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Best of 2009 countdown #7
#6 Stay tuned...
#7: ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS "The Crying Light" - Shivering-yet-powerful, indie-yet-classical.
#8: JOHN MAYER "Battle Studies" - It's not a love/hate thing, more like love/jealous thing I have with him.
#9: EL MICHELS AFFAIR "Enter the 37th Chamber" - Live instrumental versions of Wu-Tang Clan songs is by far the best concept album of the year.
#10: PHOENIX "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" - Breakthrough French pop/rock group makes proverbial waves across actual seas.
#11: WOODEN BIRDS "Magnolia" - Not just cuz I interviewed them, this is really one of the best albums of the year.
#12: MAXWELL "BLACKsummers'night" - Sometimes you just need some Smoove B style R&B to get you in the mood.
#13: SILVERSUN PICKUPS "Swoon" - Yeah they sound like the Smashing Pumpkins, but that's a compliment.
#14: KID CUDI "Man on the Moon" - Impeach Kanye! And make Cudi hip-hop's new president.
#15: JULIE PEEL - If you like moody indie folk (i.e. Cat Power) you'll love Peel's debut album "Near The Sun."
#16: VOLCANO CHOIR "Unmap" - Bon Iver side project that's more ambient, equally as haunting.
#17 TORTOISE "Beacons of Ancestorship" The all-star collective takes instrumental post-rock to another level, once again.
#18 HONEY CLAWS - Electro hip-hop with an emcee who sounds like Q-tip but he's a white boy from Austin.
#19: IRON & WINE "Around The Well" - If you're into sensitive beard rock for hipsters, check out Sam Beam's double disc of rarities.
#20: JAMES YUILL "Turning Down Water For Air" - The best folktronica album of the year, if there is such a category.
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