Okay, it’s almost the end of the year, so I’ll finally have to settle on my list of the best my favorite CDs of 2009. Here it is (in no particular order except alphabetical):

  • Brakes—Touchdown
  • Future of the Left—Travels with Myself and Another
  • Girls—Album
  • Japandroids—Post-Nothing
  • Matt & Kim—Grand
  • The Pains of Being Pure at Heart—The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
  • Pink Mountaintops—Outside Love
  • The Thermals—Now We Can See
  • We Were Promised Jetpacks—These Four Walls
  • White Rainbow—New Clouds

Favorite CD = Either Japandroids or Future of the Left

Most Overrated CD = Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors

CDs that I Half Hate and Half Love = Throw Me the Statue, JJ, Passion Pit, The Avett Brothers, Phoenix

Final Question= Okay, people, do you really love Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion? It’’s number one on almost every list. Hell, even Entertainment Weekly had it at number one! I’ve been listening to them since Sung Tongs and I’m still less than awed. Respected more than loved, perhaps?

Update: Okay, I think I’m going to drop Pink Mountaintops and upgrade the ranking for JJ No. 2. Maybe it’s the need for sunshine on a cloudy day.