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DJ Top Ten Of 2009 Lists

It's the end of the year and our DJs have picked their Top 10 Albums of 2009. Check out their picks below, and check out what you the listeners voted as the Top 90.3 of 2008 as played on the 2008 Top 90.3 Countdown New Year's Eve day.

Also, make sure to check out what our DJ's picked for their Top Albums of the Decade!

John Richards

1. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective (Domino)
2. Primary Colours by The Horrors (XL)
3. xx by The xx (Young Turks)
4. BlakRoc by BlakRoc (BlakRoc)
5. Dark Was the Night by Various Artists (XL)
6. Grand by Matt & Kim (Fader)
7. A Brief History Of Love by The Big Pink (4AD)
8. It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Interscope)
9. The Ecstatic by Mos Def (Downtown)
10. Blood Bank by Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)

Kevin Cole

1. Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle by Bill Callahan (Drag City)
2. Middle Cyclone by Neko Case (Anti)
3. Reservoir by Fanfarlo (Atlantic)
4. Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors (Domino)
5. Welcome To Mali by Amadou & Mariam (Nonesuch)
6. Us by Brother Ali (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
7. A Certain Distance by Lusine (Ghostly International)
8. The Ecstatic by Mos Def (Downtown Records)
9. xx by The xx (Young Turks)
10. Message To Garcia by Visqueen (Local 638 Records)

Cheryl Waters

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear (Warp)
There Is No Enemy by Built To Spill (Warner Brothers)
Face Control by Handsome Furs (Sub Pop)
Born on Flag Day by Deer Tick (Partisan)
Exploding Head by A Place To Bury Strangers (Mute)
Post-Nothing by Japandroids (Unfamiliar)
Curse Your Branches by David Bazan (Barsuk)
Bits and Pieces of a Major Spectacle by Who Knew (101berlin)
This Is For the White in Your Eyes by Choir Of Young Believers (Ghostly International)
xx by The xx (Young Turks)

Jon Kertzer

1. Tell No Lies by Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara (UK/Gambia) (Real World)
2. Inspiration Information Vol. 3 by Mulatu Astatqe and the Heliocentrics (Ethiopia/UK) (Strut)
3. Throw Down Your Heart by Bela Fleck and Various Artists (USA/Uganda/Tanzania/Gambia/Mali) (Rounder)
4. Liberte by Khaled (Algeria) (Wrasse/ Universal)
5. Immortal Franco by Syran Mbenza & Ensemble Rumba Kongo (Congo) (Riverboat)
6. Seya by Omou Sangare (Mali) (World Circuit/ Nonesuch)
7. Tres Tres Fort by Staff Benda Bilili (Congo) (Crammed Discs)
8. Warm Heart of Africa by The Very Best (Green Owl)
9. Imidiwan: Companions by Tinariwen (World Village)
10. Fondo by Vieux Farka Toure (Mali) (Six Degrees)

Larry Rose

1. Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear (Warp)
2. Still Night, Still Light by Au Revoir Simone (Our Secret)
3. The Ecstatic by Mos Def (Downtown)
4. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective (Domino)
5. East of Eden by Taken By Trees (Rough Trade)
6. xx by The xx (Young Turks)
7. Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan (Drag City)
8. Glamour by Fresh Espresso (Out for Stardom)
9. Ambivalence Avenue by Bibio (Warp)
10. A Certain Distance by Lusine (Ghostly International)

DJ Shannon

1. Primary Colours by The Horrors (XL)
2. Glamour by Fresh Espresso (Out for Stardom)
3. These Four Walls by We Were Promised Jetpacks (FatCat)
4. Forget the Night Ahead by The Twilight Sad (FatCat)
5. Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear (Warp)
6. xx by The xx (Young Turks)
7. A Brief History of Love by The Big Pink (4AD)
8. Kingdom of Rust by Doves (Astralwerks)
9. Reservior by Fanfarlo (self-released)
10. The Way We Live by Erik Blood (Self-Released)

Darek Mazzone

1. Welcome To Mali by Amadou & Miriam (Nonesuch)
2. The Spirit of Apollo by N.A.S.A. (Anti)
3. Chinese Dub by Jah Wobble & The Chinese Dub Orchestra (30 Hertz Records)
4. Tres Tres Fort by Staff Benda Bilili (Crammed)
5. Warm Heart of Africa by The Very Best (Green Owl)
6. Afghan Star by Various Artists (Silva Screen)
7. Television by Baaba Maal (Palm)
8. Blow Up by Bomba Estereo (Nacional)
9. Imidiwan: Companions by Tinariwen (World Village)
10. Ghetto Blasters by Mahala Rai Banda (Asphalt Tango)

