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.