits | It's Frightening | tbd | |
| Super Furry Animals | Dark Days/Light Years | Rough Trade | |
| Crocodiles | Summer of Hate | Fat Possum | |
| Spokes | People Like People Like You | Counter | |
| James Yuill | Turning Down Water For Air | Nettwerk | |
| Los Straitjackets | The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets | Yep Roc | |
| Papercuts | You Can Have What You Want | Gnomonsong | |
| Manooghi Hi | Manooghi Hi | Self-released | |
| U.S.E. | All the World | Self-released | |
| Shinichi Osawa | The One | Dim Mak/Downtown | |
| Navigator vs. Navigator | Navigator vs. Navigator | Self-released | |
| Clutchy Hopkins Meets Lord Kenjamin | Music Is My Medicine | Ubiquity | |
| Ida Maria | Fortress Round My Heart | Fontana | |
| Karli Fairbanks | The Breaking Of Our Days | Self-released | |
| Tosca | No Hassle | !K7 | |
| Empire of the Sun | Walking on a Dream | Astralwerks | |
| Radiohead | The Bends (Collectors Edition) | Capitol |
Week: 04/09/2009 - 04/13/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera Obscura | My Maudlin Career | 4AD | |
| Two Fingers | Two Fingers | Paper Bag | |
| Harlem Shakes | Technicolor Health | Gigantic | |
| Jason Lytle | Yours Truly, The Commuter | Anti- | |
| Eilen Jewell | Sea of Tears | Signature Sounds | |
| Wow & Flutter | Golden Touch | Jealous Butcher | |
| The Monks | Black Monk Time | Light in the Attic | |
| King Khan & the Shrines | What Is?! | Vice | |
| The Ettes | Danger Is EP | Take Root | |
| Hatcham Social | You Dig the Tunnel, I'll Hide the Soil | Fierce Panda | |
| The Omens | Send Black Flowers | Hipsville | |
| Micachu | Jewellery | Rough Trade | |
| Anni Rossi | Rockwell | 4AD | |
| The Coathangers | Scramble | Suicide Squeeze | |
| Danny Massure | Put It On On | Spring Strut | |
| The Thoughts | Consider the Bear | Self-released |
Week: 03/27/2009 - 04/02/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cymbals Eat Guitars | Why There Are Mountains | Self-released | |
| Junior Boys | Begone Dull Care | Domino | |
| Born Anchors | Sprezzatura | Steer Clear | |
| (Various) | Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers! | Merge | |
| PJ Harvey & John Parish | A Woman A Man Walked By | Island | |
| The Soft Pack | The Muslims EP | Nineteen Twenty-Eight (1928) | |
| Fresh Espresso | Glamour | demo | |
| Superchunk | Leaves in the Gutter EP | Merge | |
| Bat For Lashes | Two Suns | Astralwerks | |
| (Soundtrack) | Sleepwalking Through the Mekong | M80 | |
| Potatofinger | Futzing | Pleasure Boat | |
| Odawas | The Blue Depths | Jagjaguwar | |
| Leonard Cohen | Live in London | Columbia | |
| Metric | Fantasies | Metric Productions | |
| Pomegranates | Everybody, Come Outside! | Lujo | |
| The Devil Makes Three | Do Wrong Right | Milan | |
| Bob Dylan | "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" | Columbia | |
| (Various) | Satanic Samba | Nacopajaz | |
| I Was A King | I Was A King | The Control Group | |
| (Various) | Eccentric Soul: Smart's Palace | The Numero Group | |
| Wayne Hancock | Viper of Melody | Bloodshot | |
| CFCF | Panesian Nights | Paper Bag | |
| The Flatlanders | Hills and Valleys | New West | |
| Mexican Institute of Sound | Soy Sauce | Nacional | |
| (Various) | 1970's Algerian Proto-Rai Underground | Sublime Frequencies |
Week: 03/20/2009 - 03/26/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Thermals | Now We Can See | Kill Rock Stars | |
| The Veils | Sun Gangs | Rough Trade | |
