My Top Albums of 2009

1. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End of Day

2. Castledoor - Shouting At Mountains

3. Hockey - Mind Chaos

4. Islands - Vapours

5. Sea Wolf - White Water, White Bloom

6. Cunninlynguists – Strange Music Volume One

7. Chester French - Love The Future

8. Matt & Kim - Grand

9. Jamie T. – Kings & Queens

10. Champagne Champagne - Champagne Champagne
(No official album art exists for this one)

Honorable Mention:
Tegan & Sara - Sainthood
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Rubik - Dada Bandits
Jupiter One - Sunshower
Cage - Depart From Me
K'naan - Troubadour

Not released in '09, but still top albums I listened to this year:
Rural Alberta Advantage- Hometowns
Airborne Toxic Event- Airborne Toxic Event
Walter Meego- Voyager
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

The Next "My Girls"?

This song and video remind me of Animal Collective's "My Girls" song and video, with just a little bit toned down acid trip feel to it. Kudos to Kanye's blog for this find.

Track of the Week Vol. 9 (Double Feature!)

Meet Castledoor. They're legit. They're only full album was released earlier this year, it's called "Shouting At Mountains". And it's legit. This CD consumed nearly all my zune's plays for at least a week in the summer when I found out about them. No YouTube preview this week; just download these songs and enjoy them because they're great. Then go and get their album. And then their EPs.

Castledoor- Skipping Stepping Stones (Download Link)
Castledoor- Fifth Tambourine (Download Link)

Fresh old Jay-Z song, Kanye West produced

This song is over a year old and was originally made with the intent to be on Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 album. Somehow it slipped past me, but I really like this:

Track of The Week Vol. 8 (The Ocho)

Backseat Goodbye is just one person, Chad Sugg, and he started this solo project back in 2004 when he was only a freshman in college. He's released several EPs but only one full album (in 2008) so far. If you enjoy this song, you can download it here:

Backseat Goodbye- Technicolor Eyes (Download Link)

Track of the Week Vol. 7 (don't miss this one...)

Islands- Switched On (Download Link)

Islands is another collaboration from two of the guys that were in the band Unicorns. I've only heard their most recent album "Vapours" so far (came out in September '09) but the entire album is really solid. Definitely check it out if you enjoy this song.

Track of the Week Vol. 6

The Wombats- Let's Dance to Joy Division (Download Link)
This track comes from my guest on the show this week, Spencer. The song has a bit more elements of punk to hit than what I normally play, but not too much so it makes for a good, upbeat indie rock track.

Bonus Track of the Week (Explicit)

I LOVE THIS SONG SO DAMN MUCH. I would have used it as the track of the week without a doubt if it didn't swear in the song. Don't worry though, it contains explicit content but really is just a solid indie song. It does not come across as vulgar at all.

So since I couldn't play it on my show. I'm going to go ahead and give it to you here to download anyways.



Wild Light- "California on My Mind" (Download Link)

Track of the Week Vol. 5

Nada Surf- "Popular" (Download Link)

Nada Surf is an indie rock band that has been around for a decade and a half now, first releasing their debut album High/Low in 1996, "Popular" is actually the single from that first album. They've changed a lot over the years, they started out with a much more alternative sound, and now have developed into a much lighter indie rock feel with songs such as "Always Love" coming from them in recent years. I do enjoy their newer stuff more, their last 2 albums have been released under Seattle's own Barsuk Records and one of them even being produced by Death Cab For Cutie's lead guitarist Christopher Walla.

This song, even though it was recorded in 1995, is still classic to me. Not only is it super catchy but it is easily relate able to anyone who has been through high school.

Top 25 Indie Break-Up Songs

http://recycledlovesongs.com/indie-music/top-indie-break-up-songs

As mentioned on my show. Whether you're trying to get over a past significant other or not... This list is actually really strong and better yet provides downloads to all the songs!