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2009 – A Year In Review

Posted on January 4, 2010 by admin

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While it was another terrible year for economy, looking back, 2009 wasn’t all that bad. Here’s just a tiny selection of what the previous year had to offer:

Albums:

Oneida – Rated O (Jagjaguwar) – Follow-up to 2008 “Preteen Weaponry” LP.

Converge – Axe To Fall (Epitaph / Deathwish Inc.) – Follow-up to 2006 “No Heroes” LP.

Sonic Youth – The Eternal (Matador) – Follow-up to 2006 “Rather Ripped” LP and the band’s first record for Matador.

Wolf Eyes – Always Wrong (Hospital Productions) – Follow-up to 2004 “Burned Mind” LP, which came out on Sub Pop.

Lightning Bolt – Earthly Delights (Load) – Follow-up to 2005 “Hypermagic Mountain” LP.

Jesu – Infinity (full-length) (Avalanche) – Follow-up to 2007 “Pale Sketches” LP.

Cindytalk – The Crackle Of My Soul (Editions Mego) – Band’s first album since 1994 “Wappinschaw” LP.

Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion (Domino) – Follow-up to 2007 “Strawberry Jam” LP.

Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport (ATP) – Follow-up to 2008 “Street Horrrsing” LP.

Isis – Wavering Radiant (Conspiracy / Daymare / Ipecac) – Follow-up to 2006 “In The Absence Of Truth” LP.

Mission Of Burma – The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador) – Follow-up to 2006 “The Obliterati” LP.

Flaming Lips – Embryonic (Warner Bros.) – Follow-up to 2006 “At War With The Mystics” LP

Aarktica – In Sea (Silber) -Follow-up to 2007 “Matchless Years” LP.

Polvo – In Prism (Merge) – Their first studio album since 1997 “Shapes” LP.

Bardo Pond – Peri (Three Lobed)

Final – Reading All The Right Signals Wrong (No Quarter) – Follow-up to 2008 “Dead Air” LP.

Live Albums:

Melvins – Pick Your Battles

EPs:

No Age – Losing Feeling (Sub Pop)

Jesu - Opiate Sun (Cabo Verde)- Follow-up to 2008 “Why Are We Not Perfect” EP and is also the first that the band recorded for Cabo Verde Records, which is run by Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters)

Reissues:

World Domination Enterprises – S/T (Mute)

Jesus Lizard – Goat / Down / Liar / Head / Pure

Other Records:

Young Widows – A series of splits with Bonnie Prince Billy (US), Melt-Banana (Japan), Pelican (US) and My Disco (Australia), all of which came out on Temporary Residence Limited label.

Melvins – Chicken Switch (Ipecac) – An album of remixes of Chickenfoot material with contributions from the likes of Matmos, Yamatsuka Eye, John Duncan, Farmers Manual, Merzbow and many others

Foetus - Limb – A retrospective of J.G Thirlwell’s work

Side Projects / Supergroups / New Bands To Watch:

Ancient Sky