You actually top my list, because I didn't discover The Medicine until 2009. :) I encourage you to read what I said here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?¬e_id=236272061558
1. John Mark McMillan – The Medicine 2. Thad Cockrell – To Be Loved 3. Sojourn – Over the Grave 4. U2 – No Line On the Horizon 5. Jenny & Tyler – This Isn’t a Dream 6. http://briterevolution.com 7. Bifrost Arts – Salvation Is Created 8. David Bazan – Curse Your Branches 9. Derek Webb – Stockholm Syndrome
Not as hip or savvy perhaps, but the album of the year for me was Jars of Clay Long Fall Back to Earth. I'm not a huge fan of most of their work, but that album is just amazing.
I would have to agree that all of those albums are some of the best of 2009. I would probably also add Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear, When the Devil's Loose by AA Bondy, and Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective.
Here are mine... I posted this to my blog at http://mattnightingale.blogspot.com/2009/12/favorite-music-of-2009.html with some more commentary...
1) Armistice - Mute Math 2) Curse Your Branches - David Bazan 3) Ellipse - Imogen 4) I And Love and You - The Avett Brothers 5) Live - Shawn 6) Live from Nowhere, Volume 4 - Over the Rhine 7) Middle Cyclone - Neko Case 8) Stockholm Syndrome - Derek Webb 9) The Fray - The Fray 10) The Long Play - Sam Phillips 11) Written in Chalk - Buddy & Julie Miller
Honorable Mentions:
2020 - The Orange Peels Balm in Gilead - Rickie Lee Jones Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King - Dave Matthews Band Church Music - David Crowder*Band Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship - Chris Tomlin Hundreds of Lions - Erin McKeown Life Light Up - Christy Nockels No Line on the Horizon - U2 Poseidon and the Bitter Bug - Indigo Girls Soul of My Soul - Michelle Shocked Troubadour - K'Naan Wilco (The Album) - Wilco
1) Mew - No More Stories 2) The Flaming Lips - Embryonic 3) St. Vincent - Actor 4) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 5) Jeremy Enigk - OK Bear 6) Sonic Youth - The Eternal 7) Monsters of Folk - S/T 8) Arctic Monkeys - Humbug 9) Wilco - Wilco (the album) 10) Air - Love 2 11) Them Crooked Vultures - S/T
Manners - Passion Pit Spring ep - Jon Foreman David Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 'Once' Soundtrack - the Swell Season Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy - Mum Jeremy Larson - Jeremy Larson Life in Slow Motion - Gray Into the Blue Again - Album Leaf Elephants - Aaron Strumpel takk - Sigur Ros
and of coarse the Medicine was amazing. lyrically, spiritually, musically and recorded ridiculously amazing...thats why we're all here. thanks so much for your thoughts john
1.)The Outsiders - Needtobreathe 2.)Heaven & Earth - Phil Wickham 3.)Waking Up - OneRepublic 4.)Self Titled - Miike Snow 5.)A_CROSS//The_EARTH::Tear Down the Walls - Hillsong United 6.)Consumed - Jesus Culture 7.)Storyboards - Sleeping At Last 8.)Travel Vol. 1 & 2 - Future of Forestry 9.)Armistice - MuteMath 10.)Beggars - Thrice 11.)Be - Unhindered 12.)The Medicine - John Mark McMillan (Not just b/c this is your blog. This album rocks!)
Artist up & coming you should know!
David Walker (myspace.com/davidwalker) Flagship (myspace.com/flagshipbrigade) Jason Zerbin (myspace.com/jasonzerbin)
i'm going with my favorite songs of the year. just because that's how i roll...
1. Animal Collective : My Girls 2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Skeletons 3. Gliss : Morning Light 4. Passion Pit : Moth's Wings 5. Fleet Foxes : False Knight on the Road 6. Fool's Gold : Surprise Hotel 7. Vampire Weekend : Horchata 8. Michael Drake Margolnik : Burn It Up 9. Neko Case : Don't Forget Me 10. Bon Iver : Blood Bank 11. Phoenix : Lasso 12. Bat For Lashes : Daniel 13. Washed Out : Belong 14. Foreign Born : Early Warnings 15. U2 : No Line on the Horizon
Always nice to look back on last year. This is my list.