DJ El Toro

1. The Future Will Come by The Juan Maclean (DFA)
2. The Crying Light by Antony & The Johnsons (Secretly Canadian)
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix (Glassnote)
4. Middle Cyclone by Neko Case (Anti)
5. Riceboy Sleeps by Jonsi & Alex (XL)
6. Together Through Life by Bob Dylan (Columbia)
7. Message to Garcia by Visqueen (Local 638)
8. Welcome to Mali by Amadou & Mariam (Nonesuch)
9. Survival Strategies in a Modern World by Liechtenstein (Slumberland)
10. Frank Fairfield by Frank Fairfield (Tompkins Square)

Greg Vandy

1. Fire In My Bones: Raw + Rare + Other-Worldly African American Gospel by Various Artists (Tomkins Square)
2. The Ruminant Band by Fruit Bats (Sub Pop)
3. To Be Still by Alela Diane (Rough Trade)
4. I And Love And You by The Avett Brothers (American)
5. Something's Wrong/Lost Forever by Scott H. Biram (Bloodshot)
6. Stranger Here by Ramblin' Jack Elliott (Anti)
7. Can You Dig It? The Music And Politics Of Black Action Films by Various Artists (Soul Jazz)
8. Beware by Bonnie Prince Billy (Drag City)
9. Zoe Muth & The Lost Highway Rollers by Zoe Muth & The Lost Highway Rollers (Self-Released)
10. Frank Fairfield by Frank Fairfield (Tomkins Square)

Chilly

1. Welcome to Mali by Amadou & Mariam (Nonesuch)
2. The Ecstatic by Mos Def (Downtown)
3. The House That Dirt Built by The Heavy (Counter)
4. Thunderheist by Thunderheist (Big Dada)
5. Black Diamond by Buraka Som Sistema (Fabric)
6. Message to Garcia by Visqueen (Local 638 Records)
7. Glamour by Fresh Espresso (Out For Stardom)
8. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective (Domino)
9. Futzing by Potatofinger (Pleasure Boat)
10. Summertime! by The Drums (Twentyseven)

Don Slack

1. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon (Ice H2O)
2. Album by Girls (Fantasy Trashcan/True Panther)
3. It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Interscope)
4. Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers by Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers (self-released)
5. 1372 Overton Park by Lucero (Universal Republic)
6. Revolution by Miranda Lambert (Columbia)
7. xx by The xx (Young Turks)
8. I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers (American)
9. Wussy by Wussy (Shake It)
10. Blaqkout by DJ Quik & Kurupt (Mad Science)

Troy

1. Keep It Hid by Dan Auerbach (Nonesuch)
2. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective (Domino)
3. Childish Prodigy by Kurt Vile (Matador)
4. And Girls Club by Strange Boys (In the Red)
5. Down with Liberty... Up with Chains by Chain and The Gang (K)
6. Take My Breath Away by Gui Boratto (Kompakt)
7. Glamour by Fresh Espresso (Out For Stardom)
8. Fever Ray by Fever Ray (Mute)
9. 200 Million Thousand by Black Lips (Vice)
10. Born on Flag Day by Deer Tick (Partisan)

Michele Myers

1. Glitter and Doom Live by Tom Waits (Anti)
2. Born Like This by Doom (Lex)
3. Thunderheist by Thunderheist (Big Dada)
4. Music for Men by Gossip (Columbia)
5. Daptone Gold by Various Artists (Daptone)
6. Miike Snow by Miike Snow (Downtown)
7. xx by The xx (Young Turks)
8. Temporary Pleasure by Simian Mobile Disco (Wichita)
9. Phantogram EP by Phantogram (self-released)
10. Tonight by Franz Ferdinand (Sony)

