My Favorite Albums of 2009

Ok, it has taken me a little while to post my top albums of 2009.  I didn't want to, so I decided to post my favorite albums of 2009.  Since I have been spending 14-18 hours a day in the studio painting or designing the next Veritas Fashion line, I have been listening to a shitload of tunes (new & old). My absolute favorite album of 2009 Say Hi- Oohs and Aahs, I bought it back in early March and listen to it on a weekly basis, if I am painting I place all of Say Hi and Say Hi to your Mom albums in the mix, I absolutely love Eric Elbogen. (He has been on tour with David Bazan)

Anyways, here are my favorite albums of 2009 in a random mish mash of genre and order.

Handsome Furs- Face Control

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS5mbeXHOmo]

Fever Ray- Fever Ray

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F-CpE73o2M]

Knaan- Troubador

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxmEd9lcn0k&feature=related]

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson- Summer of Fear

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UodSpF8DOhk]

The Mountain Goats- The Life of the World to Come

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ-zZJu6LKI]

Julian Plenti- Julian Plenti is...Skyscraper

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1aoW6nPUrc]

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4itzHRpltQ]

We Were Promised Jetpacks- These Four Walls

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz_iMjfsqV4]

Say Hi- Oohs and Aahs

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry6dBOsiwAQ]

The Dead Wheather- Horehound

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2L28uZ5RQ]

Dan Deacon-Bromst

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPddleVa6yg]

Passion Pit-Manners

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zherMkcXdo]

The Low Anthem-Oh My God Charlie Darwin

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qkGoqAZrqI]

The Avette Brothers-I and Love and You

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj8HDe5M-Jo]

Blakroc-Blakroc

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vtWNDI_EOI]

Coconut Records- Davey

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSDVX6fRSr4]

Dan Aerbauch- Keep it Hid

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVzcZkl2IBE&feature=related]

Timbre Timbre-Timbre Timbre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tfw8SqeFEE

Tiny Vipers-Life on Earth

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5B6SQwF21c]

The Big Pink- A Brief History of Love

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiHVNfrstnc]

Bon Iver- Blood Bank

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic7Tfm3-Bs8]

Antony and the Johnsonc- The Crying Light

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcYaQR9ABCM]

Aceyalone- The Lonely Ones

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbqZsSYUreU]

Sunset Rubdown- Dragonslayer

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcuQO6p3xmI&feature=related]

Music that rings my head and thoughts that conspire......

So I recently had a dream about some new paintings that I assume I must now begin.  In my dream they were quite large but then again I had just watched Synecdoche, which was absolutely brilliant, once again Charlie Kaufman astounds me.  And as I await my favorite childrens book adaptation "Where the Wild Things Are" by my other peer Spike Jonze my childhood memories flood my dreams and thoughts in a 16mm like reflection.  I remember reading Maurice Sendaks story on a nightly basis in the late 70's and running around the house as Max with bewildering creativity.   "The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind..."  The story begins..... Here are some incredible sounds for your soul...these are musings for my next group of paintings that will all be done on 7 foot wood panels..

Handsome Furs

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Jfc1PGCg8]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjaHGTjtSF4]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS5mbeXHOmo]

The Mary Onettes

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTrZCrb4I_4&feature=related]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNiIJ84zWUk&feature=related]

Horse Feathers

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBPO9Kun_9A]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EqmoVMEUgs&feature=related]