1. Moss - Never Be Scared / Don't be a Hero (awesome dutch group: http://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/never-be-scared-dont-be-a-hero/id332038008 ) 2. Passion Pit - Manners 3. John Mark McMillan - The Medicine 4. Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream 5. The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free 6. John Mayer - Battle Studies 7. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
a lot have already been said. new springsteen, dylan, i know it's comi but i dig the viva la vida, new jason upton was great, i feel in love it john mark this year (sorry took a minute but it was me not you :)) i dug most of the u2, daniel lanois red floor sessions have been sweet. matthew perryman jones- swallow the sea, got my first experience of the embers very sweet, tenoutoftenn 09 tour, i should stop now
Thrice - Beggars Dinosaur Jr. - Farm Bon Iver - Blood Bank Woe of Tyrants - Kingdom of Might Zao - Awake? William Elliot Whitmore - Animals in the Dark
Not to repeat, I didn't see AFI's Crash Love in anyones list. Say what you will about the nihilistic undertones, but its good music.
Also, The Script released a good album. It had a U2-esque universal appeal to it.
I think Owl City-Ocean Eyes is also worth mentioning.
Pete Yorn-Music for the morning after (I know, its been out awhile, but I finally got around to buying it in 2009... good stuff)
As for booty shaking... I hate to admit how rediculously catchy some of Lady Ga-Ga's songs are... I have had some of the most bizzare phrases stuck in my head thanks to her radio hits.
You actually top my list, because I didn't discover The Medicine until 2009. :) I encourage you to read what I said here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?¬e_id=236272061558
ReplyDelete1. John Mark McMillan – The Medicine
2. Thad Cockrell – To Be Loved
3. Sojourn – Over the Grave
4. U2 – No Line On the Horizon
5. Jenny & Tyler – This Isn’t a Dream
6. http://briterevolution.com
7. Bifrost Arts – Salvation Is Created
8. David Bazan – Curse Your Branches
9. Derek Webb – Stockholm Syndrome
Not as hip or savvy perhaps, but the album of the year for me was Jars of Clay Long Fall Back to Earth. I'm not a huge fan of most of their work, but that album is just amazing.
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree that all of those albums are some of the best of 2009. I would probably also add Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear, When the Devil's Loose by AA Bondy, and Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective.
ReplyDeleteSean Feucht's new album, Rebirth and Reclaimation!
ReplyDeleteMmmm Neko Case. Love her. LOVE her. I agree with Veckatimest. Grizzly Bear is very good!
ReplyDeleteHere are mine... I posted this to my blog at http://mattnightingale.blogspot.com/2009/12/favorite-music-of-2009.html with some more commentary...