| Star Anna & the Laughing Dogs | The Only Thing That Matters | Big Bubba Dog | |
| Crystal Antlers | Tentacles | Touch and Go | |
| Tea Cozies | Hot Probs | So Hard | |
| Common Market | The Winter's End EP | Hyena | |
| The Broken Knives | The Broken Knives | Self-released | |
| Peter Bjorn and John | Living Thing | Star Time | |
| Telefon Tel Aviv | Immolate Yourself | Bpitch Control | |
| Yonlu | A Society In Which No Tear Is Shed Is Inconceivably Mediocre | Luaka Bop | |
| Boy in Static | Candy Cigarette | Fake Four Inc | |
| DM Stith | Heavy Ghost | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| Red Fang | Red Fang | Sargent House | |
| Skeletons With Flesh On Them | All the Other Animals | Self-released | |
| Black Eyes & Neckties / The Russians | Black Eyes & Neckties / The Russians | Krazy Keith | |
| (Various) | Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos | Strut | |
| Mux Mool | Just Saying Is All EP | Moodgadget | |
| Culture Musical Club | Shime! | World Village |
Week: 03/13/2009 - 03/19/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Decemberists | The Hazards of Love | Capitol | |
| Doves | Kingdom of Rust | Astralwerks/Heavenly | |
| Strange Boys | And Girls Club | In the Red | |
| Bob Mould | Life and Times | Anti- | |
| Slaid Cleaves | Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away | Music Road | |
| Thunderheist | Thunderheist | Big Dada | |
| Royksopp | Junior | Astralwerks | |
| Telekinesis | Telekinesis! | Merge | |
| Gliss | Devotion Impossible | Cordless | |
| Travis DeVries | Death to God | Noise on Noise | |
| Booker T. | Potato Hole | Anti- | |
| Swan Lake | Enemy Mine | Jagjaguwar | |
| Nite Club | My Tronic | Tape Theory | |
| John Doe & the Sadies | Country Club | Yep Roc | |
| Tammar | Tammar | St. Ives | |
| Jeremy Jay | Slow Dance | K | |
| Kinetic Stereokids | Kid Moves | Overdraft | |
| Exile | Radio | Plug Research | |
| The Arch Cupcake | Box of Bees | Patriatch | |
| (Various) | Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm | Vanguard | |
| Scott Miller | For Crying Out Loud | F.A.Y. | |
| Circlesquare | Songs About Dancing and Drugs | !K7 | |
| The Felice Brothers | Yonder is the Clock | Team Love | |
| The One and Only True Messiah | Happy Ending | Self-released |
Week: 03/06/2009 - 03/12/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | It's Blitz! | Interscope | |
| The Ironclads | Space Between the Maps | Self-released | |
| Ramblin' Jack Elliott | A Stranger Here | Anti- | |
| Dan Deacon | Bromst | Carpark | |
| Amadou & Mariam | Welcome To Mali | Because/Nonesuch | |
| Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! | Lost Highway | |
| Condo Fucks | Fuckbook | Matador | |
| Serge Gainsbourg | Historie De Melody Nelson | Light in the Attic | |
| Keelay & Zaire | Ridin High | MYX | |
| The Boy Least Likely To | The Law of the Playground | Plus 1 (+1) | |
| An Horse | Rearrange Beds | Mom & Pop | |
| The Whitest Boy Alive | Rules | Bubbles | |
| Bishop Allen | Grrr… | Dead Oceans | |
| Shawn Lee | Soul in the Hole | Ubiquity | |
| Bio Ritmo | Bionico | Locutor | |
| Ill Pill | Time Slips Away | Self-released |
Week: 02/27/2009 - 03/05/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obits | I Blame You | Sub Pop | |
| Marianne Faithfull | Easy Come Easy Go | Decca | |
| Buraka Som Sistema | Black Diamond | Fabric | |
| Lotus Plaza | The Floodlight Collective | Kranky | |
