006. the best of 2009.

so a year has passed and a new decade is amongst us, and by golly we got some delicious tunes. here is what i deemed to be the best from this year.

001. "my night with the prostitute from marseille" beirut

002. "two weeks" grizzly bear

003. "young lions" the maccabees

004. "shelter" the xx

005. "40 day dream" edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros

006. "island, IS" volcano choir

007. "seven" fever ray

008. "let your love grow tall" passion pit

009. "the strums" the dodos

010. "black ice" ohbijou

011. "where did all the love go?" kasabian

012. "bear" the antlers

013. "(bit part)" the wooden sky

014. "fitz and the dizzyspells" andrew bird

015. "young adult friction" the pains of being pure at heart

016. "you go on ahead (trumpet trumpet II)" sunset rubdown

part one here.

part two here.

005. mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables.

think of this one as my own little mix tape.

001. "time to listen (dj topcate mash up)" talib kweli vs. mgmt

002. "runnin' with the xx" biggie vs. tupac vs. the xx

003. "white winter hymnal (the twelves remix)" fleet foxes

004. "close to me (vengeance mash up)" the cure vs. lil' wayne

005. "get em' high (ratatat remix)" kanye west

006. "big shit poppin' (team teamwork mash up)" t.i. vs. sigur ros

007. "boyz (the twelves remix)" m.i.a

008. "the reeling (grey ghost remix)" passion pit

009. "two more years (mstrkrft remix)" bloc party

010. "soft shock (them jeans acoustic remix)" yeah yeah yeahs

011. "blinded by the lights (nero remix)" the streets

mix it up