Kid Hops

1. Sound System International Dub LP by V/A (Pressure Sounds)
2. Pleasure Dub by Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (Pressure Sounds)
3. Dub Plate Style by Delroy Wilson (Pressure Sounds)
4. Movin' On by Bitty McLean (Taxi)
5. Roots with Quality by Niney the Observer (17 North Parade)
6. Black Sounds of Freedom (2 disc deluxe edition) by Black Uhuru (Greensleeves)
7. The Positive Message: Roots Classics from the Greensleeves Vaults by Jah Shaka presents (Greensleeves)
8. Police And Thieves (2 disc deluxe edition) by Junior Murvin (Island UK)
9. Tanya... Collection of Hits by Tanya Stephens (VP)
10. The Many Moods of... by Samia Farah (SAM Productions)

Quilty 3000

1. I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers (American Recordings)
2. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective (Domino Records)
3. Nobel Beast by Andrew Bird (Fat Possum)
4. There Is No Enemy by Built To Spill (WEA/Reprise)
5. Broken by Soulsavers (V2 Records)
6. Middle Cyclone by Neko Case (Anti)
7. Keep in Mind Frankenstein by Grand Archives (Sub Pop)
8. Message to Garcia by Visqueen (Local 638 Records)
9. Townes by Steve Earle (New West Records)
10. Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear (Warp Records)

Mel

1. Primary Colours by The Horrors (XL)
2. BiRd-BrAiNs by tUnE-yArDs (Marriage Records)
3. Lungs by Florence and the Machine (Island)
4. Yesterday and Today by The Field (Kompakt/ Anti-)
5. The Future Will Come by The Juan MacLean (DFA)
6. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix (Glassnote)
7. Moderat by Moderat (Bpitch Control)
8. Immolate Yourself by Telefon Tel Aviv (Bpitch Control)
9. Psychic Chasms by Neon Indian (Fefse)
10. Logos by Atlas Sound (Kranky)

Hannah Levin

Sunset/Sunrise by Dutchess and the Duke (Hardly Art)
Message to Garcia by Visqueen (Local 638)
Curse Your Branches by David Bazan (Barsuk)
Geneva by Russian Circles (Suicide Squeeze/Sargent House)
Red Fang by Red Fang (Sargent House)
At the Cut by Vic Chesnutt (Constellation)
Crack the Skye by Mastadon (Reprise)
Coming From Reality by Rodriguez (Light in the Attic)
Them Crooked Vultures by Them Crooked Vultures (DGC)
Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) by Patterson Hood (Ruth St. Records)

DJ Sharlese

Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know by múm (Morr Music)
Primary Colours by The Horrors (XL)
Summertime! by The Drums (Self-Released)
Xerxes by Apostle Of Hustle (Arts & Crafts)
...And the Ever Expanding Universe by The Most Serene Republic (Arts & Crafts)
Dragonslayer by Sunset Rubdown (Jagajaguwar)
The Bachelor by Patrick Wolf (Bloody Chamber Music)
Begone Dull Care by Junior Boys (Domino)
Two Dancers by Wild Beasts (Domino)
Julian Plenti... is Skyscraper by Julian Plenti (Matador)

Nate

1. Kingdom of Rust by Doves (EMI)
2. Them Crooked Vultures by Them Crooked Vultures (DGC)
3. What We All Come to Need by Pelican (Southern Lord)
4. Georgiavania by Willie Isz (Lex)
5. Eating Us by Black Moth Super Rainbow (Graveface)
6. Spurm by Spurm (ggnzla)
7. In Prism by Polvo (Merge)
8. I Heard It Today by Mr. Lif (Bloodbot Tactical Enterprises)
9. Family by Le Loup (Hardly Art)
10. Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle by Bill Callahan (Drag City)

John Gilbreath

1. Double Booked by Robert Glasper (Blue Note)
2. Vu-tet by Cuong Vu (Artist Share)
3. Eternal Interlude by John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble (Sunnyside)
4. Kinsmen by Rudresh Mahanthappa (PI Recordings)
5. Rabo de Nube by Charles Lloyd Quartet (ECM)
6. The Astounding Eyes of Rita by Anouar Brahem (ECM)
7. In a Dream by Gretchen Parlatto (Oblique Sound)
8. Heaven on Earth by James Carter (Half Note Records)
9. This Brings us to: #1 by Henry Threadgill (PI Recordings)
10. Solo by McCoy Tyner (Half Note Records)