ReplyDelete1) Armistice - Mute Math
2) Curse Your Branches - David Bazan
3) Ellipse - Imogen
4) I And Love and You - The Avett Brothers
5) Live - Shawn
6) Live from Nowhere, Volume 4 - Over the Rhine
7) Middle Cyclone - Neko Case
8) Stockholm Syndrome - Derek Webb
9) The Fray - The Fray
10) The Long Play - Sam Phillips
11) Written in Chalk - Buddy & Julie Miller
Honorable Mentions:
2020 - The Orange Peels
Balm in Gilead - Rickie Lee Jones
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King - Dave Matthews Band
Church Music - David Crowder*Band
Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship - Chris Tomlin
Hundreds of Lions - Erin McKeown
Life Light Up - Christy Nockels
No Line on the Horizon - U2
Poseidon and the Bitter Bug - Indigo Girls
Soul of My Soul - Michelle Shocked
Troubadour - K'Naan
Wilco (The Album) - Wilco
1) Mew - No More Stories
ReplyDelete2) The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
3) St. Vincent - Actor
4) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5) Jeremy Enigk - OK Bear
6) Sonic Youth - The Eternal
7) Monsters of Folk - S/T
8) Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
9) Wilco - Wilco (the album)
10) Air - Love 2
11) Them Crooked Vultures - S/T
Manners - Passion Pit
ReplyDeleteSpring ep - Jon Foreman David
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
'Once' Soundtrack - the Swell Season
Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy - Mum
Jeremy Larson - Jeremy Larson
Life in Slow Motion - Gray
Into the Blue Again - Album Leaf
Elephants - Aaron Strumpel
takk - Sigur Ros
and of coarse the Medicine was amazing. lyrically, spiritually, musically and recorded ridiculously amazing...thats why we're all here. thanks so much for your thoughts john
Muse - The Resistance
ReplyDeleteDavid Gray - Draw the Line
In no particular order:
ReplyDelete1.)The Outsiders - Needtobreathe
2.)Heaven & Earth - Phil Wickham
3.)Waking Up - OneRepublic
4.)Self Titled - Miike Snow
5.)A_CROSS//The_EARTH::Tear Down the Walls - Hillsong United
6.)Consumed - Jesus Culture
7.)Storyboards - Sleeping At Last
8.)Travel Vol. 1 & 2 - Future of Forestry
9.)Armistice - MuteMath
10.)Beggars - Thrice
11.)Be - Unhindered
12.)The Medicine - John Mark McMillan (Not just b/c this is your blog. This album rocks!)
Artist up & coming you should know!
David Walker (myspace.com/davidwalker)
Flagship (myspace.com/flagshipbrigade)
Jason Zerbin (myspace.com/jasonzerbin)
Out of all the bands/albums I discovered this year, these 3 were actually released this year:
ReplyDeleteThe Appleseed Cast-Sagarmatha
Mumford and Sons-Sigh No More
The Swell Season-Strict Joy
Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
ReplyDeleteAlbum of the year.
i'm going with my favorite songs of the year. just because that's how i roll...
ReplyDelete1. Animal Collective : My Girls
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Skeletons
3. Gliss : Morning Light
4. Passion Pit : Moth's Wings
5. Fleet Foxes : False Knight on the Road
6. Fool's Gold : Surprise Hotel
7. Vampire Weekend : Horchata
8. Michael Drake Margolnik : Burn It Up
9. Neko Case : Don't Forget Me
10. Bon Iver : Blood Bank
11. Phoenix : Lasso
12. Bat For Lashes : Daniel
13. Washed Out : Belong
14. Foreign Born : Early Warnings
15. U2 : No Line on the Horizon
Always nice to look back on last year. This is my list.
ReplyDelete1. Moss - Never Be Scared / Don't be a Hero (awesome dutch group: http://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/never-be-scared-dont-be-a-hero/id332038008 )
2. Passion Pit - Manners
3. John Mark McMillan - The Medicine
4. Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
5. The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free
6. John Mayer - Battle Studies
7. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
a lot have already been said. new springsteen, dylan, i know it's comi but i dig the viva la vida, new jason upton was great, i feel in love it john mark this year (sorry took a minute but it was me not you :)) i dug most of the u2, daniel lanois red floor sessions have been sweet. matthew perryman jones- swallow the sea, got my first experience of the embers very sweet, tenoutoftenn 09 tour, i should stop now
ReplyDeleteThrice - Beggars
ReplyDeleteDinosaur Jr. - Farm
Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Woe of Tyrants - Kingdom of Might
Zao - Awake?
William Elliot Whitmore - Animals in the Dark
Not to repeat, I didn't see AFI's Crash Love in anyones list. Say what you will about the nihilistic undertones, but its good music.
ReplyDeleteAlso, The Script released a good album. It had a U2-esque universal appeal to it.
I think Owl City-Ocean Eyes is also worth mentioning.
Pete Yorn-Music for the morning after (I know, its been out awhile, but I finally got around to buying it in 2009... good stuff)
As for booty shaking... I hate to admit how rediculously catchy some of Lady Ga-Ga's songs are... I have had some of the most bizzare phrases stuck in my head thanks to her radio hits.