Favourite Albums of 2009

No year is complete without a best of list.

Here are the albums I enjoyed the most this year.

10. Silversun Pickups - Swoon

9. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns

8. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness

7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

6. Atlas Sound - Logos

5. Wavves - Wavvves

4. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

3. Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor
2. Girls - Album 1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion

Hope you all have a great 2010!

When the Sun Goes Down We'll Go Out Again

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Last night I went to see Animal Collective at the Enmore Theatre. It was amazing.
Best songs, best sound, best lights, best crowd.
I couldn't have asked for more.

The highlights were Summertime Clothes, My Girls and of course Fireworks... but I loved all of it.

I was dancing and grinning the whole night.

Setlist:
Also Frightened
What Would I Want? Sky
Summertime Clothes
Guys Eyes
Leaf House
Slippi
My Girls
Who Could Win a Rabbit?
Fireworks / Jam
Daily Routine

Encore:
In the Flowers
Bleeding
Brothersport

Let's Go Surfing

Wake up
It's a beautiful morning
Honey, while the sun is still shining
Wake up
Would you like to go with me?
Honey, take a run down to the beach

The Drums are a great new band from Brooklyn. Their debut EP, 'Summertime!' is one of my favourite releases of the year.

As the title suggests, it's fun and Summery. The songs are incredibly catchy with cute lyrics. The Drums are indie-pop at its best and perfect for this Summer.

1. Saddest Summer
2. Let's Go Surfing
3. Make You Mine
4. Don't be a Jerk, Jonny
5. Submarine
6. Down by the Water

Home is wherever I'm with you.

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros ARE AMAZING. I am absolutely in love with their song 'Home'.
It makes me want to laugh and cry tears of joy. :D
You all need to hear it right now!
Listen here.

“Jade?”
“Alexander?”
“Do you remember that day you fell out of my window?”
“I sure do, you came jumping out after me.”
“Well, you fell on the concrete and nearly broke your ass and you were bleeding all over the place and I rushed you off to the hospital. Do you remember that?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Well, there’s something I never told you about that night.”
“What didn’t you tell me?”
“While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette you thought was going to be your last, I was falling deep, deeply in love with you and I never told you ‘til just now.”
“Now I know.”

Ahh, Home
Let me come Home
Home is whenever I’m with you
Ahh, Home
Let me come Home
Home is when I’m alone with you

Songs Songs Songs

Songs are another Sydney band with a new album. Their self titled debut (yes, Songs by Songs. Try googling it) is a fun, who-gives-a-shit, indie rock album.

The single Different Light is a highlight.

Nice album cover too.
Probably one of my favourites this year, along with Yeah Yeah Yeahs' It's Blitz.

Here's the tracklist for Songs.

Farmacy
Something To Believe In

Oh No

Retreat

Clouds

Different Light

Out With A Curse

Pain

It's Dry

It Doesn't Exist

Just An Idea

My Number

Blue Skies Are Coming, But I Know That Its Hard

School certificate exams are finally over! I've been studying hard (well, hard for me) for about a week and now I get a well deserved break.
Too bad I'm already getting bored.

I've started working on Christmas presents for my family. Because I'm broke, I've decided to make mix CDs. I'm really excited about it, especially making the cover art.

In other news, I'm really enjoying the band Noah and the Whale. Their most recent album was released back in August and is called The First Days of Spring.
The song Blue Skies is really beautiful and you can listen to it here.

The First Dance

I'm really excited about Bridezilla's debut album The First Dance.
Although it's their debut, the Sydney band have been around for a while and they've been quite hyped up. I think these guys will be big in 2010.

The First Dance is due to be released on the 7th of November, and from what I've heard it sounds great.

Here's the tracklist:

Lunar Eclipse

Beaches

Queen of Hearts

Speaking to Soft Toys

Tailback

Shipping Man

Heart You Hold

Soft Porn

Magnetic Arrest

Lottery Tickets
Western Front

Forth and Fine

White Feather

The Last Dance