DJ Alex

1. xx by The xx (Young Turks)
2. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective (Domino)
3. Ambivalence Avenue by Bibio (Warp)
4. Manners by Passion Pit (Frenchkiss/Columbia)
5. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon (Ice H2o)
6. Riceboy Sleeps by Jonsi & Alex (XL)
7. Family by Think About Life (Alien8)
8. Songs About Tuesdays by Summer Cats (Slumberland)
9. Radio by Exile (Plug Research)
10. The Guilty Office by The Bats (A Hidden Agenda)

DJ Shani

1. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective (Domino)
2. Dustland by The Gentleman Losers (City Centre Offices)
3. Thankyou Very Much by Dan Melchior und das Menace (S-S)
4. Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age by Broadcast and the Focus Group (Warp)
5. xx by The xx (Young Turks)
6. Treny by Jacaczek (Miasmah)
7. Tomorrow Is Alright by Sonny and the Sunsets (Soft Abuse)
8. Cheveau by Cheveu (Permanent)
9. Logos by Atlas Sound (Kranky)
10. All the Pleasures of the World by The Crayon Fields (Chapter)

Rachel

1. Help by The Oh Sees (In the Red)
2. Sunset / Sunrise by Dutchess and the Duke (Hardly Art)
3. Lemons by Ty Segall (Goner)
4. Grass Widows by Grass Widows (self released)
5. Crepuscule wiht Pacman by The Intelligence (Born Bad)
6. SPURM EP by SPURM (ggnzla)
7. Unfaithful EP by Charles Leo Gebhardt IV (ggnzla)
8. Lessons in the Woods or a City by Talbot Tagora (Hardly Art)
9. IV by The Spits (Recess)
10. Scraps EP by Scraps (ggnzla)

Kid Hops

1. Reincarnations: The Remix Chapter 2001-2009 by DJ Koze (Get Physical Germany)
2. Darkness at Noon by Ill Logic & Raf (Bingo UK)
3. Shelf Life Vol. 2 by Calibre (Signature UK)
4. 1984 by Alix Perez (Shogun Audio UK)
5. Rinse: 07 by Spyro (Rinse UK)
6. The Future Sound of Russia by Various Artists (Hospital Records UK)
7. Critical Sound by Various Artists (Critical UK)
8. Live for Never by Consequence (Exit UK)
9. On Fire by Various Artists (Smalltown Supersound Norway)
10. City Limits Volume 1 by Silkie (Deep Medi UK)

Sharlese (As Audioasis Producer)

Zebra by Karl Blau (K)
Creaturesque by Throw Me The Statue (Secretly Canadian)
Chemistry EP by Grynch (Self-Released)
Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band by Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band (Dead Oceans)
The Vs EP by Macklemore x Ryan Lewis (Self-Released)
Telekinisis by Telekinisis! (Merge)
High Society by The Physics (Self-Released)
New Color by Motorbikes (Self-Released)
Real Sized Monster Series by Police Teeth (Blood City)
Apple's Acres by Nurses (Dead Oceans)

DJ Mr. West

1. EP by Spurm (ggnzla)
2. King of Jeans by Pissed Jeans (Sub Pop)
3. Megafauna by Yoga (Holy Mountain)
4. Crepuscule with Pacman by Intelligence (Born Bad)
5. Ghosts by The Marked Men (Dirtnap)
6. Western Hymn by Western Hymn (self-released)
7. Sunset / Sunrise by The Dutchess and the Duke (Hardly Art)
8. C I V I L W A R by Dillinger Four (Fat Wreck Chords)
9. EP by Scraps (ggnzla)
10. Help! by The Oh Sees (In the Red)

Nick Turner

1. Atrapados by Destino Final (La Vida Es Un Mus)
2. King of Jeans by Pissed Jeans (Sub Pop)
3. The Prodigal Son Brings Death by Mind Eraser (Youngblood)
4. The Crawl 12" by Mayyors (Self-Released)
5. IV by The Spits (Recess)
6. Near Dark by Lebenden Toten (Wicked Witch)
7. both eps by Slices (16oh/Home Invasion)
8. Hardcore Hell by Kriegshog (Heart First)
9. Nausea by Warcry (Warcry)
10. Deaf News by Deaf Wish (Stained Circles/Idget Child)

Larry Mizell Jr.