| BLK JKS | Mystery | Secretly Canadian | |
| Violens | V | Static Recital/Cantora | |
| And You Will Knows Us By the Trail of Dead | The Century of Self | Justice/Richter Scale | |
| Speck Mountain | Some Sweet Relief | Carrot Top | |
| Alela Diane | To Be Still | Rough Trade | |
| Lady Sovereign | Jigsaw | Midget | |
| Cursive | Mama, I'm Swollen | Saddle Creek | |
| The Beautiful Confusion | The Beautiful Confusion | Self-released | |
| Daedelus/Jogger | Friends of Friends Volume 1 | FoF | |
| Blue Horns | Blue Horns | Self-released | |
| Madeleine Peyroux | Bare Bones | Rounder | |
| The Bitter Tears | Jam Tarts in the Jakehouse | Carrot Top | |
| Dizzee Rascal | Dance Wiv Me | Ministry of Sound |
Week: 02/20/2009 - 02/26/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handsome Furs | Face Control | Sub Pop | |
| Elvis Perkins in Dearland | Elvis Perkins in Dearland | XL | |
| Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Beware | Drag City | |
| Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band | Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band | Dead Oceans | |
| Malajube | Labyrinthes | Dare to Care | |
| Dyme Def | Outtakes | Self-released | |
| The Beats, Man | Freepee | Self-released | |
| Black Lips | 200 Million Thousand | Vice | |
| El Ten Eleven | These Promises Are Being Videotaped | Bar/None | |
| Beads | No One Knows | Self-released | |
| The Bran Flakes | I Have Hands | Illegal Art | |
| Pontiak | Maker | Thrill Jockey | |
| Julie Doiron | I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day | Jagjaguwar | |
| Zion I | The TakeOver | Gold Dust | |
| Anavan | Cover Story | Slanty Shanty | |
| Psapp | The Camel's Back | Domino | |
| Harmonic 313 | When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence | Warp | |
| Chin Chin | The Flashing, The Fancing | Definitive Jux | |
| Ursula 1000 | Mystics | Eighteenth Street Lounge | |
| (Various) | Habitat | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| Fol Chen | Part 1: John Sade, Your Fortune's Made | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| La Strada | La Strada | Ernest Jenning Record Co. | |
| Bell Orchestre | As Seen Through Windows | Arts & Crafts | |
| Tussle | Cream Cuts | Smalltown Supersound | |
| Elks | Elks | demo | |
| The Lonely Forest | We Sing the Body Electric! | Burning Building | |
| Smile Brigade | Eering, Creaky EP | Tilton House |
Week: 02/13/2009 - 02/19/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neko Case | Middle Cyclone | Anit- | |
| Gui Boratto | Take My Breath Away | Kompakt | |
| Telepathe | Dance Mother | Iamsound | |
| Mirah | (a)spera | K | |
| (Various) | War Child presents Heroes | Astralwerks | |
| Say Hi | Oohs & Aahs | Barsuk | |
| The Low Frequency in Stereo | Future | Rune Grammofon | |
| (Various) | Fly Girls! | Soul Jazz | |
| Marissa Nadler | Little Hells | Kemado | |
| (Various) | 08/09 XL | XL | |
| Justin Townes Earle | Midnight at the Movies | Bloodshot | |
| Wavves | Wavvves | Fat Possum | |
| The Invisible Surfers | Till That Day | Go-Kustom | |
| Katharine Hepburn's Voice | Stand Up | Self-released | |
| I Was A King | It's All You / Norman Bleik | Hype City/Morningside | |
| Port O'Brien | Winter | Self-released |
Week: 02/06/2009 - 02/12/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morrissey | Years of Refusal | Lost Highway | |
| M. Ward | Hold Time | Merge | |
| Police Teeth | Real Size Monster Series | Blood City | |
