Wednesday, December 23, 2009

My tops of 2009 on Big Shot

As the year winds down, it's been that list time again. A few weeks ago, I had some contributions to PopMatters' best of 2009 feature. Today, a longer personal article is up on Big Shot, featuring my top 25 albums and top 10 singles of the year. You can read the full thing here, but in the mean time, here are the lists:

Albums
25. DJ Hell - Teufelswerk (International Deejay Gigolo)
24. White Rainbow - New Clouds (Kranky)
23. Vinyl Life - Vinyl Life (Tape Theory)
22. Basement Jaxx - Scars (Ultra)
21. Tim Exile - Listening Tree (Warp)
20. Ethan Rose - Oaks (Holocene)
19. Gui Boratto - Take My Breath Away (Kompakt)
18. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die (Take Me To The Hospital)
17. Clark - Totems Flare (Warp)
16. Falty DL - Love Is A Liability (Planet Mu)
15. Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 2 (Raster-Noton)
14. Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country (Kranky)
13. Ras G - Brotha From Anotha Planet (Brainfeeder / Alpha Pup)
12. Voodeux - The Paranormal (Mothership)
11. Gus Gus - 24/7 (Kompakt)
10. Babe, Terror - Weekend (Perdizes Dream)
9. Kid606 - Shout At The Döner (Tigerbeat6)
8. Moby - Wait For Me (Mute)
7. Antipop Consortium - Fluorescent Black (Big Dada)
6. Dixon - Temporary Secretary (Innervisions)
5. Meshell Ndegeocello - Devil's Halo (Mercer Street)
5. Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself (BPitch Control)
4. Kikumoto Allstars - House Music (International DJ Gigolo)
3. Syntheme - Lasers 'N' Shit (Planet Mu)
2. SND - Atavism (Raster-Noton)
1. Harmonic 313 - When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence (Warp)

Singles
10. Moby - "Mistake"
9. Matias Aguayo - "Rollerskate"
8. Neurotic Drum Band - "Robotic Hypnotic Adventure"
7. Marek Hemmann - "Gemini"
6. John Callaghan - "Phylactery"
5. Audion - "Look At The Moon"
4. The Juan Maclean - "Happy House"
3. Speech Debelle - "Searching"
2. Gus Gus - "Add This Song"
1. Fever Ray - "If I Had A Heart"

* - yes, I noticed I have two #5 albums. Whoops. Consider it a tie.

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