1. S/T and Of Light (two short EPs simultaneously released, I counts em as one) by Shabazz Palaces (Self-Released)
2. Tear Gas by The Jacka (SMC)
3. In the Rough by Diamond District (Mello Music Group)
4. Music for Men by Gossip (Columbia)
5. Toeachizown by Dam-Funk (Stones Throw)
6. Snow Motion by Thee Satisfaction (Self Released)
7. xx by The xx (Young Turks)
8. Sunrise/ Sunset by Dutchess and the Duke (Hardly Art)
9. En’a-free-ka by Shafiq Husayn (Rapster)
10. Post-Nothing by Japandroids (Unfamiliar)

DJ Riz

1. Inspiration Information by Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocenrics (Strut)
2. Kamaal The Abstract by Q-Tip (RCA /Jive)
3. Merriweather Post Pavillion by Animal Collective (Domino)
4. Choral by Mountains (Thrill Jockey)
5. The Floodlight Collective by Lotus Plaza (Kranky)
6. Central Market by Tyondai Braxton (Warp)
7. Us by Brother Ali (Rhymsayers)
8. Vertical Ascent by Moritz Von Oswald Trio (Honest Jon's Records)
9. Gone: The Promises Of Yesterday by 24 Carat Black (Numero Group)
10. Vecktamist by Grizzly Bear (Warp)

DJ Tim

1. xx by The xx (Young Turks)
2. Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear (Warp)
3. Logos by Atlas Sound (Kranky)
4. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix (Glassnote)
5. Time to Die by The Dodos (Frenchkiss)
6. See Mystery Lights by Yacht (DFA)
7. Psychic Chasms by Neon Indian (Lefse)
8. Freakish Prodigy by Kurt Vile (Matador)
9. Listen to the Thunder by The Maldives (Mt. Fuji)
10. Seek Magic by Memory Tapes (HSR)

Lisa Wood

A Tribute to Rosie Perez by Felt 3 (Rhymesayers)
Live @ KEXP Volume 5 by (Various Artists) (KEXP)
Middle Cyclone by Neko Case (Anti)
Swoon by Silversun Pickups (Dangerbird)
Hold the Line by My Life in Black & White (Self Released)
Crack the Skye by Mastodon (Reprise)
Crazy Enough by Storm Large (Self Released)
11:11:00 by Rodrigo Y Gabriela (ATO)
Them Crooked Vultures by Them Crooked Vultures (DGC/Interscope)
Message to Garcia by Visqueen (Local 638)

Marji Makers

1. Middle Cyclone by Neko Case (ANTI-)
2. Sea of Tears by Eilen Jewell (Signature Sounds)
3. One Fast Move Or I'm Gone by Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar (F-Stop/Atlantic)
4. Echoes of the Mountains by Dry Branch Fire Squad (Rounder)
5. The Ruminant Band by Fruit Bats (Sub Pop)
6. Changing Horses by Ben Kweller (ATO)
7. Keep It Hid by Dan Auerbach (Nonesuch)
8. Country Club by John Doe & the Sadies (Yep Roc)
9. Or, The Whale by Or, The Whale (Seany)
10. To Willie by Phosphorescent (Dead Oceans)

Masa

1. Vertical Ascent by Moritz Von Oswald Trio (Honest Jon's Records)
2. Where You Go I Go Too by Lindstrøm (Smalltown Supersound)
3. Spirit Animal by Zombi (Relapse Records)
4. Escape- The Reconstruction of Isophonic Boogie Woogie by Altz (EM Records)
5. Capital of Gravity by Sgt. (Youth Inc.)
6. Le Disco - Tele Music Remixed by Various Artists (DJ History)
7. utp_ by Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern (Raster-Noton)
8. Technique by Motorcitysoul (Simple Records)
9. Super Roots 10 - Ant 10 by Boredoms (Commmons)
10. The Mu School by Various Artists (Planet Mu)

DJ Ashley

1. BiRd-BrAiNs by tUnE-yArDs (Marriage Records)
2. Lonely Woman Blues by Betsy Olson (self-released)
3. Embryonic by The Flaming Lips (Warner Bros.)
4. Shabazz Palaces by Shabazz Palaces (Templar Label Group/The Orchard)
5. Passages by Maserati (Temporary Residence)
6. 5 Years of Hyperdub by V/A - Hyperdub (Hyperdub)
7. The Mountain by Heartless Bastards (Fat Possum)
8. A Certain Distance by Lusine (Ghostly International)
9. Ali' Yah by D. Black (Sportn' LIfe)
10. Mt. St Helens Vietnam Band by Mt St Helens Vietnam Band (Dead Oceans)

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