Best of 2009

Pitchfork taking a survey, lists current music trends (in the "Trend You Wish Would Go Away" category)

Trend You Wish Would Go Away 90s revivalism (No Age, Japandroids, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Afropop indie (Dirty Projectors, Fool’s Gold, Abe Vigoda) Animal Collective acolytes (Blind Man’s Colour, Our Brother the Native, USF) Balearic (jj, John Talabot, Windsurf/Hatchback) Chillwave/glo-fi (Washed Out, Neon Indian, Nite Jewel) Dubstep and its offshoots (wonky, funky, bassline) Post-Lily Allen UK pop (La Roux, Little Boots, Florence and the Machine) Prim, buttoned-up indie (Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, St … …

Times Online picks the decade's 'best world music albums'

Tinariwen @ Le Poisson Rouge (more by Tim Griffin) Tinariwen are touring North America in the first quarter of 2010. Tickets recently went on sale for 2 NYC shows…

Q Magazine's Top Albums of 2009

The December issue of Q Magazine is an ‘Artists Of The Century’ special edition, covering all of the acts that the fine staff of the good ship Q feel are the most important of the century so far…

Screaming Females list favorite albums of 2009

Screaming Females @ The Yard – 8/29/09 (more by Sarahana) Screaming Females just played a show with the So So Glos on Wednesday night at The Bell House…

Decibel's Top 40 Metal Albums of 2009

Baroness @ Bowery Ballroom – 11/20/2009 (more by Tim Griffin) BBG will publish his own list of the best metal albums of 2009, but in the meantime here’s what Decibel Magazine had to say:
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