| Arbouretum | Song of the Pearl | Thrill Jockey | |
| See Me River | The Great Unwashed | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | |
| Riverboat Gamblers | Underneath the Owl | Volcom | |
| Ladyfinger (ne) | Dusk | Saddle Creek | |
| Abe Vigoda | Reviver | PPM | |
| The Golden Filter | Demos + Remixes | demo | |
| Spook the Horse | Scarlett | Self-released | |
| The Naturebot | The Schnebly | Pleasure Boat | |
| Bosque Brown | Baby | Burnt Toast Vinyl | |
| (Various) | Freshly Composted Vol. 3: Compost Dreihundert | Compost | |
| Nat King Cole / (Various) | Re: Generations | Capitol | |
| Hudson Mohawke | Polyfolk Dance EP | Warp | |
| Spaceman | This Is That Fire | Sportn' Life | |
| Chris Joss | Sticks | Eighteenth Street Lounge | |
| Peasant | On the Ground | Paper Garden | |
| Freddie McGregor | Mr. McGregor | VP | |
| Architecture in Helsinki | That Beep | Polyvinyl |
Week: 01/30/2009 - 02/05/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Various) | Dark Was the Night | 4AD | |
| N.A.S.A. | The Spirit of Apollo | Anti- | |
| Iran | Dissolver | Narnack | |
| Gun Outfit | Dim Light | PPM | |
| Eleni Mandell | Artificial Fire | Zedtone | |
| Hotels | Where Hearts Go Broke | Hidden Shoal | |
| The Redwood Plan | The Redwood Plan | Fish the Cat | |
| Asobi Seksu | Hush | Polyvinyl | |
| Mad Rad | White Gold | Self-released | |
| Sholi | Sholi | Quarterstick | |
| Widower | Widower | Eminence | |
| The Von Bondies | Love Hate and Then There's You | Majordomo | |
| Extra Golden | Thank You Very Quickly | Thrill Jockey | |
| Lily Allen | It's Not Me, It's You | Capitol | |
| Mr. Scruff | Ninja Tuna | Ninja Tune | |
| Trentalange | Awakening, Level One | Coco Tauro | |
| Pufferfish | Lollygag demos | demo | |
| The Fascination Movement | Zero Point Five (0.5) | Aube | |
| Ladyfinger (ne) | Dusk | Saddle Creek | |
| Balmorhea | All Is Wild, All Is Silent | Western Vinyl | |
| Hello Seahorse! | Hoy A Las Ocho | Magic Marker | |
| That Ghost | Young Fridays | twosyllable | |
| Doug Paisley | Doug Paisley | No Quarter | |
| Shahrokh Sound of K. | Dripping Point | Compost | |
| Vetiver | Tight Knit | Sub Pop | |
| Dent May | The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele | Paw Tracks | |
| Colossal Yes | Charlemagne's Big Thaw | Ba Da Bing |
Week: 01/23/2009 - 01/29/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Love Language | The Love Language | Bladen Country | |
| Dan Auerbach | Keep It Hid | Nonesuch | |
| The Faunts | Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. | Friendly Fire | |
| Bon Iver | Blood Bank | Jagjaguwar | |
| The Banyans | The Banyans | Self-released | |
| Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Lost Highway | |
| Filastine | Dirty Bomb | Soot/Post-World Industries | |
| Dex Romweber Duo | Ruins of Berlin | Bloodshot | |
| The Guild Leage | Speak Up | Matinee | |
| Wheels on Fire | Get Famous! | Big Legal Mess | |
| Kinky | Barracuda | Nettwerk | |
| Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 | Goodnight Oslo | Yep Roc | |
| El Goodo | Coyote | Grease | |
| Painted Hills | Magnolia | Self-released | |
| Bubblegum Lemonade | Doubleplusgood | Matinee | |
| Latvian Radio | Seven Layers of Self-Defense | Belpid | |
| The Hermit Crabs | Correspondence Course | Matinee | |
| (Various) | Free Yr Radio 2008 Benefit | Free Yr Radio | |
| The I Love Myselfs | Show Stopper | Unsmashable |
Week: 01/16/2009 - 01/22/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fever Ray | Fever Ray | Mute | |
| William Elliott Whitmore | Animals in the Dark | Anti- | |
| Antony and the Johnsons | The Crying Light | Secretly Canadian | |
| Beirut // Realpeople | March of the Zapotec // Holland | Ba Da Bing | |
| Late of the Pier | Fantasy Black Channel | Astralwerks | |
| Phosphorescent | To Willie | Dead Oceans | |
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Lightning Rod | |
| Franz Ferdinand | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | Domino | |
| P.O.S. | Never Better | Rhymesayers | |
| Eastern Grip | Griptheria | Self-released | |
| The Gift Machine | Good Bye Good Luck | knw-yr-own | |
| Dept of Energy | Faster | Roam | |
| They Live! | The Drobots Saga | Self-released | |
| Pickwick | Pickwick | Demo | |
| The Raconteurs | Top Yourself | Third Man/Warner Bros. | |
| DJ Sun | Para EP | Soular Grooves |
Week: 01/09/2009 - 01/15/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Slumberland | |
| Titus Andronicus | The Airing of Grievances | XL | |
| Andrew Bird | Noble Beast | Fat Possum | |
| Surf City | Surf City | Morr | |
| Matt & Kim | Grand | Fader | |
| Cotton Jones | Paranoid Cocoon | Suicide Squeeze | |
| Panda & Angel | Demos | self-released | |
| A.C. Newman | Get Guilty | Matador | |
| J. Tillman | Vacilando Territory Blues | Western Vinyl | |
| The Gourds | Haymaker! | Yep Roc | |
| (Various) | Sweetheart | Starbucks Entertainment | |
| Mark Olson & Gary Louris | Ready for the Flood | New West | |
| Kurt Vile | Constant Hitmaker | Gulcher | |
| Glasvegas | Glasvegas | Columbia | |
| Kaylee Cole | We're Still Here Missing You | self-released | |
| Justice | A Cross the Universe | Because/Ed Banger/Atlantic | |
| Loney Dear | Dear John | Polyvinyl | |
| Neko Case | People Gotta Lotta Nerve | Anti- | |
| M. Ward | Never Had Nobody Like You | Merge | |
| Split Lip Rayfield | I'll Be Around | self-released | |
| PPP | Abundance | Ubiquity | |
| Beausoliel avec Michael Doucet | Alligator Purse | Yep Roc |
Week: 01/04/2009 - 01/08/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Domino | |
| Threatmantics | Upbeat Love | Domino | |
| Novalima | Coba Coba | Cumbancha | |
| The Features | Some Kind of Salvation | Self-Released | |
| Alice Russell | Pot of Gold | Six Degrees | |
| Sleepy Eyes of Death | Dark Signals | Mass Mvmnt/ Sleep Capsule | |
| Rokia Traore | Tchamantche | Nonesuch | |
| Branden Daniel & Everybody Gets Laid | "Self-Titled" | Flotation | |
| DJ Signify | Of Cities | Bully | |
| North Twin | Stronger at the Broken Places | Self-Released | |
| KJ Sawka | Undefined Connectivity | Self-Released | |
| Deer City | Strawberry Dolls | Self-Released | |
| Robert Pollard | The Crawling Distance | Guided by Voices Inc. | |
| (Various) | No New Enemies, Vol. 1 | Moongadget | |
| Sideshow | Sideshow presents Admit One | Aus | |
| Radio Soulwax | Part of the Weekend Never Dies | PIAS | |
| We Wrote the Book on Connectors | Ride It Out Like a Turbo Horse | Self-Released | |
| Sin Fang Bous | Clangour | Morr | |
| Andrew Bird | Fitz and the Dizzyspells | Fat Possum | |
| Morrisey | I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris | Lost Highway | |
| A.C. Newman | The Palace at 4 a.m. | Matador | |
| Levator | The Biggest Waves Come at Night | Self-Released | |
| Minotaur Shock | Amateur Dramatics | Audio Dregs | |
| Jose Gonzalez | Live at Park Ave: 01 March 2008 | Imperial/ Mute |